As much as there are many advantages of using a massive cloud infrastructure for your website, when that service crashes, it can take a lot of the internet with it. Take yesterday's downing of Amazon's S3 cloud service, which pulled down a lot of popular websites and services. Ironically enough, …
Read More »Nvidia announces GTX 1080 Ti: Faster than a Titan X, $699
Nvidia has launched the long-rumoured GTX 1080 Ti - $699 and faster than a Titan X.
Read More »Middle Earth: Shadow of War is an ‘Xbox Play Anywhere’ title, PC requirements confirmed
Yesterday we received the official announcement for Middle Earth: Shadow of War, a sequel to the highly rated 2014 game, Shadow of Mordor. We have already had an awesome looking trailer and confirmation of an August release date but now, we have a few more details about the game, including …
Read More »Studio Wildcard to pay modders $4,000 a month to complete their mods
If you've ever wanted to invest more time in a modification but can't afford to because of work commitments, Studio Wildcard wants to help. Moving forward, it will select 15 modders a month to give $4,000 (£3,220) to, to help them complete their mods, with the potential that they become …
Read More »Boston Dynamics’ wheeled robot shows the revolution may not be bipedal
Boston Dynamics has for years been helping us towards the eventual robot revolution that will see us turned into slaves, or batteries – whatever our new magnanimous overlords decide. But its bipedal, walking robots aren't the only kind we'll have to bow to in the centuries to come. Boston's latest …
Read More »Kingston’s 2TB USB drive is ready to ship if you can afford it
Back at CES in January, Kingston first revealed its brand new DataTraveler Ultimate GT USB drives, packing a massive 2TB of storage into a well-built thumb drive. Now after a couple of months of finalising details, Kingston is finally ready to start shipping the world's highest capacity USB drive, though …
Read More »Reminder: Nvidia to announce the GTX 1080Ti tomorrow
Last week, Nvidia announced that it would be holding a livestreamed ‘Ultimate GeForce' event on the 28th of February. The announcement was accompanied by a countdown timer, leading us to tomorrow evening but on further investigation, we found multiple references to the GTX 1080Ti on the countdown's source code, alongside some …
Read More »22% of KitGuru readers would spend more than £500 on a graphics card
How much would you spend on a graphics card? More than £500? KitGuru readers would agree.
Read More »Calyos may also produce stand-alone loop heat pipe coolers
Recently KitGuru took a trip to visit Calyos, the Belgian cooling company. We've already reported how their technology works, while we also took a look at the upcoming NSG-S0 chassis. However, it seems that Calyos are thinking about debuting some stand-alone CPU/GPU coolers which use loop heat pipes. Calyos' main …
Read More »KitGuru looks at the Calyos NSG-S0 (Fanless Chassis)
A passively cooled PC - the dream of many people, especially if you can use some high end components.
Read More »Dr. Delid aims to make delidding your processor a much easier task
Prior to Intel's Core i7 7700K launch, there was some concern surrounding the TIM used underneath the CPU heatspreader as early reports had shown the Kaby Lake chip running very hot out of the box. Delidding and replacing the TIM seemed to improve things by quite a lot. However, delidding …
Read More »ZeniMax files injunction against Oculus, could heavily impact Rift and GearVR
A couple of weeks ago, ZeniMax was awarded $500 million in its lawsuit against Oculus VR after a jury found that Palmer Luckey and others had violated an NDA agreement by showing a prototype version of Doom 3 running on an early Oculus Rift prototype. This wasn't the exact outcome …
Read More »AMD’s Ryzen 5 Six Core CPUs said to be coming in Q2
This week, AMD officially announced pricing for its high-end Ryzen 7 processors, with three different SKUs set to roll out starting at £319.99 and going up to £489.99 all set to disrupt Intel's Core i7 lineup. However, not everyone has £300+ to spend on processors, so quite a few are …
Read More »European Hardware Association research shows declining interest in VR
This week, the European Hardware Association presented its 2017 buying trends research report, giving us a hint at what Europeans are most interested in tech-wise in 2017. While there has been growth and plenty of buyer intent as far as CPUs and GPUs go, it looks like interest in virtual …
Read More »First gameplay footage of Ark Park shows Jurassic World roots, dino interaction
The first in-game footage of Snail Games' Ark Park, the educational dinosaur VR title that makes use of ARK: Survival Evolved assets, shows just how detailed and interactive the safari park can be. Players start out in a holographic visitor centre reminiscent of Jurassic World, before heading off into the …
Read More »Digital Economy Bill to guarantee 30Mbps download speeds by 2020
An amendment to the currently under debate, Digital Economy Bill, has made it so that by 2020 service providers in the UK will need to deliver a minimum of 30Mbps download speeds to customers. This represents a large increase from the original proposition of just 10Mbps downspeeds. The Digital Economy …
Read More »KitGuru @ AMD event: Ryzen CPUs set to hit Intel pricing hard
Kitguru has the pricing, we have had a hands on. Is 2017 THE COMEBACK OF AMD?
