It has been a while since the European Commission first launched its anti-trust investigation against Google's Android OS and now, the commission is ready to hear the formal complaints from businesses claiming foul play. The companies that initially complained about Google's hold on the market with Android now have 24 …
Read More »BT to boost entry-level fibre speeds to 52Mbps
We all know how frustrating BT can be to deal with at times here in the UK but if you do happen to use their Fibre service, then you may soon be treated to faster speeds. BT has announced that it is bumping up the speeds of its entry-level fibre …
Read More »Google Chrome 50 ends support for Windows XP and Vista
Windows XP might still be the third most-used operating system in the world and even though Microsoft dropped official support some time ago, XP users have managed to stay fairly up to date with certain software like the Chrome browser, well until now. With the release of Google Chrome 50, …
Read More »Nitro Concepts C80 Carbon Class gaming chairs launch at OCUK
As gamers, most of us are used to sitting at our PCs for long periods of time but depending on what chair you have, it isn't always the most comfortable experience in the world. That is where Nitro Concepts steps in with its new line of C80 Carbon Class gaming …
Read More »Paramount claims to own the Klingon language
Can you own a language? That might seem like a bizarre question to ask but it's one that lawyers will have to figure out the answer to, as it's become rather important in the case of Paramount Pictures vs a crowd-funded team, who want to make a Star Trek spin-off. They …
Read More »USB Group to issue software fix for dodgy USB Type-C cables
Over the last few months, quite a bit of awareness has been risen over cheap USB Type-C cables that don't adhere to the proper specification. These cables have been proven to cause damage to electronic devices, with one Google engineer frying a laptop with one but now, the USB Group …
Read More »Panama Papers law firm raided by police
The law firm, Mossack Fonseca, that was the source of all of the recent information leaked during the Panama Papers reveal, has been raided by Panamanian police. The raid was said to have gone smoothly, “without incident or interference,” though since the original leak, Mossack Fonseca executives have denied any …
Read More »NASA pulls Kepler telescope back from the brink
One of the biggest difficulties with putting space craft outside of Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) is that it gets ever more difficult to maintain it. Repairs are too costly to attempt in person, so the best we can often hope for are software tweaks – but even they take a long time …
Read More »Netflix price-hike won’t grandfather you in
If you've been a Netflix subscriber for a number of years, you've likely taken advantage of the fact that as prices were changed and options added, you were grandfathered in at the lower price point. That's not going to happen this time around though, as the latest Netflix price change …
Read More »Ford autonomous-vehicle test goes smoothly at night
One of the big concerns with self-piloting vehicles, is how they will perform in adverse conditions and at night. Indeed, the optical sensors that many autonomous cars rely on don't function as well in those conditions. Fortunately, lidar doesn't have so much of an issue and in a recent test, …
Read More »EGX Rezzed April 2016 declared the biggest ever
Gamer Network's EGX Rezzed has just completed its most successful event ever, at Tobacco Dock in the heart of London. KitGuru was on hand to sample the atmosphere, speak with the indie developers and to see which companies are investing the most into grass-roots gaming. Whatever you might think about Boris …
Read More »Daily Mail parent company considering Yahoo buyout
Although it may not go it alone, with talks said to be ongoing between the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) and private equity firms, the parent company of the Daily Mail publication is said to be in talks with Yahoo over a potential buyout. This was confirmed by the …
Read More »Pirate Party Iceland support holds strong in election lead up
Just a few months after noting how well the Pirate Party was polling in Iceland, it's really looking like we may close out the year with the first Pirate majority government. Following the recent resignation of the Icelandic Prime Minister, the Pirate Party continues to poll well, with now more than …
Read More »Space X Dragon Capsule docks with ISS after booster landing
Space travel might be difficult and expensive, but sometimes everything goes to plan. That's what happened in the case of Space X's launch last week, which used a Falcon 9 to send a payload bound for the International Space Station into orbit, before touching back down on a drone barge. …
Read More »EU court adviser says linking to pirated content is not illegal
Over the years, plenty of sites that simply link to pirated content have been slammed with legal action despite not actively hosting. However, that could change over here in the EU as a court adviser has spoken out to say that simply linking to copyright infringing content publicly available on …
Read More »Space X readies inflatable habitat launch, hopes to ‘nail’ landing
