It feels like Blood Bowl 2 has been in development for a long time at this point, but we're finally less than two months away from its eventual release. To celebrate that fact, the developer Cyanide has been stoking the hype train's engines and now we can have a look …
Read More »Watchdog warns in-flight WiFi presents hacking risk
Hackers with enough technical know how could break into the flight controls of a plane using the on board WiFi, according to the US Government Accountability Office. It claims to have identified a significant danger in the use of in-flight WiFi that could make it possible for the plane to be …
Read More »Rockstar Social Club accounts may have been compromised
We're receiving reports from some readers that their Rockstar Social Club accounts appear to have been compromised and taken over by nefarious individuals. While we all love to point the finger at user error in such instances, we've also been sent a link to a pastebin posting containing over 200 …
Read More »Pornhub gives free laptop to embarrassed fan
It sounds like the script for one of the Pornhub's many thousands of videos. One dedicated fan of the adult video site recently posted a picture of his broken laptop, after he allegedly punched the screen when it froze just as his mother was coming up the stairs. Apparently having …
Read More »TV news uses Kerbal Space Program footage for Space X landing
As much as Kerbal Space Program is a fun game and certainly quite realistic in terms of its orbital mechanics, nobody is quite ready to suggest it's an accurate simulator of the real world. Still, that didn't stop the US based, CBC News network from airing footage of the game as …
Read More »Crytek produces best looking VR demo yet
“Can it run Crysis?” That was the question many a PC gamer asked of his rig-building friend not too many years ago and though the developer Crytek hasn't produced anything quite so system breaking since, it's always been at the forefront of pretty game making. Which is why it's no …
Read More »NASA bringing rover tech to driverless cars
Driverless car technologies are coming on leaps and bounds at the moments, with the world's first motorway-only automated features set to hit commercial cars as soon as 2017. However, whether our automated future will look like the cars of old, or something more akin to Google's Pod Car design remains to …
Read More »Gameband + Minecraft lets you bring your game with you
If Minecraft's biggest selling point is its accessibility, then Gameband + Minecraft is designed to make it even more so. It's a wearable wristband that carries the game of Minecraft in its USB connected guts and can connect you to your save game too, meaning that wherever you are in …
Read More »Russian Siri is embarrassed by gay queries
Russia isn't well known for its tolerance of homosexuality, with a law passed back in 2013 banning gay “propaganda” discussion with under-18s, making life very difficult for people who identify as homosexual in the country. Apparently that head-in-the-sand mentality extends to the Russian version of Apple's digital assistant, Siri, as well, …
Read More »Space X barge landing best yet, still needs to improve
Yesterday's launch of the Space X Dragon module supply run to the International Space Station went off without a hitch, sending around three tonnes of scientific experiments, food and other essentials to the orbiting station. However, arguably the bigger news was how well the first booster stage of the rocket …
Read More »Mario Kart 8’s next DLC detailed in new trailer
Even though this generation's Mario Kart came with a lot of content right out of the box, Nintendo has taken cues from other contemporary developers and given it two DLC packs filled with extra tracks, karts and characters to play as. While the first came out late last year, with …
Read More »Lost files to ransomware? Kaspersky may be able to help
Ransomware, perhaps the most malicious malware ever released doesn't target your bank details, or your office network. No, ransomware targets your work documents themselves and your personal photos, anything on your system that could be valuable, and encrypts them. It then demands payment by a certain date, or those files will …
Read More »SpaceX to retry Falcon 9 barge landing at 8PM tonight
Yesterday's intended launch of a supply mission to the International Space Station was scrapped due to a thunder storm straying too close to the launch pad, but there's more at stake here than food and supplies for the astronauts aboard the world's only persistent, manned space craft. Yesterday's launch was …
Read More »ZiftrCoin wants to be the first mainstream cryptocurrency
Since Bitcoin began pulling in headlines and investments from all over the world following its meteoric value rise back in 2013, many other digital currencies have launched hoping to become the next standard in decentralised online payment systems. The newest of the bunch is ZiftrCoin, which the developers claim has …
Read More »User errors still at fault for most digital security breaches
When companies as big and as technologically proficient as Sony get hacked, like it was last year, many people wonder just how exactly that could happen. Surely it knows how to protect itself? Well of course certain parts of it do, but firms like Sony are enormous, with many thousands of …
