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2020

OnePlus Nord to be Revealed in AR on 21st July

After some heavy hints and with limited pre-sales underway, OnePlus has confirmed that the new Nord smartphone will be revealed on 21st July in an AR (augmented reality) extravaganza. GNC readers with long memories will remember that the OnePlus Two was launched in VR - I still have the headset - so with Covid-19 still present in many countries around

Amazon Has An Oversupply Problem

During lockdown, I've been doing my very best to support local businesses and shop locally. However, sometimes the thing you want is simply too specialist to be carried by any emporium within a reasonable distance so inevitably I've fired up the browser and hopped on over to see what's available at world's largest online retailer, Amazon. And it hasn't always

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Florida Bans DNA Data from Insurance Companies

Florida residents are protected from insurance companies looking at your DNA test results unless you give them permission as part of a new law that was approved today. This is a win for Florida residents and is something that should be adopted by all states to protect the DNA data of their state citizens. A short update on why the

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YouTube TV Jacks up Streaming Price

YouTube TV has raised the prices by a whopping 30% taking the price to really insane levels as TV companies work to get their pound of flesh out of all of us. So is it time to cut the digital cord. I start adding up all the services and it will may be time to start reducing my digital subscriptions

OpenSUSE 15.2 Out Now

For Linux fans, there’s a new version of OpenSUSE Leap out today, bringing the version number to 15.2. OpenSUSE is one of the big Linux distributions so it’ll be a solid release. "Leap" is the distribution's traditional regular release programme, compared with the rolling release of "Tumbleweed". In additional to the 5.3.18 kernel, KDE is bumped to 5.18 and Gnome

Go Nord with OnePlus

OnePlus have officially announced the OnePlus Nord product line today but details still remain remarkably thin on the ground. To start with, Nord is the name of a product range and not a specific device, though again OnePlus have confirmed that a new device will be launched shortly in Europe and India. Will this be a OnePlus Nord One? Pete

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Amazon Pays out $500 Million

Amazon is paying out $500 million to those at Amazon most at risk for Covid. This is after they dropped the $2.00 hour extra in wages in June. Second show with the shorter show intro. So far feels pretty good and lets me get into the show faster. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Join the Chat @ GeekNews.Chat Email Todd or