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Tuesday, May 30, 2017 It’s essential

Exclusive: this is the Essential Phone

by Dieter Bohn

This is the new Ambient OS, Essential’s big bet to control your home

by Nilay Patel

The father of Android says it has ‘forced us to fight’ with technology

by Dieter Bohn

Huawei Watch 2 review: a fitness focus that falls flat

by Brent Rose

Intel announces Core X line of high-end processors, including new Core i9 chips

by Chaim Gartenberg

Watch a trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s mysterious project, Oats Studios

by Andrew Liptak

Disney’s most advanced animatronic ever is the highlight of the Avatar river ride

by Bryan Bishop

The Eve V is the USB-C Surface Pro that Microsoft won’t make

by Sam Byford

And Redmond is apparently impressed

Luminoodle Basecamp: because sometimes you need a 20-foot light rope

by Thomas Ricker

ARM's idea of 'China speed' helps explain why it's so hard to compete with Chinese phone makers

by Vlad Savov
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The Essential Phone doesn’t consider a headphone jack essential

by Vlad Savov
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How to watch Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, live today

by Meghann Farnsworth

Nvidia’s Max-Q tech is for powerful gaming laptops that don’t look like gaming laptops

by Sam Byford

Thinner, lighter, quieter

Essential's miniature 360 camera attaches to its new phone

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All the Essential Phone news

by Tom Warren, Vlad Savov, and 3 others

The Essential Phone has its own version of the magnetic Moto Mods system

by Vlad Savov
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Essential Home is an Amazon Echo competitor that puts privacy first

by Thomas Ricker
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Dell’s budget gaming PC won’t be budget by the time you spec it out

by Jacob Kastrenakes
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Dell brings its ‘Infinity Edge’ design to Inspiron all-in-ones

by Jacob Kastrenakes
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These Doctor Octopus-style robot arms are controlled with your feet

by Adi Robertson
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Microsoft nearly made the Lumia 950 into a miniature Surface

by Jacob Kastrenakes
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Footage from Disney's new Guardians of the Galaxy ride is already on YouTube

by Chris Plante
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Fans waited up to seven hours for Disney's Guardians of the Galaxy ride

by Lizzie Plaugic
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The best tech sales of Memorial Day 2017

by Chloe Reznikov

Every Game of Thrones death re-created as a beautiful pop-up book

by Kaitlyn Tiffany
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This Fallout 4 mod looks like a mashup of True Detective, Silent Hill, and The Witch

by Chris Plante

The horror

Watch a supercut of famous film characters counting down from 100

by Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Sega Nomad was the Nintendo Switch of 1995 — and now a modder has given it USB power

by Chris Plante
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Sofia Coppola is the second woman to win best director at Cannes in 71 years

by Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Everyone should copy Asus’ gorgeous laptop color accents

by Vlad Savov
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Watch Samsung's 9.1-inch OLED display stretch without breaking

by Thomas Ricker
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Apple, Facebook, and Google CEOs unite in opposition to Texas discrimination

by Amar Toor
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Here are all the laptops Asus just announced at Computex

by Sam Byford
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Asus’ new Wi-Fi router looks like a Dyson bladeless fan

by Vlad Savov
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US may expand laptop ban to all international flights

by Amar Toor
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ARM’s new processors are designed to power the machine-learning machines

by Vlad Savov
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Rime’s makers issue strange challenge to crack their DRM

by Owen S. Good
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Magikarp is Pokémon’s most lovable punching bag

by Megan Farokhmanesh

“Though you are the weakest, still you’ve won my heart.”

Google is offering new Google Play Music subscribers four free months

by Andrew Liptak
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Watch a music producer make minimal techno with fidget spinners

by Lizzie Plaugic
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This crazy Avatar drink is way better than the Unicorn Frappuccino

by Bryan Bishop
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This Harry Potter prequel fan film looks even better than Fantastic Beasts

by Andrew Liptak
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Scientists have discovered a mutation behind pugs’ weird little flat faces

by Rachel Becker
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This is what a micrometeoroid striking a spacecraft sounds like

by Andrew Liptak
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These incredible Breath of the Wild prints are what a mobile Zelda game should look like

by Chaim Gartenberg
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Inside the high-tech simulator where NYC ferry captains learn to avoid killing kayakers

by Andrew J. Hawkins
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