AOC is doing its part to rid the world of plastic bezels, one monitor at a time, with a pair of new AGON displays featuring curved screens, high-resolution panels and fast refresh rates. These aren't small monitors either. The smallest of the two comes in at 27 inches, while the …
Read More »SpaceX completes second launch-pad booster landing
SpaceX has followed up its successful launch and return of a Falcon 9 rocket earlier this year, with another, though this time the booster touched down at SpaceX's Landing Zone One, having taken off from the iconic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Doubly successful, the mission's main payload, a Dragon capsule full …
Read More »Kim Dotcom may still be extradited, but not for copyright infringement
Kim Dotcom's long-running appeal of his originally long-running extradition trial in New Zealand, has come to a close. Despite the courts agreeing that he didn't commit copyright infringement, it ruled he could be extradited anyway, based on more general fraud charges. Dotcom's legal team has now announced that it plans …
Read More »Nintendo claims early Switch was stolen, user returns it
Last week we got our first real look at the back-end menu system of Nintendo's upcoming Switch console, thanks to one lucky owner who claimed to have received it several weeks early. However the story surrounding that console has taken a darker turn, as Nintendo is now claiming that the …
Read More »Snapchat tempers valuation ahead of IPO – targets $20+ billlion
Snapchat has released a more cautious valuation than expected ahead of its planned public offering and a key investor roadshow set to take place in London on Monday, 20th February. While expected to pitch itself at as much as $25 billion, it instead suggested the company was worth somewhere between …
Read More »For Honor balance changes will fix Valkyrie, Peacekeeper and guardbreak counters
For Honor has proved an impressively popular brawler, despite what many people feel are a few key problems with balancing. Ubisoft is listening to the community though and has announced plans for a number of tweaks to specific characters that will arrive in the upcoming updates. “We are excited to …
Read More »14 year old releases VRHome space designer on Early Access
Showing that age is just a number when it comes to game development, a 14-year-old virtual reality fan has released their first project on Steam, called VRHome. The ‘game' gives you a powerful system for customising your virtual space, helping you build a detailed virtual home, or place to hang …
Read More »Pewdiepie responds to media criticism, fellow Youtuber support
Felix Kjellberg, most commonly known as the Youtuber, Pewdiepie, has released an even pitched, sober response to the lambasting he received in the media over the past week. In it he airs his side of the story and highlights some of the scare mongering and click-baiting that traditional media sources …
Read More »Nintendo Switch released early to one buyer, menu video surfaces
One lucky Nintendo fan received their Switch two weeks early when an unnamed U.S. retailer sent it out accidentally. Although they weren't lucky enough to receive some games with the system, this does mean we get a look at the menu and back-end options of the upcoming console. The Nintendo Switch …
Read More »Samsung’s vice-chairman has been arrested over bribery claims
Following an investigation by the South Korean Special Prosecution Office and a petitioning of the courts to grant it a warrant, the heir-apparent and vice-chairman of Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, has been arrested. This case is linked with the impeachment of current President, Park Geun-hye, the investigation into whom is still ongoing. …
Read More »Bangarang! Hook actor is crowdfunding a Rufio prequel
Dante Basco, the actor who played Rufio in the 1991 adaptation of Peter Pan, Hook, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to film a short prequel film about the character. At the time of writing, it's reached $13,000 of its $30,000 goal, with several hundred backers already on board. “This is …
Read More »Pokémon Go introduces second gen. Pokémon, genders and more
Over 80 new Pokémon from the second generation of the games have been added to hit augmented reality Pokémon mobile game, Pokémon Go. Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile are joined by many of their pals, along with Pokémon genders, new encounter mechanics, new berries, a night mode and a whole lot …
Read More »Hold on to your plumbus, Rick and Morty’s VR game is coming to PAX East
Owlchemy Labs, the developer behind early break out virtual reality title, Job Simulator, has announced that its upcoming Rick and Morty game, Virtual Rick-ality, is going to be shown off for the first time at PAX East 2017 between the 10th and 12th of March. It also highlighted a short …
Read More »Gigabyte shows off AORUS AM4 motherboard for Ryzen CPUs
With the launch of AMD's Ryzen CPUs just a few weeks away at this point, motherboard manufacturers around the world are starting to debut their supporting hardware. Gigabyte has now done so in a recent Facebook post, showing off its new AORUS AM4 motherboard, complete with orange LEDs and large …
Read More »Verizon to shave $300 million from Yahoo deal
The Verizon Yahoo buyout deal is still likely going ahead for somewhere in the region of several billion dollars, but that doesn't mean they've settled on a price. Indeed closing in on a year on from the initial announcement, Verizon is still looking to pay less for internet giant in the …
