Instant Apps, which allow you to try new pieces of software before fully installing them, are now showing up on Google Play. You'll notice the feature is available if a "try it now" button appears on an app's listing. If you tap it you'll get to trial the app without a download.


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Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Announcement Now Expected In November

The announcement of T-Mobile's intended merger with Sprint has been pushed back at least a couple weeks and is now expected to occur in mid or late November, reports Bloomberg. Both companies wanted to announce a deal during their earnings calls this month.


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SoftBank Wants To Invest A Total Of $880B In Tech

SoftBank has a far more ambitious goal with its Vision Fund investment pool than was previously known. It turns out the Japanese company is actually hoping to invest a total of $880 billion through the fund, not just $100 billion. New funds will appear every 2-3 years.


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Resident Evil 7 Still Failing To Meet Expectations, Has Shipped 4M Copies

Resident Evil 7 has now shipped more than 4 million copies, yet it's still failing to meet expectations. The game's latest shipment figure appeared on its website and it's up from the 3.5 million that was reported by Capcom in May 2017. It wanted to reach 4m by March 31.


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Google Offering To Pay Hackers Who Find Flaws In Top Android Apps

Google's bug bounty offers are expanding beyond the company's own products. It's now offering rewards to hackers who find flaws in major Android applications from third-party developers. This new program is restricted to only a few partnered developers however.


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Apple COO To Meet With Foxconn Chairman About iPhone X Production Problems

Apple is sending its chief operating officer, Jeff Williams, to meet with Foxconn chairman Terry Gou to discuss production issues with the upcoming iPhone X. Those issues have reportedly given the company only a few million units to offer when the device is released.


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Sony Launches Xperia XA1 Plus In The United States

If you are not a fan of the Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, or you simply don't want to pay that much money, then Sony's XA1 Plus might be for you. Sony's 5.5-inch handset might not have display with thin bezels, but it is still a very good phone and decent price tag.


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Ubuntu 17.10 Released, No Longer Supports 32-bit Computers

Canonical has now announced that a new version of its popular Ubuntu operating system is out and available for download. The new version is called Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark and comes with a new default desktop manager, display server, and a whole bunch of more modest updates.


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Apple iMac Pro With 10-core Custom Intel Xeon CPU Appears On GeekBench

Back in June, alongside updated iMac lineup, Apple also unveiled the all-new iMac Pro model. The "workstation" iMac has the same thin-form factor like other iMacs, but it is powered by much more powerful components, such as 8-, 10- or 18-core Intel Xeon processor, AMD's new


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Aorus Introduces New Gaming Laptop With SLI Graphics

Aorus, a subsidiary of Gigabyte, has now announced a new gaming laptop that comes with an aggressive look, slim 17.3-inch chassis, a low-profile mechanical keyboard and SLI graphics cards. If we add two screen options with either 120 Hz refresh rate or 100 percent AdobeRGB, it


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Huawei's Kirin 970 Chipset Is On Par With Snapdragon 835

Kirin 970 chipset was announced a few weeks ago, and with Huawei Mate 10 series now being official, we have a first look at the performance of the chipset. We can only say that Huawei did a really good job as the chipset is on par with the flagship Snapdragon 835.


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Apple Reportedly Cuts iPhone 8 Production By More Than 50 Percent

Days after we heard that iPhone 7 is currently outselling the new iPhone 8, new reports claim that Apple has decided to cut back the iPhone 8 production by more than 50 percent. Since Apple no longer gives regular updates on sales numbers, we don't know for sure, but these


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MasterCard Will No Longer Require Signature In 2018

Back in the past, whenever you made a purchase with a credit card, you would have to sign the receipt. With the development of contactless cards, MasterCard has now announced that it plans to completely eliminate the need for signatures next year. The new policy


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Nintendo Switch Gets New Features Via Software Update

During September, Nintendo Switch was the most selling gaming console in the United States, and Nintendo consoles were responsible for two-thirds of gaming hardware sales. On the other hands, the company is still improving the console with each new update and has now added a


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Samsung Unveils New Gear S3 Variant

When a new smartphone model is released, often its predecessor stops selling. That is not the case with smartwatches and Samsung. The South Korean company has a few smartwatches in its portfolio, with a new flagship model released just a few weeks ago, and all of them are still


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HTC Confirms Release Date Of New Smartphone

Following a number of leaked renders and details about the HTC U Plus, the Taiwanese company has now confirmed that it is launching a new U-branded smartphone on November. It didn't confirm it will announce the rumoured U Plus, only that it is "bringing something new for


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Facebook Introduces In-App Purchases, Ads For Instant Games

Instant Games for Facebook Messenger can now offer in-app purchases and be monetized with ads, helping developers make money from their creations. The introduction of these monetization options is likely to boost development for the relatively small platform.


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AlphaGo Can Now Teach Itself The Entire Game Without Human Input

AlphaGo doesn't need any help from humans to master Go, one of the most advanced strategy board games. Earlier iterations of the AI-based system were able to beat the best humans in the world, but it learned to master the game with some assistance from human knowledge.


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China Blocks Apple Watch Series 3's LTE Access

New Apple Watch Series 3 units no longer offer LTE access in China likely due to the government having concerns about its inability to track users. All three major wireless carriers in the country, which are state-owned, have cut off LTE access. No warning was given.


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Star Wars Battlefront 2 Release On Nintendo Switch Is Possible, Seems Unlikely

Star Wars Battlefront 2 probably isn't going to arrive on the Nintendo Switch, but there is still a chance it could. According to Motive Studios producer David Robillard, a Switch version of the game will be considered "if we see opportunities." Right now there's no release plan.


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