5 things we've learned from 24 hours with the almost bezeless Vivo Nex

You likely won’t be able to buy the Vivo Nex when it goes on sale later this month, but that doesn’t stop it being one of the most innovative (and exciting) smartphones released in 2018.

The Nex is the latest flagship phone from Chinese company Vivo, and so far the firm has only announced availability for its home market. We have high hopes it'll

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Samsung Bixby smart speaker could potentially see, recognize and hear you

A newly-uncovered patent has given some insight in what to expect from Samsung's long-awaited Bixby smart speaker.

Set to go head-to-head with the Amazon Echo and the Apple HomePod devices, Samsung looks to be taking a slightly different approach to its smart offering, if the patent dated November of 2017 is anything to go by.

The speaker seems to

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Intel8-core Coffee Lake processor will arrive this September, says reportIntel’s 8-core Coffee Lake processor will arrive this September, says report

Intel’s first mainstream octa-core processor is due to arrive in a few months, according to the latest rumors.

A PCWatch report claims to have launch schedule details on Intel’s next three desktop processor families. Supposedly, we will see Intel’s 8-core Coffee Lake Refresh – as opposed to the Coffee Lake-S moniker we’ve seen thus far –  processor

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Exclusive: Netflix to add games to its service, including Minecraft: Story ModeExclusive: Netflix to add games to its service, including Minecraft: Story Mode

Netflix and Telltale Games have entered into a deal that will bring simple game experiences to the streaming service. Netflix has confirmed that the pilot program is likely to begin with Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode that will offer an adapted version of the Telltale Games original. 

Like the Telltale Games series, Minecraft: Story Mode on

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The Instant Magny 35 turns your old film SLR into an instant cameraThe Instant Magny 35 turns your old film SLR into an instant camera

If you've got an old film camera gathering dust at home, NINM Labs may be able to give it a new lease of life with its Instant Magny 35 back.

It's not a digital back, but rather an instant film back that can be mounted on your 35mm SLR or rangefinder camera. The Instant Magny 35 uses Fujifilm's Instax Square film, and it doesn't require you to

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Skull and Bones

In 2003, I developed a complicated relationship with Akella and Bethesda’s Pirates of the Caribbean. So desperate was I for a pirate game that offered a real sense of what it’d be like to swash and buckle with the best (or worst) of them I continually returned to this game, despite its frustratingly clumsy controls and unreasonable demands on my li

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