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Large tech companies tend to acquire smaller firms on a regular basis. Sometimes these acquisitions are relatively uninteresting on the surface, but they do tend to provide insight into what is going on behind the scenes at any given time. This week, Google announced that it has acquired ‘GraphicsFuzz' a …

Google is seeing a variety of leaks ahead of its next major smartphone launch, with a potential release date seemingly coming from the firm itself. Both the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will supposedly be announced on October 4th, pointing towards a mid-October release to the public. An advert …

While Fortnite did get its mobile debut on the iOS App Store, the game will be going in a different direction for its Android launch. Epic Games plans to release Fortnite for Android soon, but you won't find it on the Play Store. Instead, Epic plans to distribute the app …

Samsung just hasn’t been able to keep a lid on it lately, giving fans their first look at the tentative Galaxy Watch just last month. Now, it seems to have slipped up on its New Zealand sites by leaking the as-of-yet-unannounced Galaxy Note 9, with its introduction video confirming the …

We are used to seeing Apple in and out of the court room, with various patent infringement lawsuits frequently coming through. This week, Apple appears to have lost another one, with a jury finding Apple guilty of infringing on two patents held by Canadian company, WiLan. According to Reuters, the …

Ever since March 2015, analysts have been predicting that Apple will go on to become the world's first company to be valued at $1 trillion. Over the last few years, Apple has creeped closer and closer to that milestone, and last night, it finally hit the mark. Apple has become …

Last year, Apple introduced Face ID with the iPhone X. The new tech allowed Apple to maximise screen space on the iPhone by shrinking down bezels, and it looks like that same philosophy will be applied to the iPad later this year. New rumours this week are claiming that a …

Back in May, RED announced that its Hydrogen One smartphone had been delayed due to a technical hitch, despite getting two US carriers under its belt. Despite lacking a narrowed window of release, it looks like the handset isn’t far off now that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given …

Briony is back with another episode of 'Briony Games'! Today, she tries her hand at PC Building Simulator's career mode which lets you run your own PC building and repairs business. Find out how she got on in the video livestream!

Within the past year, Amazon has risen up as a true contender in analyst predictions of which company will be first to pass the $1 trillion mark. It seems as though Apple has managed to cling on as the long-term favourite, however, following the company’s strongest-ever third quarter. The three-month …

The mobile market is tough to crack. Many companies have tried to rise above the likes of Apple and Samsung only to drop off the map later. With that said, there has been a shift over the last few months, with Huawei reportedly overtaking Apple in total smartphone shipments. According …

While Sony might be doing excellently on the gaming side thanks to the success of the PS4, the same can't be said for the company's mobile division. Sony's latest quarterly earnings report indicates that its smartphone business is shrinking, with sales continuing to slump. During the 2017-2018 financial year, Sony …

But it all comes at the cost of Touch ID and the headphone jack...

A prototype of Google’s Pixel 3 XL has made its way into the wild, corroborating many of the rumours we’ve heard so far. It also looks like the firm has an accessory in the works called the Pixel Stand hinting at Google’s return to wireless charging. The latest look at …

VLC media player has received a slew of bad reviews on Google’s Play Store recently, reporting numerous bugs on Huawei devices. Developer VideoLAN has since blocked newer Huawei smartphones from downloading the application, blaming the manufacturer’s “ridiculous” new policy for all of the problems. Taking to Twitter, VideoLAN states that …

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Google might still be processing its record-breaking fine for its anti-competitive Android practices, but that hasn’t slowed development down on the latest version of the mobile operating system. The company has now pushed out its final preview of the upcoming Android P, accessible to users within the Android Beta Programme. …

Samsung has reportedly been gearing up to follow in the footsteps of its rival, Apple, developing its own in-house GPU. It looks like the company is well under way with the first “entirely new design” in over a decade, bolstering its engineering team with former Nvidia and Intel alumnus Dr. …

Late last week, it became known that Apple's latest 2018 MacBook Pros were throttling, which hurt Core i9 performance in particular. Yesterday we learned that this was actually due to voltage settings with the VRMs, and a user-generated fix was pushed out. Now, Apple has made things easier with a …

While Android’s ecosystem is flush with a variety of applications, its operating system adoption rate has always been noticeably slow when compared to its rival. Android Oreo seems to be no exception, finally hitting double digits 10 months after its release. Although Oreo’s adoption started off distinctly slow in comparison …

Last week, users began getting their hands on the new 2018 MacBook Pro machines, unfortunately for those splashing the cash for the Core i9 model, some thermal throttling does occur under load. On the bright side, a fix has already been discovered.

Rumours of Samsung’s re-entry into the smartwatch market has been running rampant over the past month, suggesting that the company was set to drop its Gear branding in favour of the popular Galaxy moniker. Now, the company has confirmed that the Galaxy Watch is real with a leaked listing on …

The S70DB boasts some excellent specs but does it live up to it's £449.99 price?

While Sony’s influence in the smartphone game has arguably diminished over the years, it remains a prominent player in the field of handset cameras, licensing its sensors to a variety of third-party manufacturers. Its newly unveiled IMX586 sensor is about to take things one step further, boasting a staggering 48MP …

In the first of our new 'Briony Games' series - reviewer and gaming addict Briony Hannam takes a look at 'PC Building Simulator' - a new title which is designed to let people build their own virtual PC system. It could be used as a way of checking how a rig looks before buying the real, physical components online. Briony had never loaded this simulator before producing this video - it was recorded live as she played about with the software herself at home.

Last week when Apple first rolled out its new 2018 range of MacBook Pro laptops, the company claimed that while it did tweak its keyboards to be quieter, it did not do anything to stop dust or debris from affecting its butterfly switches. It didn't take long for this to …

Could this chair be the Hero we need? 

High-end smartphones have had Corning’s Gorilla Glass for years now. It offers not only scratch resistance but full on crack and shatter resistance too. Corning has been hard at work on its latest iteration, and now Gorilla Glass 6 is ready for prime time. Corning announced Gorilla Glass 6 earlier …

It's a cracking laptop from PC Specialist - and it won't break the bank either

Apple launched its brand new MacBook Pro last week, sporting high-end Intel Core i9 processors and an equally premium £2,700 price tag. Unfortunately, one gadget expert is calling the company out for drastically throttling the device’s performance thanks to thermal issues. YouTuber Dave Lee got his hands on the latest …