It's Tuesday, August 16, 2016, and if you're into big phones or phablets as they're also known, we've just reviewed a standout device by DT's mobile editor Mallory Goki has just spent some quality time with the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and she was impressed to say the least. The sleek Android device features a 5.7 inch AMOLED screen, slim profile, a speedy Snapdragon 820 heart for gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of storage standard, and an iris scanner for security. You can load in up to 256 gigs of additional storage using a microSD card, and the phone is pretty much waterproof as well.

There's a 12 megapixel rear camera that takes great photos, but the coolest feature is the S Pen Stylus that tucks into the body. If you're the RT drawing type like Mallory, this is definitely the phone for you at eight hundred fifty bucks. It ain't cheap, but you get a lot for the money. Check out Mallory's full review at the link below.

Some scary news from the dark side of the Internet The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a hacker outfit called the shadow brokers is claiming they've lifted the NSA's entire cyber warfare tool chest and are offering it up online for sale. That's a big claim to make, but multiple computer experts say that router hacking code posted by the group as an example of what they have looks to be the real thing. The shadow brokers say their efforts are aimed at wealthy elites, and some of the tools appear to correspond to software described in documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

The price for the entire package offered by the shadow brokers is 1 million Bitcoin, which we're about five hundred sixty eight million dollars. Well within the budgets of countries who'd love to see what the NSA uses to snoop around inside networks of other countries, so far the NSA has had no comment. VR is still the hottest tech going among people who are into VR, and so far there's been no killer app that might break the nascent tech into the mainstream.

That may have just changed a Monday. Microsoft owners of Mojang released a new version of Minecraft that can be played on the Oculus Rift. Perhaps another game is so perfect for a VR system, and as you might imagine, the Minecraft demographic has holiday VR retail nans ax written all over it. You'll need the latest version of Windows 10 to play along with a fairly stout PC and a rift headset, but if you've already got those bits, the VR version of Minecraft is a free upgrade.

Oh, and good timing, the Oculus Rift also goes on sale today in Europe and Canada. It's funny how that happens. We've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends.com, be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel, we'll be back again tomorrow.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's Tuesday August 16 2016 and if you're into big phones or phablets as they're also known we've just reviewed a standout dt's mobile editor Mallory goki has just spent some quality time with the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and she was impressed to say the least the sleek Android device features a 5.7 inch AMOLED screen slim profile a speedy Snapdragon 820 heart for gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of storage standard and an iris scanner for security you can load in up to 256 gigs of additional storage using a microSD card and the phone is pretty much waterproof as well there's a 12 megapixel rear camera that takes great photos but the coolest feature is the S Pen Stylus that tucks into the body if you're the RT drawing type like Mallory is this is definitely the phone for you at eight hundred fifty bucks it ain't cheap but you get a lot for the money check out Mallory's full review at the link below some scary news from the dark side of the Internet The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a hacker outfit called the shadow brokers is claiming they've lifted the NSA's entire cyber warfare tool chest and are offering it up online for sale that's a big claim to make but multiple computer experts say that router hacking code posted by the group as an example of what they have looks to be the real thing the shadow brokers say their efforts are aimed at wealthy elites and some of the tools appear to correspond to software described in documents leaked by Edward Snowden price for the entire package offered by the shadow brokers 1 million Bitcoin we're about five hundred sixty eight million dollars well within the budgets of countries who'd love to see what the NSA uses to snoop around inside networks of other countries so far the NSA has had no comment while vr is still the hottest tech going among people who are into VR so far there's been no killer app that might break the nascent tech into the mainstream that may have just changed a Monday Microsoft owners of Mojang released a new version of Minecraft that can be played on the oculus rift perhaps another game is so perfect for a VR system and as you might imagine the Minecraft demographic has holiday VR retail nans ax written all over it you'll need the latest version of Windows 10 to play along with a fairly stout PC and a rift headset but if you've already got those bits the VR version of Minecraft is a free upgrade oh and good timing the oculus rift also goes on sale today in Europe and Canada it's funny how that happens we've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends com be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel we'll be back again tomorrowit's Tuesday August 16 2016 and if you're into big phones or phablets as they're also known we've just reviewed a standout dt's mobile editor Mallory goki has just spent some quality time with the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and she was impressed to say the least the sleek Android device features a 5.7 inch AMOLED screen slim profile a speedy Snapdragon 820 heart for gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of storage standard and an iris scanner for security you can load in up to 256 gigs of additional storage using a microSD card and the phone is pretty much waterproof as well there's a 12 megapixel rear camera that takes great photos but the coolest feature is the S Pen Stylus that tucks into the body if you're the RT drawing type like Mallory is this is definitely the phone for you at eight hundred fifty bucks it ain't cheap but you get a lot for the money check out Mallory's full review at the link below some scary news from the dark side of the Internet The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a hacker outfit called the shadow brokers is claiming they've lifted the NSA's entire cyber warfare tool chest and are offering it up online for sale that's a big claim to make but multiple computer experts say that router hacking code posted by the group as an example of what they have looks to be the real thing the shadow brokers say their efforts are aimed at wealthy elites and some of the tools appear to correspond to software described in documents leaked by Edward Snowden price for the entire package offered by the shadow brokers 1 million Bitcoin we're about five hundred sixty eight million dollars well within the budgets of countries who'd love to see what the NSA uses to snoop around inside networks of other countries so far the NSA has had no comment while vr is still the hottest tech going among people who are into VR so far there's been no killer app that might break the nascent tech into the mainstream that may have just changed a Monday Microsoft owners of Mojang released a new version of Minecraft that can be played on the oculus rift perhaps another game is so perfect for a VR system and as you might imagine the Minecraft demographic has holiday VR retail nans ax written all over it you'll need the latest version of Windows 10 to play along with a fairly stout PC and a rift headset but if you've already got those bits the VR version of Minecraft is a free upgrade oh and good timing the oculus rift also goes on sale today in Europe and Canada it's funny how that happens we've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends com be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel we'll be back again tomorrow\n"