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May 31
- Nvidia's new GPU will deliver the solid 4K gaming you've been wanting
- Apple's mystery vans are all about improving Apple Maps
May 30
- Great tech innovators: Shigeru Miyamoto
- First HomeKit devices set to launch next week, according to reports
- Splatoon hits the Wii U - is it ink-redible or disap-painting?
- The top 10 security events to attend in 2015
- How a balloon and a rubber band helped me swim faster
- Google IO 2015: the biggest news from Google's mega conference
- This is who Andy Serkis is playing in Star Wars 7
May 29
- The coolest tech from Google IO 2015
- This is Google's plan to turn your clothes into wearable devices
- Google has created the most secure microSD card ever
- NetApp: a requiem
- July is looking definite for Windows 10 release
- Your brain is wired the same way that Facebook is
- Week in Tech: Google IO steals the show with Android M, Brillo, and brilliant Photos
- Thanks to lasers, we're learning more about dinosaurs
- PlayStation boss admits the PS4 lineup is looking 'sparse'
- What's the secret to recovering lost memories? Light
- Good luck trying to flee from this robotic 'snake monster'
- The best Android M feature is Google Now on Tap
- Meet Big Data Analytics firm claiming to be 10x cheaper than the competition
- How technology influenced the creation of Batman: Arkham Knight
- Apple may have just bought an augmented reality startup
May 28
- Android M vs Android Lollipop: 6 things Android M does better
- The 16 best free GarageBand plugins
- The Nvidia Shield 4K Android TV set-top/console is now available
- Google Maps adding a host of offline features, including voice turn-by-turn navigation
- New Google Photos is all about organization, sharing and free unlimited storage
- Top Women's National Teams hitting FIFA 16
- Wearable warfare: Jawbone says Fitbit stole its secrets
- The biggest tech deal of 2015 just happened and it could mean faster internet for you
- Android TV gets a 4K Netflix boost
- Great tech innovators: Eben Upton
- HP builds up NFV stable through ConteXtream acquisition
- Confirmed: Apple Watch charges faster through secret port
- Yes, that is a Moose taking control of your Instagram
- Lenovo's smartphone projector looks wacky, could be brilliant
- You don't really want a 2K smartphone screen, says Sony
- New Xbox One controller gets a proper headphone jack
- BMX racers are using drones to help them go faster
- Apple Pay bringing a new rewards system to WWDC?
- Lenovo introduces Magic View, the first smartwatch with a second screen
- Lenovo adds new ThinkPad 10 to its extensive enterprise lineup
- Lenovo Cast ready to crash the streaming market
- Lenovo introduces two new SAN offerings for SMBs
May 27
- Google 'buy button' is coming to make online shopping even easier
- This is how Google can beat Apple and Amazon in the set-top box wars
- Google Now could meet its match with Apple 'Proactive' in iOS 9
- Samsung has a plan to make phones even thinner and longer-lasting by 2017
- Apple calls cars 'the ultimate mobile device,' hints there's more to come
- Android Auto and Apple CarPlay come to Chevrolet's 2016 lineup
- This single text message is crashing people's iPhones - here's the fix
- Sonos offers an easy introduction to multi-room audio
- 'Dangerous' Snoopers' Charter is back, but is it already out of date?
- Smartphone battery woes? Then try this dual-battery, Lollipop-toting handset
- Processors do grow on trees: your next phone could be made of wood
- Great tech innovators: Palmer Luckey
- Make way for Apple Maps transit directions, but only in six cities
- Lenovo introduces trio of new consumer laptops
May 26
- Here's what iOS 9 tells us about iPhone 6S 'Force Touch'
- Criminals obtained more than 100,000 taxpayer records in IRS attack
- The latest NSA project swipes right for your identity
- Invite-only: OnePlus Two announcement teased for next week
- An HBO Now price drop isn't off the table, survey suggests
- Fusion keyboard design can allow Apple to ditch notebook trackpads
- Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S
- HTC One M9 vs Samsung Galaxy S6
- Could Project Cars be one of the first Nintendo NX games?
