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Nvidia might be planning a GTX 1050Ti too

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As we started hearing earlier this month, Nvidia is apparently set to fill out the low-end of its Pascal line-up quite soon with a GTX 1050. However, it turns out that there may also be a GTX 1050Ti on the cards, as new reports claim that Nvidia is planning on …

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Fans restore Battlefield 2142 multiplayer

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While publishers can't necessarily keep older multiplayer games alive forever with official servers, the fans can certainly put up their best efforts with unofficial servers. This week, the fan group behind the Battlefield 2 revive project turned their attention to Battlefield 2142, bringing back the 2006 shooter's multiplayer for all. …

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AMD launches Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2 update

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Just last night, Nvidia released its latest Game Ready driver update in preparation for Forza Horizon 3 next week and now, AMD has gone ahead and released a new optimised driver for Radeon GPU users as well. Earlier today, AMD made Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2 available to download, bringing …

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EU scraps 90-day limit on free data roaming

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The European Commission is currently in the process of eliminating roaming charges for mobile customers travelling within the EU, which is great news. However, the Commission is also toying around with some safeguard ideas to ensure the new system isn't abused. Earlier this month, a draft proposal called for a …

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Surface Pro 3 users face more battery issues

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It seems that Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is still proving to be an issue for the company and its customers alike as battery issues keep cropping up. Earlier this year, Microsoft patched a bug that caused the Surface Pro 3 to incorrectly display battery percentages but now another battery-related problem …

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Yahoo said to confirm major security breach this week

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It looks like Yahoo may have suffered a massive security breach recently, which could impact millions of users. So far, Yahoo has yet to publicly confirm the data leak but according to sources close to the situation, the breach is ‘widespread and serious', we should also be getting confirmation from …

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Windows 10 upgrade ads now removed from 7 and 8.1

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Microsoft's ‘free upgrade' period for Windows 10 ended some time ago and while Microsoft did promise to stop nagging Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users about upgrades after July, the ‘Get Windows 10' app had yet to be removed from many machines. However, it looks like Microsoft is finally ready …

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Blizzard is ditching the ‘Battle.net’ name

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Blizzard first launched Battle.net around twenty years ago and over the years, the platform has grown to encompass more games. However, it looks like it is time for change, which is why Blizzard announced today that it will be transitioning away from the Battle.net name, with plans to replace it …

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Nvidia Game Ready driver released for Forza Horizon 3

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Microsoft officially kicked off its big push for PC gaming this month with the launch of the Xbox Play Anywhere program and it looks like Nvidia is prepared for all of the new exclusives. Today, Nvidia launched its new GeForce Game Ready Driver for Forza Horizon 3, which is coming …

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The Oculus Touch controllers will be £190 in UK

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The Oculus Rift may have been the first major VR headset to hit the market, but since then it seems that the HTC Vive has found stronger footing in the market, with many preferring the motion controls and room-scale capabilities. Oculus has a plan to combat that, with Oculus Touch, …

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Pokemon Company CEO talks about Nintendo NX hybrid console

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While Nintendo is keeping quiet on exactly what its next console is, other companies are being a little bit more open with what they know.  More specifically, the CEO of the Pokemon Company recently had some interesting things to say about the Nintendo NX, while also promising to release games …

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Leak claims specs and release dates for Vega GPUs

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While AMD has been focussing on the mid-range graphics card market this year with Polaris, next year we will see the launch of Vega GPUs, AMD's next batch of high-end cards to take on the likes of Nvidia's GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. We haven't heard much about Vega but …

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