Following on from yesterday's report, Apple has confirmed that it is acquiring Shazam. The deal is still pending approval but it is all expected to go through without a hitch. Upon acquiring Shazam, Apple will begin working on using it to boost its features in Apple Music. In a statement, …
Read More »Bungie apologizes for Destiny 2 content paywalls, fixes coming this week
Last week when Destiny 2's ‘Curse of Osiris' expansion dropped, players found that some parts of the game were now locked behind the expansion paywall. End-game content like Trials of the Nine, Nightfall Strikes and Prestige raids now require the expansion to play. Since this is how things operated in …
Read More »Nvidia’s Titan V benchmarks show big performance increase
Last week, Nvidia surprised us with the launch of its first Volta graphics card, the Titan V coming in at an eye watering price of $3000. It seems that the Titan V might just be living up to its price, as Unigine Superposition benchmarks show impressive results. Nvidia's Titan V …
Read More »Hundreds of HP laptops have been affected by a hidden keylogger
Back in May, HP was struck with the surprising revelation that some models of its laptops had been shipping with a keylogger preinstalled on the systems. It seems that history is repeating itself, as a security researcher has discovered a second keylogger that could have affected more than 460 models …
Read More »NAND flash supply expected to improve in Q1 2018
Last year, we first began hearing about DRAM and NAND supply shortages set to take place over the course of this year. Over the last few months, things haven't really improved, with inflated pricing still affecting consumers in many countries. However, it looks like the end might be in sight, …
Read More »A former Crytek employee is reportedly suing over lack of pay
This time last year, it looked like Crytek was on the verge of bankruptcy with developers claiming to have not been paid for months and promising talent leaving on a regular basis. Now just 12 months later, the studio is still facing issues, with one former employee suing Crytek over …
Read More »Apple might be acquiring Shazam for $400 million
It looks like Apple is set to make another major acquisition before the end of the year to bolster its services. According to sources, Apple is planning to buy music discovery app ‘Shazam' in a deal worth around $400 million. Shazam is an app that lets people identify songs, TV …
Read More »Overkill releases new trailer for ‘The Walking Dead’, gameplay and story details teased
Overkill's ‘The Walking Dead' game was announced all the way back in 2014, with just a few small nuggets of information coming out since then. While the game was originally supposed to come out in 2016, it looks like Overkill has settled on an ‘Autumn 2018' release window now, with …
Read More »Netflix adds Daredevil writer and producer to The Witcher series
Back in May, we learned that Geralt of Rivia would be returning to our screens sooner than expected, as Netflix had picked up the rights to make a TV series based on The Witcher novels. It has been a while since we've had an update on the show's progress, but …
Read More »It looks like the latest Metro Exodus trailer is hiding the game’s release date
On Friday, the folks at 4A Games treated us to a brand new trailer for Metro Exodus, adding that the game is due out in ‘Autumn 2018'. However, it turns out that this trailer may have been hiding a more specific release date all along, pointing to the game launching …
Read More »PC Specialist Defiance IV (w/ Core i7 & GTX 1070)
Core i7, GTX 1070, SSD, 17.3 inch screen - all for £1,399? Is this too good to be true?
Read More »RAMBUS begins discussing early specs for DDR5 and HBM3
This week, RAMBUS began unveiling its early specification outlines for DDR5 memory and HBM3. It will be several years before we see either put into action, but the early specs paint a bright picture for the future, with big performance and efficiency leaps planned for both. As part of an …
Read More »Sea of Thieves gets a release date and a new trailer
Microsoft and Rare have been teasing Sea of Thieves for a long time now. At this point, we have a pretty good idea of what the game will be and quite a few have already had the chance to try it out in various alpha/beta tests. Now, we are gearing …
Read More »PUBG will leave Early Access on the 20th of December, new map is live on test servers
Last night, Geoff Keighley's annual ‘The Game Awards' show kicked off, bringing recognition to some of the best games of the year. Awards aren't the only reason to tune in though, as this year's show was also filled with announcements. One of the bigger announcements of the evening was PUBG's …
Read More »EVGA launches GTX 1070Ti FTW Ultra Silent GPU
While pricing across the board may be somewhat questionable, there may be a good number of you out there looking for a GTX 1070Ti with a beefy cooler to offer quieter operation. This week, EVGA has launched the GTX 1070Ti FTW Ultra Silent Edition, featuring a new 2.5 slot cooler …
Read More »Bitcoin surpasses $15,000 value
Earlier this week, we saw Bitcoin managing to hit the $10,000 value landmark. In the days following, it has shot up well past that number, with the cryptocurrency now sitting at $15,000 in value per coin. Bitcoin crossed the $15,000 mark for the first time earlier today, marking another major …
