If you're visiting Computex this year and swing by the Seasonic booth, there's one real focus there: Prime PSUs. The new units come in a variety of flavours, with high efficiency and modular cabling rounding out a solid feature set. The Prime range comes in three efficiency ratings: Titanium, …
Read More »Computex: QNAP brings solid state to NAS storage
Backing up your content to somewhere else on your network is a smart plan, but keeping lots of local storage can get a bit hefty considering the size of your average hard drive. What then, if you used a much more contemporary alternative like M.2 storage? That's what QNAP is …
Read More »Computex: MSI celebrates 30 years
There is a good mix of new blood and old in the PC hardware game and MSI is one of the latter crowd. At Computex 2016, it hosted a party for some of its friends and the media, to celebrate 30 years of operation. Of course being the high-flying tech …
Read More »Looking for the Total War: Warhammer manual? Here it is
One of the concerns I've heard from a few Total War: Warhammer players in the past week, is that the manual wasn't on Steam where it was supposed to be. We reached out to Creative Assembly to find out what's going on and can now give you a direct link …
Read More »Computex: AMD pulls in Microsoft, HP, Dell for APU praise
Along with its big debut of the new RX series of AMD graphics cards, this year's Computex was also home to the first showing of its upcoming Zen CPU architecture. The new processors are designed to bring improved efficiency and power to the table. To throw more fuel on the …
Read More »Youtube is still going after ripping sites
Youtube has never been a fan of the sites and browser extensions that make it easy to download videos from its site, in their entirety or when converted to MP3s. It's been going after them with legal action for years and it shows no sign of stopping. It's latest target …
Read More »Computex: Streacom’s DB4 reinvents the fanless case design
Streacom is looking to change how you look at fanless PC cases with the launch of its new DB4 chassis at this year's Computex. Combining thick, 13mm aluminium panels, with built in heat-pipes that run perpendicular to them, the heat is funnelled away from internal components, keeping your system cool …
Read More »Computex: Two AMD RX480s beat GTX 1080 in Ashes test
In the early hours of this morning AMD finally unveiled its first Polaris graphics card: the RX480. With specifications that peg it as comparable in power, but far more efficient than the R9 390, AMD also twinned up two of the $200 (£140) cards against a Nvidia GTX 1080 and by …
Read More »Computex: Corsair wants to take LED fans to a new level
Do you think your in-case lighting set up is on point? Corsair would beg to differ, as it has a whole new range of RGB LED fans that let you customise them to a level unprecedented in PC customisation. It also has a VR set up and some GPU coolers …
Read More »Computex: Thermaltake shows off new cases with custom builds
The PC modding community often rivals their automotive cousins when it comes to making truly mind-blowing systems for purely aesthetic reasons and this year's Computex is no different. Thermaltake has been showing off a number of new cases, each put together with a custom build to showcase their unique attributes. …
Read More »Computex: MSI debuts VR backpack and 120Hz gaming panels
MSI has a lot of hardware on show at this year's Computex event, though alongside the somewhat traditional laptops and desktops, it's stealing the show with a new backpack designed for virtual reality and a number of new laptop displays, capable of hitting 120Hz refresh rates. The big-red backpack is …
Read More »Computex: ASUS shows off modded PCs with pro gaming side-show
At events like Computex, it's not easy to stand out from the masses and draw in the crowds, so some form of spectacle is always useful. ASUS' attempt to do that was by combining two things gamers love: professionals duking it out to see who's the best, and a bunch …
Read More »Hand tracked, VR tabletop RPGs coming soon
Tabletop role playing and board gaming action is set to arrive in virtual reality in various guises over the next week weeks, taking some of the best elements of real world play and making them available online. There will be hand tracking, room-scale tracking and a variety of environments to …
Read More »ASUS is getting into the robot game with Zenbo
While the world worries about robots potentially taking our jobs in the near future, we may well welcome them into our home before they start collecting our paycheques. ASUS has announced its new Zenbo robotic assistant at Computex 2016, showing off how we may need more than Siri and Cortana …
Read More »Win SilverStone goodies – and review them!