Read More »GTA V lands on PC, editor impresses
Over a year and a half since its original release, Grand Theft Auto V has finally launched on the PC. It's brought with it a number of changes like improved visuals – even more so than the new-gen console update – and its own benchmarking tool for those that want to make …
Read More »China’s ‘Great Cannon’ could be its most powerful digital weapon
China has had a firm grasp on its country's internet for decades, with researchers in the 90's terming its mix of legislation and technological censorship, “The Great Firewall.” On a more aggressive front, it's maintained divisions of the military exclusively for hacking for years now but it may have recently given birth to …
Read More »Using engineered bacteria to make synthetic spider silk
Spider silk is a very versatile material whether you're a spider or a human being. It's been used to help ignite lasers, give crosshairs to microscopes and even catch fish in some parts of the world, but due to its strength and low-weight, it could have much more uses if …
Read More »Apple targets big stars with Beats Music streaming push
With the music streaming scene heating up after the launch of Jay Z's Tidal Service at the end of last month, Apple has begun to court some of the industry's biggest stars in the hope that it can sign them to its Beats Music platform. In-fact, despite some artists like …
Read More »Game of Thrones leaked episodes see heavy downloads
As you might expect from a show that was one of the most watched and certainly the most pirated throughout 2014, people are pretty pumped for the unveiling of the new season's first episode. That is of course, if you don't frequent major torrent sites, because if you do, chances are …
Read More »Ozone Argon Ocelote World gaming mouse and mat
Even though a lot of pro-gamers are endorsing gaming peripherals these days, it is rare that you see one named after a particular player. Still, that is exactly what has happened with Ozone's latest hardware, which is named after one of the highest earning eSports gamers in the world: Carlos …
Read More »Monster Hunter Stories looks very different
Despite the fact that it features giant dragons, talking cats and matter cloning pickaxes, the Monster Hunter series of games is relatively serious. It's unforgiving for newer players, has a deep and complicated system of augmenting your character and requires you to literally cut parts from your fallen enemies to …
Read More »Police arrest man charged with leaking Expendables 3
One of the biggest movie leaks in the history of internet based piracy was last year's early release of Expendables 3. It didn't just hit the torrent sites after the film was in cinemas, or when a screener copy was released, it came out in HD quality even before cinemagoers …
Read More »Netflix parodies wearable makers with own watch ad
Much has been said about the upcoming launch of Apple's first official wearable device, the Apple Watch, with detractors and fans of the brand both butting heads over whether it will be decent or a bit of a let down. Something I think we can all agree would flop if …
Read More »Austrians launch class action suit against Facebook
Since the Edward Snowden revelations of 2013, many organisations have been held under the spotlight for their collusion with the NSA and other international intelligence agencies, most notably Google and Microsoft. Facebook was involved too though, which is why a group of over 25,000 Austrians have launched a class action …
Read More »T1000 incoming: new liquid metal can move and conform
That's it, judgement day is practically a given and as usual, it's all the fault of those meddling scientists. Chinese researchers investigating unique properties of certain metallic alloys have managed to make a self assembling and self propelling liquid metal, which has the potential for a huge range of products …
Read More »Little Devil Inside is a beautiful Greenlight RPG
Even though many game developers like to continue the march towards an inevitable day when graphics will become truly photo-realistic, often a title can feel much more engaging if it has a unique art style instead of one designed with the real world in mind. That's certainly something Little Devil …
Read More »Pirate Bay founder appeals ban on printing in prison
At this point in time, only one of the original founders of torrent search site The Pirate Bay is still behind bars for crimes related to the site, and that's Fredrik Neij. Arrested last year after being picked up crossing the border between Laos and Thailand, he was sent back to …
Read More »US tracked billions of phone calls before 11th September attacks
One of the biggest revelations in tech in recent years, was that the United States' intelligence agency, the NSA, has spent a lot of time, money and energy recording and storing the digital communications of Americans and foreigners, regardless of criminal activity or intent. This was huge, but it turns …
Read More »Pepper spray drones tested in India
Even though drones may bring the promise of faster deliveries, wonderfully gimballed footage and the ability to really up the ante on curtain peeping neighbours, they're also seeing a lot of use in military and policing sectors. In India for example, they've been trialling them for use with crowd control …
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