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Game of Thrones season 6 left fans with a flurry of dread and excitement as Cersei Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and the Night King rose to power, and hinted at the inevitable and massive war that will soon happen in season 7. Now HBO is hyping up fans for the premiere of season 7 in July by releasing the first official promotional trailer aptly titled "Long Walk." Destruction Of Houses Early in March, HBO also released a Game of Thrones teaser featuring the House sigils. which

Japan: Air traffic control plan for predicted drone delivery surgeUPS tests residential delivery via droneHackers can steal your data just from a PC's blinking LED lightsFDNY uses drone for the first time to tame Bronx fireThe

Every fan of the Legend of Zelda series is familiar with the iconic Hylian Shield, a piece of gear that Link has been relying on for many installments such as Ocarina of Time and Skyward Sword. Breath of the Wild is no exception. Now the Hylian Shield is arguably the best shield in the game. To paint a clearer picture, ordinary shields' durability typically range from 10 to 50, while the Hylian Shield has a whopping 800 points. More than that, it also

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Silicon Valley tech companies should do more to help media companies get subscribers and revenues - this was the gist from six panelists discussing "Journalism + Silicon Valley: The Balance of Power" at a recent

AMD Ryzen is amazing in many aspects except one: gaming. Intel is beating AMD in this division. So the company promised to prove it is good for gaming with an optimization project and so far, the results are looking good. AMD collaborated with studio Oxide Games to release a patch for the game Ashes of the Singularity. Based on the company claims and tests of independent third parties, the game improved significantly in terms of frame rate improvement. Optimizing 'Ashes Of The Singularity' Ashes of the Singularity is

Major internet service providers (ISPs) on Friday said they don't plan to sell their customers' web browsing data, even after Congress cleared the way for them to do so.The statements from Verizon, Comcast and AT&T follow

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is officially out of the bag, and it's one of the most powerful smartphones of 2017, rocking top-notch specs and features all around. The latest Samsung flagship is bound to go head-to-head with other high-end smartphones racing for the top spot, so let's see how it stacks up against Apple's iPhone 7 from last year and the recently released LG G6. Samsung Galaxy S8 vs iPhone 7 vs LG G6: Display The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the largest of

After centuries of getting around primarily via horses, many people viewed the first automobiles with apprehension. This newfangled "horseless carriage" was considered too fast and dangerous to ever catch on. In the late 19th century, England even had a law called the Red Flag Act, which required self-propelled vehicles to be led at walking pace by someone waving a red flag. In 1895, the New York Times noted that the law would effectively "destroy the usefulness of a horseless carriage," although

Kingston's Data Traveler is among only a handful of drives certified to work with Windows To Go.Can you imagine being a modern business traveler on a 12-hour transcontinental flight without access to a portable PC or

If binge-watching Netflix movies and TV shows is your forte, you could get paid for it if you're also good with languages and translations. Netflix is looking for people to help with translating subtitles and it launched a new program called Hermes, designed to address the challenge of finding good subtitle translators in different countries worldwide. Help Create Netflix Subtitles Through Hermes, Netflix wants to find collaborators who will help craft subtitles for the Netflix content catalog in more than 20 different languages. Collaborators will

Verizon said on Friday it would reorganize its operating structure to focus on three core business areas: media and telematics, network and technology, and customer and product operations.

In a groundbreaking experiment involving 3-day-old tadpoles, researchers at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, found an innovative way to speed up the innervation process of transplanted organs. To test their theory, the scientists chose to conduct their investigation on frogs because their molecular structure resembles that of humans. The team successfully restored vision in blinded tadpoles by perfecting a technique that allowed the grafted eyes — transplanted on the animals's tails rather than on their heads — to quickly grow nerves and reintegrate in the nervous

Attackers are using fake airline booking confirmation messages to steal corporate credentials.

Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes: "Amazon is a tornado."Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes is disarmingly honest about the ride the company has been on in recent years. This is what happens, he says, "when the world's largest bookseller

Persona 5 is finally set to be released in North America after a pair of delays that pushed the game's launch from last year to February, and then again to April 4. As gamers look forward to the arrival of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts of Persona 5, PlayStation 4 owners should expect that one of the gaming console's most popular features will not work with the RPG. PlayStation 4 Share Button Disabled For 'Persona 5' As PlayStation 4 players take part in the

Any sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from reality. That's an extreme paraphrase of Poe's Law, but it applies to so much of our world today. Including the management of Twitter.On Thursday, Twitter announced more changes to

