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Hitman 2 Is Coming Out This November
Interactive and IO have dropped a surprise reveal trailer for Hitman 2 . There will be a change in scenery as well, with players getting the chance to travel to various exotic locations featuring "hyper-detailed sandboxes" such as "dark and unsafe rainforests", and Miami during a motorsport race.
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BlackBerry KEY2: Everything you need to know
With a "hardened" operating system to defend against attacks, the KEY2 is described by TCL Communication as "the most secure Android smartphone". The Key2 launches with Android 8.1 Oreo on board, and BlackBerry says owners can expect one guaranteed update to Android P. Customizations to the stock Android experience are mostly light, though BlackBerry has added a new shortcut key to the right of the spacebar that can be held and combined with one of the other 52 keys to trigger ...
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Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public
Users who noticed the change could return the suggested setting to private. Facebook is now in the process of alerting millions of its users of a bug that occurred last month that might have made posts meant for a limited audience appear publicly.
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Blizzard working on 'unannounced Diablo project'
A listing for an dungeon artist on Blizzard's career page confirms the game is being worked on. An unannounced Diablo project of some sort is officially in development, Blizzard has revealed. Previous to this there have been strong rumours of a Switch version of Diablo III , although that's never been confirmed. Some of the duties of the dungeon artist role include building atmospheric dungeons (emphasis on the plural) from the ground up and world building.
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Chinese phone maker Huawei denies collecting Facebook user data
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 11 April, 2018. "It is completely unacceptable that information from Facebook users has been slyly handed over to Huawei by Facebook", Mr Byrne told The Australian on Thursday.
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Android P Beta 1 rolling out to Essential Phone
The Developer Preview builds that Google pushes out are closer to "alpha" quality than "beta", even though they are tagged as beta. As this is a beta, of course, these could change again before the final release. And then the first beta followed in May , bringing gesture navigation and other new features. The company partnered with DeepMind to use machine learning to improve battery life; the feature is called Adaptive Battery .