Ryzen – its been impossible to avoid and its clearly one of AMD's most important hardware releases within the last decade. Leaks, slides, pre release benchmarks and expected pricing have all hit the internet but there is no doubt that AMD are driving forward to put the hurt on Intel …
Read More »YouTube will get rid of unskippable 30 second adverts
It looks like Google is going to be doing away with one of the less enjoyable aspects about YouTube- the unskippable 30 second ads. Google announced this week that pre-roll advertisements would be skippable going forward, making it less of a hassle while streaming YouTube to a TV, console or …
Read More »SpaceX completes second launch-pad booster landing
SpaceX has followed up its successful launch and return of a Falcon 9 rocket earlier this year, with another, though this time the booster touched down at SpaceX's Landing Zone One, having taken off from the iconic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Doubly successful, the mission's main payload, a Dragon capsule full …
Read More »Kim Dotcom may still be extradited, but not for copyright infringement
Kim Dotcom's long-running appeal of his originally long-running extradition trial in New Zealand, has come to a close. Despite the courts agreeing that he didn't commit copyright infringement, it ruled he could be extradited anyway, based on more general fraud charges. Dotcom's legal team has now announced that it plans …
Read More »KitGuru Inside Alphacool HQ – worlds biggest manufacturer of PC radiators
We were invited over to Alphacool HQ - a company with a self set goal to sell 15,000 radiators every month
Read More »Samsung’s vice-chairman has been arrested over bribery claims
Following an investigation by the South Korean Special Prosecution Office and a petitioning of the courts to grant it a warrant, the heir-apparent and vice-chairman of Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, has been arrested. This case is linked with the impeachment of current President, Park Geun-hye, the investigation into whom is still ongoing. …
Read More »Bangarang! Hook actor is crowdfunding a Rufio prequel
Dante Basco, the actor who played Rufio in the 1991 adaptation of Peter Pan, Hook, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to film a short prequel film about the character. At the time of writing, it's reached $13,000 of its $30,000 goal, with several hundred backers already on board. “This is …
Read More »Verizon to shave $300 million from Yahoo deal
The Verizon Yahoo buyout deal is still likely going ahead for somewhere in the region of several billion dollars, but that doesn't mean they've settled on a price. Indeed closing in on a year on from the initial announcement, Verizon is still looking to pay less for internet giant in the …
Read More »Parachuting parcels: Amazon’s new plan for drone delivery
There are a lot of problems associated with drone delivery, from safe landings and take offs, to the family dog attacking it. But a new patent filed by Amazon suggests that dropping parcels by parachute could be a way to alleviate most of the issues and maybe even ditch the …
Read More »Indian space agency breaks satellite launch record
The Indian Space Research Organisation has broken the world record for launching simultaneous satellites into orbit around the Earth. Taking off in the early hours of this morning, the Polar Satellite Launch vehicle PSLV-C37 hauled 104 satellites out of the Earth's atmosphere. Three satellites were for Indian use, while the other …
Read More »YouTube cancels PewDiePie’s YouTube Red series, drops preferred advertising status
Earlier this morning we learned that Disney-owned YouTube MCN ‘Maker Studios' had dropped PewDiePie, the biggest channel on the platform due to some recent controversy surrounding some of the humor he has presented in recent videos. Since then, YouTube has given a statement of its own, cancelling the second season of …
Read More »South Korea wants to arrest Samsung executives over bribery allegations
The South Korean special prosecution office is looking to have the vice chairman and the president of Samsung Electronics, arrested so that it can begin a full-scale investigation over bribery and corruption charges. Both have been linked with currently impeached South Korean president, Park Geun-hye and their charges could aid the …
Read More »Disney, Maker Studios dropped Pewdiepie over ‘offensive’ jokes
Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg, by far the most subscribed Youtuber in the world, has lost the backing of the Disney owned Maker Studios, over what has been termed offensive jokes in some of his recent videos. In a trial of the service platform, Fiverr, he paid to have a pair of …
Read More »Sonos becomes the latest company to hike UK prices
Over the last six months, there have been plenty of tech companies increasing their pricing here in the UK, ranging from Microsoft and Apple to Dell and One Plus. Last week, Adobe joined the list and this week, Sonos has announced that its speakers will also be getting a UK …
Read More »Space X is ready to launch Falcon 9 from historic Saturn V rocket pad
With its 18th February launch window approaching, Space X has installed its Falcon 9 rocket at the launch pad in preparation. This is a historic event and one that has many Space X staff honoured by the opportunity, as the Cape Canaveral launch complex was where the original 1969 Saturn V …
