OnePlus 3 gets UK

As if the fallout from the EU referendum wasn’t stressful and confusing enough for the people of Britain, Brexit is now taking its toll on the price of phones. Upstart Chinese Android phone manufacturer OnePlus announced on Tuesday that it is putting up the price of its latest device, the OnePlus 3, in the UK. …

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10 million Android devices reportedly infected with Chinese malware

Now playing: Watch this: Android malware ‘HummingBad’ infects millions 1:18 Enlarge Image Android’s latest version is Nougat, but the operating system is already in a sticky situation due to HummingBad. Google At least 10 million Android devices have been infected by malware called HummingBad, according to cybersecurity software maker Check Point. Check Point, which has been tracking the malware since …

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Apple to encourage organ donation with Health app

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10 update makes it easy to become an organ donor 1:15 Apple is trying to make organ donation a simpler process. The company said on Tuesday that its updated Health app, which will be available as part of iOS 10, will offer a new option that lets people sign up to be organ donors. The …

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Apple promoting organ donation in iOS 10

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10 update makes it easy to become an organ donor 1:15 Starting in iOS 10, Apple’s Health app will allow US users to register themselves to donate organs, eyes and tissue. Apple is working with Donate Life America and says when you register, that data is sent directly to the National Donate Life Registry. Now …

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Amazon to offer speedy delivery service on some Prime Day deals

As part of Amazon’s second annual Prime Day sales event coming up next week, customers will have the option of receiving their purchases within an hour through the company’s Prime Now delivery service. Amazon said Tuesday that customers in more than 25 US metropolitan areas will be able to get near-immediate delivery of more than 500 items during the e-commerce …

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How to build a VR

Now playing: Watch this: Building a PC? 5 rookie mistakes — and how to fix them 1:10 The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are here. But your PC has to be pretty powerful to use these cutting-edge VR headsets. If your PC is lacking performance, don’t worry. We’re going to show you how to build a VR-ready PC. Update, July …

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Nura headphones tailor their sound to your ears

Don’t bother trying to find the perfect pair of headphones: Nura wants to do the work for you. This group of Australian entrepreneurs is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter for a new kind of headphones, and it’s promising an experience tailor-made for your ears. The Melbourne-based inventors claim that they’ve built a form of automatic hearing detection that allows the …

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This is what Google’s upcoming Nexus phone may look like

Earlier rumors have suggested that HTC will be building the next Nexus smartphone for Google. We now have a look at what that phone may look like when it is released later this year. The image was published on Tuesday by Android Police, a tech site that has reported accurate leaks in the past. The website reports that the phone …

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Prince websites get their own online museum

An archive of Prince’s official and unofficial websites has launched as a free online museum. The Prince Online Museum currently features seventeen of The Purple One’s websites, with the oldest dating back to 1994. Easily browsable on a timeline, each site has its own profile page with a brief summary about it. The content of the sites ranged from lyric …

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One of the best new graphics cards is about to get tiny

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 are two of the best new PC graphics cards you can buy. They’re currently expensive and hard to find, but they’re so good that you might want to wait to buy a GPU, period, until they come down in price. Enlarge Image Gigabyte Here’s another potential reason to wait: you’ll be able to buy …

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Prototype gadget can scan and identify fonts on demand

Typeface nerds are a different kind of geek, the kind that will spend hours researching to find the right font choice to fit a particular design. But what if there was a gadget that could scan any printed text and immediately identify the name of the font and the exact shade of color it as it appears? That’s the concept …

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The fast fingerprint readers on these phones crush the competition

When it comes to fingerprint security on a smartphone, slow and inaccurate reads that waste time are the only things worse than having no fingerprint reader at all. For impatient types like me, fast, reliable biometric scanning unlocks the phone sooner, and gets me on my way to doing something actually important, like scrolling through Facebook Liking pictures of my …

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Google Doodle parties with the stars and stripes

Google Doodle is hosting the best Fourth of July party ever, and you’re all invited! The Doodle of the day shows the 50 stars from the American flag enjoying an Independence Day barbecue. Per my random decision to assign states to each star, Texas is grilling hot dogs. Eleven states are eagerly lined up, with hot dog buns ready for …

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