Exploring the Dark Web, Top Android N Features

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Featured Stories May 21 [↓ From TechSpot's Forums] [↓ The Gallery] TechSpot Feature [The Dark Web: A quick guide to exploring the hidden Internet] The [deep web] is not actually a 'place' but rather anywhere other than the visible web that is crawled, indexed and accesed through links fetched by search engines. It's several times bigger than the visible web, and it encompasses a lot more than the illegal or otherwise questionable activities that it is often associated with -- though there's certainly a lot of that going on too. [Top Android N features detailed at I/O, beta now open to everyone] The next major iteration of Android took the center stage today at Google's I/O 2016 keynote as expected. Android N has been available to developers since March in alpha stage, so upcoming features and the overall state of the operating… [Virtual reality brings new life to desktop PCs] With all the press about the death of PCs we’ve seen over the last several years, you would be excused for thinking that new desktop PC shipments had essentially stopped. But in an ironic case of what’s old is new… TechSpot Feature [Seven Steam games whose reviews have changed a lot] Valve recently overhauled Steam’s review system, putting a larger focus on recent perspectives. The move made sense. Games are no longer static works. They constantly evolve thanks to updates and programs like Early Access. The system is, by and large, very useful, providing percentages that give [narrow and wide snapshots] of games. But numbers only tell part of the story. [Every 'World of Warcraft' expansion is now free] World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, Warlords of Draenor, is now entirely free and comes as part of the base game. [Microsoft releases "comprehensive rollup" for Windows 7 that includes all updates since SP1] Windows 10 is off to a great start. The operating system is already installed on more than 300 million devices but it’s still far short of Microsoft’s most popular OS, Windows 7. [It took just two days for someone to beat 'Doom' on Ultra-Nightmare difficulty] id Software’s Doom reboot launched on Friday the 13th (how fitting) following months of teasers and betas. While its multiplayer modes are likely getting the most attention, plenty of gamers are having a great time working through Doom’s single-player campaign. … TechSpot Review [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Review: The Mad King of GPUs] First to market with a true next generation GPU is Nvidia and this could very well be the biggest step in GPU technology we've seen in recent years. [The new GeForce GTX 1080] is faster, built using the 16nm design process and packed with GDDR5X memory, it promises to put away the Titan X while consuming less power than the 980 Ti. We put this and other bold claims to the test. [Blizzard, Twitch plan to make changes after Hearthstone pro endures racist abuse during tournament] Toxic behavior from certain sections of online gaming communities isn’t a new phenomenon, but after a black Hearthstone player became the target of racist abuse during a Twitch livestream last week, gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment has vowed to work with… [Google patents adhesive layer for its self-driving cars that sticks pedestrians to the hood] All evidence points to autonomous vehicles being safer than those with humans behind the wheel, but accidents still can happen. Google wants to lessen the chance of collisions between its self-driving cars and pedestrians proving fatal by using a unique… Tech News Downloads - [Nvidia releases GeForce GTX 1070 specifications] - [Following the success of Doom, it looks as if id Software's next project will be a Quake reboot] - [Nightmare Russian facial recognition app is one step closer to the end of privacy] - [Google experiments with removing backspace nav shortcut in Chrome] - ['Gran Turismo Sport' gets a release date, gameplay trailer] - [Cable is catching fiber: 10 Gbps in both directions demoed by Bell Labs] - [This wearable helps control your finances by giving you electric shocks when you spend too much] - [Google looks to take on Messenger and WhatsApp with its new Allo messaging app] - [This 3D printer uses lasers and silver nanoparticles to print in midair] - [Google will ship Project Ara developer kits later this year, consumer model in 2017] - [My first few hours playing DOOM: Boom, Jump, Huh?] - [Mozilla's Firefox narrowly edges out Microsoft in global desktop browser share for the first time] - [Selfie-takers often overestimate their attractiveness, study finds] - [Google Drive 1.30.2170] - [Opera Developer 39.0.2234.0] - [Mobogenie 3.3.7] - [BlueStacks App Player 2.2.24.5969] - [HipChat 4.0.1637] - [360 Total Security 8.6.0.1086] Drivers - [AMD FirePro Unified Driver 15.301.2601] May 20, 2016 - [Realtek HD Audio Codec Driver 6.0.1.7824 for Windows 10] May 20, 2016 - [Nvidia Linux Display Driver for Linux 367.18 Beta 364.19] May 20, 2016 - [Apple TV 4th Generation Firmware 9.2.1] May 19, 2016 - [Apple iPad iOS 9.3.2 Firmware Update] May 17, 2016 The Gallery [Digital Data] From the TechSpot Forums [Graphics Cards] [AMD's Polaris graphics cards rumored to launch in late May] [Gaming] [The Best Strategy Games on PC] [General Discussion] [Most people think their photography skills are top-notch] Follow TechSpot TechSpot: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Steam] [RSS] RSS: [News], [Reviews & Features], [Downloads], [Drivers] This email was sent to [{EMAIL}] [why did I get this?] [unsubscribe from this list] [update subscription preferences] TechSpot · 8237 NW 68 St · Miami, FL 33166 · USA