Over the last 12 months or so, there have been tons of rumours regarding Samsung's upcoming foldable smartphone, currently known as the Galaxy X. While we know for a fact that a prototype is in the works, it seems that earlier indications that we may see it this year were …
Read More »Valve opens up about upcoming Steam changes, will crack down on fake games
It looks like Valve is finally looking to crack down on ‘asset flippers' and address concerns regarding the quality of games flooding the Steam store on a daily basis. Similarly to how Valve decided to get more involved with the press earlier this year, Valve has also begun consulting with …
Read More »Cemu users are able to run Zelda Breath of the Wild in 4K now
After a month or so of tweaking and preparing, the Cemu emulator is now fully capable of running Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The issues present a few weeks ago have been fixed, with physics, powers and camera controls now working correctly. Players have already managed to get …
Read More »DDR5 memory will provide twice the density and bandwidth of DDR4
While DDR4 RAM has only just broken into the mainstream in the last few years, the Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC) is already looking ahead and planning out the jump to DDR5 memory. This week, it was revealed that the DDR5 memory specification is already being worked on, with …
Read More »MSI launches ‘Optane Genie’ to support Intel’s new Optane Memory technology
Last week, Intel launched its new Optane Memory technology, aiming to boost the performance of traditional hard drives and even some SSDs by offering a large 32GB high-speed cache. Since then, Gigabyte and ASUS have already begun pushing out BIOS updates to support this new tech but MSI is taking …
Read More »Android is now the most popular OS for web browsing worldwide
Google is one step closer to world domination as Android overtakes Windows for the first time.
Read More »Apple dropping 32-bit app support could make almost 200,000 apps obsolete
Back when iOS 7 was first introduced, Apple brought 64-bit support to its mobile operating system and since then, all iPhones and iPads have come with 64-bit capable SoCs. While Apple has continued to support both 32-bit and 64-bit apps in later versions of iOS, that will be changing this …
Read More »Some Nintendo Switch consoles appear to be warping while docked
While Nintendo has managed to tackle the Switch's left Joy-Con connection issues with a small manufacturing revision, it seems that a new problem has come to light. This week, images began surfacing on the web showing Nintendo Switch consoles bending/warping while in the dock due to heat. The initial report …
Read More »Apple to start designing its own GPUs following planned split from Imagination Technologies
Over the years, while Apple has been designing its own processors for its iOS devices, the company has heavily relied on third-party graphics technology. Right now, Apple is partnered up with Imagination technologies for all of its iOS GPU needs, which means Imagination gets a cut from every iPhone and …
Read More »ASUS Announces New ROG Products At Berlin Event
New Republic Of Gamers products announced and we were at the ASUS Berlin event to get the juicy details ...
Read More »ASUS showcase ROG Poseidon GTX 1080ti
The Greek god of the sea and earthquakes will strike you down if you don't check this reveal out ...
Read More »Intel’s enhanced 10nm tech to bring up to 40 percent performance boost over 14nm
Earlier this week, Intel held its own ‘tech day' during which it went over various technologies it is currently working on. One of the major points of the presentation was the upcoming 10nm process node, which Intel claims is a ‘full generation ahead' of the 10nm technology competing chip makers are …
Read More »Mad Catz has ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy
After a year or so of struggling financially, laying off staff and even getting delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, Mad Catz has officially filed for bankruptcy and will cease operations immediately. Mad Catz is perhaps best known for ifs RAT series of mice, the company also went on …
Read More »New Zelda: Breath of the Wild patch improves frame rates
As fantastic as Zelda: The Breath of the Wild is, the game does suffer from poor frame rate at times, particularly when the Nintendo Switch is running in docked mode. This has been a widely reported issue that for some reason, is not present on Switch in handheld mode. Fortunately, …
Read More »Samsung confirms plans for a standalone VR headset targeted at gamers
Earlier this month, we started hearing new rumours surrounding Samsung's long-awaited standalone virtual reality headset. At the time, various anonymous sources claimed that Samsung standalone headset would have a much higher resolution than current high-end PC offerings. Since then, a Samsung's VP of global marketing has confirmed the company's standalone …
Read More »Palmer Luckey is no longer working at Oculus/Facebook
After founding the company and helping it get to the point where it is today, Palmer Luckey has officially left Oculus VR and by extension, Facebook as well. This move has been somewhat expected for several months now, as Luckey has remained silent since September, when he was found to …
