There are a lot of problems associated with drone delivery, from safe landings and take offs, to the family dog attacking it. But a new patent filed by Amazon suggests that dropping parcels by parachute could be a way to alleviate most of the issues and maybe even ditch the …
Read More »Gabe Newell and Valve talk 200Hz VR screens, next-gen headsets and more
Valve CEO Gabe Newell and members of the company's virtual reality developmental team sat down recently with the Valve News Network to talk about what it's been working on lately and what we can expect in the future. During it they discussed the idea of content before price cuts, newer, …
Read More »Asus was the top gaming laptop seller in 2016, closely followed by MSI
Similarly to how ASUS has risen to the top of the gaming monitor market, the company has also found itself at the top of the ladder when it comes to gaming laptops. This week, sales figures for gaming laptops throughout 2016 were published, showing growing demand and singling out Asus …
Read More »Nvidia and AMD release new GPU drivers for upcoming games
February is a pretty good month for PC gaming. For Honor and Sniper Elite 4 both launched today and Halo Wars 2 is coming early next week. However, game launches also bring along new graphics card drivers, with AMD and Nvidia both dropping new drivers today with support for upcoming …
Read More »This month’s Humble Bundle is all about benchmarking
The Humble Bundle is often a great place to get some deals on games and support charity. However, recently, there have been more and more ‘software' bundles coming and this month's focusses on PC benchmarking. If you have ever wanted to put your rig through its paces or see how …
Read More »Chelsea manning welcome home fund nears $80,000
A GoFundMe page set up to help whistleblower Chelsea Manning get back on her feet after leaving prison has received more than $80,000 in donations in just six days. With a $100,000 goal in mind, it seems likely to be met and will be handed over in its entirety to …
Read More »Disney, Maker Studios dropped Pewdiepie over ‘offensive’ jokes
Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg, by far the most subscribed Youtuber in the world, has lost the backing of the Disney owned Maker Studios, over what has been termed offensive jokes in some of his recent videos. In a trial of the service platform, Fiverr, he paid to have a pair of …
Read More »AMD’s full Ryzen lineup reportedly leaked, quad-cores start at $129
Late last week, we got our first pricing leak for AMD's Ryzen 7 processors, which are set to be the high-end 8 Core/16 Thread SKUs sitting at various clock speeds and price points. Since then, it appears the rest of AMD's six core and quad core Ryzen CPU lineup has …
Read More »Razer Blade 14 updated with Kaby Lake and GTX 10-series graphics
The Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop has won plenty of awards over the years for its sleek design and high performance. Now this year, it looks like the laptop is getting a performance bump with a move up to Intel Kaby Lake processors, GTX 10-series graphics and new 4K display …
Read More »Apple to suspend sales of LG 5K monitor over hardware issues
Late last month, LG’s UltraFine 5K monitors finally began shipping out to Apple customers but unfortunately, buyers of the $1300 monitor quickly discovered that the monitor didn't work as well as it should, particularly when in the same room as a wireless router. LG has since said that it is going …
Read More »Gears of War 4 install has ballooned to 100GB+
Microsoft really wants you guys to buy bigger SSDs. Or at least that's what it seems, as the install size of its Gears of War 4 is just going up and up. Already a big install at around the 80GB mark when it was released, the game has since ballooned …
Read More »Journalists who report leaked information could be jailed under amended act
The British government has announced plans to criminalise the practice of reporting on leaked documents, in an update of the Espionage Act. The move, which could see journalists jailed for as much as 14 years, is being called a campaign against whistleblowing, by detractors. Over the past few years, as surveillance …
Read More »Steam Greenlight is going away for good, will be replaced by Steam Direct
Steam Greenlight started off as a noble idea to help smaller developers get their games onto Steam by riling up community interest. Unfortunately, the service was quickly taken advantage of and led to more than a few awful games landing on Steam's front page. As a result, Steam Greenlight will be …
Read More »Intel confirms 8th-generation CPUs will stick to 14nm node
In a somewhat confusing move, this week Intel confirmed that its next 8th generation Core processors would remain on the 14nm node, despite previously saying that it would have 10nm ready to go later this year. Speaking at its annual investor day in California, Intel spoke about its plans for …
Read More »Retailers appear to be leaking AMD’s Ryzen pricing
At this point, we know quite a lot about AMD's upcoming Ryzen processors but one very important detail has remained missing for some time- pricing. How much are AMD's new CPUs actually going to cost? There has been a lot of talk about the top end Ryzen chip competing with …
Read More »EVGA launches new ICX technology for GTX 10-series graphics cards
