General Tech

Seven years ago, the European Commission hit Intel with a massive €1.06 billion fine, after ruling that the company had been trying to stifle AMD's own chip business. Since the fine came through, Intel has been working its way through an appeals process and after its most recent attempt in …

Futuremark, the company behind the widely used PCMark, 3DMark and VRMark benchmarking tools has now released PCMark 10 for all users. This is an updated version of the benchmarking tool for Windows 10, featuring new and improved workloads all wrapped up in a faster, more user-friendly application. Previously, only PCMark …

Update: It looks like yesterday's Europe-wide Skype outage has mostly been resolved. While there are still some lingering issues for some while the service returns to normal, everything should be in place by the end of today. So what caused this latest Skype outage? Well one group is claiming that …

Over the last few months, we have been hearing more and more details surround Microsoft's work with Qualcomm to bring Windows 10 to ARM CPUs. This all came to a head this month when it was announced that PCs running Windows 10 and the Snapdragon 835 SoC would be released …

It looks like Microsoft is going to have to fend off a new antitrust complaint in Europe. This time around, Kaspersky Lab is filing a complaint against Microsoft claiming that the company is using its dominant position in the OS market with Windows to push its own anti-virus software over …

Over the last several years, Google has been battling it out with the European Commission in court over various antitrust allegations. One of the first antitrust cases to be levied at Google surrounded the company's ‘Shopping' search engine, with the EU claiming Google skews results and causes harm to competitors. …

It hasn't been long since Palmer Luckey officially left Oculus but it looks like he has been keeping himself busy since then. Rather than trying to jump back into the virtual reality industry though, Luckey has opted to form a brand new startup company, which will be working on surveillance …

Over the last few months, Denuvo has been consistently making headlines for one reason or another. First Resident Evil VII was cracked in record time, then the software was accused of impacting the performance of recently released indie game ‘RIME', which was also cracked in record time, causing the developer …

Synology this week has announced that it would be launching an extended warranty in 27 additional countries, covering 52 countries in total. The extended warranty adds an extra two years of coverage to several Synology DiskStation systems, giving buyers additional peace of mind. With today's extension, buyers in the UK, …

Over the last few years, Samsung has been experimenting with different display technologies, including foldable and rollable OLED displays. This week, the company has added another emerging technology to its roster, stretchable OLED displays, with enough elasticity to bend in two directions. We first heard about this new display last …

Back in August, Microsoft acquired the live streaming service known as Beam, which came with a few distinct benefits over Twitch, with support for higher quality streams being the main selling point. Unfortunately, it looks like Microsoft couldn't get the rights to use the Beam brand globally, so the service …

Around two years ago, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler made the decision to put new ‘net neutrality' rules into place. This essentially meant that Internet would be treated as a utility, meaning companies like Time Warner couldn't throttle your connection based on what sites and services you were using. Unfortunately, …

This week, the European Commission is fining Facebook £94.1 million, after concluding that the company gave ‘misleading' information during an investigation into its acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014. The EC initially began vetting the acquisition deal between Facebook and WhatsApp on anti-competitive grounds. During the Commission's investigation, Facebook made filings …

Just a few weeks ago, a hacker managed to get their hands on the majority of Netflix's fifth season of Orange is the New Black and promptly demanded ransom money to keep it off the web. Now this week, Disney appears to have found itself in a very similar situation, …

The dispute between Apple and Qualcomm is continuing to get uglier, with the chip maker now going after Apple's supply chain in court. Qualcomm has already filed a countersuit against Apple itself but now, the company is also going after four of the companies Apple uses to supply components for …

After 25 long years of success, the mp3 file format has officially been discontinued this week. The music format first hit the big time during the heyday of the iPod and rival mp3 players. Since then however, the format has slowly been replaced by formats like AAC, which offer superior …

Earlier this month, shares in AMD took the biggest hit we've seen in the last ten years, following what was considered to be a rocky earnings call. However, as of today, things already appear to be bouncing back, with shares in AMD rising by 7.5 percent today during midday trade, …

Earlier this year, the US Federal Trade Commission and Apple both filed lawsuits against Qualcomm, citing anti-competitive business practises. Now, it seems that Samsung and Intel are also piling on, backing the FTC's suit against the company, claiming that they too have been harmed by Qualcomm's business practises. It might …

While some networks are staying one step ahead by agreeing to drop roaming charges across the EU early, others are dragging their feet a bit. Over the last two years, the European Union has been working to abolish mobile network roaming charges across 47 European countries. This law comes into …

It looks like there won't be a new Surface Pro model any time soon as Microsoft's head of Surface devices has recently moved to squash recent rumours. Over the last few months, there have been increasing reports surrounding the ‘Surface Pro 5' but according to Microsoft's Panos Panay, no such …

It looks like rival music streaming services are getting sick of Apple and Google's app store dominance, causing the likes of Deezer and Spotify to send in their complaints to the European Commission. The letter accuses Apple and Google of abusing their position as the largest app store holders, asking …

It looks like WhatsApp wants to give a second chance to all of the drunk texters out there as a new ‘unsend' feature is in the works. The messaging app is currently testing a way to recall messages, removing them from the chat. This is all according to some screenshots …

Earlier this week, AMD held its financial earnings call and while some silver linings were brought up, on the whole it seems that investors weren't too impressed. While AMD did see year-on-year revenue grow by 18 percent, the company also experienced the biggest single-day drop in stock value in over …

For a long time now, many of us have bought power supplies based on the 80Plus certification standard, which rates PSUs on a bronze, silver, gold and platinum scale based on efficiency. Cybenetics thinks it can do things a little better, which is why it has formed a new efficiency …

With Google and Apple now both testing their own self-driving cars on public roads, Samsung is also looking to get in on the action. This week, Samsung managed to gain approval to test its own self-driving car out on public roads. With Samsung being based in South Korea, it will …

So far with Windows 10, Microsoft has been treating its Edge browser similarly to how Apple handles Safari on macOS and iOS, with major updates all being tied in to major OS feature changes. This year though, it looks like Microsoft will be switching things up, trading in its Apple-esque …

It looks like Netflix has had its release plans disrupted a bit as hackers have managed to obtain episodes from the new season of Orange is the new Black ahead of its scheduled release date. At first, the person behind this demanded ransom money but after Netflix refused to pay …

Uber’s wants to take to the air after mastering autonomous driving and reveals how far it’s come along with plans for a fleet of flying taxis. During its Elevate Summit event, the company rolled out heavyweights and partner companies to promise the delivery of a “flying taxi” service by the beginning …

It looks like the European Union's plan to get rid of mobile data roaming charges is going through once and for all. While the writing has been on the wall for a long time now, this week, the new law passed its final vote, meaning from from mid-June onwards, EU …

Last year, The Free Subtitles Foundation, a group dedicated to pumping out free fan-made subtitles, decided to take the anti-piracy group BREIN to court in hopes of a judge ruling fan subs as legal. Unfortunately, after more than a year, it seems that plan has backfired, with a judge this …