Read More »AirBnB host fined in New York, could spell future crackdown
A host in New York who rented her studio flat out to visitors via popular homestay network, AirBnB, has been fined for breaching city and state law. Although her lease might have permitted guests for up to 30 days, renting it out is another thing entirely. This move could be the first …
Read More »MSI prepares to launch camouflage battle gear
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Read More »Fire prone Samsung batteries caused a fire in its manufacturing plant
The facility at Samsung SDI which produced some of the batteries for the Note 7 smartphone that had difficulties with surprise combustion, has now itself caught fire. The factory blazed for a few hours, requiring 110 firefighters and 19 fire trucks to put out the flames as they raged at the Chinese …
Read More »New EU laws aim to finally do away with content geoblocking for streaming
The European Union is about to make video streaming across borders a lot easier as this week plans were drawn up to enforce new laws that do away with geo-blocking content once and for all. These new laws will affect services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and could come …
Read More »Google reveals AI that can de-pixelate an image
Pixelated images, ‘potato' cameras, and pictures deliberately blurred to hide people's faces, could become a thing of the past thanks to Google's latest algorithm development. The company's neural network can now take an image of just eight by eight pixels and use clever guesswork, to work its way back to …
Read More »Facebook expands paid sick leave to family emergencies, death
In the ongoing race to attract the best software developers in America, Facebook has once again expanded its employee benefits to improve the lives of those with recent bereavements or sick relatives. Moving forward, anyone with a sick family member can take up to six weeks of paid leave to care …
Read More »Sony, LG and more accused of inflating PC DVD drive costs, will compensate PC buyers
If you bought a PC between 2003 and 2008, then chances are your system contained a DVD drive. Now it looks like you may be able to claim back some money on that ancient purchase as a recent class action lawsuit revealed that drive makers like Sony, NEC, Panasonic and …
Read More »Vizio tracked its customer’s viewing histories without permission and sold the data
It looks like Vizio has some explaining to do as the Federal Trade Commission has found that the US TV seller illegally tracked its customer's viewing habits and then sold that information on all without any form of consent. Vizio is said to have installed software on 11 million of …
Read More »Uber is also working on flying autonomous cars of the future
Uber has hired on on an ex-NASA engineer who previously developed concepts for personalised air vehicles, which could allow for an airborne taxi system. He will now begin work on Uber's flying car project, called Uber Elevate, which the company outlined in a white paper in October 2016. The idea …
Read More »DARPA has made a carrier-style drone-catcher
The U.S.' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has created a new carrier-like crane system for catching drones mid-flight. This isn't like the eagles police have been training, but an aircraft carrier-like system of providing a safe ‘landing' point for drones to return to. This could expand the effective range …
Read More »U.S. House’s latest bill blocks emails from warrantless search
While the British government continues to make it easier for law enforcement to view the internet history of its citizens, the U.S. House of Representatives is looking to make it more difficult. The House has passed a motion that if it makes it through the Senate, would require police to …
Read More »Patent troll files lawsuit against Netflix and others over offline downloads
Late last year, Netflix finally gave subscribers something they had been wanting for years- the ability to download movies and shows for offline viewing. Unfortunately, it hasn't taken long for patent trolls to start gunning at Netflix over this new feature as this week, ‘Blackbird Technologies' filed a lawsuit against …
Read More »Intel drones were behind Lady Gaga Superbowl half-time show
Our cousins across the pond celebrated their biggest ‘football' event this weekend and that means that the internet has largely ignored the results and spent a lot of time talking about the entertainment offered elsewhere during the game. The half-time show, for example, featured singer Lady Gaga doing her thing, …
Read More »South Korea tightens battery rules after Samsung Note 7 issues
In the aftermath of the massive recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone over issues with its batteries, South Korea has announced new rules to safeguard against such a problem in the future. Safety requirements and new regular inspections of manufacturing facilities will come into play in the near …
Read More »Adobe is raising its Creative Cloud subscription prices in the UK
Adobe has announced this week that it will be the latest company to start raising its prices here in the UK, citing the Brexit vote and the subsequent fluctuation of the GBP as the main cause. The company made the announcement in a notice sent out to Creative Cloud subscribers, …
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