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A few weeks ago, we learned that Bitcoin was booming once again, with the cryptocurrencies value approaching a new all-time high. Today, the Bitcoin market saw another boost, pushing its value to over $20,000 USD per Bitcoin.  This is a new all-time high for Bitcoin, which has risen from $19,000 …

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was rolled out across the EU back in 2018 and since then, we haven't seen many major fines in the tech or social media space. That changed today, with Ireland's Data Protection Commission officially fining Twitter €450,000 over a data breach. The data breach …

As one of the biggest search engines and service platforms on the internet, many of us rely on Google. Not just for search, but for email, YouTube, cloud services and even Stadia. Unfortunately at the moment, Google appears to be having a widespread outage in countries across the world.  At …

Adata sent us a stack of new XPG parts to try out, including a brand new mid-tower case, fast memory, a PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD plus a huge pile of RGB goodies. The best way to show off these parts in all their glory is to build a high-end gaming …

We've known for a few years now that Adobe Flash is on its way out, with Adobe planning to end support for at the end of this year. As a send off, Flash got one last update this week, ending an era. The patch began rolling out on the 8th …

If you've ever jailbroken an iOS device, then chances are you've heard of Cydia. Cydia was the first unofficial app store, only installable on jailbroken devices. In an interesting twist, Cydia is suing Apple, alleging anticompetitive practices.  Apple has been getting an increasing amount of criticism for its App Store …

 The US Federal Trade Commission is taking aim at Facebook this week, filing a lawsuit alleging that the company has engaged in systematic anti-competitive behaviour. The lawsuit comes following an cooperative investigation between attorney generals in 46 states.  The lawsuit alleges that Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp …

There have been rumours swirling for a while now that Apple will soon introduce its own over-ear headphones as part of the AirPod line. Today in a surprise announcement, the company made it official – unveiling the Apple AirPods Max noise-cancelling headphones.  At this point, the AirPod line-up now spans …

Back in early 2019, Activision let go of CFO, Spencer Neumann. At the time, all indications seem to have been that he was pushed out of the company and later moved on to Netflix. Now, Activision is suing Netflix for poaching, indicating that there was more going on behind the …

CES 2020 was able to take place this year just ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. That won’t be the case for CES 2021 though, which will be an all-digital event due to continuing health concerns. Still, big names will continue to be involved, including AMD.  Today, the AMD Keynote for …

We move onto the next stage of mods with the Seasonic Aura build!

We had the chance to cover some of MSI's best Black Friday laptop deals earlier this month, but of course, MSI's catalogue stretches far beyond that. MSI has begun rolling out discounts to many other categories now, including gaming monitors, motherboards, coolers, desktop PCs and more.  The weeks surrounding Black …

Back in late 2017, Bitcoin saw a huge boom, with the value of a single Bitcoin rising to just under $20,000. By early 2018, Bitcoin value swiftly began dropping again and has remained far off its peak value since then. That is beginning to change now, with the Bitcoin market …

We've already had the chance to look at some excellent early Black Friday deals from Razer but today, a particularly noteworthy deal caught our eye. Today, Ebuyer has knocked £700 off of the Razer Blade Pro 17, making one of the best gaming laptops on the market more affordable.  The …

Back in January, Google announced plans to end support for its Chrome browser on Windows 7. At the time, the support period was due to end in January 2021, but Google has since opted to extend the window. Windows 7 already reached the end of its extended support period with …

The folks at Overclockers UK are getting into the Black Friday spirit early. We already saw an initial round of deals earlier this month but this week, another wave of discounts dropped. One of the most impressive deals here is the LG 27GL850-B, a 1440p IPS gaming monitor with 144Hz …

This week's Nvidia GeForce Now update is bigger than usual. Not only are new games being added to the streaming service, but Nvidia has also launched GeForce Now access on iOS devices for the first time.  Game streaming services have largely avoided iOS due to Apple's App Store restrictions. Nvidia …

We're all well aware of Apple's usual iOS App Store revenue cut, which has been the centre of plenty of legal complaints in recent years. This week, Apple is reassessing its position, halving its revenue cut for smaller app developers.  Starting on January 1st 2021, Apple is introducing the App …

Black Friday is coming up fast but many companies in the tech world are pushing their deals out there early. If you are looking to pick up a new pre-built PC or gaming laptop, then you may want to check out Cyberpower's early Black Friday deals.  If you're looking for …

Google has pushed out plenty of performance updates for Google Chrome over the years, with many of them focusing on ways to reduce RAM usage. The best is yet to come, however, as Google has said its next Chrome update will deliver ‘the largest performance gain in years'.  Chrome project …

If you still have a mild interest in Google Stadia, or simply want to nab yourself a free Chromecast, then you may be in luck. This month, Google has begun giving away Stadia Premiere bundles for free to existing YouTube Premium subscribers.  If you are subscribed to YouTube Premium and …

Later today, Apple is expected to announce its first Apple Silicon (ARM) powered MacBook. Unfortunately, some behind the scenes issues may already be complicating the launch, including one Apple partner being hit by a ransomware attack. Compal, an Apple partner that helps assemble MacBooks, has apparently been hit with a …

Today, Razer is launching the all-new Razer Book 13, a high-performance laptop for productivity in today's mobile world. The Razer Book 13 is also Intel Evo certified, a badge intended to indicate the best in thin-and-light laptops. Under the hood, you will find an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 or …

Apple has had two events over the last couple of months, announcing new iPads, iPhones and other accessories. The company isn't done yet though, as another ‘One More Thing' event has been announced for next week.  Today, Apple began teasing that it has ‘one more thing' up its sleeve for …

UL Benchmarks is updating its PC benchmarking roster with a new addition. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing is now available, just in time for AMD's new RX 6000 series GPUs.  With Radeon RX 6000, RDNA 2 equipped next-gen consoles and Nvidia's own RTX GPUs, there are plenty of ray-tracing capable graphics cards …

In the last week of October we heard about the Acer Swift 3x laptop with Intel Iris Xe Max graphics and were at a bit of a loss as this was a new name that Intel had not yet revealed. A few days later we had a call with Intel that made things clearer and now, on 1st November, you will find a handful of laptops that use Intel Max. Leo took the opportunity to address the question 'What the Heck is Intel Iris Xe Max?'

In the latest video from Leo, he discusses Intel Rocket Lake S and the possible problems Intel might have. Leo also took the time to ask Intel a couple of questions about the upcoming launch. Leo, as always speaks his mind and asks the tough questions. Leo discusses his thoughts on the new platform, including the Rocket Lake S maximum core count of 8 (16 threads) as well as some of their claims, The Intel XE graphics, Intel Deep Learning, the new Intel 500 Series chipset and their new memory controller with official support of DDR4 3200 memory speeds. But what about the clock speeds?

The folks at Overclockers UK are getting into the Black Friday spirit early, with sales kicking off today. In the first round of deals, you'll find discounts on gaming monitors, laptops, SSDs and more.  One of the most impressive deals here is the LG 27GL850-B, a 1440p IPS gaming monitor …

A few weeks ago, we began hearing rumours of acquisition talks between AMD and Xilinx. Now, the deal is as good as done, with AMD announcing that it will be acquiring the company for $35 billion in an effort to create "the industry's high performance computing leader". 

Google has faced antitrust allegations all across the world, facing cases in Europe, Asia and other territories. Now, the US Department of Justice is also aiming at Google, filing a new antitrust lawsuit.  The US DOJ says Google has an unfair monopoly over search and search-related advertising. Android is also …