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Now you can buy refurbished 2016 MacBook pros without Touch Bars

Refurbished versions of Apple's 2016 MacBook Pros are now available in the Apple store, as long as you don't need a Touch Bar.
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Windows XP error noises make for a great rendition of Smash Mouth's 'All Star'

A Youtuber has remixed Smash Mouth's hit All Star using only sounds from the Windows XP operating system and it works surprisingly well.
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New Monster Hunter XX to release on 3DS in Japan at same time as Switch launch

Monster Hunter XX will launch in Japan in March next year, around the same time as the Nintendo Switch.
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Could Pioneer's UltraHD Blu-ray drive be the last optical drive you ever buy?

Pioneer has a new, Ultra HD, Internal Blu-ray writer and it can play and write all sorts of media, quietly and quickly.
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Nvidia’s Jetson TX2 platform can double the power or the efficiency of hardware

Nvidia's newly announced Jetson TX2 is twice as powerful -- or twice as efficient -- as the TX1 and comes in the same, compact form-factor.
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The Mustang from ‘Bullitt’ may have been found in a Mexicali junkyard

One of the two Ford Mustangs used in filming Bullitt in the 50s, may have been found in a Mexican junkyard and is now being restored.
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Where did my laptop go?! MSI introduces new hard-to-spot Camo Squad line

MSI's new line of Camo Squad hardware is giving away free copies of Ghost Recon: Wildlands, or season passes.
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Smart Meters may be dumber than you think, according to Dutch study

Exaggerating smart meters may be costing consumers a lot of money unfairly, as a new Dutch study found they can exaggerate energy usage.
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Base Surface Pro 4s no longer come with Surface Pen — but it’s a better deal

Microsoft's entry-level Surface Pro 4 with Surface Pen bundle has disappeared from its web store entirely, though that's not such a bad thing.
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WD My Cloud web interface could give hackers the key to your files

Western Digital's My Cloud range of NAS drives has been shown to be vulnerable to a number of relatively simple exploits.
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Nintendo Teardown: Here’s what the inside of the Switch looks like

The Nintendo Switch's teardown has shown a lack of adhesive, which should make it quire repairable for home hackers in the future.
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Google bumped up Gmail's incoming attachment limit to 50MB

Google has increased the size of incoming attachments on its Gmail webmail service to 50MB, doubling the previous limit.
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Factory living: Turning a disused industrial space into a garden home

La Fabrica is Spanish Architect, Ricardo Bofill's renovated factory home and it blends gardens and the original industrial space beautifully.
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AMD: Ryzen CPU gaming performance inhibited by lack of optimization

AMD has said that Ryzen CPU gaming performance will improve in time as developers implement optimizations for the new hardware.
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‘Ip Man,’ ‘Rogue One’ star Donnie Yen lands lead role in ‘Sleeping Dogs’ movie

Chinese action star Donnie Yen will take on the starring role of Original Film's upcoming Sleeping Dogs movie adaptation.
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Amazon's Lumberyard demo shows off direct support for fancy anti-aliasing effects

Amazon has used this year's Nvidia GDC showcase to show off various visual effects for Lumberyard, its VR-compatible game engine.
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‘No Man’s Sky’ maker wants to help developers dodge pitfalls it already fell in

Hello Games wants to help others avoid its mistakes in the procedurally generated gaming space, with its new Hello Labs initiative.
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Hololens tech supports augmented reality museum exhibit in Manhattan

Microsoft's Hololens has helped art curators develop a virtual museum exhibition within an existing gallery, to the delight of patrons.
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Microsoft OneDrive's one-terabyte-per-user quotas now coming into play

Microsoft has begun its promised culling of OneDrive unlimited packages, limiting them to one terabyte per user.
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Solar Skins could help aesthetics-conscious homeowners go green

Sistine Solar's Solar Skins could be the way forward for homeowners concerned with their energy needs and the look of their roof.
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How well does your system handle VR? Nvidia’s FCAT VR benchmark will tell you

Nvidia's GCAT VR will make measuring your PC's capabilities in virtual reality easier than ever when it debuts in mid-March.
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Nvidia’s GTX 1060 and 1080 cards may come with faster memory at a lower price

Nvidia is offering hardware partners the chance to upgrade the speed of GTX 1080 and 1060 memory for new factory-overclocked versions.
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LG Ultrafine 5K displays are being re-released with adequate shielding

LG's Ultrafine 5K display with previously inadequate shielding is set to be in stock and shipping out to customers by as soon as March 8.
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Qualcomm's VR developer kit specs blow Vive and Rift out of the water

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 VR developer kit can track your hands, eyes, and body, offering true freedom of movement in virtual reality.
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Toshiba 512Gb memory chips are now shipping to manufacturers

Toshiba has started shipping out limited samples of its BiCS3 3D flash memory to partners, ahead of mass production later this year.
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Chrome 58 Canary update adds MacBook Pro Touch Bar support

Google's upcoming update for the Chrome browser, 58, will likely see it add Touch Bar support, as the latest Canary build includes it.
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‘Street Fighter V’ load times almost disappear with new mod

A new mod for Street Fighter V which boosts the frame rate of the VS screen has seen load times decreased by huge margins.
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2017 Gear VR will come with a one-handed controller

Samsung's next iteration of its Gear VR headset will come with a one-handed controller, matching Google's Daydream View.
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Blizzard is ditching XP and Vista — for real this time

Blizzard is set to ditch XP and Vista support for its games for good, which means soon, those games will no longer run on the old OS's.
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Mobile Pokémon game all about Magikarp is coming in the spring

A new mobile game based on everyone's favorite underpowered Pokémon, Magikarp, is set to debut in Japan in the Spring.
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HTC Vive bundle lets you climb Everest, walk the plank for free till end of March

The HTC Vive bundle has been expanded to include two more free games -- Everest VR and Richie's Plank Experience -- until the end of March.
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Envelope internet: Google's Project Loon balloons can now hover in place

Google's Project Loon is ballooning internet to many remote regions using the power of clever navigation and air currents.
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Take your glasses off — Stanford is making adaptive VR headset displays

Stanford University is developing a new type of adaptive display VR headset, which can be personalized for short- or long-sighted users.
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Intel's Optane memory will only work with 7th-generation chipsets

Intel launched a new landing page for its Optane Memory storage system, showing it to be a caching drive for HDDs and SSDs.

‘Injustice 2’ is coming to mobile, and it’s bringing a new combat system with it

Injustice 2 will launch on mobile as well as Xbox One and PS4, with new features and game modes, and a brand new combat system.
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'Mastered' Unreal Engine now officially supports Nintendo Switch

Nintendo's Switch console is now officially supported by Epic Game's Unreal Engine, thanks to the latest 4.15 update.
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Vive-like sensor spotted in new Sony patent could make its way to PlayStation VR

Sony could be working on a new type of virtual reality sensor that looks very much like HTC's Vive Lighthouse trackers.
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HTC smartphone VR headset coming by end of the year

HTC's mobile virtual reality headset is coming before the end of the year and will support its new, top-tier handset, the U Ultra.