2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year announced and the exhibition is coming to the ROM

Crab surprise. Justin Gilligan, Australia. Winner 2017, Behaviour: Invertebrates. Nikon D810 + 15mm f2.8 lens; 1/100 sec at f14; ISO 400; Nauticam housing; two Ikelite DS161 strobe. Photo courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum. 

The prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition winners were announced recently with South African photographer Brent Stirton named as Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 for his image Memorial to a species. 

His image will be among the 100 photographs showcased in the upcoming exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) from December 16, 2017 to March 18, 2018. 

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Google partners with uBreakFix for Pixel 2 repairs in US and Canada

uBreakiFix, an industry leader in electronics repair, today announced an extended partnership with Google to provide an exclusive walk-in repair option for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, the new flagship phones from Google which launched on October 19.

With features like a water-resistant unibody, a smart camera with dual-pixel autofocus and up to 7 hours of battery on 15 minutes of charging, it’s easy to see why Business Insider dubbed the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, “the best Android phones you can buy.” Consumers can bring their Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones to uBreakiFix stores for repair support.

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13 original Xbox games now available to Xbox One consoles

Xbox fans are getting an embarassment of riches this week. Not only is Xbox One X around the corner (most powerful console ever made, 6 teraflops, 12 GB of RAM, 4K gaming with HDR!), the original Xbox games are now coming to Xbox One.

The games in question are:

Black, BloodRayne 2, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Dead to Rights, Ninja Gaiden Black, Fuzion, Frenzy, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, The King of Fighters Neowave, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,Psychonauts, Red Faction 2, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

The 13 original Xbox games that are now available across all Xbox One consoles now all render with 1080p graphics and expanded color details. But because they are, in fact, the original games running in a Hyper-V-based emulator, and not remastered games running natively, some features no longer work. If you happen to have the original game disc, these will work as well. 

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iPhone X pre-orders begin on October 27

The time to pre-order the iPhone X is close at hand. Canadians who want to ensure delivery of the completely redesigned iPhone flagship on November 3, will have their browsers or Apple Store apps locked and loaded on on Friday, October 27 at 12:01 a.m. PDT . That's 3:01 a.m. for us East Coast folks, which is pretty brutal but since a lot of people will presumably be calling in sick for the premiere of Stranger Things 2 on Netflix (that kicks in at midnight, y'all).

iPhone X is the statement device from Apple and the culmination of 10 years of iPhone evolution. While the company released the perfectly capable and similarly specced iPhone 8 last month, iPhone X brings a bezel with notch design (for FaceID) that removes the home button and uses facial recognition as as security and payments feature.

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