Get a free Xbox One S Sea of Thieves bundle now with Samsung Galaxy S8 or A8 deals

If you're already looking for a new phone and don't yet own Microsoft's Xbox One S, then a deal has just appeared that is made for you.

Virgin Mobile is offering new customers that want either a Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus or A8, an Xbox One S bundle with the swashbuckling Sea of Thieves game included. You also get one free month of Xbox Gold online access thrown in where there are even more games for you to try – over 100, in fact. It's a freebie worth in the region of £270!

The deal will cost you from £27 per month on a contract for the A8 or from £31 per month for the S8, which gets you 4G, data rollover and free data for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Twitter.

Data plans on the Freestyle contracts range from 1GB to Truly Unlimited with options for 3GB, 5GB, 10GB, 30GB or 100GB in between.

Sea of Thieves is a shared world action adventure game which lets you become a first-person perspective pirate plundering the world solo or in a crew of four. Quest, loot, combat – this has it all.

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Grab a Samsung Galaxy S8 or A8 and Xbox One S Sea of Thieves bundle deal right now

If you're already looking for a new phone and don't yet own Microsoft's Xbox One S, then a deal has just appeared that is made for you.

Virgin Mobile, from June 1, is offering new customers, that want either a Samsung Galaxy S8 or A8, an Xbox One S bundle with the Sea of Thieves game included. You also get one free month of Xbox Gold online access thrown in where there are even more games for you to try – over 100, in fact.

The deal will cost you from £27 per month on a contract for the A8 or from £31 per month for the S8, which gets you 4G, data rollover and free data for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Twitter.

Data plans on the Freestyle contracts range from 1GB to Truly Unlimited with options for 3GB, 5GB, 10GB, 30GB or 100GB in between.

Sea of Thieves is a shared world action adventure game which let you become a first-person perspective pirate plundering the world solo or in a crew of four. Quest, loot, combat – this has it all.

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AT&T wants to settle with FTC over throttling on legacy unlimited data plans

The Federal Trade Commission accused AT&T of giving no due notice for throttling the speeds of customers on older unlimited data plans.

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EE launches first UK mobile phone service that lets you gift data to your family

EE has announced a brand new UK service that will allow users of its network to share data with others using the MyEE app.

The idea is to allow parents to turn their children's data into a form of digital pocket money which can be dealt out as they see fit.

Not only that but parents will even be able see what the children use that data for, turn usage on or off entirely, limit use abroad and block premium rate calls.

The data sharing service will work in 500MB blocks and is on EE mobile pay monthly voice and SIM only plans - including mobile broadband tablets and select mobile broadband devices which are linked to the same plan.

Data for your family

To encourage more families to sign up to multiple plans in one account, EE is offering a free 1GB of data per month and 10% line discount for each new plan added.

For families, or anyone in a group with multiple accounts, they can upgrade to a single managed account by simply calling EE to have that activated. 

Max Taylor, Managing Director of Marketing, EE said: "Data gifting with EE helps families to get the most from their allowances by being able to move their mobile data around their smartphones, with easy to use parental controls.  

"So now mum and dad can turn their data into digital pocket money and reward the kids for good behaviour, or reduce the amount they are using, all without having to spend a penny more."

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EE launches UK first service that lets you gift data, ideal digital pocket-money for parents

EE has just announced a brand new UK service that will allow users of its network to share data with others using the MyEE app.

The idea is to allow parents to turn their children's data into a form of digital pocket money which can be dealt out as they see fit.

Not only that but parents will even be able see what the children use that data for, turn usage on or off entirely, limit use abroad and block premium rate calls.

The data sharing service will work in 500MB blocks and is on EE mobile pay monthly voice and SIM only plans - including mobile broadband tablets and select mobile broadband devices which are linked to the same plan.

To encourage more families to sign up to multiple plans in one account, EE is offering a free 1GB of data per month and 10% line discount for each new plan added.

For families, or anyone in a group with multiple accounts, they can upgrade to a single managed account by simply calling EE to have that activated. 

Max Taylor, Managing Director of Marketing, EE said: "Data gifting with EE helps families to get the most from their allowances by being able to move their mobile data around their smartphones, with easy to use parental controls.  

"So now mum and dad can turn their data into digital pocket money and reward the kids for good behaviour, or reduce the amount they are using, all without having to spend a penny more."

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Media pickups are part of AT&T and Verizon plans for tracked ads

In addition to acquiring programming and platforms, there are also customers to have as well. That's more data and that's more ads.

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ARM announces first 7nm processor core, Cortex-A76

The company also announced two complementary GPUs for AI-enhanced gaming graphics and for vibrant 4x4 full HD video walls.

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After leaving Nokia, Withings will go back to digital health on its own

Eric Carreel, one of the original co-founders of Withings, has taken the company back and will work on tracking more chronic health issues with future products.

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New MacBooks and iPad Pros are said to be coming soon, but not at WWDC 2018

There are new MacBook computers and iPad Pro tablets coming in 2018, according to a new report today. It's just not going to happen at Apple's WWDC 2018 keynote.

Instead, a refreshed MacBook Pro 2018 and 12-inch MacBook with new Intel chips, and a low-cost MacBook Air 2018, will be ready later this year, says Bloomberg.

The same applies to the iPad Pro 2018, which is said to be undergoing an overhaul with Face ID, just like on the iPhone X. It's similarly said to be on track for 'later'.

Multiplayer in AR?

The keynote will instead focus on incremental iOS 12 software (an effort to stamp out iOS 11 problems) and what's being called "ARKit 2.0", suggests Bloomberg. 

The ARKit upgrade sounds fascinating. It's expected to let users play AR games against each other in the same virtual environment. It's shaping up to be the advent of AR multiplayer on devices (iPhones and iPads) readily accessible by the masses.

The report also describes how virtual objects have the power to be dropped into an area and remain there, virtually in place. It's all foreshadowing what's to come from Apple AR glasses, rumored to launch in 2020.

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Apple’s WWDC 2018 to be entirely software-focused, no new iPads or MacBooks in store

No iPhone SE 2, no iPad Pros with Face ID, no refreshed MacBooks, and certainly no Apple Watch Series 4. Still, there's plenty of exciting software stuff reportedly slated for WWDC 2018 announcements.

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DxO details stellar Xiaomi Mi 8 score, Explorer Edition doesn’t show actual components

The newly unveiled Xiaomi Mi 8 is not the world's best cameraphone, but it's pretty close, according to the latest DxOMark mobile review. Meanwhile, the Mi 8 Explorer Edition may not be as "transparent" as you think.

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$250 Beats-branded Siri speaker tipped as Apple’s only WWDC 2018 hardware launch

Apple is reportedly keen on "advancing its digital assistant ambitions" at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference, both with expanded Siri capabilities and a lower-cost Beats smart speaker.

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$250 Beats-branded Siri speaker tipped as Apple’s only WWDC 2018 hardware launch

Apple is reportedly keen on "advancing its digital assistant ambitions" at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference, both with expanded Siri capabilities and a lower-cost Beats smart speaker.

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Alcatel 1X with Android Oreo (Go edition) and 2:1 screen goes on sale in the US at $100

Officially priced at $99.99, the entry-level Alcatel 1X combines Google's Android Oreo (Go edition) software optimizations with a trendy screen and generous 16GB internal storage.

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