Read More »Honor unveils your first AI smartphone, the View 10
Taking selfies with a gesture, automatically augmenting male and female faces in photos and the ability to match over 30 faces a second are just some of the claims made by George Zhao, President of Honor – a brand of Huawei that specialises in low to mid-range smartphones. KitGuru was at …
Read More »AMD has quietly released a cut down RX 560, issues a statement
Update (06/12/17): AMD has released a brief statement regarding the recent RX 560 mix up. Earlier this week it came to light that an updated version of the RX 560 had hit the market with fewer Compute Units and Stream Processors. There was no clear separation of the two versions …
Read More »Yahoo and Mozilla are suing each other over messy search engine deal
It looks like Yahoo and Mozilla are getting into a legal scuffle. Back in 2014, Mozilla and Yahoo struck a deal, ensuring that Yahoo would be the default search engine on Firefox through to 2019. However, Mozilla has pulled the plug on the deal ahead of schedule, claiming that it …
Read More »There’s a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were hoping for
It looks like there is a new Portal game on the way, but probably not the one you were expecting. Rather than a Valve-made sequel to Portal 1 and 2, today ‘Headup Games' announced that they would be releasing ‘Bridge Constructor Portal', a spin-off of the Bridge Constructor series. Headup …
Read More »US lawmaker outlines plans for anti-loot box laws
Back in November, Hawaii representative, Chris Lee, rose to prominence in the gaming scene after he called out Star Wars Battlefront II's loot box system, blasting EA's microtransaction scheme as a ‘predatory practice'. He also branded the game as a ‘Star Wars-themed online casino' in a video announcing his plans …
Read More »AMD has developed a GDDR6 memory controller for next-gen GPUs
It looks like AMD's next generation graphics cards will be getting a memory boost, as the company has begun work on a GDDR6 memory controller. We already know that companies like Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix have begun work on GDDR6. Now we know that AMD has its hands on …
Read More »Nvidia brings machine learning software to TITAN GPUs
This week, Nvidia has expanded the pool of GPUs that can take advantage of the Nvidia GPU Cloud, allowing developers and data scientists to build and test machine learning systems on their own PCs before moving on to something more powerful. The software tool released this week means that TITAN …
Read More »Cooler Master launches MasterLiquid ML120L and ML240L RGB AIO coolers
Cooler Master is bolstering its RGB efforts this week with the launch of two new all-in-one liquid coolers. Today, the MasterLiquid ML240L RGB and MasterLiquid ML120L RGB hit the market, both featuring a dual chamber pump for increased reliability and a low resistance radiator. Of course the big takeaway here …
Read More »Microsoft and AMD partner up to bring EPYC processors to Azure Cloud
It looks like AMD is gaining more traction with its server-oriented EPYC processors. These 32-core Zen-powered behemoths came out of the gate with wide support from tech companies and we even saw Dropbox sign a deal to start using EPYC to power its cloud storage platform. Now, AMD has scored …
Read More »Intel roadmap leak points to ‘Cascade Lake’ as the successor to Skylake-X
This has been a massive year for CPU launches, with AMD giving Intel a run for their money with the Zen architecture. There are no plans for AMD to slow down next year either, with Ryzen 2 planned for the first half of 2018. How is Intel going to respond …
Read More »Google to have up to 10,000 employees manually moderating YouTube videos
YouTube has been at the center of plenty of controversy over the course of 2017. Back in January we saw advertisers pulling out due to questionable content uploaded to the site, which led to stricter policy changes and lots of demonetized videos. Now, YouTube has found itself in the same …
Read More »Coffee Lake processor runs on a modded Z170 motherboard
Intel released its Coffee Lake line of processors earlier this year, causing quite the stir among customers by requiring an entirely new chipset. Now, a modder has successfully booted an i3- 8350K on an old Z170 motherboard. Although Intel often move chipsets for new CPUs, its common for the company …
Read More »Apple’s latest High Sierra macOS update reverses the root login patch
It seems that Apple has run into another software hurdle with its latest macOS update. Last week, the company was made aware of an alarming bug that allowed anyone to gain admin access to a Mac system by typing ‘root' as the username and leaving the password section blank. This …
Read More »UK and EU prepare legislation as Bitcoin rises over $10,000 value
It looks like the UK and EU governments are going to start taking a closer look at Bitcoin regulation. According to reports this week, both governments are growing concerned that the digital currency is being used for tax evasion and money laundering. As a result, the Treasury is making plans …
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