Cherry is a name that should be familiar to any PC user. It makes the MX switches which have shown up in just about every gamer and typist's high-end keyboard over the past decade. Today we look at a board of its own design, featuring the same switches with a brand new …
Read More »Space X’s simulated manned trips to the ISS are going great
Although it may not be until 2017 that Space X is given the all clear to fly its Dragon V2 capsule filled with astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station, that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of testing to do before then. That's why over the past few …
Read More »Attack on Titan creator doesn’t know why people didn’t like the movie
Attack on Titan, or to give it its original title, Shingeki no Kyujin, has been a worldwide success. It's spawned many spin off manga series, an anime cartoon, games and most recently a live action movie. Unfortunately for those involved with that latter property however, it bombed and reviewed horribly. …
Read More »Now there’s a VR experience for garlic cheese spread
As much as there is plenty going for virtual reality at the moment, there are many key experiences that the communities of fans have been clamouring for since the Oculus Rift DK1 was first unveiled: a fly through of a fridge, focused on garlic cheese spread isn't one of them. …
Read More »Ultimate Ears Roll portable bluetooth speaker
Ultimate Ears may not be a company that has been in the speaker game for as long as its competitors, but that does not mean it has not captured our attention. It did so previously with its MegaBoom bluetooth speaker, even if it was a costly solution. Today we look …
Read More »Hilary Clinton agrees to hand over private email server to FBI
Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton has been under fire from government agencies and the public, for her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state to the Obama administration. Since official emails are technically the property of government, the lack of oversight and the potential for …
Read More »Blizzard said to be making $20 million a month from Hearthstone
Blizzard has, for many years, enjoyed a steady income from World of Warcraft, with its millions of monthly subscribers netting it tens of millions of dollars a month since it was released back in the mid ‘oos. However with subscriber numbers dwindling to their lowest since the game's early days, …
Read More »Hobbit House glamping project attacked by Hollywood lawyers
Don't you dare go using the name of some little halfling creatures from Middle Earth without paying first. A glamping company which wanted to build a Hobbit Hole holiday house for those looking for an authentic experience, has been forced to remove all mention of the diminutive little characters, after lawyers …
Read More »Do any of us ‘laugh out loud’ anymore?
Laughing out loud, or “lol”, has been the go to phrase to communicate amusement online (no matter how small) forever. However according to new statistics, that may no longer be the case, with many Facebook users rarely, if ever using the acronym any more, preferring more speech-like “haha” and “hehe,” as …
Read More »Google has a new parent company: Alphabet
In a move that no one was expecting, Google has given itself a new boss, by creating a brand-new parent company, called Alphabet. This will also splinter off some of Google's different entities, with the traditional company handling Youtube, Android, its search engine and its applications, while the new firm will take …
Read More »Adobe follows trend, improves parental leave post-child birth
Having a child is difficult in any number of different ways, and balancing a new born with work commitments is just one of them. Following on from Netflix's recent announcement that it would take away some of that difficulty by offering parents 12 months of paid leave following the birth of …
Read More »Blizzard may be working on a new Diablo game
Although far from an exact science, whenever a major studio announces a new job opening at their company, it's often for something specific. There are traditionally quite a lot of open, or potentially existing jobs at large publishers and developers, but when something different shows up, it gives us a …
Read More »Corsair Gaming STRAFE mechanical keyboard review
Corsair Gaming dismayed long-time fans last year when it dropped its famous sales logo in favour of a tribal tattoo. Following fan outrage however, it has made a comeback on the latest line up of products, like the STRAFE gaming keyboard that we are looking at today. Featuring everyone's favourite Cherry …
Read More »Uber makes a huge loss every year
Despite being the crest of a wave of change in the way we get about our roadways, Uber, the app based taxi service which in just a few years has grown to be worth an estimated $50 billion, is said to be a financial sinkhole, losing tens of millions a …
Read More »High court decision makes iTunes illegal in UK
If you've used iTunes CD ripping feature recently, did you know you were breaking the law? If you backed up your PC to a remote cloud platform, did you know you were taking part in an illegal activity? Yes, thanks to a recent overturning of revised copyright legislation by the …
Read More »U.S. and EU near agreement on data sharing
Since the Edward Snowden revelations about the NSA, GCHQ and international data gathering and sharing came out in 2013, the world has been trying to figure out the right balance between privacy and security. To that end, the European Commission has been in talks with U.S. representatives to renegotiate “safe …
Read More »NASA releases new dark side of the moon image
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCO) was launched earlier this year atop a Space X Falcon 9 rocket and it currently sits within a Lissajous orbit 930,000 miles from Earth. It's been sending back data on the ozone, vegetation, cloud height and aerosols in the atmosphere since and it's all been …
Read More »Riot wants to better communicate with League players
As much as the internet can be a place where negativity goes to fester, game makers all over the world know that keeping in touch with your fan base through it is an important way to help maintain a game's popularity. And it's that line of communication between the players and …
Read More »EFF and others call for new Do Not Track standard
The Do Not Track (DNT) standard, introduced by a number of browsers over the past few years, was designed to give consumers some control over what information was recorded about them by advertisers and various web applications. However, now the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ad Block and a number of other …
Read More »RIAA throws down piracy gauntlet at feet of BitTorrent Inc.
