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It's the week before Red Dead Redemption 2's release, which means a) there's a launch trailer and b) almost everyone else is avoiding the black hole-style news vacuum.So this week's news wrap-up is a bit thin. ...

Dash cams are already essential in many countries because of scam artists who try to create accidents so they can sue you. They’ve also proven useful for catching cars flying into buildings, or the occasional meteor, as happened in Thailand and in Russia a few years ago. ...

The Papago GoSafe S810 camera duo has more “safetyî features than you can shake a stick at, including one I’d never even considered—stop sign recognition. Yup. It recognizes stop signs and pops the digital equivalent up on its display. Kind of fun, but as I’m wont to say: If you need this stuff, call a cab or wait for self-driving vehicles. ...

It’s always a good idea to keep a spare flash drive on hand to help you move and store data in a pinch. Today, you can choose one of two 32GB SanDisk flash drives for less than $11, making that preparedness and convenience cheap.The SanDisk Cruzer Fit is $7.48 todayRemove non-product link, down from a list price of $16 and its lowest price. This tiny USB 2. ...

Bethesda’s Fallout 76 rolls out next month on November 14, and this weekend is a great time to catch up on any Fallout games you might’ve missed before the big release. Humble’s Bethesda Bombs Drop Sale is selling all kinds of Fallout games for up to 50 percent off. It’s not clear when the sale will end, but Steam is running a similar sale with October 24 as the end date. ...

When Intel declared its new 9th gen Core i9-9900K the “world’s best gaming CPU,î it lied. After poking and prodding the CPU, we can say without a doubt that it is actually the fastest mainstream CPU around and—wait for it—the fastest gaming CPU too. ...

There always needs to be a new gimmick. It’s the most fascinating aspect of reviewing peripherals, and particularly gaming headsets. Every year or two, they need to one-up themselves. Maybe it’s a symptom of their proximity to PCs and PC gaming hardware, but regardless of the underlying reason, the point is there’s always some new headset arms race underway. ...

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If you never seem to have enough power to quickly charge all of your devices, today’s deal is the one you've been waiting for. Amazon is selling a five-port Anker PowerPort+ USB Type-C charger for just $30, discounted from a list price of $48 and the lowest we’ve seen it.To read this article in full, please click here

“I trust that you now find yourself aboard the Obra Dinn. I expected this day to come and my every intention was to tell the ship’s strange tale within the pages of this book. Regrettably, failing health has allowed me to produce only the basic outline that follows. Your presence on the Obra Dinn is critical. I leave the discovery of its fate and the completion of this book in your hands. ...

Enlarge / Windows 10 during a product launch event in Tokyo in July 2015. (credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images) It's fair to say that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update has not been Microsoft's most successful update. Reports of data loss quickly emerged, forcing Microsoft to suspend distribution of the update. ...

Enlarge / The Cambodian city of Angkor was once the largest in the world until vast swathes of the population decamped in the 15th century. Its famous temple, Angkor Wat (above), survived. (credit: Stefan Irvine/LightRocket/Getty Images) The Cambodian city of Angkor was once the largest in the world... ...

Enlarge (credit: Nate Anderson) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. When it comes to gaming, I am a man of simple pleasures. I need no boxes of sculpted minis, no hour-long setup, no manuals the size of novels. ...

Enlarge / Luke Cage (Mike Colter) will have to put another dollar in the swear jar when he hears the news. (credit: Netflix) Just one week ago, Netflix surprised us all by canceling Iron Fist after a much-improved second season. Now we can add Luke Cage to the casualties. Netflix unexpectedly pulled the plug on a third season today. ...

(credit: Wikipedia) Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling on Bloomberg Business to retract a story that said his company was the victim of a hardware-based attack carried out by the Chinese government. It's the first time Apple has ever publicly demanded a retraction, according to BuzzFeed. ...

Enlarge / A Comcast DOCSIS 3.1 modem. (credit: Comcast) Comcast's gigabit cable service is now available to nearly all of the 58 million homes and businesses in the company's US territory, Comcast announced yesterday. Comcast, the nation's largest ISP with more than 26 million subscribers, began rolling out gigabit cable in early 2016. ...

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | eccolo74) The nation's largest broadband industry lobby groups have sued Vermont to stop a state law that requires ISPs to follow net neutrality principles in order to qualify for government contracts. ...

Audi In the past decade, the well-worn automotive cliché Race on Sunday, sell on Monday has taken a surprising twist. Now, automakers have realized that they can race on Sunday and sell race cars on Monday. If you've got the money, Porsche, Lamborghini, Audi, Acura, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Nissan, Bentley, and more have a race car for you—for around $500,000. ...

