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Foxtel launches 4K channel with live sport, no buffering in sight

Back in March, the whole of Australia watched Cameron Bancroft rough up a cricket ball during the South African ball-tampering fiasco. A nation squinted to see its shame in standard definition. Imagine if you could have seen that catastrophe play out in stunning Ultra HD! Now, 4K Cricket (and 4K NRL, movies, documentaries and concerts) is coming to Australia with …

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How to use Alexa on an Android phone

Over the years, Alexa has popped up in a number of places we would never have expected it before — in refrigerators, cars, thermostats, televisions and even lamps. But it’s taken longer for Amazon’s handy personal assistant to arrive on our pockets. Last year, Amazon made Alexa accessible from every iOS device by adding it to the Amazon Shopping app. Then …

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Samsung may suspend production at Chinese phone factory due to sales slump

Samsung is reportedly looking into suspending operations at one of its phone manufacturing plants in China as sales fall and labor costs rise. It may stop making phones at Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology, according to Reuters, which cited South Korea’s Electronic Times. Samsung told the news agency Monday that the fate of the factory, which is located in the northeastern …

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Nvidia foreshadows GeForce RTX 2080 reveal next week

When Nvidia posted a teaser video for its Aug. 20 Gamescom event, fans eagerly awaiting the company’s next-generation flagship gaming graphics processor deconstructed it frame-by-frame. They delivered the verdict that the next high-end GeForce GPU will be named the RTX 2080, not the GTX 1180 as rumored. Confirmed the new series is called 2080 pic.twitter.com/hbv0ixkoVL — Shronk (@RblxBoii) August 14, 2018 …

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Fortnite for Android no longer Samsung

Fortnite, the biggest thing in video games, was only portable if you had an iPhone, iPad or Nintendo Switch. Then it came to Android — but only as a Samsung Galaxy exclusive.  Now, non-Samsung Android phones are getting on the Fortnite Battle Bus, too. We still don’t have a firm release date for when each Android phone will get to …

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Oppo’s no notch, all screen Find X launches Aug. 16

Oppo is known for making strong midrange phones, so anticipation for its first high-priced premium device, the Oppo Find X, is high. Now we know when we can get our hands on it. At an event in Sydney Wednesday, Oppo announced that the Find X will be available from Aug. 16 and retail at AU$1,099. It will be exclusive to JB Hi-Fi and …

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MoviePass users have trouble canceling, company calls it a bug

MoviePass subscribers trying to cancel should keep an eye on their credit card bill. Many MoviePass subscribers are reporting on social media that their cancellation attempts aren’t working, and have even resulted in getting an additional, unwanted credit card charge. I canceled my MoviePass subscription last week when they ran out of money. Today I got an email that I …

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