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• DiRT 4 Review - Over Bumps (PS4)

  

  DiRT 4 Review – Over Bumps (PS4)DiRT 4 is the first numbered entry in the DiRT racing series of video games we’ve seen since 2011’s DiRT 3. With a focus on more than just rally racing, and even a new, friendlier handling mode, can Codemasters capture even more fans this time around? Let’s find out in our DiRT 4 review.Good Body WorkRight from the start, the first thing you’ll notice about DiRT 4 is that the car models are impeccable. There’s a ton of detail in each of the more than 50 cars on of..

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• Monument Valley 2 Revealed: Ustwo Developers, Apple CEO Tim Cook Discuss Surprise Sequel

  

  David Phelan Philip Schiller shows the new App Store with Monument Valley 2 front and centre. Oh, at last, I can tell you about this. Journalists are essentially gossips, we love to share news, faster than the next big-mouth can spill it. Back in February I visited ustwo games in London, makers of the remarkable Monument Valley, a dazzlingly beautiful puzzle game where you must guide Princess Ida through a series of impossible buildings and landscapes. But I was told that the new Monum..

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• HP fixed the biggest issue with its VR backpack PC and will sell it next month

  

  HP has reworked the backpack PC concept it unveiled last year and is now ready to put the computer on sale. The Omen X Compact Desktop is a surprisingly slim and light gaming PC that's meant to be strapped to your back and used for VR. The idea sounds ...

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• Apple iOS 11 Announcement: What Are The New Features?

  

  At the 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, Apple announced updates to tvOS, macOS, watchOS and iOS. Last year, Apple’s release of iOS 10 included improvements to the Lock Screen and its stock apps such as third party integrations in the Messages and Maps app. And this year, Apple is especially focusing on productivity for the iPad with iOS 11. Developers can download a preview of iOS 11 through developer.apple.com now. There will be a public beta program available for i..

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• Tripping to macOS 10.13 High Sierra

  

  If you’re Apple, and you’re looking for a name for your new version of macOS, which is aimed at being a refinement to the previous version, what do you do? Name it High Sierra and make stoner jokes about how it’s fully baked. For film buffs, like our own Michael Cohen, Apple could instead have gone with a quote from the 1941 flick “High Sierra,” in which a character named Big Mac says, “Times have sure changed.” The rest of us might identify with Humphrey Bogart’s character, Roy Earle, who repli..

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• Sony explains why it's rejecting the core philosophy behind Microsoft's next Xbox, 'Project Scorpio'

  

  Sony Interactive Entertainment America CEO Shawn LaydenChristian Petersen/Getty ImagesLast November, when Sony launched the new PlayStation 4 Pro, a souped-up version of its market-leading video games console, it was practically unprecedented. Normally, companies like Sony and Microsoft launch a new game console every five years or so. And when they do, the new consoles carry huge graphical upgrades — usually at the cost of instantly rendering your old games and accessories obsolete and essenti..

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• Apple hears the call of smart speakers

  

  Count Apple (AAPL) among the growing list of tech titans that want to listen to your voice.As demand for personal computers and smartphones ebbs, the company is joining Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google, Microsoft (MSFT) and Samsung in selling so-called smart audio speakers. And no wonder: Many tech watchers view the technology as nothing less than a gateway into people's increasingly connected homes -- and into their pocketbooks.eMarketer estimates 35.6 million Americans will use voice-..

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• Apple Pay takes on Venmo with personal money transfers

  

  Soon you'll be able to pay your friend for that ski trip using Apple Pay. Apple on Monday showed off a new person-to-person payment system. The new service allows users to send and receive money inside Apple's iMessage app. Users can then authenticate payments with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor.  If you get money from someone, it gets stored on an Apple Pay Cash Card until you withdraw it or transfer it to someone else.  The service, which was unveiled at Apple's annual Worldwide Develop..

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• Apple iPhone Gets 'Do Not Disturb While Driving' Feature To Avoid Distractions

  

  For a lot of us, it is hard to resist checking your phone while driving to keep a tab on all the notifications. However, time and again, phones have been a major reason for accidents because the driver was not paying attention on road. Somehow, tech giant Apple has been at the receiving end of this issue, since it would not stop its users from using the iPhone when driving. Trying to combat the same, Apple Inc has now created a new feature for the upcoming iOS 11 update called 'Do Not Disturb W..

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• Microsoft trademarks mysterious S logo ahead of Xbox Project Scorpio unveiling

  

  Microsoft has filed a trademark for a mysterious S logo today. The logo, discovered by a NeoGAF user, is related to “Video game consoles for use with an external display screen or monitor; video game interactive remote control units” and “Computer game ...

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