- Android M could make your device run faster and longer
- Watch this robot learn through trial and error, just like a human
- Roku rolls out its Summer update
- iPhone 6S could have a 12MP camera with strong low-light skills
- Sony Xperia Z3+ vs Sony Xperia Z3
- This guy can play rock, paper, scissors with a thought-controlled robot arm
- Great tech innovators: Reed Hastings
- There's no Arc Reactor in the official Iron Man Galaxy S6 Edge
- SanDisk wants to kill hard drives with low cost SSD
May 25
- Bling out your Apple Watch in 18K gold on a budget
- Spotify users will feel right at home with Windows 10 Music app
- Charter appears ready to bring Time Warner Cable into the fold
- Google patent details Amazon Echo-style smart toys
- Lots of people on Vine are trying to summon a demon
- Put a back button on your iPhone 6 with this magic screen protector
- Qualcomm and Daimler working to bring wireless charging to your car
- Consoles held The Witcher 3's graphics back, but PC gaming is far from cursed
- Instagram is planning to invade your inbox
- This is what Google's new Photos app looks like
- Great tech innovators: Hossein Yassaie
- 70,000 shots later, this image is now the world's biggest photo
May 24
- Android M Nexus devices to get a two-year update guarantee?
- Tech innovators: Elon Musk
- How Windows 10 will change smartphones forever
May 23
- Will porn do for VR what it did for VHS, DVD and… the internet?
- The unlikely but possible return of Shenmue - and why you should never cheat a zombie
- Android app support could be about to give Firefox OS a boost
- Great tech innovators: Gabe Newell
May 22
- The thrill is gone, but iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 may be more stable
- Apple and IBM MobileFirst apps hit the Apple Watch
- Apple TV's rumored local channel service may dash hopes of WWDC unveiling
- Office Now may be Cortana for your work life
- HP split will cost billions
- Will Hollywood ever embrace VR?
- Google has a tiny plan for the Internet of Things
- Did Microsoft threaten facility closures because of tech reforms?
- StubHub's new app is an entertainment planner, not just a ticket system
- Week in Tech: Laser eyes, Apple's home invasion, and a new era for Spotify
- The past, present and future of smartphone batteries
- Huge 8K panels shipping from China this year
- This robot therapist can tell if you're depressed
- Uber brings self-driving taxis one step closer to reality
- Fox announces all its new movies will be HDR friendly when they hit the home
- Shazam now works on Android Wear as well as the Apple Watch
- Great tech innovators: Tony Fadell
- Computex 2015: The best bits
- NSA planned to infect phones with malware via Google Play store
May 21
- iPad may become 'our Pad' with these new iOS 9 features
- Apple stylus patent hints at new iPad Pro features
- Acer leads Chromebook sales with growing market
- Moto X 2015 may add microSD support, brighter selfies
- Outlook.com update includes third-party add-ins
- Did Apple just leak the iPhone 6C?
- Lenovo enjoys buoyant PC sales despite profit decline
- NetApp embarks on annual job cull
- This racial slur leads Google Maps to the White House's doorstep
- Guy who flew gyrocopter into White House garden could be jailed for nine years
- HGST: We're better than white box storage solutions
- The Apple Watch is selling brilliantly or poorly, depending on who you believe
- AMD is trying to clean up virtual reality's mess
- Security flaw makes Apple Watches vulnerable to nimble thieves
- The hidden battle inside your smartphone
- Google Maps adds traffic alerts, deals another blow to the sat nav
- The latest Samsung Galaxy Note 5 rumour is a strange one
- Great tech innovators: Larry Ellison
- Google debuts Skrillex-designed Nexus, Samsung 'live cases'
May 20
- Hulu signs big exclusives with Seinfeld and The Walking Dead spin-off
- Microsoft focuses on finesse with latest Windows 10 preview
- Google may launch its standalone photo service next week
- Hulu and Hulu Plus: the latest TV shows and movies to stream
- OpenStack very close to its enterprise level bow
- Huawei's tiny internet of things OS is just 10KB
- The new Spotify will serve up tons of videos and podcasts
- HTTPS exploit ready to terrorise thousands of websites and mail servers
- Samsung Galaxy A8 set for a fingerprint sensor and wider release
- Why 2015 is the year mobile payments could finally take off
- Major E3 rumour of the day: is Shenmue III happening at last?
