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Android 7.0 Nougat may have only just arrived a few months ago but the first big update is already arriving later this month. Android 7.1 will be bringing support for some new features, including Google's new Daydream VR platform. If you happen to own a Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, or …

Yesterday Samsung officially threw in the towel and cancelled production on the Galaxy Note 7, ending the smartphone's time on the market just over a month after its initial launch due to repeated battery overheating and fire issues. Now according to a new report, it seems that Samsung may not …

Samsung's saga of dealing with smartphones that self-combust might be winding down now that it has officially killed off the flagship smartphone, but it's not quite over yet. It still needs to recall all of the Note 7's out in the wild and to make sure they don't damage anything …

Samsung has officially called it quits on the Galaxy Note 7 today, ending production entirely and telling carriers to stop selling the model for good. Things started going bad back in early September, with some Note 7 units shipping with defective batteries that were prone setting on fire. While a …

Samsung is in double-damage control mode. Following numerous reports of even supposedly safe, recalled or replaced Galaxy Note 7 smartphones catching fire, the South Korean electronics maker has simply recommended that all Note 7 owners shut the handset down while it investigates. It's very possible too that it will stop …

From the moment Nvidia announced its new GTX 10-series graphics chips we only had one question ‘When will we see the new MSI Titan?’. Well, the answer is ‘now’. The previous GT80S 6QF Titan was a gaming monster that packed dual GTX 980 GPUs in SLI along with a Core …

Pokémon Go is easily one of the biggest breakout hits of 2016, but by most counts its user base and particularly its paying customers, really dropped off after a few weeks. It seems like they might be making a comeback however, as two new reports have pinned Pokémon Go as …

Samsung has announced a halt to sales of its recently released flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, following continued claims of fires and explosions. Although Samsung has recalled a million+ devices, a number of them which were designated ‘safe,' have still had problems with combustion, forcing the potential recall now …

As far as mobile digital assistants go, Apple's Siri is often regarded as one of the best. However, Apple didn't initially come up with the idea, Siri began life as an app that was sold to Apple back in 2010. After selling the app, the original team behind Siri went …

If you have received your replacement Galaxy Note 7 from Samsung, we'd still urge caution with the device, as another example of a supposedly safe Note 7 has caught fire. This one happened to be on a Southwest airlines flight in the U.S., just before takeoff, leading to the entire …

If you live in an area with decent 4G coverage, think yourself lucky, as much of the UK is still living without the high-speed wireless internet connection. If you're trying to figure out which carrier might be best for it though, EE currently holds the performance crown, snatching it from …

It looks like Apple is taking a page out of Microsoft's book with the launch of macOS Sierra today as it turns out that the update will download to upgradeable systems ahead of time as part of an automatic update. Downloads are being pushed out to users starting today, though …

Earlier this year in an effort to return the iPad to growth, Apple launched the iPad Pro, a bigger 13-inch iPad with beefier hardware and more features, including support for the ‘Apple Pencil' and programs like Photoshop. Now, it looks like we may see the iPad Pro line-up expand in …

It looks like The Carphone Warehouse has dropped the ball as the UK store just leaked the first official images and details for Google's next smartphone, which is set to be announced tomorrow. For starters, it looks like Google is retiring the Nexus name after all, replacing it with the …

Update: Just last week Samsung confirmed that it has exchanged around half of the Galaxy Note 7 units that could be affected by battery failures. However, since then the company has continued to replace potentially dangerous units and now, over one million Note 7's have been exchanged, globally. While passing …

It looks like Apple's long-rumored dual-display Macbook Pro could be heading our way as soon as next month. A few months back, reports began suggesting that Apple's next Macbook Pro would feature a touch-sensitive display bar above the keyboard to display various shortcuts and bits of information and now this …

Blackberry's position in the smartphone market has been sinking for some time now and  despite efforts to climb back up the ladder with new devices and even a switch to Android, the situation hasn't really improved. As a result, Blackberry has announced today that it is done making hardware altogether …

AMD is gearing up to launch the Zen architecture next year and while plenty of PC enthusiasts have their eyes peeled to see what AMD brings to the table, it looks like Apple may also want in on the action. This week, rumours came to light claiming that the Apple's …

Samsung has had quite the problem on its hands in recent weeks, with widespread reports of Galaxy Note 7 failures. However, at this point, the recall process is well under way and while progress was going quite slow at first, since US regulators got onboard, things have sped up significantly …

It seems that Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is still proving to be an issue for the company and its customers alike as battery issues keep cropping up. Earlier this year, Microsoft patched a bug that caused the Surface Pro 3 to incorrectly display battery percentages but now another battery-related problem …

MSI GT62VR 6RE Dominator Pro 4K has an absurdly long model name that gives us a fair amount of information about this impressive gaming laptop. The GT part tells us this is a chunky chassis that can dissipate a fair amount of heat, VR shows support for your Oculus Rift …

We have been hearing bits of information about Google's future smartphone plans for months now, with the recent rumours indicating that the company will be ditching the Nexus branding this year in favour of new ‘Google Pixel' devices. On top of that, it looks like we won't have to wait …

At this point, the Galaxy Note 7 launch has been completely botched and whatever lead Samsung hoped to have over the iPhone 7 has been squandered due to battery failures leading to a global recall of 2.5 million handsets. So how did Samsung end up in this position? Well it …

Samsung Electronics has generated close to $900 (£690) million by selling small share holdings it has in various companies. Purportedly the reasoning is to help generate investment funds for the core business, which will help consolidate Samsung's efforts into its major earning divisions. Companies that Samsung sold shares for includes …

We knew that the iPhone 7 would drop the headphone jack as far back as 2015 and nobody could really figure out the benefits to doing so. One of the reasons Apple gave was to save space inside of the iPhone 7 for other components. Given that the headphone jack …

If you have been trying out the macOS Sierra beta builds ahead of the update's official launch on the 20th of September, then you can actually get your hands on the release version now as the Gold Master build has been released for all testers. macOS Sierra (formerly known as …

Here at KitGuru we have already seen the monster that is the Asus ROG GX800VH – featuring dual GTX 1080s. However, with the price expected to be upwards of £5000, it is out of reach for most laptop gamers. That is where the PCSpecialist Defiance III comes in. It sports a …

While Virtual Reality has created a lot of buzz over the last couple of years, ever since Microsoft's Hololens announcement, interest in Augmented Reality has been growing. We have heard rumours about Apple experimenting with both VR and AR but this week, Tim Cook spoke out about which of the …

Alert KitGuru readers may well feel the Asus ROG G752VS looks familiar as it uses the same chassis as the G752VT that KitGuru reviewed at the beginning of 2016. While Asus G752VS looks outwardly identical to G752VT, it has received an extensive list of upgrades to its internal components. It’s …

Samsung is currently in the pr0cess of recalling the Galaxy Note 7 due to exploding batteries but in the meantime, there will be some defective units still floating around. In order to try and prevent anymore major accidents from happening, Samsung is pushing out a software update to affected units …