It looks like the reviews you guys have been doing as part of some of our recent competitions have drawn the attention of Silverstone, as they have asked us to put together another contest with a number of prizes up for grabs. You will need to be review them though …
Read More »Watch the Falcon 9 re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and touch down again
Last Friday saw Space X once again successfully touch down its Falcon 9 first-stage rocket on its automated-drone barge, after delivering its payload into orbit. The newly released video of the event shows off the entire descent, from re-entry burn, to suicide burn just above the landing pad. The video …
Read More »France: Google won’t get a tax deal
One of the biggest financial scandals in the UK earlier this year, was when Google managed to negotiate paying around 10 per cent of the tax it owed the British government. France however isn't so keen to see Google skip out on back taxes and following a raid on the …
Read More »Computex: ARM announces processors designed with VR in mind
ARM Technologies is looking to become the mobile hardware provider for future VR-centric smartphones, with the announcement of a brand new processor and graphics processor at this year's Computex event. They are said to offer much higher performance and improved efficiency over current-gen models, but won't be available until 2017. …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer is fastest selling in series’ history
Although some were concerned about Total War abandoning its historically accurate roots to explore some of the fictional conflicts of the Warhammer Old World, it turns out that the blend of fantastical and medieval combat is rather popular. Total War: Warhammer is the fastest selling Total War game in the …
Read More »Netflix HQ besieged by anti-VPN-blocking van advert
In an effort to hammer home to Netflix how much it dislikes geoblocking and the streaming service's crackdown on people getting around it using virtual private networks (VPNs), pro-privacy campaigners at OpenMedia, have been driving a truck around Netflix's headquarters, protesting the move. The van in question features a large …
Read More »Tinder wants monopoly on hook ups, sues rival app 3nder
Two is company, but three's a crowd according to dating/hook-up app Tinder, as it's going after rival smartphone application owners 3nder, which is designed to help those looking to hang out with more than just one person. It's using trademark law to do it too, claiming that the names are …
Read More »SWIFT bank hackers may be linked to 2014 Sony hack
The hackers behind the recent attack on a Bangladeshi bank that saw over $81 million siphoned away, may have also been responsible for the 2014 attack on Sony's servers, which has previously been blamed on North Korea. The anti-malware company behind this latest claim, also believes the group was behind …
Read More »Rocket League flirts with MOBAs in lane-pitch update
At its core, Rocket League is about two teams of cars, two goals and a ball. Everything you put between those is window dressing, but not so much in the next update. The new pitch set to be trialled in the experimental mode is a pillared map, that splits the pitch …
Read More »EU Commission continues push for single digital market
The European Commission is keen to continue improving the ability for online shoppers to buy from wherever they want without facing additional hurdles. Its latest proposals would see retailers banned from treating customers differently and would have to sell to foreign buyers, thought they wouldn't be required to handle international …
Read More »Snooper Charter’s Mass Surveillance now under independent review
The British government's upcoming Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB) is set to have a further independent review, this time focusing in on the specific powers for “bulk collection.” Along with other measures of the bill, this has caused particular concern because of its potential for mass hacking of consumer devices. The …
Read More »FACT UK anti-piracy group loses major hollywood funding
The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), a British run organisation that lobbies and sues to combat piracy, has been dealt a major blow by its biggest contributor. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has cut its funding to the group, reducing its financial support by as much as 50 …
Read More »VR could let jurors visit virtual crime scenes
The HTC Vive might soon be used for something much more important than gaming: criminal trials. Based on research by Staffordshire University, jurors may soon be taken on virtual tours of crime scenes, in order to give them a better understanding of different aspects of a case. The research was funded …
Read More »Rocket League PC vs Xbox One play now possible
One of the best aspects of Rocket League – beyond doing sweet, wall-ride aerials – is that it's allowed PlayStation 4 and PC gamers to face off against one another in titanic match ups of console vs PC from the get go. Xbox owners missed out on that phenomenon, but …
Read More »Valve employee claims Oculus Rift is ‘direct copy’ of Valve prototype
Although Oculus might have been the first company to really get the world thinking about virtual reality as a viable future, it might not be as impactful as you think. In-fact Valve may have overtaken it so much in developing VR gear, that Oculus' Rift CV1 is to some, just a …
Read More »Drone-powered industrial re-forestation to combat climate change
One of the big issues facing the natural world is human deforestation on an industrial scale. Illegal logging, land clearance and habitat destruction are causing all sorts of issues that seem near impossible to stop. One solution though, could be utilising drone power to plant trees on a previously unheard …
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