- Samsung quashes rumours of early Galaxy Note 5 launch
- People are unhappy with Facebook's plan for free internet, but why?
- How Cortana will be your digital assistant at work
- Sound waves are almost as good as X-rays for detecting broken bones
- The full Google Maps experience is coming to Android Wear
- Apple Watch will be available to buy in stores from June
- Oppo R7 and R7 Plus launched to rival Samsung and Apple
- Great tech innovators: Sir Jony Ive
May 19
- Here's what's in the first Apple Watch update, and what's to come
- Pebble CEO calls Apple Watch 'spectacular'
- New Thunderbolt to roll in for Computex
- Apparently Emoji is the 'fastest growing language ever'
- Deezer expands to offer more than 20,000 podcasts and radio shows
- How Toshiba's new storage device could change the data centre
- Fove's eye-tracking headset solves one of VR's biggest headaches, hits Kickstarter
- May the Force be with you: Say Hi to Apple's new MacBook Pro
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Active may have a QHD screen for underwater luxury
- AMD's new High Bandwidth Memory will power the graphics cards of the future
- How good are Windows Phone apps in 2015?
- Russia's making its own mobile OS to boot out Apple and Google
- Jay Z raps some sense, some nonsense as he disses Spotify, Apple and co
- LG goes big and small with the G4 Stylus and G4c
- Forget smartphones - the Light Phone is dumb and proud
- Your LG G4 may be winging its way to you right now
- Great tech innovators: Warren East
- Ogle at the weird and wonderful from Maker Faire 2015
- Microsoft turns on Clutter to keep your inbox clean
May 18
- Thanks to Spotify, Starbucks baristas will serve up piping hot playlists
- The guy behind Mass Effect is going to work on HoloLens, Xbox One
- Toshiba's Ethernet-connected drives promise reduction in overhead costs
- Update could put Apple TV controls on your wrist
- Asus Zenfone 2 launches at half the price of other phones
- Defining the new critical communications roadmap
- Sharing is caring: 11% of US Netflix users aren't necessarily paying
- Is the TV resolution revolution finished?
- Microsoft ready to pounce and acquire IFS?
- New iMac and MacBook Pro with Force Touch landing this Wednesday?
- 2020 vision: how the Mac will evolve over the next 5 years
- You'll be riding in a self-driving car by 2020, says Nissan
- Snapchat is coming to Windows Phone, but don't hold your breath
- Here's more proof that an Apple Car is on the way
- Space X's retro posters make Mars look incredibly inviting
- HTC killed its mini phones because you bought too many phablets
- The strange tech of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood video
- Samsung Wallet shuts down... Samsung Pay is coming
- How Windows 10 will be kept always up-to-date for businesses
- 10 brilliant WhatsApp tips and tricks
- Great tech innovators: Larry Page
- Apple acquires Coherent Navigation... to make its navigation more coherent
May 17
- Can you trick your spine into making you run faster?
- Job postings hint Google Glass could return as a whole family of products
- Huawei said to be working on a Mate 8-style Nexus and its own OS
May 16
- Xiaomi edges into the UK and US with Mi Store launch
- Microsoft to bypass operators with Windows 10 Mobile updates
- Bewitched by The Witcher 3, less impressed by Metal Gear's squeezable knockers
- How Continuum will work on your next Windows 10 for Phones handset
May 15
- New Microsoft Edge features revealed in latest Windows 10 leak
- Diablo III celebrates its third birthday in a very Diablo way
- Windows 10 upgrade: Microsoft extends olive branch to pirates
- An Oculus Rift setup could cost more than Xbox One, PS4 combined
- Beep-beep: US government wants cars to talk to each other pronto
- The Mindy Project is the latest TV show saved by streaming
- Want to play with Oculus Rift? Then you'll need a serious PC
- Verizon snafu left its 9 million internet users easy targets for hackers
- Citrix gambles on the Internet of Things through new platform
- Intel's eASIC partnership boosts custom Xeon chips for big data workloads
- Samsung set to deliver free HDR movies very soon
- Chinese hackers secretly use Microsoft TechNet for malware assault
- Get over here! Next-gen releases boost the games market
- Is the iPhone 6S camera getting a megapixel boost?
