What exactly is going on in Frictional Games upcoming horror game, SOMA, has been rather hard to tell since its very first teasing and unveiling. It seems like it has something to do with the concept of being alive and what that might mean in the context of machines and AI, …

Earlier this month, we learned that hackers – possibly from China – had infiltrated the White House Office of Personnel Management and had copied documents on millions of government employees. While there were concerns that financial and employment data, possibly even security clearance information had been compromised, it's also shed …

Members of the British intelligence community, including MI6, GCHQ and the Royal Navy took aim at Edward Snowden last week, calling him a traitor and suggesting that by revealing secretive CIA documents, he put the lives of British and American spies at risk. It was even claimed that due to …

It wasn't that long ago that a long haul flight with a built in headrest TV was quite the luxury. Being able to choose your own film watching schedule during those many hours in a fart filled tube was a real treat, but today with smartphones and tablets with HD …

It's been seven long months since anyone has heard from the Philae lander, which was touched down on a comet, hundreds of millions of miles from earth, in a descent that was fraught with nail biting triumphs. After 60 hours though, its batteries ran dry, as it had managed to land in …

Doom, or Doom 4, depending on how you want to look at it, was shown off in all its first person, Mars station exploring, demon hunting glory this weekend at the E3 conference in Los Angeles. The reveal not only showcased a game that is far prettier than its predecessors, but …

EZTV is one of the most iconic names in the torrent scene and has been so for the best part of a decade. However in recent months, following some issues with its site and services, the team finally shut down and has halted all ripping and distributing actions going forward. …

As much as wind power offers a simple and effective way of harvesting energy from ‘thin air,' it isn't without its drawbacks. The power generated isn't as cost effective as other solutions, it's dependant on something uncontrollable and the spinning blades from the turbines make a lot of noise and …

Despite its corporate ownership, Reddit is often held up as an example of freedom of speech in action, with just as many bizarre subreddits as there are distasteful ones. It's for that reason that redditors have been rioting over the past 48 hours, following the ban of one of its …

If you were hoping to see new footage and learn new information about Xbox games like Crackdown, Quantum Break and Scalebound, E3 is not going to be the place you see it. While the software giant is still planning to show off lots of upcoming Xbox and Windows games next …

The pre-E3 Oculus VR press event was huge, with news about everything from the hardware to the games we'll be playing. However one of the most monumental changes to the gaming landscape could come in the way that the experiences and games are delivered. As well as having their own …

Although many of the early games and experiences on the Oculus Rift have been in the first person, a lot of the ones shown off during today's pre-E3 Oculus press event have shown us a far different perspective. Third person gaming does work well in VR – we can speak …

One of the biggest stories coming out of the ongoing pre-E3 Oculus press event, is that it's partnering with Microsoft for several aspects of it. In a move that perhaps shows why Sony is going so hard to develop its own VR hardware and platform, Xbox One games can be …

Cyanide and its publisher, Focus Interactive, have had to drop a sad truth-bomb on fans of its upcoming Bloodbowl sequel, as once again the game has been delayed. The release was initially intended for “spring,” this year, but that was pushed to a vague June date and now that has …

Kim Dotcom is a doer rather than a talker, having launched a new file locker, music service and political party since having his fortunes confiscated and his freedom threatened in a raid on his home in January 2012. However one project that he has merely talked about to date, is …

Showing just the right measure of confidence and indifference, Spotify has stated that it isn't concerned about the recently unveiled Apple Music, which perhaps offers the most legitimate threat to the streaming provider. It's not because it thinks the new service won't be successful though, but because in reality it …

Elon Musk and his space faring company, Space X, have announced many different plans and projects over the past couple of years, but one of the most intriguing was the idea to put several hundred miniature satellites into orbit, to create a global, wireless internet network. While often dismissed it …

It's been seven years since the original Mirror's Edge graced our last-gen consoles, but we're finally getting a sequel. Or rather a reboot, called Catalyst and it will be shown off at E3 in the coming days. We don't really know a lot about it though, so speculation is running …

Apple Music is barely off of the ground and already it's under investigation by the attorney generals of two separate US states, for potential anti-trust practices. Both New York and Connecticut are looking into Apple's affairs, to see if it offered incentives or threatened music labels into supporting its new …

If there is any indication that crowd funding has the potential to disrupt the world's economies, it's this. If current trends continue, crowd funding is going to provide more investment to businesses and projects in 2016 than venture capitalists will. That could have a real impact on how companies pitch …

The Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a trade deal that affects almost half of the world's economy and will bring a number of sweeping changes to the world of trade, law and copyright if enacted. Many organisations have railed against it and governments have defended it, but even now, …

One of the cornerstones of graphics cards of the past decade or so, is that they get quite warm, which means that heat needs to be dissipated in order to keep them functioning long term. While doing so was once possible with a little low profile fan, for a while now …

Metal Gear Solid has had a love affair with Triumph motorcycles for years, having featured them in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. To continue that trend and celebrate the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom …

The Crossrail project, a new underground railway that will link up parts of Greater London with the surrounding city and other rail networks, is coming on apace. While the project was proposed as far back as the 1940s, approval was only given in the late '00s and construction only started in …

In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden revelations, the US tech industry took a big hit in consumer confidence, as it came to light that many of the biggest companies had been feeding the NSA and GCHQ customer data. While arguably not their fault as they were legally required to …

Phanteks are another company we bumped into during Computex and it was a good thing too, as it had a lot to talk about. It was showing off a lot of new cases at the show, as well as a table full of different heatsink/fan combinations, which no doubt will …

Even though we've known its intentions for months, with rumours that the whole reason the Beats headphone brand was purchased was to pick up its fledgling streaming business, Apple has finally, officially, launched Apple Music. The new service will offer a combination of music streaming, downloads and internet radio and is …

While arguing against the idea of giving gamers more protection from unscrupulous developers who are happy to take their money in exchange for a broken game, may seem distasteful, the implementation of such a system is never easy. Valve has taken a stab at it lately, offering those that feel …

One of the best things to come out of the internet in recent years is crowd funding. Yes it's led to some terrible products and terrible let downs, often promoted by terrible people, but more often than not it lets the public decide what's worthy of being made. And that's exactly what's happened …

One of the fallacies often pushed forward by marketers and policy makers, is that consumers don't mind data being gathered on them; whether that information is the meta data for their phone calls – “if you don't have anything to hide” – or personal data used for advertising purposes. However …