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One of the key moderators of Playpen, an infamous darknet child porn website, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The 47-year-old man from Kentucky will also face lifelong supervision once his prison sentence has ended. As the site's global moderator, he was in charge of deleting content that wasn't …

Western Digital has been making moves in the SSD space for a few months now with the introduction of several models, including WD Blue, Green and Black SSDs all hitting various performance and efficiency targets. However, today Western Digital is ramping things up on the innovation front with the introduction …

If you bought a PC between 2003 and 2008, then chances are your system contained a DVD drive. Now it looks like you may be able to claim back some money on that ancient purchase as a recent class action lawsuit revealed that drive makers like Sony, NEC, Panasonic and …

Update: Just as Bethesda announced last week, Fallout 4's massive 58GB high-resolution texture pack is now available to download on PC. This is set to be a major graphical upgrade for the game but you will need a seriously high-end gaming PC to run it smoothly. You will also need …

Overclockers UK, HTC, XFX, Intel and Next Level Racing, have announced the second round of the VR Racing Series. They want virtual racers from all over the UK to come to OCUK's bespoke events over the next couple of months, to have a virtual try out which could lead to …

While the British government continues to make it easier for law enforcement to view the internet history of its citizens, the U.S. House of Representatives is looking to make it more difficult. The House has passed a motion that if it makes it through the Senate, would require police to …

It looks like Intel may be anticipating AMD's Ryzen launch as much as the rest of us as the company is said to be already preparing a shake up of its Kaby Lake line. According to reports this week, Intel is currently planning a new Core i7 and a new …

It looks like AMD has a bone to pick with LG, Vizio, MediaTek and Sigma Designs as the chip maker has filed a lawsuit recently, requesting bans on products sold by these companies due to patent infringements. In its legal complaint, AMD has requested that the US International Trade Commission …

Late last year, Netflix finally gave subscribers something they had been wanting for years- the ability to download movies and shows for offline viewing. Unfortunately, it hasn't taken long for patent trolls to start gunning at Netflix over this new feature as this week, ‘Blackbird Technologies' filed a lawsuit against …

In the aftermath of the massive recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone over issues with its batteries, South Korea has announced new rules to safeguard against such a problem in the future. Safety requirements and new regular inspections of manufacturing facilities will come into play in the near …

Another wicked looking chassis release from relative unknown Game Max

It looks like people are starting to get their hands on close to if not completely finished Ryzen processors as third-party benchmark numbers are now starting to leak. We have previously seen some benchmark leaks for engineering samples of Ryzen and we have seen a few cherry picked performance examples …

Last year, the FBI and Apple were embroiled in a legal battle over encryption after Apple refused to unlock an iPhone 5C at the center of an investigation. After it became clear that Apple wasn't going to budge, the FBI hired a firm known as Cellebrite to develop a tool …

Earlier this week, LG's UltraFine 5K monitors finally began shipping out to Apple customers but unfortunately, buyers of the $1300 monitor quickly discovered some major problems. The main issue was that the display would flicker or become completely unresponsive when placed within a two meter distance of a wireless router, LG previously …

Possibly one of the most impactful online piracy cases ever began in earnest this week, with the legal representatives of alleged owner of KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin, facing off against the U.S. government over four federal indictments. His lead lawyer, Ira Rothken, best known for defending Kim Dotcom, argued that torrents …

ASUS has been named as one of three hardware companies currently under investigation by the European Commission for potential anti-competitive practices. It is looking into whether ASUS, Denon and Marantz and Philips and Pioneer, restricted the pricing options of online retailers, forcing the cost of consumer electronics and other items, to …

Nvidia has been known to offer some decent game bundles with its graphics cards from time to time. However, often those promotional game keys can end up for sale somewhere like eBay or G2A. Nvidia is well aware of this, which is why going forward, the company will be tying promotional …

This is one of those weeks where the rumour mill can't quite make up its mind. Following on from reports just a few days ago claiming that AMD would not be releasing any six core Ryzen processors, a bunch of sources have come out to say the exact opposite. In …

A punter bought a limited edition Chroma mug for £1,220 on ebay. Seriously!

Update (02/02/17): Following on from our initial report on the new security vulnerabilities found in Netgear routers, the company got in touch with us to provide a fresh statement on the matter and clear a few things up. Recently, two new vulnerabilities were made public by security researcher TrustWave, making …

PornHub is looking to combat the idea that pornography harms the minds of the impressionable, by offering an educational resource of its own. Launched as a small, sub-site within the main Pornhub domain, the Sexual Wellness Center is filling up with articles, videos and Q&A resources, all in the aid …

Last night, AMD held its quarterly earnings report, during which CEO Lisa Su revealed a few details about launch plans for the first half of 2017. Firstly, she confirmed to investors that the first Ryzen desktop processor will be launching in early March as previously thought, but secondly, we also …

AMD has confirmed that it will be launching its new-generation CPUs, called Ryzen, in early March this year, giving us our first real concrete launch date for the technology. We were previously told to expect the new chips in the first quarter of this year, but now we know for …

We have heard a few times that Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata would like to see the game running on PCs at some point after the console release. However, we had no idea how much ambition he had for a high-end PC version. It turns out that if green-lit, Final Fantasy …

We like to give away a lot of free games and hardware here at KitGuru, but we aren't the only ones. Our pals at be quiet! regularly run tasty competitions for those needing a new PSU and today is no different. With the re-launch of its new Pure Power 10 …

Following on from our previous articles about fan configuration and static pressure vs airflow fans, today we are looking at thermal paste. Specifically, we are hoping to find out whether or not choosing different types of thermal paste actually makes any difference. To do this, we test 7 products from 6 …

SpeedLink are continuing to focus on gaming peripherals with their new Quinox gamepad. Priced at around the £50 mark, the Quinox features several extra buttons when compared with a traditional gamepad (like an Xbox 360 controller), as well as a OLED display which lets you tweak things on-the-fly. Could it be an option …

A lot of gamers now use dedicated gaming headsets to communicate with friends while playing. However, many audiophiles are simply not happy with the audio quality of a typical gaming headset, and would rather use a pair of headphones. That solution, however, means gamers still need a mic – and …

More people must be contemplating going pro in gaming, because there is an increasing number of monitors arriving to cater for their serious intentions. Latest to grace our testing desk is the ZOWIE XL2730 from BenQ. This is a 27in screen with 2,560 x 1,440 resolution, 1ms response and 144Hz …

The Germans have gone budget. be quiet! has launched its new Pure Base 600 case as an entry-level model that sits below the Silent Base and Dark Base cases we saw in 2016 and 2017. As you will see in our video, our initial impressions were a bit … glum. …