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MegaBots Scrap Combat Robot Due to Safety Issues
As many anxiously await the upcoming USA vs Japan giant robot duel, it seems that despite their extensive crowdfunding campaign, the company behind the US team, MegaBots, are running into issues with their bot. The firm has shown off the scrapping their current Mk II machine over safety issues for…
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Nvidia Announce New Xavier System on Chip
Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, announced a new system on chip (SoC) named Xavier today at GTC 2016. Xavier manages to pack in a whopping 7 billion transistors which comprise a custom octa-core ARM64 CPU and a next generation 512 core Volta GPU. This also makes Xavier the first device to employ…
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New Amazon Fire TV Stick Includes Alexa Remote
Amazon is releasing a new version of the Fire TV Stick and, to be honest, on the surface, it looks almost identical to the old one. Despite this, there are a number of changes that set it apart from the older versions. For starters, it comes packaged with an Alexa-enabled…
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SpaceX Makes First Test-Fire of Interplanetary Raptor Engine
While Elon Musk is set to deliver a keynote tomorrow at the 67th annual International Astronautical Congress tomorrow, outlining his plans to colonize Mars (and even beyond), SpaceX are far from idle. As a show of just how far the company is with it’s plans to realize interplanetary travel, Musk…
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+ Handheld Revealed
Gaming has come a long way since the 80s, both in terms of graphics and portability and while many may have had a NES, SNES or Playstation, back in its time, the ZX Spectrum was amazingly popular in its time and boasts a library of over 14,000 games. Now, Retro…
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SpaceX’s Mars Transport May Go Further According to Elon Musk
For a while now, SpaceX have had their eyes on the red planet, putting a number of their resources towards developing ways to transport both humans and cargo to Mars including their Mars Colonial Transport (MCT). Now, according to a Tweet from Elon Musk, this goal may have changed, with…
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Google Self-Driving Car Gets Into a Crash in Mountain View
Until earlier this year, Google had managed to boast that none of their test fleet of self-driving cars had been involved in an accident. Unfortunately, on Friday another Google self-driving car was involved in an accident in Mountain View, California. The car in question was a Lexus 450h modified…
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Planet Coaster Will Let Players Crash Coasters Into Guests
Coaster crashes are the darker side of the myriad of theme park management games that have been released over the years, with many players finding enjoyment not just in creating the greatest and most successful park, but also how far they can launch coasters off their tracks and how spectacular…
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Tesla Model S Remotely Hacked By Researchers
Tesla’s Model S may be one of the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road, with its large suite of features and Autopilot system. Unfortunately, now researchers have managed to use this to their own advantage, identifying a number of security vulnerabilities in the electric car that could facilitate…
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AMD Vega 10 Capable of 24 TFlops
For a while now, it seems like AMD have been on their back foot compared to rival NVidia, but now they may be set to turn the tables in 2017 with the revelation that their Vega 10 seems like it will be able to out-perform the P100. NVidia’s P100 is a…
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Dell Update XPS 13 Ultrabook With New Chips and ‘Rose Gold’ Model
When it comes to ultrabooks, Dell’s XPS 13 offering is often considered one of the best. Last year’s model came outfitted with Intel Skylake processors and now, to match the announcement of Intel’s new Kaby Lake chips, Dell have revealed their plans for an updated version of their tiny powerhouse…
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Valve to Stop Steam Review Cheats
While for many Steam reviews are a place to write potentially humourous comments, for developers, the Steam review section is a great way to artificially improve your game’s reception in the hope of getting more sales. Now, Valve is planning to crack down on this practice by causing all reviews…
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SpaceX Hopes to Resume Launches by November
Following the recent incident where a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, SpaceX’s future launch schedule has been placed in jeopardy, especially considering they planned the relaunch of a retrieved booster. Despite this, according to SpaceX president and COO, Gwynne Shotwell, the company hopes that…
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Pokemon Go Update to Add Buddy Monsters and Go Plus Support
Another Pokemon Go update is currently in the works by developers Niantic Labs, who outlined in a blog post just what Pokefans can expect from this update, including a brand new feature called a Buddy Pokemon. The developers explain that the Buddy Pokemon system will allow trainers to select one…
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Tesla Autopilot Update to Rely More on Radar
Earlier this month, Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder, teased an upcoming update to the autonomous driving assist system, Autopilot. Musk noted that the 8.0 update to the software would provide more advanced processing of radar signals, but now the visionary entrepreneur has detailed just what this will mean for Autopilot. All…
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