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HTC hasn’t had great success selling flagship phones to mainstream smartphone consumers lately, but the company now hopes crypto enthusiasts will keep it afloat a little longer. The previously announced Exodus smartphone is available for pre-order. Naturally, you can only buy this first-of-its-kind blockchain phone with cryptocurrency. If you pick …

It’s no secret that Intel’s 10nm process has been bedeviled by delays and problems — the node is years late already, and it may not debut at volume until Q4 2019. But new media reports suggest that Intel has cancelled the node completely, while Intel itself denies that charge. The …

Earlier this month, Microsoft pulled the October Windows 10 update (Build 1809) after it was discovered that a small number of users suffered a catastrophic failure when they upgraded, with the contents of their Pictures, Videos, and sometimes Documents folder deleted. Here’s how Microsoft describes that failure: Prior to re-releasing …

Micron has announced that it will buy Intel’s stake in IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between the two companies that’s been responsible for a number of high-profile technologies from both companies. Hybrid memory cube, Optane (aka 3D XPoint) and the Crystal Well SDRAM that Intel mounts on its highest-end …

Samsung was among the companies that launched Windows Mixed Reality headsets as part of Microsoft’s bit VR push last year. The Samsung Odyssey was well-reviewed compared to other Windows head mounted displays (HMDs), but it was also more expensive. Now, Samsung has announced an improved version of the Odyssey called …

  Keeping your online activities private can be a challenge when the online world is so rife with dangers. Even your ISP or a VPN provider could technically keep a log of everything you’re doing online. The Tor network provides a possible way to anonymize your data, but it’s a …

We’ve all gotten used to the fact that installing an app on a smartphone means the developers will get at least some information about us. Both Android and iOS include controls to block app permissions, and you can always remove an app if you think it’s being too nosey. As …

  When news of Spectre and Meltdown broke in January, end users were significantly concerned by the idea that patching these issues could come with a side dish of substantial performance penalties. In the long run, the concern proved to be a non-issue for most client-side workloads, though server customers …

Google’s latest phone officially launched yesterday, and for the third time, Verizon is the only carrier selling the new Pixels directly. In past years, Verizon has sold SIM-unlocked Pixels that worked on every carrier — indeed, all its phones were unlocked because of a legal agreement it made a decade …