Last year, Cybenetics came out of the woodwork to announce plans to implement a more accurate efficiency and noise rating certification for power supplies on the market, challenging the traditional 80PLUS ratings we are used to. This is achieved through two certification programs: ETA (efficiency) and LAMBDA (noise). Now this …
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Today Dean Shaw gives us a run down of the upcoming ThunderX3 Gaming Desks - with more RGB tricks aplenty.
Read More »Apple reportedly cuts Q1 iPhone X production in half
Update (30/01/18): Following on from yesterday's report surrounding cut backs in iPhone X production, Japanese manufacturer, Murata, has spoken out. According to the component supplier, which helps provide parts for the iPhone X, the initial report that production had been cut by 50 percent was ‘overstated'. Speaking with Reuters, Yoshitaka …
Read More »Valve attempts second appeal over $3 million fine for violating Australian consumer laws
Way back in August 2014, prior to Steam's refund system coming into place, the Australian Consumer Rights Commission began investigating Valve over its Steam consumer policies. It took a few years, but eventually the ACCC convinced an Australian court to fine Valve $3 million for violating Australia's consumer laws surrounding …
Read More »Epic Games will be shutting down Paragon in April
Over the last several years, we have seen many MOBA competitors come and go. While usually it is the sheer popularity of League of Legends, Dota 2 or Smite causing developers to throw in the towel, for Epic Games things are a bit different. Paragon has indeed struggled to hit …
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The Samsung 860 Pro uses 64-layer MLC V-NAND and has an endurance rating that eclipses the previous generation 850 PRO's life expectancy.
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Read More »Overwatch director comments on toxicity and hero balancing
In a regular developer update, Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has addressed a number of popularly talked about topics in the game’s community. This touches on toxicity and how the team is currently handling it, as well as the state of hero balancing, particularly in the way of Mercy. Blizzard and …
Read More »Intel set to release new processors immune to Meltdown & Spectre later this year
Intel revealed record fourth-quarter revenues during its earnings call last night, but is keen not to lose this profitability to recent security concerns. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has since reassured investors that Intel already has a solution to its Meltdown and Spectre issues with a line of upcoming processors set …
Read More »iOS 11.3 prompts rumours of iPad with Face ID, gives users the ability to turn off throttling
iOS 11.3 has hit beta and with it, its data has been scoured to reveal the prospect of an updated iPad with Face ID technology. Despite not being present in the current beta, Apple has also confirmed that iOS 11.3 will include the option to turn off its controversial throttling. …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege to introduce Outbreak Pack loot boxes locked behind paywall
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced the upcoming changes to its retail offerings, including the Standard Edition being replaced by the more expensive and ever-so-slightly more robust Advanced Edition. Included within the announcement are details of Outbreak Packs, Siege’s event counterpart of its Alpha Packs but instead of being earned in-game, these loot …
Read More »Two-factor authentication has made its way to Reddit
Reddit has been testing its two-factor authentication (2FA) for months now, attempting to add another layer of security to protect its users’ data. The popular discussion website has worked alongside its users as well as moderators and third-party app developers to ensure Reddit’s new layer of security is up to …
Read More »The latest Google Chrome update will let you mute sites permanently
We've all come across those sites that load up and begin auto-playing a video at some obnoxiously loud volume. Over time, Google has been trying to tackle this with various Chrome updates. We already had the ability to mute tabs, but now Google will be giving Chrome users the ability …
Read More »Twitch wins $1.37 million in lawsuit against view bot services
Back in 2016, Twitch began to seriously crack down on view botting services by launching a lawsuit against seven view bot creators. View bots are often used to artificially inflate view numbers and follower counts for streamers and as you would expect, the use of view bots is against the …
Read More »ASUS ROG Fusion 500 Headset Review
It's a new, high-end headset from ROG packed with features. Is it worth £159.95?
Read More »Anthem might not release until 2019
At E3 last year, EA proudly brought Bioware out on stage to talk about the studio's brand new IP- Anthem. At the time, Anthem was shown with a good chunk of gameplay and announced with a Fall 2018 release date. However, it seems that the studio may be struggling to …
Read More »Gamerstorm Baronkase Liquid – ships with AIO cooler!
Bargain of the year? or a badly made case shipping with a load of extras? We spill the beans
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Read More »DICE is revamping Battlefront II’s progression system but we won’t see it for a while
It has been two months since EA and DICE launched Star Wars Battlefront II and during that time, the publisher and developers have been very quiet on the subject. Microtransactions have remained switched off but issues with the progression system still remain. Now this week, we finally got an update, …
Read More »The Galaxy S9 will officially launch on the 25th of February
There has been plenty of Samsung Galaxy S9 news over the last couple of weeks. At CES two weeks ago, Samsung's head confirmed that the smartphone would be launching at MWC and since then, we've had a spec leak, and another leak detailing the release timetable. Now, Samsung has started …
Read More »It looks like loot boxes are here to stay in 2018
If you think loot boxes are so 2017, it seems that you’d be wrong as it looks like the practice isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. For the past three years, more than 4,500 developers who have attended the Game Developers Conference have expressed their intention of implementing “paid item crates,” …
Read More »AMD Threadripper Adobe Premiere Performance Tested
We love Threadripper - but how does it fare in Adobe Premiere with different graphics cards?
Read More »Two Graphics Industry veterans join AMD to lead Radeon Technologies Group
AMD has filled Raja Koduri's shoes with two industry veterans, Mike Rayfield and David Wang, who will now lead the Radeon Technologies Group.
Read More »Apple releases Meltdown patch for macOS El Capitan and High Sierra
As soon as the Spectre and Meltdown CPU bugs became public knowledge, OS makers began kicking patch development into overdrive in an effort to plug the security holes as quickly as possible. Windows 10 is already patched, several versions of Linux are patched but Apple has been lagging behind a …
Read More »Qualcomm hit with €997 million for EU antitrust law violations in exclusivity deal with Apple
Qualcomm has had a rough year when it comes to antitrust claims and government investigations. Not only is the chip maker being sued by Apple and investigated by the FTC over in the US, but the European Commission had also launched its own anti-competition probe into Qualcomm. Now today, the …
Read More »A new PS4 hack enables PS2 backwards compatibility, Linux installations and piracy
Back when the PS4 and Xbox One were announced as x86 consoles, the internet became rife with speculation over potential hacks and swifter emulation. So far, not much has surfaced on that front, but this week console modders did manage to put a dent in the PS4's armor, paving the …
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A power supply specifically designed with the mining community in mind, and its competitively priced too.
Read More »Reader Review: Corsair K55 RGB keyboard, Harpoon gaming mouse, MM300 mouse mat and HS50 gaming headset!
Throughout December and early January, we ran a series of giveaways for our readers. There was only one catch- we wanted winners to get back to us with their thoughts on the prizes they won. So far, we’ve had quite a few winners get back to us and today, I …
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Patriot has kept its build as premium as possible with Omron switches, a Sonix MCU, and an Avago ADNS9800 laser sensor
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