Following a successful testing of the Falcon 9 rocket engines and a readiness review the day after, Space X's latest launch is all set to go ahead at 4:43pm ET (8:43PM GMT) today, 8th April. The mission is set to carry supplies up to the International Space Station (ISS), as well …
Read More »Update: Tesla Model 3 sales top 325,000 in first week
Update: Electric vehicle manufacture Tesla has had a fantastic week. Just seven days after the official unveiling of its Model 3, much-more-affordable electric car, it's taken in over 325,000 pre-orders, which if all go through eventually, will earn it more than $14 billion (£10 billion). This comes just a few …
Read More »BMW to use HTC Vive for developing prototype cars
With the age of consumer virtual reality finally upon is, it's no surprise that everyone is enjoying certain games and experiences with their brand new headsets. But uses outside of the gaming world have some exciting potential too, like BMW using the HTC Vive to demo prototypes of its vehicles, …
Read More »First autonomous ‘truck platoon’ crosses borders, arrives safely
The first ever multi-country, autonomous truck platoon has successfully completed a journey across borders, down highways and roadways – all without the intervention of a single human driver. Using advanced tracking and mapping technologies, the more than dozen heavy goods vehicles from various manufacturers, were able to link up and …
Read More »HMRC pays rent to hidden offshore company
With the fall out from the Panama Papers leak still snowballing, politicians resigning and calls for others to take more of a governing role of British Virgin Islands tax havens, one aspect has been largely overlooked. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the UK tax office, currently rents its headquarters …
Read More »YouTubers hit with $20 million bill after channel dispute
YouTube has evolved a lot over the years and now the site is at a point where big money is involved for a lot of channel owners. However, things don't always go according to plan for every YouTuber and this week, a court slapped two content creators with a $20 million bill …
Read More »Pirate Party could take control of Iceland following Panama leak
Update: The Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has now officially announced his resignation. His deputy will continue on his stead until a new leader can be chosen. The Panama Papers leak which has painted targets on the backs of many of the world's leading politicians with suggestions of corruption and …
Read More »EA vs Trump: publisher takes down Mass Effect rip off video
It's not every so often that two entities that aren't well liked go at each other, but that's what happened in the past 24 hours, when EA Games filed a copyright claim against a Tweet made by Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump. The man had retweeted a fan-made video that …
Read More »Panama money laundering leak totalled 2.6 terabytes of data
In what is being hailed by many as the biggest leak of confidential, incriminating data in the history of whistleblowing, more than 2.6 terabytes of data were handed over to journalists as part of the Panama Papers release. Pointing the finger of corruption at everyone from Vladimir Putin to the …
Read More »Amazon’s Blue Origin succeeds in suicide burn landing
In the ever more exciting space race to commercialise the waters beyond the shore of our cosmic ocean, Amazon has again re-launched its Blue Origin space craft out of our atmosphere and safely returned it to Earth. This time though, it completed a suicide burn, saving fuel, improving efficiency and still …
Read More »Microsoft has officially begun shipping the Hololens
Microsoft's Hololens is one of the most interesting pieces of tech that the company is currently working on. While the likes of Sony, Oculus and Valve are chasing virtual reality, Microsoft is focussing on an augmented reality experience. The company announced that the Hololens would be selling to developers earlier this …
Read More »White dwarf stuns scientists with near 100 per cent 02 layer
Oxygen has quite an important part to play in life on Earth, but it can also be found in reasonable quantities around the universe. Rarely though is it seen in high concentrations and certainly not on the surface of a star, at near 100 per cent saturation, but that's exactly …
Read More »Tesla Model 3 now officially on sale, pre-orders top 115,000
Tesla has been advancing the production, marketability and availability of electric vehicles around the world for a number of years now, but it's never really made them affordable for the average consumer. That's what the Model 3 is designed to fix, with its £25,000 price tag and expansive 215 mile …
Read More »Foxconn is officially buying Sharp, will bid for more of Apple’s business
After a couple of months of rumours and some drama that almost blew the deal entirely, Foxconn has announced that it will be acquiring Sharp for $3.5 billion, a much lower bid compared to the initial $6.2 billion offer on the table. The amount was reduced after Foxconn came across …
Read More »Study finds 28 percent of piracy takedown requests ‘questionable’
It has been known for some time that blanket piracy takedown notices are becoming a bit of an issue, Google on its own gets hundreds of takedown requests per minute but after further digging, most of these takedown requests don't hold up to scrutiny. A new study published by researchers …
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