Read More »AMD RX 500 series leaks continue as new details and images land on the web
Over the last few weeks, we have been hearing more and more about AMD's upcoming Radeon RX-500 series. These new graphics cards are set to be a refresh of the Polaris lineup and according to what we have heard previously, they are set to be announced in just a couple …
Read More »The Samsung DeX seamlessly transforms the Galaxy S8 from phone to desktop
While we did learn an awful lot about the Samsung Galaxy S8 from leaks over the last few months, one thing that did sneak up on us during the official reveal was the announcement of Samsung DeX. This new product essentially allows your smartphone to seamlessly turn into a desktop …
Read More »Ashes of the Singularity update brings big performance boost to Ryzen at 1080p
AMD has had quite a lot of success with its new Ryzen 7 processors but one area where the chip does let us down a bit is 1080p gaming. Earlier this month, AMD explained that this was simply due to the way games are currently optimised, adding that the situation …
Read More »ASUS to refresh GTX 1080 and GTX 1060 with faster memory
Back when Nvidia first announced the GTX 1080Ti, the company also announced some improvements coming to its older Pascal cards. The GTX 1080 and GTX 1060 were both due to get faster RAM modules and now, it looks like board partners are catching up with that, as ASUS has revealed …
Read More »Calyos NSG-S0 Passive Chassis launches on Kickstarter, already 50 percent funded
Back in February, KitGuru has the opportunity to head to Brussels to visit Calyos and take a look at their completely-passive NSG S0 chassis prototype. We were fairly impressed at the time and today, the Kickstarter campaign for the chassis officially kicked off and has already managed to climb 50 percent of …
Read More »Windows 10 Creators Update will start rolling out on 11th of April
We've known for some time that the next major Windows 10 update would be coming in Q2. Microsoft originally announced the Creators Update late last year and now, it looks like the update is ready to go as today, the company confirmed that the update would begin rolling out on …
Read More »Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S8 today, here’s what we know so far
Samsung is all set to officially unveil the Galaxy S8 and S8+ later today but over the last few months, we've seen more than a few leaks. We have images of the phone, internal specs and yesterday, Samsung accidentally leaked the user guide, so we even know what the company …
Read More »Superscreen lets you turn any smartphone into a tablet
Every now and then, a campaign pops-up on Kickstarter that really sets itself apart and gets the internet talking. Superscreen appears to fit into that category perfectly as this week, the smartphone mirroring gadget smashed its $50,000 goal and is now sitting at over $1.1 million pledged at the time of …
Read More »The Calyos NSG S0 is launching on Kickstarter tomorrow
Back in February, Leo and I went to Brussels to visit Calyos and take a look at their completely-passive NSG S0 chassis prototype. Today, Calyos has announced that the finished product will be launching on Kickstarter tomorrow, March 29. According to our information, the early-bird price will be just 479 Euros – …
Read More »Intel’s new Optane Memory aims to bring big boosts to storage performance
Just last week, Intel kicked off its rollout of Optane products, featuring its long in development 3D XPoint technology. It all began with the Optane DX P4800X SSD for data centres but this week, Intel is launching something more consumer-oriented. In April, Intel will begin shipping Optane Memory in 16GB …
Read More »Surface Book 2 and Surface Pro 5 may not appear next month after all
It looks like Microsoft's upcoming Surface Book 2 might take a bit longer than expected. We previously heard rumours that Microsoft might be planning to launch its next-generation laptop at its next event in April but reports this week point towards that not being the case, with reliable sources coming forward …
Read More »Here is what Bioware is fixing in the next Mass Effect Andromeda patch
As fun as I am finding Mass Effect Andromeda at the moment, the game has plenty of shortcomings, some of which include various bugs and in-game issues. Fortunately, Bioware is already working to fix Andromeda's problems, with the next patch focussing on various bugs, performance drops and unintended progression blocks. …
Read More »AMD’s RX Vega will come in 4GB and 8GB HBM2 versions, launch is just around the corner
With the second quarter of 2017 now at our doorstep, it is about time to start counting down the days to AMD's launch of the RX Vega. We've already seen some details through various leaks and demonstrations over the last few months and this week, we learned that the RX …
Read More »Apple may have been working on Augmented Reality glasses for longer than expected
Following on from earlier reports surrounding Apple's plans for augmented reality, new sources have come to light to reveal more about the company's own augmented reality glasses. Apparently, Apple has been working on its one Augmented Reality smart glasses for more than a year already, with plans to possibly unveil …
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