Another GTX 1070 Ti - this one from Zotac. Is the AMP Extreme any good?
Read More »Doom VFR crashes when launching on Rift, Valve provides a workaround
Given that there is a very public and ugly legal battle going on between Zenimax and Oculus/Facebook at the moment, Oculus Rift support for Bethesda's new virtual reality titles was in doubt. DOOM VFR is the first of Bethesda's VR games to land on PC and sure enough, it seems …
Read More »AMD will release Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition in December
It has been two years since AMD doubled down on driver support and began rolling out Radeon Software: Crimson Edition. In 2016, the company decided to stick with Crimson for a bit longer, launching Radeon Software Crimson Relive. Now this year, AMD is going to start rolling out its next …
Read More »Class-action lawsuit claims Google illegally collected personal data from UK users
It looks like Google has rattled some cages here in the UK, as the company is facing a class action lawsuit. The suit is led by the former executive director of consumer body ‘Which?' and alleges that Google illegally harvested personal data from its users in the UK. Richard Lloyd, …
Read More »Yesterday’s macOS security patch fixed the root login bug, but it also broke file sharing
Yesterday, an alarming macOS bug came to light that allowed you to access any system running High Sierra simply by typing Root at the login screen and pressing enter twice. This posed as a huge security issue, leading to Apple pushing out an emergency patch. Unfortunately, it seems that in …
Read More »Visceral’s Star Wars game was apparently ‘too linear’ for modern gamers
Back in October, EA officially closed down Visceral Games and announced that it would be ‘pivoting' and handing over the studio's Star Wars game to a new team in order to ‘broaden' it. Since then, EA's CFO has shed some additional light on why this happened, claiming that the game …
Read More »Samsung botches 960 Pro SSD firmware update
It’s no secret that Samsung continuously impresses us with its line of SSDs, however its latest update might have botched it for owners of Samsung's 960 Pro drives. Reports have been cropping up that its latest firmware is causing instability across the board, and while Samsung is aware of the …
Read More »Samsung ramps up production on its 2nd gen 10nm chips, preps for 7nm
Samsung has begun preparing itself for the incoming wave of demand for 10nm chips. Today, the company announced that its Foundries have commenced mass production of system-on-chip (SoC) products built using Samsung's second generation 10nm FinFET process, known as 10LPP (Low Power Plus). The new 10LPP process allows up to …
Read More »Google promises software fix for Pixel 2 shutdown and reboot issues
Following reports of display issues, speaker problems, and some not even housing its operating system, the Google Pixel 2 disaster continues, as reports have surfaced surrounding impromptu shutdowns on both devices. Google has said that it will fix the issue “in the coming weeks” via a software update. The bug …
Read More »Star Citizen adds more microtransactions in the form of land licenses
Despite already earning a whopping $168 million from its crowdfunding efforts, developer Cloud Imperium is looking to expand its income for Star Citizen. Now, it is offering plots of in-game land to try and generate more money, acting almost like the players own base. These microtransactions are claim licenses in …
Read More »EA discusses why it didn’t stick to cosmetics for Battlefront II loot boxes
The controversy surrounding Star Wars Battlefront II has been going back and forth for a while but since switching off microtransactions, EA has been pretty quiet on the subject. Now, the publisher's CFO, Blake Jorgensen has elaborated a bit more on EA's decisions leading up to release, specifically addressing the …
Read More »Apple counters Qualcomm with its own patent infringement claims
The Apple VS Qualcomm lawsuit has taken another turn. This time around though, its Apple firing the shots, with the company accusing Qualcomm of infringing on its patents. This latest development turns the tables somewhat, as the patents in question relate to the Snapdragon 820 and Snapdragon 800 processors, which …
Read More »Uber’s 2016 data breach affected 2.7 million UK users
Last week, news broke that Uber had suffered a major security breach in 2016, which in all, affected 57 million users. Seven million drivers had their details stolen during the breach, alongside 50 million active Uber users. At the time, the company paid the hackers $100,000 and disguised the breach …
Read More »Bungie cancels Destiny 2 expansion livestream in order to address player concerns
Later on today, Bungie was scheduled to hold a livestream going over new details for Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, The Curse of Osiris. However, there has been growing unrest within the player base over the last couple of weeks, so instead of an expansion livestream, Bungie will be looking to …
Read More »Thecus N4350 4-Bay NAS
This Thecus NAS is an upgraded version of the previous generation N4310 with a faster processor and updated DDR4 memory.
