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Thomas Was Alone action figures make your amiibo addiction look normal

Thomas Was Alone is probably the most emotional game about shapes we’ve ever played – the oddball indie to Tetris’s mainstream, err, blockbuster. And now you can literally own a piece of it by paying £20 (about $31/AU$40) for a pack of four blocks from the game. Blue block, yellow block, orange block, pink block – all the favs. Actually, we should point out that they do have names: Thomas,

Thomas Was Alone action figures make your amiibo addiction look normal

Thomas Was Alone is probably the most emotional game about shapes we’ve ever played – the oddball indie to Tetris’s mainstream, err, blockbuster. And now you can literally own a piece of it by paying £20 (about $31/AU$40) for a pack of four blocks from the game. Blue block, yellow block, orange block, pink block – all the favs. Actually, we should point out that they do have names: Thomas,

How to choose a smartphone for work

Introduction and major players Choosing a smartphone for your business is up there in importance with selecting a computer; in certain ways it’s even more critical as we have become so dependent on our mobile devices. Thanks to a plethora of options and near constant upgrades, the selection process isn’t easy. Which system is best for you and, as the case may be, your employees? Which model is the most

How to choose a smartphone for work

Introduction and major players Choosing a smartphone for your business is up there in importance with selecting a computer; in certain ways it’s even more critical as we have become so dependent on our mobile devices. Thanks to a plethora of options and near constant upgrades, the selection process isn’t easy. Which system is best for you and, as the case may be, your employees? Which model is the most

How to choose a smartphone for work

Introduction and major players Choosing a smartphone for your business is up there in importance with selecting a computer; in certain ways it’s even more critical as we have become so dependent on our mobile devices. Thanks to a plethora of options and near constant upgrades, the selection process isn’t easy. Which system is best for you and, as the case may be, your employees? Which model is the most

Microsoft accelerates pace with second Windows 10 update in 24 hours

Microsoft has added yet another build – 10159 – to the fast ring, just hours after unveiling a major build 10154 which itself followed 10130. Explaining the rapid succession of builds, Microsoft’s Gabe Aul said both 10158 and 10159 passed the evaluation and validation stages quickly enough to go on Windows Insider Fast Ring and be available to Windows Insider Programme users. What’s likely to happen is a fair few

Microsoft accelerates pace with second Windows 10 update in 24 hours

Microsoft has added yet another build – 10159 – to the fast ring, just hours after unveiling a major build 10154 which itself followed 10130. Explaining the rapid succession of builds, Microsoft’s Gabe Aul said both 10158 and 10159 passed the evaluation and validation stages quickly enough to go on Windows Insider Fast Ring and be available to Windows Insider Programme users. What’s likely to happen is a fair few

Microsoft accelerates pace with second Windows 10 update in 24 hours

Microsoft has added yet another build – 10159 – to the fast ring, just hours after unveiling a major build 10154 which itself followed 10130. Explaining the rapid succession of builds, Microsoft’s Gabe Aul said both 10158 and 10159 passed the evaluation and validation stages quickly enough to go on Windows Insider Fast Ring and be available to Windows Insider Programme users. What’s likely to happen is a fair few

Computers are getting better at recognising music genres

Classifying music into different genres is easy for humans and much harder for computers, but a new approach could yield a significant breakthrough in machine listening. Most attempts so far have focused on getting computers to quantify parameters like tempo, loudness, melody and rhythm and matching those up to a list of manually sorted songs. But the researchers behind this new method believe their system is far simpler. It classifies

Computers are getting better at recognising music genres

Classifying music into different genres is easy for humans and much harder for computers, but a new approach could yield a significant breakthrough in machine listening. Most attempts so far have focused on getting computers to quantify parameters like tempo, loudness, melody and rhythm and matching those up to a list of manually sorted songs. But the researchers behind this new method believe their system is far simpler. It classifies

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