BitTorrent Inc. the parent company behind the Utorrent peer to peer sharing software and more media focused ventures like the BitTorrent bundle, has always maintained that it does not endorse piracy or the use of its programs for such sharing. The RIAA is now calling on it to make good …
Read More »Australian Senate report to declare Bitcoins real money
Buying and selling Bitcoins in Australia should be a little easier going forward, as the government has declared that digital currencies should now be considered as real money, making their taxation far simpler. It will mean more work for exchanges however, which will now need to monitor their services for …
Read More »Netflix now offering unlimited parental leave post-child-birth
Dealing with the inevitable fact that long term employees are likely at some point to have children and require leave, is a difficulty faced by all businesses. While some companies, like Google and Apple, have looked to make the corporate playing field more even, by offering to freeze eggs and …
Read More »World of Warcraft down to 5.3 million subscribers
WoW has been one of the mainstays of PC gaming for a long time, consistently giving millions of people around the world a universe to escape into to fight, level, raid and explore. That's still the case over 10 years after its release, but following the spike of returning players …
Read More »Humble Games Workshop Bundle combines Warhammer with charity
Although tabletop game maker Games Workshop has never been known as a company that was generous with its pricing, it only seems fair to give it some good will for teaming up with Humble Bundle to offer a number of its app-based experiences available for cheap. There's something for everyone too, …
Read More »Hitch-hiking robotic experiment cut short due to decapitation
Hitchbot, the robotic hitch-hiker that was travelling across America as a scientific and artistic experiment, has found its journey cut short after a stop in Philadelphia saw it decapitated and vandalised to the point where it can no longer operate. While they won't be seeking those responsible to press criminal …
Read More »Samsung now battling to save its share of the mobile market
For many years now, the smartphone market has felt like two different races. The front runners, Apple and Samsung jockeyed for position as the world's biggest mobile providers, while the rest of them battled it out for third. But those glory days for the Korean manufacturer appear to be over, …
Read More »Forget graphene, stanene may be the wonder material of the future
As much as graphene has been seen as the darling of scientists and researchers since it was first created in the early '00s, it's not the only honeycomb, single-atom-thick structure to have fantastical properties. It sparked a gold rush to see what else could be latticed together at the atomic …
Read More »Fake swatting yourself can get you in trouble too
Swatting has become something of an occupational hazard for popular Twitch and Youtube streamers. If their address is somehow leaked, there are a nefarious few around the world who have falsely called in armed police responses to their homes. It's very dangerous and can land those responsible in jail, but …
Read More »Kim Dotcom: U.S. offered plea deal, I refused
While the United States has been pretty tight lipped about its ongoing attempts to extradite and imprison internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, the German native has been very vocal about his side of the equation. In a recent Q&A on Slashdot, the Megaupload founder even suggested that the U.S. had attempted …
Read More »Mt.Gox bitcoin exchange ex-CEO arrested in Japan
Along with the claims of Silk Road founder, Ross Ulbricht's defence team that he was the real Dread Pirate Roberts, Mt. Gox's old CEO, Mark Karpeles has been linked with the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of bitcoins worth many tens of millions and it looks like enough evidence has …
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