Read More »Ryzen UK pricing confirmed, pre-orders go live at 6PM
Today has been a big day for AMD, not only is Ryzen confirmed to begin shipping on the 2nd of March but pre-orders are set to go live later today and pricing appears to be very competitive against Intel's high-end i7 CPUs. While we only got confirmation of US pricing …
Read More »Nvidia will be announcing the GTX 1080Ti in six days
It looks like Nvidia is planning a GTX 1080Ti reveal for GDC after all. Last week we learned that Nvidia was planning on holding a ‘fan event' on the 28th of February but we were unsure whether or not there would be a livestream, calling into question the likelihood of …
Read More »Twitch streamer dies after 22 hours straight gaming
Although gaming isn't as harmful for you as the tabloids would suggest, marathon sessions do seem to have some potential for health concerns. In the case of one Twitch streamer, fatally so, as 22 hours into a 25 hour gaming marathon, he died from what are currently considered unknown causes. …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 1700x benchmark leak shows strong performance against Intel
With the Ryzen launch now imminent, we are starting to see more and more leaks. We have had quite a bit of early information over the last few weeks, from pricing information to retail packaging and new stock coolers. However, today, something a bit more juicy appeared on the web- …
Read More »Bill Gates proposes a tax on the robots set to take over human jobs
The robot revolution isn't quite here yet but it looks like Bill Gates is thinking ahead by proposing a ‘robot tax' to offset the job losses that will occur as machines start carrying out more tasks and replacing humans. The idea seems to be, since we tax human workers on their …
Read More »NETGEAR competition: five prizes, five winners
We like to give back to our readers as much as possible here at KitGuru, so this week we are teaming up with NETGEAR to give away five prizes, giving you guys five chances to win something and upgrade your networking gear! Here is the full prize list: 2x Nighthawk …
Read More »Manga impacted differently by piracy, depending on whether it’s finished
Completed manga comic series fare far better with piracy than those series which are ongoing, according to a new study. Research suggests that manga readers will more readily pirate content if a series is still ongoing, but if it's completed, they might not know it existed without a pirated version. The relationship …
Read More »Nintendo Switch boxes are beautiful, but have a lot of wasted space
Taking advantage of the fact that the cartridges for the Nintendo Switch are some of the smallest of any console to date, Nintendo has printed some beautiful artwork inside the cases. However, it does seem like rather a lot of plastic for something that occupies barely one per cent of …
Read More »KitGuru poll shows overwhelming public support for AMD Ryzen
Ryzen – its been impossible to avoid and its clearly one of AMD's most important hardware releases within the last decade. Leaks, slides, pre release benchmarks and expected pricing have all hit the internet but there is no doubt that AMD are driving forward to put the hurt on Intel …
Read More »Microsoft reportedly scraps Hololens 2 in favour of skipping to Gen 3
Microsoft first revealed its Hololens augmented reality headset around two years ago during the build-up to Windows 10 and since then, most of us have been waiting on some form of upgraded version. Now, it seems that while a second gen Hololens was in the works, Microsoft may be scrapping its development …
Read More »We are hiring another reviewer for our YouTube channel!
Ever wanted to be a tech reviewer? Well, if you happen to be good on camera then we would like to give you that opportunity! Right now, we are looking to bring a fresh face on board to help us expand our YouTube channel. You would need to be comfortable …
Read More »SpaceX completes second launch-pad booster landing
SpaceX has followed up its successful launch and return of a Falcon 9 rocket earlier this year, with another, though this time the booster touched down at SpaceX's Landing Zone One, having taken off from the iconic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Doubly successful, the mission's main payload, a Dragon capsule full …
Read More »Kim Dotcom may still be extradited, but not for copyright infringement
Kim Dotcom's long-running appeal of his originally long-running extradition trial in New Zealand, has come to a close. Despite the courts agreeing that he didn't commit copyright infringement, it ruled he could be extradited anyway, based on more general fraud charges. Dotcom's legal team has now announced that it plans …
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