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On the third of June, sources reported that Facebook had given around 60 firms access to user data on the service. Three days later, it has been discovered that some of the firms involved were Chinese, including one deemed a national security threat by the US. After some more digging, …

It seems that sheer numbers is AMD’s thing this year, following the reveal of its 32-core Threadripper 2 CPU with a prototype Radeon Vega GPU with 32GB of VRAM. The brand new chip is the result of AMD’s brand new die shrinking process, resulting in the company ushering in the …

AMD held its Computex 2018 presentation earlier today and after much talk about the success of Ryzen so far, we got some very interesting news regarding 2nd Gen Threadripper. Mere hours after Intel's 28-core CPU tease, AMD unveiled its plans for new Threadripper chips, which will bump things up to …

As usual, when we went to see Gigabyte at Computex 2018, the company had taken over the entire 36th floor of the Taipei 101 tower. Our man Leo gave them a visit and look us round for a video tour of everything going on. As you can tell, there were …

It’s the 40th anniversary of the Intel 8086 and the x86 architecture and Intel are going large to celebrate. This week at Computex Intel announced the limited edition i7-8086K processor, as an homage to the original Intel 8086 which was originally released in 1978. The 8086 was the basis on …

Closing out its Computex announcements, AMD revealed that its 7nm Zen 2 chips are on track, with its silicon in labs ahead of 2019 launch.

It's a £40 mouse from British manufacturer Ninox - is it worth the money?

It's the first day of Computex and it looks like G.Skill is already breaking world records, achieving a staggering 5543MHz on DDR4 memory.

If you have used a Razer keyboard over the last few years, you may have noticed that the company does not use Cherry MX switches or any other third party brand. Instead, Razer actually manufacturers its own switches specifically for gaming, and today the company has announced these Razer switches …

On the eve of Computex, our team over in Taiwan managed to sneak in a visit to Aerocool's giant suite at the W Hotel. Here, they got a look at a range of current and upcoming products, including RGB power supplies, new cases, RGB fans and some peripherals. While there …

At the start of May, Google announced at their I/O 2018 keynote that ChromeOS would be getting support for Linux apps. Until now, only the Pixelbook had this functionality but today Google added Linux app support to the Samsung Chromebook Plus. The lack of support for Linux apps is due …

Today at Computex we had the chance to swing by the MSI booth to catch up with their latest announcements. We've already seen two new ‘thin and light' gaming notebooks announced, but today we also had the chance to check out a brand new X399 prototype motherboard and two new …

ASUS has been an established mainboard vendor since the 90s, eventually offering tough competition in a variety of markets since, from graphics cards to routers to peripherals. Naturally, the next step for the company is to re-enter the power supply market after a lengthy break, as ASUS introduces its aptly …

Over the last decade, there has been a big push towards PC modding with new and impressive builds being created and shown off all year round. This year at Computex, Thermaltake is hoping to inspire some radical new ideas by showcasing a slew of modded builds at their booth. The …

The Sapphire booth sits high above the main floor in the Nangang Exhibition Centre, which is the hub of Computex 2018. Alongside a full selection of graphics cards and driving simulations were some funky designs that definitely drew the eye. To find out more, we caught up with Dan Forster …

It's the latest flagship from Honor, and it aims to offer unbeatable value for money

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At Computex yesterday we had the chance to catch up with Thermaltake and check out what they have coming up this year. To our surprise, we were greeted with a new Level 20 chassis, a new ‘View 91' chassis and a few other bits! Andrzej caught up with Leo Wang, …

Today at Computex 2018, MSI has launched its latest round of gaming laptops, focussed on trimming the fat and making its laptops thinner and lighter than ever before. The GF63 and PS42 laptops kick off this new initiative, switching to near edge-to-edge displays and a thinner form factor while retaining …

Wrapping up the ROG event at Computex yesterday was the launch of two new Strix laptops, the Scar 2 and Hero 2. The former targets FPS gamers while the latter targets MOBA enthusiasts. The Strix Scar 2 comes with highlighted keys for WASD keys while the Hero 2 comes with …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has become quite the big spender since taking over from Steve Ballmer in 2014, completing his second largest purchase today. Setting the company back $7.5 billion, Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub will bolster the company’s hosting services when the deal closes later in the year. If you …

In the aptly named Mega Room on the 8th floor of the W Hotel in Central Taipei, the European Hardware Awards 2018 became our largest event to date, by some margin. With almost 200 of the industry’s most important people in the room, the EHA presented not only the EHA …

Want to buy a new MSI laptop but aren't sure which one? We take you through three different models

Corsair has unveiled a host of new products ahead of Computex, bolstering its line of SF Series 80 Plus Platinum and Vengeance Series 80 Plus Silver power supplies. The fun doesn’t stop there, either, as the company injects more RGB into its Crystal Series 280X RGB MATX Case. Coming in …

Today, ASUS is launching its first ROG Gaming Phone, featuring a very slim design, metal construction, a 90Hz AMOLED HDR screen, the world's fastest Snapdragon 845 chips and 500GB of storage. It also packs in some very innovative features for desktop connectivity and dual-screen usage!

Facebook integration has been a thing for quite some time, with the social media firm giving companies access to its users’ data via built-in address books, like systems and log-in features. While this sounds relatively harmless, Facebook has now been caught giving Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Blackberry and at least 56 …

We're diving straight into our Computex 2018 coverage with plenty of announcements from ASUS. Today at the booth, we had the chance to check out the all-new TUF Gaming line-up, featuring the new M5 mouse, K5 keyboard, H5 headset and the new GT501 chassis. There will also be complete TUF …

Ahead of its Computex showcase, ASUS has unveiled a trio of new monitors designed to tackle the gaming and professional markets. Introducing the CG32 4K console gaming monitor, VG49V “super-ultra-wide” gaming monitor and ProArt PA34V ultra-wide professional monitor. ASUS CG32UQ 4K The 31.5-inch CG32 UHD monitor is ASUS’ answer to …

Evolve suffered a turbulent first year in 2015, eventually transitioning into a free-to-play model with ‘Evolve Stage 2’ the following year. Just like developer Turtle Rock abandoned the title soon after the switch, publisher 2K Games is also walking away, turning off its dedicated servers in September. Presumably in its …

It ticks all the boxes for a gaming keyboard - but how does it stack up against the competition?