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Apple's newly refreshed Retina MacBook Pros, released this morning, have already begun showing up in Geekbench benchmarks, offering a look at the...

Wellograph watch features a heart rate monitor, activity tracker, pedometer as well as the date and time. The watch itself has a Pebble look about it but incorporates a Tri-LED Heart Rate Sensor into the soft spherical surface of the watch. The sensor replicates the action of a doctor using their fingertip to register your pulse. The Wellograph is waterproof up to 50 meters with the battery rated at two weeks of use per charge.

The Snapdragon brand is synonymous with performance. It creates anxiety that competing SoCs feel deep down in their silicon substrate. But can Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 805 maintain its dominance in the Android-based smartphone market?

With a picturesque waterfront already in place, San Diego will soon have its very own open-air fish market reminiscent of other similar markets around the United States, including Seattleís Pike Place Market.

New features include expanding the memory usage profiler to support both .NET applications using WPF and native code applications using Win32, CodeLens support for git repositories so work items and change history can be shown integrated in the text editor, and a better debugging experience for Windows Store apps on multimonitor systems.

Eight months after the first cases in Guinea, the WHO declared the Ebola epidemic in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern. It became the largest Ebola outbreak in history: more than 28,000 cases and 11,000 deaths across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The alleged description leaked by PCPortal.org.ru did say the August update will include new features and functionality. However, previous reports suggest the update itself will be minor and may simply include bug fixes and stability tweaks for existing features. Microsoft initially planned to bring back the Start menu in Windows 8.1 Update 2. But the company apparently changed its mind and now intends to revive the Start menu in what could be Windows 9, aka Threshold, slated for release in April 2015.

Amazon's card reader has promised customers who register for the service before October 31 will only be charged 1.75 percent on all transaction fees made through the swipe reader until January 1, 2016. Outside of that deal, merchants using Amazon Local Register are charged 2.5 percent for each swiped transaction and 2.75 percent for all manually keyed-in purchases.

Shaft airs Hanamonogatari, the second half of Monogatari Series: Second Season, following Suruga Kanbaru's investigation into a rumored wish-granting 'Devil' after her own cursed monkey's paw resurfaces.

The Ultimate Evil Edition will boast several console-exclusive improvements as well. The new Apprentice mode allows low-level players to boost their stats while adventuring with high-level friends. A new in-game mail system will let players send items to their friends, including ìmysterious Player Gifts containing rare loot for the adventurer whose name they bear.

Mushishi: Odoro no Michi, an Artland-produced special bundled with the Mushishi Zoku Shou Blu-ray release, follows wandering Mushi expert Ginko as he investigates a thorn-choked path haunted by a supernatural presence.

Expect three CPUs to arrive: The Core i7-5820K, the Core i7-5930K, and the Core i7-5960X. Rumored specifications are in the table.

Toei Animation airs the One Piece 3D2Y TV special, an original non-canon story bridging the manga's two-year time skip as Luffy trains under Silvers Rayleigh on Rusukaina Island while protecting Boa Hancock from a new adversary.

Kill la Kill: GOODBYE AGAIN, an unaired bonus episode of the mecha-fashion action series, releases exclusively on the ninth Blu-ray/DVD volume of the show.

Broadcom announced a new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo chip today that the manufacturer claims will double wireless networking performance of high-end smartphones and tablets. The hardware vendor claims that users spend an estimated four to five hours everyday on Wi-Fi, and that with the new chipset, they will be able to download and stream content twice as fast as current-gen devices and with less lag.

Hackers will have 24-hours(ish) to build a working concept, bringing it from soup to nuts to the stage. Following an all-night programming extravaganza, teams will be given exactly one minute to present their working concept in a crowded auditorium in front of the industryís elite. In addition, to help get you up and running on the latest and greatest in tech, weíre putting together some amazing API workshops.

Yesterday, Re/code broke the news that Apple planned to introduce its upcoming wearable device alongside the iPhone 6, and now Bloomberg is seconding...

With Dell having announced its upcoming 5120 x 2880 "5K" display that would be the equivalent of a Retina 27-inch iMac or Apple Thunderbolt...

Apple may launch the larger 5.5-inch version of the iPhone 6 and the 4.7-inch version simultaneously, with previous reports indicating that issues with battery and display technology would hold up the larger device. The iPhone 6 is expected to feature a thinner design, a faster A8 processor, and more. The iPhone 6 is also expected to feature an improved camera, with the larger 5.5-inch version exclusively utilizing optical image stabilization and the smaller device featuring an advanced lens module.

In an interview with the The Wall Street Journal following today's media event, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that the company expects the launch of...

Tesla Motors is rolling out software version 6.0 for its Model S sedan that makes it smarter. The new update adds traffic-based navigation and calendar synchronization functions, which are currently in beta, as well as commute advice, remote start, location-based air suspension, power management options and even the ability to name your car.

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Specials bundle short bonus episodes with the TV series' BD/DVD volumes, continuing Doga Kobo's manga adaptation with the same comedic cast.

Xbox Wire has made the Xbox One launch in China announcement official, which includes pricing info for the console in the region. Priced at 3,699 RMB ($600), the Xbox One will also include some pretty neat extras.

Potential Mac Pro customers may now, be starting to look forward to the first update for the redesigned Mac Pro, as Intel appears set to launch new processors appropriate for the Mac Pro next month. Intel's "Grantley" Xeon E5 v3 chips are nearly ready to ship as successors to the current "Romley" Xeon E5 v2 chips used in the Mac Pro.