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Niantic kept fans glued to “Pokemon GO” by introducing major events during Halloween, Christmas and New Year. Now, fans are eagerly waiting for a “Pokemon GO” Valentine’s Day event, though Niantic has surprisingly not shared details about the upcoming event. This has generally given rise to intense speculation as to what could Niantic possibly introduce during the Valentine’s Day update.

Lenovo has unveiled its new ThinkPad P Series workstations and one is built for Virtual Reality (VR). The three P series laptops were unveiled at the Solidworks World 2017 conference. The laptop that is VR ready is powerful enough to create produce its own VR content. The three workstations are P51, P51s and P71.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the official cash rate on hold at 1.5 percent in its first meeting of this year. The move, which had been anticipated, comes on the heels of rates being slashed twice last year.

“Pokemon GO,” “Fire Emblem Heroes” and “Super Mario Run” are pretty popular games on the market. Even though “Fire Emblem Heroes” may never reach “Pokemon GO” standards, there are certain aspects of the game that “Pokemon GO” can adopt to maximise revenues and also make the gameplay more interesting.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that the Federal Government will be cancelling the Life Gold Pass immediately. As part of the benefits, politicians are able to avail unlimited domestic travel. The move comes in an attempt to restore as many as $5 million.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced during the joint Liberal-National party room that Senator Cory Bernardi was splitting with Liberal Party.

The development of the “Stardew Valley” multiplayer mode is still ongoing and no release date has been set for the game yet. Chucklefish Games has also confirmed a physical release for the console version of the game.

The third global mission required players to complete one million trades and that has already been accomplished. The event will go on until Feb. 13, and this means new “Pokemon Sun and Moon” players who join will automatically win prizes.

Sydney was lashed with violent thunderstorms on Tuesday. As around 50 millimetres of rain fell in inner parts of the city in over half an hour, concerns of possible flash flooding have been raised.

Xiaomi Mi 5C could be the first smartphone to come with the Pinecone processors. These are processors developed by Pinecone Electronics, owned by Xiaomi. The Xiaomi Mi 6 may launch in March or April. A fresh leak has suggested a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor for the Mi 6 flagship. Xiaomi has also announced that the Redmi Note 4X will launch in China on Wednesday.

In the wake of the highly talked about phone call between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump, the former made attempts to persuade the US president not to oppose the refugee settlement deal. As part of the deal, US was to resettle a number of refugees from Nauru and Manus Island.

Federal Justice Michael Keenan has confirmed the largest cocaine haul in Australia, charging six people between 32 to 63 years old.

If latest reports are to be believed, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 will come with an S-Pen when released. The highly-anticipated tablet is expected to be announced at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

While Apple is believed to release three iPhones in 2017 and one of them is definitely the Apple iPhone 8, there could also be an Apple iPhone 8 Plus, just like the iPhone 7 Plus. Moreover, the LG G6 is also a highly-expected device that will boast some really amazing specs and at a lower price than the Apple flagship.

A Weibo leak has revealed two cases that reportedly belong to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. They more or less confirm the position of the fingerprint scanner as reported earlier by reliable tipster Evan Blass. The borders around the edges of the cases denote that the screen may not go all the way down to the sides.

A man was accused of indecently assaulting a minor while making a food delivery at a home in Sydney’s west on Monday. The 62-year-old accused was at a Greystanes home when he was temporarily in the presence of a number of children. He was delivering food from a restaurant.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that many exciting things are in the pipeline for the company. Apple iPhone 8 is definitely one of the items in pipeline. During a quarterly earnings call, Cook fuelled speculation about the company’s product roadmap. He said that the iPhone 8 “is still in the early innings of the game” and there is still a lot more to be done.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has recently confirmed via a tweet that the Tesla Model 3 branding will have the numeric “3” and not three horizontal lines depicting the Model E, a name originally thought of for the Model 3.

Adelaide has received a massive amount of rainfall over the weekend. Since 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, the city has been drenched with as much as 28.2 millimetres of rainfall. With this, the average of February for Adelaide was taken down in a day.

Microsoft is rumoured to be developing three variants of the tech wonder. One will be targeted at the consumers while the other two at business professionals and enterprises. A Kickstand concept is also expected in the device. The Surface Phone could sport a 5.5-inch HD display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels. The business variant may have a 6-inch screen.

Senator Pauline Hanson’s One Nation bagged eight percent of the national primary vote in the recent Newspoll survey. When asked about the prospect of becoming the prime minister of Australia, she said it would be a “privilege and honour.”

A bushfire burning northwest of Melbourne Central Business District, threatening to cause damage to properties, has been controlled by firefighters. A previous watch and act message issued for residents in Bulla, Diggers Rest and Calder Park was downgraded to advice in a 6 p.m. advice.

Marcs and David Lawrence have been placed in voluntary administration according to administrators Geoffrey Reidy and Andrew Barnden.

Now that it has been revealed that the NES Classic Edition managed to sell 1.5 million units worldwide, it is more or less evident that Nintendo has hit upon a money spinner for future micro-console releases. Nintendo's upcoming online service will cost will cost about $24-$32 annually. “Fire Emblem Heroes,” first of three mobile games Nintendo promised in 2017.

New South Wales and Queensland will be enduring extremely sweltering conditions in the next week. Mercury levels are expected to rise to 48 degrees Celsius.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should pull out from the refugee deal he made with former US President Barack Obama, according to journalist Michelle Grattan. As part of the deal, the US would take refugees from Nauru and Manus Island.

Service sector has witnessed an impressive start with an upsurge in sales, employment and new orders. The Australian Industry Group's Performance of Services Index (PSI) fell 3.2 points to 54.5 points in January.

Rod Culleton was ineligible to have been elected as a federal senator last July, according to a ruling by the High Court. A recount of the votes will be carried out to determine who will replace Culleton.

Former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are currently in their second week of vacation after leaving the White House.