- Hasta la vista security: this 3D-printed robot can break padlocks in 30 seconds
- How to turn your Windows laptop into a wireless hotspot
- Week in Tech: Facebook's got news, Apple's got tunes, Moto's got a secret
- WYOD is a massive opportunity, but businesses must address security
- Has Samsung quietly announced the Galaxy S6 Active?
- Google's self-driving buggies get the green light for road tests
- Samsung may have just dropped Android Wear for good
- Bad news: your smartwatch's battery life will never be good enough
- Qualcomm might not make a dedicated wearables chip after all
- Almost half of all smartphones sold are now phablets
- Yes, LG really did make a budget Windows Phone device
May 14
- Apple's smart home future begins in June
- Holy ship: Walmart rivals Amazon Prime with $50 shipping service
- Windows 10 Mobile beta gets its 'Xbox On' in new update
- Bummer alert: there's a virus in this awesome GTA 5 mod
- Try 'Office' outside the office with latest Windows 10 Mobile build
- Millions of unsecured home routers caught up in DDoS botnet
- Microsoft Hyperlapse will help give your videos the TL;DR effect
- Ships made out of this metal would never sink
- Is Samsung's Clear View case damaging the S6 and S6 Edge?
- New HTC tablet could fly on to shelves in the next few weeks
- 5 things you should know about Open Compute
- Here's our best look so far of the rough and ready Galaxy S6 Active
- When will Microsoft's Edge browser get extensions?
- Apple Music may launch exclusive social network for artists
- NSA spying reform bill makes its way through the House
May 13
- These are the 10 smartphone features you can't live without
- Smartphones haven't killed the camera, they've only made it better
- How to print when you're on the road
- Asus takes on Retina MacBook with limited edition ZenBook UX305
- Microsoft reveals names and details for every version of Windows 10
- Ubisoft will have VR games ready to go in 2016
- New Venom flaw may be worse than Heartbleed, researchers warn
- NeweggBusiness serves up new Windows 10-ready desktops
- Roku TVs get refreshed with new apps and a 2015 redesign
- Netflix is working on a Top Gear reboot called House of Cars
- What's behind the design of Windows 10 – and why it won't be Hamburger hell
- Is Samsung's Galaxy S5 better than the S6? Some think so
- Driverless and in control: the incredible tech that will make self-driving cars a reality
- Are Ultra HD Blu-rays dead on arrival?
- Fujitsu readies IoT tags that know when you've fallen over
- iPhone 6s rumoured for camera boost along with Force Touch
- IBM new chip helps transfer a Blu-ray movie in two seconds
- Samsung packs Galaxy S4 firepower in tiny ARTIK platform
- A Medieval law could stop the internet from ruining your life
- Angry Birds flies into the world of virtual reality
- This tech could stop humans from feeling pain
- Facebook Instant Articles aim to take over online news
- Dual-screen Yotaphone 2 now does more, comes in white and is cheaper
- AOL: the end of an era, a eulogy
- Waterproof Samsung Galaxy S6 Active leaks... in a good way
May 12
- Polycom RealPresence Group Convene transforms your huddle room into a meeting space
- These are the best games coming to E3 2015
- Latest Game of Thrones episode breaks show's own piracy record
- Next Assassin's Creed set in London, coming to PS4 and Xbox One in October
- You can catch a Charizard (and all the other Pokemon) in Minecraft
- 4K Blu-ray spec confirmed, get your shiny Ultra HD discs this year
- Microsoft boosts investment in undersea cables to secure SaaS future
- Nvidia's latest Grid update is good news for you, bad news for Xbox One and PS4
- Want to get Windows 10 for free? Become a tester now
- The Apple Watch is much more waterproof than we expected
- Apple Watch icons too small? This is how to make them bigger
- How to get your Moto 360 working with an iPhone - without a jailbreak
- How to extend your phone, tablet or laptop battery life on the move
- Olympus launches new pro wide-angle lenses and a limited-edition E-M5 II
May 11
- Every Google self-driving car accident was caused by human error
- Windows tablets gain momentum in enterprise
- Google temporarily shuts down Map Maker to plunge its spam problem
- Another auto executive meets with Apple, but won't say why
- What would happen if Microsoft bought Salesforce?
