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Following the launch of Ryzen this year, AMD has briefly discussed its future CPU plans. We have already heard that the company intends to release another round of Zen processors based on 14nm+, followed by Zen 2 and Zen 3 based on 7nm later down the line. However, we may …

This year, Valve has been on a mission to be more transparent and turn Steam into a better place for gamers. Part of that involves cracking down on low-effort and poor quality titles being dumped on Steam. Yesterday, Valve began doing just that, taking close to 200 games off of …

Earlier this year, the internet exploded with news that Atari would be jumping back into the hardware business with its first game console in decades. The company announced the Ataribox a while back but few details were revealed. Now, we know a lot more, including the fact that the system …

For the past two years, Microsoft and Facebook have been working with telecoms infrastructure company Telxius on a huge 4,100 mile long sub-sea cable for high-end data transmission. The cable, known as Marea, has been installed across the Atlantic Ocean, offering 160 terabits of data per second by 2018. With …

Last week, The Pirate Bay tested a controversial new method of funding itself by using its visitors' hardware to mine cryptocurrency. Now coined in some places as “cryptojacking”, the practice has unfortunately caught on quick, as Showtime has adopted the technique without its users' consent. In an attempt to rid …

Today, Apple began rolling out its latest version of macOS, known as ‘High Sierra'. The update aims to give Mac users several new and useful features but unfortunately, it seems that the update also brought to light a flaw in Keychain- Apple's program to store and share passwords across multiple …

The massive video game voice actor strike has officially come to an end after a whopping 11 months of negotiations. The strike was organised by SAG-AFTRA, a union for American voice actors. Over the last year, members of the union have been trying to negotiate better pay and working conditions …

There might be quite a bit of buzz surrounding Call of Duty: WWII but the jury is still out on how good the game will actually be. If you would like to get a feel for the game's multiplayer ahead of time, then you can jump in to the open …

With Intel's 8th-generation processors in sight, Gigabyte has unveiled its series of motherboards based on the Z370 chipset. All Z370 AORUS motherboards are performance tuned and host a range of features. Gigabyte has implemented its Z370 AORUS motherboards with compatibility for high speed RAM, ready for modules rated 4133MHz. Each …

iOS 11 launched less than a week ago and, as expected, early adopters are in for some problems along the way. It turns out that many jumping on the new update are experiencing significant battery drain in comparison to the previous iOS 10 software, that has since been confirmed by …

It's been a heartbreaking slew of what-could-have-beens concerning Valve lately, with Half-Life's lead writer having revealed his plot behind Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just last month. Now, artwork from former employee Drew Wolf suggests that fans might have missed out on a four-player co-op fantasy game. Wolf released details on …

Just two weeks on from relatively extreme plans proposed for the EU's new anti-piracy measures, an old study ordered by the European Commission has been revealed stating that there are no explicit links between piracy and sales. Findings from this study were revealed last year, however, albeit paraphrased to suit …

Solidifying its foray into the peripheral market, G.Skill has announced a rework to its RIPJAW keyboard software. The 2.0 update streamlines the tool, adding new modes for lighting, reducing the number of clicks per option and abandoning the .NET Framework as a requirement to update its drivers. G.Skill began its …

Last week, Bluehole studios bizarrely started publicly ragging on Epic Games, claiming that the studio created a ‘carbon copy' of PUBG with its new Battle Royale mode for Fortnite. At the time, it was said that Bluehole was contemplating “further action” and today, the studio clarified some of its comments …

While Intel is still planning to roll out 14nm+ processors for the desktop market, the company has also been planning the jump to 10nm for quite some time now. Intel's Cannon Lake rollout has been pushed back a couple of times, though recently the company claimed that it would be …

A couple of days ago, we got our first look at the world's first 8K VR headset– the Pixmax. It launched on Kickstarter and within its first day, the headset managed to raise almost $700,000, sitting just shy of its funding goal. Now, the project has surpassed its goal, with …

We have seen plenty of companies raise their prices following Britain's EU referendum last year. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise to hear that the average trade price of PCs in the UK has shot up by almost a third in the year following. However, there …

Ubisoft's Mario+Rabbids crossover may have been the most pleasant surprise of the year. In the months leading up to its announcement at E3, leaks and rumours didn't exactly paint the game in the best light. However, once it was finally shown in action, it didn't take long for people to …

Multi-GPU users will find plenty to be pleased about with AMD's latest Radeon Software update. Version 17.9.2 will begin rolling out today and offers up some big performance gains when using a pair of RX Vega 56 or RX Vega 64 GPUs. Using Radeon Software version 17.9.2, the folks over …

Earlier this week, we learned that hackers had managed to infiltrate CCleaner, using a backdoor to infect hundreds of thousands. Since then more details about the attack have come to light, with researchers finding evidence that the attackers were using CCleaner to target some of the world's biggest tech companies, …

EA is gearing up to launch Need for Speed Payback later this year, so it is time for the publisher to begin showing off more of the game. Payback is currently being supported by Nvidia on the PC side of things, so the GPU maker has had first dibs on …

We have already heard plenty of behind the scenes reports surrounding Apple's difficulties producing the iPhone X. These reports were essentially confirmed at Apple's launch event, when it was announced that the phone would start shipping in November, much later than the iPhone 8. Unfortunately, it seems that those looking …

Whenever there is a major controversy surrounding a game or a developer, we often see fans resort to ‘review bombing'. This is essentially where players flood a game's Steam page with negative reviews as a way to get their point across. Sometimes these negative reviews aren't relevant to the game …

In a move meant to combat AMD's Ryzen Threadripper launch, earlier this year Intel announced a new line of Core i9 processors, ranging from a 10C/20T chip all the way up to an 18C/36T behemoth. We have already seen what the 10-core 7900X can do but we have seen very …

A few weeks back, we decided to continue our series of high-end audio giveaways by offering you guys the chance to win the incredible Grado GH2 Heritage Series headphones. These are a £650 headphone and very limited edition, with just 1,200 being made in the world. We've had a chance to …

So far, 2017 appears to be the year of expensive flagships. Back in August, Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 8 with a $930 price tag. Now this month, Apple has upped the ante further with the iPhone X, which will launch for a staggering $999. What is perhaps more staggering …

Earlier this week, a fairly interesting discovery was made on the Nintendo Switch. Some users managed to unearth a hidden copy of NES Golf embedded in every console. At the time, we were unsure why this Easter egg existed but as it turns out, it is actually a tribute to …

This week, well-known overclocker and delidder, Der8auer, decided to take a look at what was going on under the hood of AMD's Threadripper processors. We already know that this particular CPU uses two dies containing eight cores each, connected via Infinity Fabric. This is how AMD managed to hit 16-cores. …

After several months of developer testing, IOS 11 is set to officially roll out to iPhones and iPads later today in a huge update that brings along Augmented Reality, improvements to Siri and more. The update was first showcased at WWDC earlier this year but is now ready to roll …

At E3 earlier this year, long-time fans of the series were pleased to see Monster Hunter: World presented live on the Sony stage. Now at TGS, more of the game has been revealed, with a world wide release date planned for the 26th of January 2018 for consoles, with PC …