As anyone who has delved into the world of virtual reality knows, there are a lot of cables and connectors — and none of them seem to be the same. But that may be about to change, thanks to a newly formed industry group known as ICVR. The joint venture, unveiled Tuesday, is initially comprised …
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Twitter is trying to give people even more control over who’s sending them direct messages. The social network added a new feature Tuesday that allows users to review DMs from people they don’t follow. In short, if you’ve opted to get direct messages from anybody, including non-followers, you can preview the message in a “Requests” inbox and either accept or …
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Nikon delivers a trio of new lenses aimed at very different types of photographers, from the budget-focused consumer to the quality-focused pro. The AF-P DX Nikkor 10-20mm f4.5-5.6G VR’s focal range overlaps somewhat with the typical 18-55mm kit lens, but if you’ve got one of the four-digit dSLR models, its aggressive $310 price is pretty attractive for fulfilling any wide-angle …
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Now playing: Watch this: Need an extreme processor? Intel X-Series has 18 cores 1:25 Enlarge Image Intel has unveiled its new X-Series processor, but it’s eyeing plenty more than straight PC power. Intel Intel doesn’t just care about chips any more — it has bigger fish to fry. The processor company took to the stage at Computex in Taipei on …
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Twitter’s taking its livestreaming of Major League Baseball to Tuesdays. The first matchup starts this evening and features All-Star Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox returning to Chicago to take on his former team, the White Sox. The switch to Tuesdays from Fridays will give Twitter back-to-back nights of livestreamed baseball when a new show on Wednesdays called “The …
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Now playing: Watch this: Need an extreme processor? Intel X-Series has 18 cores 1:25 The future is here, and it has 18 cores. Intel on Tuesday took to the stage at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, to unveil its newest range of processors, dubbed the X-Series. With its eyes set on content creators, overclockers and pro gamers (plenty of whom are …
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In an arena where milliseconds matter, MSI is making a play for gamers at the bleeding edge of competition. The Taiwanese gaming company took to the stage at Computex 2017 in Taipei amid blaring techno music to announce new laptops encased in sports car-inspired chassis. That’s apt, because we’re not on a frontier where astronauts forge out into a cosmos, …
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Computex is kicking off once again in Taipei, Taiwan, and CNET is on the ground, braving the humidity, ready to bring you all the big news. Unlike CES in Las Vegas, which catches the whole tech industry in its massive net, or next month’s E3, which zeroes in on gaming for three days in LA, Computex is all about PCs …
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The UK wants tech leaders to play their part in putting a stop to terror. Following Monday’s Manchester attack, British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge tech giants including Facebook and Google to ramp up efforts in combatting terrorism and removing extremist content from the world wide web at the Group of Seven (G7) summit, reports Reuters. The meeting will …
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Three years ago, Google debuted Cardboard, a clever sub-$20 DIY kit that turned nearly any phone into a VR viewer. It was brilliantly simple — so cheap and universal that The New York Times eventually gave it away for free to its print subscribers. And it worked as a smart counterpoint to the high-end PC-based VR hardware from Oculus, which …
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