- Lenovo's new LaVie Z suffers convertible problems
- Tor Cloud service stopped after lack of interest, major bugs
- Got a WordPress website? You should read this now
- This laptop drive holds a fifth of the British Library, slips in your back pocket
- The 10 best GTA 5 PC mods so far
- How will Android support work in Windows 10 for Phones?
- Missing Link: what's going on with Zelda for Wii U?
- 7 productivity tips for your premium PC
- Fuji X-T1 gets faster, better autofocus with a v4.0 firmware update
May 10
- Why it shouldn't be left to pirates to keep our games alive
- The Cloud Cities where urban automation is a reality
- Surprises are dead: Endless leaks and teasers are killing the joy of tech
- What it's like to spend the morning as an elite athlete
May 9
- CHIP is a tiny computer you can pre-order for $9
- Splatoon makes us want to dye - can it reinvigorate the Wii U?
May 8
- 5 things Hololens does that even Iron Man can appreciate
- Official: Canon spots a problem with the 750D/760D
- Apple may offer free trials of new Beats Music streaming service
- Google Project Fi vs AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint
- Microsoft confirms there will be no Windows 11
- Microsoft may be interested in buying Salesforce
- PC sales slow ahead of Windows 10 launch
- Mother's Day tech gifts: What to give a new mom
- AMD just gave your next laptop better graphics and a battery life boost
- How to get the most from your premium PC
- Amazon's delivery drones will be able to hunt you down
- Are Destiny players happier than those who play Fallout?
- Week in Tech: Oculus Rift is confirmed, and Nintendo's back in black
- The sound of science: Artificial eardrums take shape
- Humans are trying to beat robots at Texas Hold 'em poker
- The reasons why Sweden is a hotbed for digital innovation
- Avengers: Infinity War to be shot entirely with new IMAX cameras
May 7
- Move over, Facebook: Uber reportedly bids on Nokia's Here maps
- Rockstar won't ban you for using single-player GTA 5 mods
- 5 million internet users infected by adware
- Grooveshark clone still swimming, will be 'better and stronger than it ever was'
- Tesla Model 3 will be the first electric car you can remotely afford
- Acer updates TravelMate P645 with Broadwell chip
- Galaxy Note 5 and Note 5 Edge get detailed in a new leak
- Don't drown in data: how Microsoft's new Azure data services can help
- Two and a Half Megamen, Sesame Streetfighter... video game sitcoms we'd actually watch
- Meet the Rombertik, the malware that self-destructs when discovered
- Applebot could be the start of an Apple search engine
- The US army wants invisibility cloaks within 18 months
- 21st century Mother's Day tech gifts she won't stick in a drawer
- Cheaper LG G4 leaks with not a stitch of leather in sight
- Google's brilliant plan to get you off the couch
- Microsoft shows it's blazing new trails at the Ignite conference
May 6
- AMD tackles datacenter silicon strategy with new chips
- New Dell Storage solutions satiate growing enterprise storage needs
- New wearables from the team behind Project Ara to debut at Google IO 2015
- 90s classic Snake makes a comeback on new smartphones
- 6 ways to expand storage on your iPhone 6
- Oculus is tight-lipped on Rift price, will lockdown quality control
- Roku shacks up with Sharp for the binge-watchers out there
- Microsoft giving Outlook.com makeover inspired by Office 365
- Sony Xperia C4 blasts selfie obsession up another notch
- Google powers up highly scalable cloud-based NoSQL database
- Oculus Rift will launch in early 2016, and this is what it looks like
- This is what thunder looks like
- What factors are fuelling the rebirth of the PC?
