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Earlier this week, we reviewed the brand new CNPS10X Performa Black, the latest CPU cooler from Zalman. While we had positive takeaways from our performance testing, we were a little let down by the 12 month warranty. As it turns out, the UK distributor for this CPU cooler is now …

Our regular readers will know that we like to run a lot of competitions ourselves, but sometimes we see a giveaway running elsewhere that we think you'd all be interested in. This month, be quiet! is running a competition for a gaming PC worth €3000. The system being given away …

Earlier this year, talks of Discord being acquired began to emerge. Eventually, the company decided to remain independent, but took on a large investment from Sony. Now, Discord is putting that money to use through an acquisition of its own.  Discord has acquired Sentropy Technologies, a company specialising in AI-powered …

Over the course of 2020, the PC market saw significant growth as more people shifted to remote working. Now, it looks like we're starting to see things slow down in the second half of 2021.  According to the market analysts at IDC and Gartner, while demand for PCs is still …

Microsoft is continuing its acquisition spree. This time, the tech giant has bolstered its cybersecurity offerings by acquiring RiskIQ in a deal said to be worth more than $500 million.  According to Bloomberg, the acquisition will see Microsoft paying more than $500 million, although the company has not yet revealed …

Cooler Master has more to show off over the summer. Today, the Cooler Master Summer Summit goes live, introducing new cooling gear, cases, peripherals, power supplies, streaming gear and more. During the Summer Summit, Cooler Master is announcing its new Hyper H6/H6DT ARGB CPU cooler, engineered with Xtra Dimensional Heat …

Google has faced plenty of anti-trust complaints over the years, with most recent cases centring around the Google Play Store and its policies for app developers. Now, an antitrust lawsuit is being levied against Google, backed by 36 US states, including Washington DC.  The lawsuit takes aim at Google's policy …

It has been years since Amazon first debuted its game engine ‘Lumberyard' but we may finally start to see more games utilising it in the years to come. This week, Amazon made its engine open source, rebranding it as the Open 3D Engine.  Writing about the transition to open source, …

Last week, we learned that a vulnerability has begun affected Western Digital's My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices, leading to data loss for users when these devices are connected to the internet. Now, WD has discovered that there is also a second exploit affecting these drives. In …

Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 888 chip only launched six months ago and has already been powering some of this year's best smartphones. Now, the Snapdragon 888 Plus has arrived, squeezing even more performance out of the CPU and upgrading the chip's AI Engine.  At MWC 2021, Qualcomm will launch the Snapdragon …

After Nvidia announced plans to acquire ARM in a $40 billion deal, a number of tech companies raised concerns, including the likes of Qualcomm, Google and Microsoft. Now, several companies that license ARM technology are speaking out in support of Nvidia's takeover, providing counter arguments.  As reported by Bloomberg, this …

E3 has come and gone, and aside from the announcement of a couple PS5 exclusive games, PlayStation had little to no presence at the annual conference. Though no announcement of a separate PlayStation event has been made, fans are expecting to hear from the console manufacturer any day now. It …

Western Digital has issued a warning for owners of My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices. These external HDDs received their final firmware update in 2015 and now, some users are finding their external HDDs compromised, leading to a factory reset and data loss. The issue was first …

Back in 2019, Microsoft became the third company to reach a $1 trillion market cap. Now in 2021, Microsoft has hit a new milestone, becoming the second company to be worth $2 trillion USD.  Microsoft reached the $1 trillion milestone in Q2 2019, just behind Apple and Amazon. In August …

Seagate is looking to revamp mass-capacity storage this year with the launch of the Exos CORVAULT, a ‘self-healing', high-density storage system intended to streamline data management and reduce human intervention for macro edge and data centre environments. The Exos CORVAULT offers SAN-level performance using a breakthrough storage architecture that combines …

Amazon Prime Day is now officially upon us and Razer is not missing out on the action. For the next two days, Razer has discounts across its entire range, from ever popular peripherals to mobile accessories and gaming laptops...

When Nvidia announced its deal to acquire Arm, several competing companies that rely on Arm spoke out against the move, including the likes of Qualcomm, sparking investigations into whether the deal should be allowed to go through. Nvidia is still confident that the deal will complete in 2022, but if …

Samsung has begun to mass-produce LPDDR5 uMCP (UFS-based Multichip Package) memory. Aimed at mid to high-end smartphones, the LPDDR5 uMCP memory will debut in devices later this month. The new LPDDR5 memory from Samsung combines the inherent technology of LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1 NAND storage to reach new heights of …

Following the most recent Xbox and Bethesda E3 game showcase, Microsoft has revealed that it will be hosting an ‘Xbox Games Showcase: Extended’ which will not only dive deeper into some of the games shown off at E3, but will also feature some games missing from its E3 showcase. Making …

Recently, a leak suggested that Team Ninja, the studio behind Nioh, was working on a Dark Souls-inspired game set in the Final Fantasy Universe. At the recent Square Enix E3 conference, the game was officially confirmed – with a demo available to download right now. Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy …

Microsoft recently held its Xbox and Bethesda E3 showcase. Opening the event was a much-anticipated trailer for Starfield, the RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, the team behind Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Though not much was shown, the team has confirmed a 2022 release date for the game – launching exactly …

A Plague Tale: Innocence was one of the biggest surprises of 2019. The stealth-horror game offered a unique world to navigate, an interesting and heartwarming/breaking story, and an excellent soundtrack. The team at Asobo Studio have now officially announced A Plague Tale: Requiem, a direct sequel coming in 2022. Announced …

Hades took many people by surprise when it launched last year (following an early access period). The rogue-like ended up winning many awards, including over 50 game of the year accolades. Though currently the game is only available on Switch and PC, it will soon be coming to both Xbox …

As part of E3 2021, Microsoft revealed that the promised next-gen versions of DOOM Eternal would be coming later this month. Furthermore, the team at id Software provided multiple modes for each console (including PS5), allowing players to experience DOOM Eternal at up to 120fps. Making the announcement as part …

As part of the Microsoft and Bethesda E3 press conference, the console manufacturer finally revealed when Asobo’ Microsoft Flight Simulator would be heading to consoles. The game, which launched on PC in August 2020, will be coming to Xbox Series X|S just under one year after its initial launch. Microsoft …

The Outer Worlds was an open world-RPG in the vein of Fallout, developed by Obsidian Entertainment – the studio behind Fallout New Vegas. Despite Both Bethesda and Obsidian falling under the Xbox umbrella now, The Outer Worlds proved to offer a unique world in its own right, with the team …

Naraka: Bladepoint is a stylish 60-player melee-focused battle royale which uniquely positions itself in a sea of third-person BR shooters. As part of E3, the game was announced to be getting a worldwide release later this year, with an open beta taking place imminently. Offering a lengthy gameplay trailer, the …

Nintendo and Ubisoft fans were left surprised when the two companies collaborated, with the most famous video game character of all time – Mario – crossing over with Ubisoft’s unlikely mascots, the Rabbids. Almost 4 years after the release of the first game, Ubisoft and Nintendo are collaborating once again …

Just as the sequel to James Cameron’s Avatar has been in production for much longer than anyone could have anticipated, so too has the Ubisoft game based on the property. Announced to be in development all the way back in early 2017, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has finally been shown …

While Microsoft’s number of first-party studios far outweighs PlayStation’s, Sony has been putting a great deal of work into cultivating partnerships with independent studios. Following partnerships with Kojima Productions, Haven Studios and more, Deviation Games – formed by ex-Call of Duty developers – have now partnered with Sony to create …