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Top Stories @PCWorld Oct 06, 2016 Oculus reveals a tantalizing glimpse at social VR's future At Oculus Connect 3, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg provided a tantalizing glimpse at what social VR could become. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Mafia III for PC appears locked at 30 frames per second • Up To $50 off Various Amazon Kindle Models, Limited Time Discount for Prime Members Only - Deal Alert • Asus ZenBook 3 review: This MacBook clone is powerful but too faithful to the original • Oculus teases a standalone Rift headset that blends the best of PC and mobile VR • Tested: Gears of Wars 4 PC benchmarks yield glorious graphics options galore • Gears of War 4 (PC) review: Passing the torch • New Amazon Echo Dot Launches Oct 20, Get Free Ones When You Buy 5 or 10 - Deal Alert • Why being a data scientist 'feels like being a magician' • Time is running out to update old Windows 10 preview builds • Spotify ads slipped malware onto PCs and Macs • Cable and telecom are rivals again with new IoT networks • Happy 25th once again to Linux, 'the little OS that definitely could' • AT&T's coming SD-WAN services will tap into FlexWare • 67% off Etekcity 4 Pack Portable Outdoor LED Camping Lantern with 12 AA Batteries - Deal Alert Mafia III for PC appears locked at 30 frames per second Early reviewers found a nasty surprise hiding in the PC version of Mafia III: A 30 frames per second cap. Read More ▶ Up To $50 off Various Amazon Kindle Models, Limited Time Discount for Prime Members Only - Deal Alert If you're an Amazon Prime member, or have an active 30-day free trial, you'll get up to $50 off various popular Kindle e-readers for a limited time. Read More ▶ Asus ZenBook 3 review: This MacBook clone is powerful but too faithful to the original You get great performance in this compact ultrabook, thanks to a 15-watt Kaby Lake processor and other high-end parts, but its single port for data and charging limits its general appeal. Read More ▶ Oculus teases a standalone Rift headset that blends the best of PC and mobile VR Oculus wants to move beyond the Rift with a standalone, self-contained VR headset. Read More ▶ Tested: Gears of Wars 4 PC benchmarks yield glorious graphics options galore Gears of War 4 lands on the PC the same day as consoles thanks to Xbox Play Anywhere, and it's clear this port is no second-class citizen. Read More ▶ Gears of War 4 (PC) review: Passing the torch Gears of War 4 struggles with pacing issues and a bland protagonist, but it works well as a passing-the-torch installment bridging the old and new trilogies. Read More ▶ New Amazon Echo Dot Launches Oct 20, Get Free Ones When You Buy 5 or 10 - Deal Alert Make it a six-pack. Buy five, get one free. Or make it a twelve-pack. Buy ten, get two free. Amazon has a special discount code to use at checkout, for a limited time. The New Echo Dot launch date is right around the corner -- October 20th. Read More ▶ Why being a data scientist 'feels like being a magician' What is it like to be a data scientist? Here's what three people currently on the front lines had to say. Read More ▶ Time is running out to update old Windows 10 preview builds If you've been lazy about upgrading to latest Windows 10 Insider builds in the Fast ring, time is running out to stay up-to-date. Read More ▶ Spotify ads slipped malware onto PCs and Macs Ads played to Spotify listeners tried to install malware on PCs and Macs. Read More ▶ Cable and telecom are rivals again with new IoT networks Comcast and the biggest U.S. carriers are taking their long-running rivalry to the internet of things. On Wednesday, Comcast said it would launch trials of LoRa low-power network technology. Read More ▶ Happy 25th once again to Linux, 'the little OS that definitely could' Aug. 25 may be Linux's official birthday, but Oct. 5 is in many ways the day it began to make a real mark on the world. Read More ▶ AT&T's coming SD-WAN services will tap into FlexWare Software is beginning to simplify one of the hardest kinds of networking: wide-area networks that link up an enterprise's remote sites, branch offices and data centers. Now AT&T is getting in on the game. Read More ▶ 67% off Etekcity 4 Pack Portable Outdoor LED Camping Lantern with 12 AA Batteries - Deal Alert Whether used for camping, trick or treating, or power outages, this lantern will provide up to 12 hours of bright omnidirectional LED lighting to see your surroundings. Read More ▶

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