EVGA this week has launched its all new ICX technology, which will serve as an upgrade to its ACX graphics card cooler. ICX makes use of additional sensors on the graphics card PCB and a newly designed diecast baseplate and backplate with directed airflow chambers to give users more ways …
Read More »Cooler Master is offering AM4 upgrade kits
A few weeks back, we learned that a few CPU cooler makers were preparing to offer up AM4 upgrade kits to ensure compatibility for AMD's upcoming Ryzen processors. Since then, a few cooler makers have confirmed compatibility via upgrade kits, including Phanteks and Noctua but this week, Cooler Master is …
Read More »Activision admits Infinite Warfare ‘didn’t resonate’, will return Call of Duty to its roots
Call of Duty has hit a rough patch over the last few years, sales have been declining as players began getting sick of the franchise's on-going futuristic themes. It seems that Infinite Warfare's jump to full-blown Sci-Fi was a step too far, resulting in a low point for the series …
Read More »Valve has three full VR games in development, compares new strategy to Nintendo
Valve appears to be opening up quite a bit this year. Last month, Gabe Newell held an impromptu AMA on Reddit and now just a few weeks later, Valve has held a long three-hour press briefing at its offices, giving people plenty of time to ask questions and figure out …
Read More »Castlevania TV show to be made in style of Game of Thrones
Castlevania is coming to TV screens around the world and it's going to have a gritty (maybe even sexy) Game of Thrones vibe, according to series producer Adi Shankar. The Netflix exclusive animation will be based on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and there are already two seasons booked and funded. Video …
Read More »xHamster porn site protests with sex education promotion
It turns out PornHub isn't the only porn website helping to encourage sex education to U.S. citizens. Fellow nude-tube video site, xHamster has responded to the Utah state's rejection of opt-in, evidence-based, sexual education, by rerouting Utah visitors to its site, to its “The Box” series of sexual education videos on Youtube. …
Read More »Intel makes $7 billion investment as it preps Fab 42 for 7nm production
This week, Intel has announced its plans to invest $7 billion into its Fab 42 semiconductor factory in the US as it gears up to start working on 7 nanometer technology. Work first began on the Fab 42 factory back in 2011 but construction was paused in 2014. However, with …
Read More »AMD won’t be releasing Windows 7 drivers for Ryzen
If you are planning on upgrading to AMD's new Ryzen processors next month, then you may want to make sure that you are willing to make the jump from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as AMD has confirmed this week that it won't be shipping Ryzen drivers for the ageing …
Read More »MSI prepares to launch camouflage battle gear
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Read More »MacOS trojans are becoming more common place, new Word file exploit discovered
A new piece of malware that specifically targets Mac operating systems has been discovered. Found in an infected Word file, when launched on a MacOS machine, the file automatically triggers a macro which can download an encrypted payload and begin running it on the user's system. Anyone who's been interested …
Read More »Wikipedia bars Daily Mail as citation source
After deeming the Daily Mail as “unreliable,” Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the publication as a source for the online encyclopaedia. This isn't something Wikipedia often engages in, and it still cites a number of often considered biased publications, like Fox News and Russia Today. “The Daily Mail’s reputation …
Read More »Corsair teases the Corsair One, fully assembled system housed in a unique case
Corsair is diving deeper into the world of pre-built PCs this year. Previously we have seen the company experiment with barebones kits like the Bulldog but this year there is going to be something a little different- the Corsair One. This is a fully assembled system all housed inside of …
Read More »Tim Sweeney’s anti-Microsoft crusade is still going, claims Windows is ransomware
Over the last year or so, Tim Sweeney has been incredibly vocal about his distaste for Microsoft and some of the company's new Windows 10 initiatives. At first, he took issue with the Universal Windows Platform and went as far as to claim that Microsoft wants to try and kill Steam …
Read More »Valve has patched yesterday’s alarming Steam XSS exploit
Update: Last night, a warning was sent out regarding a Steam XSS bug. This was a fairly alarming security flaw that could use Steam Community profile pages to inject malicious code and essentially hijack your account with access to comments, the Steam marketplace, your Steam inventory and more. Fortunately, once Valve …
Read More »Coolest tech in 2017? Tell us what you think and win a 480GB SSD!
[CLOSED] After a dry spell, 2017 is promising a ton of new launches – from Ryzen and Kaby Lake to Volta, Vega and even X299. We'd love to know what you think about the products that interest you most. If you can spare us 5 minutes for a quick survey, …
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