Read More »The HDMI 2.1 spec has been finalized, paving the way for 4K/120Hz and higher resolutions
Earlier this year, we first began hearing about the upcoming HDMI 2.1 specification, which is set to pave the way for 4K/120Hz and 8K/60Hz. Now after several months of additional work, the HDMI Forum has finalized its specification, making HDMI 2.1 official. The HDMI 2.1 specification is now available, which …
Read More »Modder recreates The Witcher 1 prologue in The Witcher 3
While The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3 were both big hitters that drove CD Projekt Red into the spotlight, the first game doesn't tend to receive quite as much love. The Witcher 1 hasn't aged well with time and some of its mechanics do feel quite dated. However, a …
Read More »ASRock X299 Taichi XE Motherboard Review
ASRock's X299 Taichi XE is loaded with connectivity and powered by an excellent VRM.
Read More »Samsung’s new graphene battery can bring big boosts to charge speeds and capacity
Future smartphones from Samsung may charge much, much faster. This week, it was revealed that the engineers at Samsung have managed to create new battery technology using graphene to rapidly increase charging speeds by up to five times, while also increasing capacity. The folks at Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology …
Read More »GAME sells Multiplay Digital unit to Unity for £19 million
Just over two years after first acquiring the company, GAME has sold off part of Multiplay to Unity in a deal worth £19 million. The struggling high-street store initially bought Multiplay for £20 million back in March 2015 to help bolster its presence in the gaming world, which is moving …
Read More »Various leaks reveal details on Intel’s 9th Gen i7/i5/i3 CPUs and Core i9 for laptops
There has been a wealth of Intel news over the last few weeks and that doesn't seem to be slowing down just yet. This week, sources have come out with information on Intel's upcoming 9th Generation desktop processors, as well as details on what's next for Intel's mobile CPUs. We …
Read More »Razer’s CEO explains the benefits of removing the headphone jack
As great as some of this year's flagship smartphones are, one thing that has been concerning consumers is the removal of the headphone jack. The latest phone to ditch the traditional 3.5mm port is the Razer Phone. It's a move that not everyone is happy with, but according to Razer's …
Read More »Epic’s lawsuit against Fortnite cheaters just got more complicated
Back in October, we learned that Epic Games had filed a lawsuit against two specific Fortnite cheaters. This is something we have seen done before, with similar cases coming from the likes of Riot Games and Blizzard. However, this week some more details about the case came to light, including …
Read More »A petition to have EA’s Star Wars license revoked is catching on
EA has encountered plenty of backlash in the build-up to Star Wars Battlefront II's launch and even after turning microtransactions off, it seems that tensions are high. Aside from the game selling far fewer copies compared to 2015's Battlefront, some Star Wars fans are now petitioning to get EA's rights …
Read More »Bungie confirms and deactivates Destiny 2’s hidden XP scaling system
Last week, players discovered that a hidden XP scaling system was active in Destiny 2. The system essentially limited the number of Bright Engrams players could earn at once by ramping down how much each XP point was worth after playing for a period of time. Since then, Bungie has …
Read More »XFX is releasing two Radeon RX Vega ‘Double Edition’ GPUs
A few weeks after we first saw leaks of the card, XFX has officially announced the RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 Double Edition. Both cards come with a newly designed custom cooler and dual 8-pin power connectors, though out of the box clock speeds seem to match the …
Read More »Black Friday sales are live at Overclockers UK
Overclockers UK kicked off its Black Friday sales with a bang this week in the run up to the 24th November, cutting the prices off of hardware and peripherals across the board. Of course, many of these deals are subject to availability as stock is sure to fly off the …
Read More »AMD is bundling Prey, Wolfenstein II or Sniper Elite 4 with RX Vega GPUs
Its Black Friday today, which means plenty of people are going to be shopping around for deals on all sorts of things. This year, we have plenty of tech companies jumping on board. Overclockers UK has a new round of deals up today, ASUS has a bunch of sales going …
Read More »Firefox to roll out ‘Breach Alerts’ to warn users when a website has been hacked
Hot on the heels of its most recent Firefox Quantum update, Mozilla has teamed up with the folks over at ‘Have I Been Pwned' to implement a new ‘Breach Alerts' feature into the browser. The idea is to throw up a warning if a user is visiting a site that …
Read More »Sea of Thieves is having one more pre-release test, here’s how to get involved
Rare has been working away on Sea of Thieves for quite some time now. The game is perhaps one of the most highly anticipated on Microsoft's list of exclusives and soon, you'll get to try it out for yourself. This week, Rare announced that it would be having one last …
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