Read More »Everquest and H1Z1 dev, John Smedley joins new Amazon Game Studios
John Smedley, an industry veteran with experience working on Everquest, Planetside and H1Z1, has now moved to Amazon's Game Studios. There he will be helming the San Diego studio with a new project that is said to leverage the power of the cloud and Twitch to bring players together in …
Read More »Blood Bowl 2 adds Khemri, Chaos Dwarf teams ahead of Legendary release
Cyanide has introduced a pair of new DLC teams to its digital version of Games Workshop's fantasy American Football, title, Blood Bowl 2: the Khemri and Chaos Dwarves. The Egyptian themed undead bring heavy hitting power and sturdy chins, while the chaotic short statured ones have some tricks of their …
Read More »Parachuting parcels: Amazon’s new plan for drone delivery
There are a lot of problems associated with drone delivery, from safe landings and take offs, to the family dog attacking it. But a new patent filed by Amazon suggests that dropping parcels by parachute could be a way to alleviate most of the issues and maybe even ditch the …
Read More »Surface Books are hit by latest Brexit price hike
While many people around the country continue to debate the impact of the Brexit referendum from mid-way through last year, the effects are being felt all over. The tech-sector has had several responses to its effect on the value of the pound too and the latest is Microsoft's Surface Book, …
Read More »Gabe Newell and Valve talk 200Hz VR screens, next-gen headsets and more
Valve CEO Gabe Newell and members of the company's virtual reality developmental team sat down recently with the Valve News Network to talk about what it's been working on lately and what we can expect in the future. During it they discussed the idea of content before price cuts, newer, …
Read More »Indian space agency breaks satellite launch record
The Indian Space Research Organisation has broken the world record for launching simultaneous satellites into orbit around the Earth. Taking off in the early hours of this morning, the Polar Satellite Launch vehicle PSLV-C37 hauled 104 satellites out of the Earth's atmosphere. Three satellites were for Indian use, while the other …
Read More »Pro-Immigrant Humble Bundle nears $4 million, but some games are running out
In less than two days, the Humble Freedom Bundle has made close to $4 million and shows no sign of slowing. The $30 (£24) gaming bundle packs close to 50 games, including standouts like The Witness, Invisible Inc., Nuclear Throne and Octodad and benefits pro-immigrant charities. However it's so popular, that some …
Read More »Swedish ISP calls latest Pirate Bay block the death of copyright industry
Blocking torrent sites has become a drab, somewhat frequent occurrence in countries throughout the EU over the past decade, though it rarely seems to have much of an effect. After a court in Sweden once again demanded that ISP Banhoef block iconic torrent search site, The Pirate Bay, the company's CEO …
Read More »Chelsea manning welcome home fund nears $80,000
A GoFundMe page set up to help whistleblower Chelsea Manning get back on her feet after leaving prison has received more than $80,000 in donations in just six days. With a $100,000 goal in mind, it seems likely to be met and will be handed over in its entirety to …
Read More »South Korea wants to arrest Samsung executives over bribery allegations
The South Korean special prosecution office is looking to have the vice chairman and the president of Samsung Electronics, arrested so that it can begin a full-scale investigation over bribery and corruption charges. Both have been linked with currently impeached South Korean president, Park Geun-hye and their charges could aid the …
Read More »Disney, Maker Studios dropped Pewdiepie over ‘offensive’ jokes
Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg, by far the most subscribed Youtuber in the world, has lost the backing of the Disney owned Maker Studios, over what has been termed offensive jokes in some of his recent videos. In a trial of the service platform, Fiverr, he paid to have a pair of …
Read More »Gears of War 4 install has ballooned to 100GB+
Microsoft really wants you guys to buy bigger SSDs. Or at least that's what it seems, as the install size of its Gears of War 4 is just going up and up. Already a big install at around the 80GB mark when it was released, the game has since ballooned …
Read More »Space X is ready to launch Falcon 9 from historic Saturn V rocket pad
With its 18th February launch window approaching, Space X has installed its Falcon 9 rocket at the launch pad in preparation. This is a historic event and one that has many Space X staff honoured by the opportunity, as the Cape Canaveral launch complex was where the original 1969 Saturn V …
Read More »Journalists who report leaked information could be jailed under amended act
The British government has announced plans to criminalise the practice of reporting on leaked documents, in an update of the Espionage Act. The move, which could see journalists jailed for as much as 14 years, is being called a campaign against whistleblowing, by detractors. Over the past few years, as surveillance …
Read More »Splatoon 2 to have open-play test event in March
Splatoon 2 is one of the Nintendo Switch's most hotly anticipated releases, but it won't be arriving until sometime in Q2 or even Q3 of this year. Fortunately for early adopters of Nintendo's upcoming console, there will be a public test event over the weekend of the 24th March, letting …
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