Google's Building 44, where Android is developed. (credit: Ron Amadeo) We're still seeing the fallout from the European Commission's $5 billion antitrust fine against Google. Earlier this week, Google announced it would comply with the ruling by unbundling the Google Android app package, allowing OEMs to skip Chrome and Google Search in favor of alternatives. ...

Enlarge / 'Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.' (credit: MGM/UA) Today we’re presenting the fourth and final installment of my conversation with the outspoken author, podcaster, philosopher, and recovering neuroscientist Sam Harris. Please check out parts one, two, and three if you missed them. ...

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Le Sound has announced the release of SpaceMotors, a sci-fi vehicle sound synthesizer to easily create complex dynamic engine sounds such as podracers, tron, transformers, etc.... Read More

Ueberschall has announced the release of Synthetic Soundtracks 3, a new Elastik soundbank that aims to deliver a sense of foreboding. Ueberschall say: 'With heavy impacts and... Read More

Rast Sound has announced the release of Ethnogroove V2.0 with additional patterns, natural and cinematic solo instruments. The new version is available with an intro price of... Read More

Soundsdivine has released Tomorrow's World, which features 372 presets for Waldorf Largo. This collection of sounds explores futuristic dystopian / euphonic worlds. It includes... Read More

Ivosight has updated Soundop Audio Editor, a Windows application for audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering, to version 1.6.0.0. Changes: Added support for burning... Read More

IK Multimedia has announced the Dimebag Darrell CFH Collection for AmpliTube. This new collection features models of the exact gear used by 'Dimebag' Darrell Lance Abbott on Pantera's... Read More

eXtream Software Development has updated its mobile DAW for iOS, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio, to version 2.0.5, featuring track freezing to reduce CPU usage on complex projects.... Read More

Numerical Audio has updated RE-1 Tape Machine to version 1.1. New Features: Drag n Drop - Samples/Loops can now be imported from and exported to other apps using drag... Read More

Audio Helper Project has updated Easy REX Converter and Easy REX Player for Mac OS X to version 2.0. Easy REX Converter 2.0: Completely rewritten from the ground up with... Read More

e-instruments has announced Session Keys Electric W for Kontakt And Kontakt Player. Session Keys Electric W is designed to combine authentic sound, flexible operation, and unique... Read More

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WorkTime Personal Free is a free computer monitoring software for self-monitoring. The software displays how much you spend using the Internet, Facebo...

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iPhone, iPad / Education / Courses: This 12-tutorial FREE first look, by Logic expert David Earl, gives you a high-level intro to some of the coolest new stuff. Join David as he takes you on this FREE flyover of Logic’s 10.1 update! Table of Contents: 1. Drummer Enhanced 2. Drum Machine...

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Pianos: DM2 is a synthesis-based drum machine with a dedicated graphic editor, for the creation and manipulation of sound. Yeah, blah blah blah… let’s start again. Your lucky stars have all aligned. There are blue skies and smooth sailing ahead. So...

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Analysis: A high-quality audio Signal Generator for the iPhone. Now you can have a professional grade signal generator for your iPhone. Create sine waves, square waves, white noise, and pink noise. Don't let the well-worn look of this classic audio must-have fool you,...

iPhone, iPad / Education / Reference: Music theory can be empowering, exciting, and one of the biggest tools in your creative arsenal. Whether you already play an instrument or are just learning, Waay teaches you how to stitch notes together into melodies, chords, and even songs. Read what experts...

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: Violin Tuner is a tool for tuning musical instrument violin. It can listens to instrument sound with your iPhone microphone and measures the sound frequency produces sample reference sounds when touching the strings on screen gives directives like TIGHTEN...

iPhone, iPad / Tools / ToolBox: Featured in Apple's TV commercial 'Amazing Apps' Practice+ is a complete practice and performance toolkit for musicians that contains five separate modes including Tuner, Metronome, Recorder, Setlist and Loop Modes. Each mode can work simultaneously with the...

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Metronomes: “Metronome Lite by Piascore� is an app for turning an iPhone or iPad into a metronome. We have faithfully reproduced the operation of a mechanical metronome. It has been well-received as intuitive and super easy-to-use! Functions • Very...

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Guitars: Can you play a guitar? No? OK! This is the app for you! Singer's Guitar is the app for all those who is not a guitarist. Once registered chords, you can play a guitar for accompaniment easily. Singer's Guitar has a preset-chords of 500 or more. You have to...

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Analysis: Singscope is a tool for checking the pitch of your singing. It analyzes the singing voice and shows the pitch in the music scale (C, D, E, F, G, A, B) as function of time. You can visualize your pitch and singing features, such as vibrato, in the scope. Simply tap...

iPhone, iPad / Education / Sheet Music & Tablatures: ScorePlayer allows for network-synchronised scrolling of proportional colour music scores on multiple iPads. This is designed to facilitate the reading of scores featuring predominantly graphic notation in rehearsal and performance. Key...