- How Microsoft is redefining itself with a new direction for Windows
- Intel targets mission critical applications with new Xeon chips
- Global Windows 10 marketshare nearly doubled in one quarter
- Ban email at work: 6 of the best perpetual messaging platforms
May 5
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 will feature sick kickflips and projectiles
- Post-Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Periscope promises to tackle piracy head on
- Microsoft improves hybrid management across clouds
- This is why Tidal sounds better than iTunes or Spotify
- Could an integrated enterprise suite make business sense?
- You could be paying with an Android Wear watch this year
- Goat Simulator does zombie survival because it's what the world needs
- Microsoft offers a preview of Windows 10 on smaller tablets
- Good GOG: Steam's latest rival is ready for you to try
- Tinder's flimsy defence for burning older users
- 10 things you should never do on Facebook
- HP accidentally reveals new AMD Radeon GPU alongside back to school desktops
- Does the Apple Watch's secret port hold the key to longer battery life?
- Cisco ends long search for CEO with internal appointment
- Astronomers solve 17-year radio beeping mystery: it was their microwave
- How Microsoft's machine learning algorithms will make for smarter apps
- New Apple TV rumors turn up the volume on touchpad remote
- The iPad Pro may obliterate the cash register
May 4
- Google wants to organize your life with Timeful, its fourth to-do list
- Watchful thinking: here's our wish for the ultimate smartwatch
- Seventy-seven percent of organizations believe wearables can increase employee productivity
- Apple takes aim at Spotify before Beats Music relaunch
- Microsoft exec blasts Google's approach to Android updates
- This website is trolling a former HP CEO turned presidential candidate
- Free Office 2016 preview is now open to the public
- Vanity Fair's photos from the Star Wars 7 set just outed who plays its central villain
- Microsoft previews a customizable, versatile Windows 10 for enterprise
- 7 criteria for data encryption
- Is India becoming a tech powerhouse?
- Two-legged robot goes for a walk
- Boxing match piracy causes Twitter bout
- Twitter reveal of Harley Quinn and the suited-up Suicide Squad
May 3
- Windows 10 is going to kill off Media Center, Microsoft confirms
- What Windows 10's future could look like with more Android
- Leaked specs offer a first glimpse of the next Lumia flagships
- Apple Watch: a runner's review
May 2
- Fonkraft modular smartphone gets pulled from Indiegogo
- YouTube is celebrating its 10th birthday with a greatest hits package
- As Silent Hills goes quiet, Banjo-Kazooie's 'spiritual successor' eases my aching heart
May 1
- How to watch the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight from the comfort of your own home
- Obama will spend $20 million on police body cameras
- Mad Max shows off the future of video game graphics today
- Microsoft creates the most useful Surface Pro 3 dock you can't buy
- Microsoft pens deal to acquire N-trig
- Steve Jobs' old business cards will go to the highest bidder
- Quantum computing OS could speed up arrival of powerful PCs
- LG goes hell for leather and the vegetarian in me isn't pleased
- This creepy female android can blink and fidget like a human
- Surface Pro 4 reportedly slated for an anniversary announcement
- Week in Tech: Hololens, X-Wings and the Apple Watch - the future has arrived
- IBM whips up a new iPad app to help the elderly
- Here's the last thing Nasa's Messenger probe saw before it crashed
- The CEO of Amazon just launched a spaceship
- Your Instagram pictures can help scientists track climate change
- How Old just revealed the ages of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends
- Planet of the cyber-apes: Robot chimps might one day explore the moon
- Grooveshark is dead - this is what killed it
- Samsung admits the Galaxy S6 has a major problem
- The online dominance of English is fading: how will that affect your business?
- Tesla Powerwall: a home battery with a green vision