Heroin addiction and its use has increased rapidly in the United States in the past few years. The most impacted are the whites in the country, as well as people with low income and poor education.According to the CDC, in 2015, drug overdose killed 52,404 people in the United States. Out of this number, 63 percent died due to opioid addiction.Now, a study reveals that heroin addiction has increased fivefold since 2001. Heroin Addiction Increases Five Times According to Silvia Martins, the lead researcher

Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) will be outdated before the rollout is even complete thanks to the company using fibre-to-the-node (FttN) network technology, according to the Australian Capital Territory government.Speaking in a submission to the Joint

The Tyrannosaurus rex is a fearsome dinosaur during prehistoric times. Now, a new dinosaur discovery suggests that the T-rex and other tyrannosaurs may have faces covered with highly sensitive scales that gave them the ability to detect the slightest changes such as the presence of a prey attempting to avoid detection. T-Rex Relative Daspletosaurus Horneri A newly discovered species of the tyrannosaur was found to have remarkably sensitive face. The carnivore Daspletosaurus horneri, or Horner's frightful lizard, would have stood more than 6

The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has gone to tender to find a provider to develop a package to help Australian small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) understand and tackle cybersecurity.The department is after a supplier to design,

Citrix XenDesktop Essentials --the promised Citrix Cloud service for delivering Windows 10 Enterprise virtual desktops on Azure -- is now available for purchase.As of this week, we finally

Microsoft has officially confirmed that the next major Windows update, known as Windows 10 Creators Update, will start rolling out on April 11 to customers worldwide. Like with last year's Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which rolled out in August, the Creators Update will see a throttled release that will likely stretch over a few months. The update will arrive after several months of beta tests, leaks, and bits of information teasing new features, and will mark the second major update to Windows 10 since the

Intuit's Quickbooks Online platform has a new integration with Google's G Suite that will allow small business users to create and send invoices directly through Gmail.

Scientists have discovered that a diet with high amounts of short-chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided positive effects on the immune system, protecting the subjects against juvenile or type 1 diabetes. The specialized diet was developed by CSIRO and Monash University researchers who discovered that starches found in numerous types of food including fruits and vegetables can resist digestion. Instead of being digested, some of them pass through to the colon, where they are broken down by microbiota (gut bacteria). Natural

Every time a major new phone comes out, we at PCMag do this thing called a "spec comparison." These are search-driven articles designed for people who are desperate to find out, for instance, if the Samsung Galaxy S7 is "better" than the iPhone 6s before anyone has spent any decent amount of time with them. Similar examples are all over the internet, with tech fans using specs as a proxy for how well something works. Samsung's Galaxy S8, with the Qualcomm

A previously-undisclosed security flaw in an older Windows web server won't be patched, despite hundreds of thousands of servers still running the outdated software.The vulnerability in Windows Internet Information Services (IIS 6) web server has been

Sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) have gained a notorious reputation in the North American Great Lakes. Although considered an endangered species in their native territories - Europe and the Pacific Northwest - their presence inspires terror in U.S. waters, threatening local fish populations and the fishing industry. These parasitic eel-like fish thrive at the expense of other aquatic creatures, which have come to fear their gaping jawless mouths. Equipped with razor-like teeth, they attack and kill other water inhabitants, latching onto their prey and sucking

The Samsung Connect Home router and app aim to make it easier for people to manage their connected things.

A Google Maps beta had a neat feature in testing to help users remember where they parked their cars, but it's apparently no longer in the mix. The feature was called "Save Your Parking" and, as the name itself suggested, it aimed to help users find their parking space faster in case they forgot where they left their car. The feature stirred quite some interest as it could be greatly useful particularly in crowded areas with a slew of parked cars. The

The Tasman Global Access (TGA) submarine cable has been switched on, connecting New Zealand with Australia, thanks to a partnership between telecommunications carriers Telstra, Spark, and Vodafone.

In 2016, more than 4 billion records were leaked worldwide, exceeding the combined total from the two previous years, according to a report from IBM Security.In its IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2017, Big Blue explained

LastPass, a known password manager, has revealed security flaws in its browser extensions. The company is already patching the vulnerability, which was revealed by a security researcher this week. ( LastPass )What is worse than a forgotten password? A stolen one. Password manager LastPass is in hot water this week as security flaws were discovered in its web browser extension. On March 26, Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy exposed a client-side vulnerability in LastPass that he found in Google Chrome. LastPass acknowledged the

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has announced its results for the first half of the 2017 financial year, reporting a 6 percent year-on-year drop in statutory net profit after tax to AU$161 million.Interim cash earnings after tax