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these are the top stories of the week Samsung introduce a new VR headset looks like the new google nexus phones leaked googles and hot water and more at the oculus connect conference samsung announced a new gear VR headset the company says it's lighter and more comfortable than before the new gear VR will work with Samsung s6 line of phones and the note 5 it's priced at $99 and it ships in November but what about content oculus announced a VR compatible version of netflix is now available with apps for Hulu and Vimeo coming soon as / games microsoft says expect to see minecraft in the first half of 2016 this week the google nexus 6 showed up on ebay and amazon with big discounts normally price at around five hundred dollars the nexus 6 is available at around three hundred dollars at eBay and three hundred and fifty dollars at Amazon this discount looks to rid retailers of inventory because Google will hold a nexus event on September 29th we are expecting two new Nexus phones and this week photos of both surfaced there's the Huawei Nexus 6p and the lg-made Nexus 5x they both come in a variety of colors and look pretty slick we'll see if these photos are accurate next week and in other Google News bloomberg reports that google is under investigation the United States Federal Trade Commission is looking into antitrust allegations regarding Android Google's mobile operating system competitors are claiming that google is giving priority to its own services on Android the European Union is also investigating Google for the same reasons very quickly here are some other big news stories you should know Apple's new iPhones have hit stores microsoft released office 2016 and netflix is commissioning 12 episodes of The Twilight Zone like black mirror let's take a look at what flew under the radar this week quirky the company behind the wink smart home platform filed for bankruptcy that doesn't mean the company is done for that just means that it needs to sell off assets to handle its debts quirky says it will sell its wink smart home platform to the highest bidder and hopes a sale will be final in 60 days right now the front-runner to buy wink is Flextronics international at 15 million dollars there's still time for another buyer to appear why is this important Winx smart home hub is actually pretty awesome it can handle home automation quite well and it works with all kinds of different smart home devices like the nest thermostat and fell two light bulbs at 15 million dollars it could be a steal for a major company to snap it up maybe Microsoft or Apple for more information on everything tech go to cnet com amaya's akhtar signing off