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It’s safe to say that EA and DICE have had a rough time with Star Wars Battlefront II after it was revealed that the title was ridden with pay-to-win loot crates. While its AMA did little to quell these concerns, DICE has gone one step further, temporarily removing all microtransactions …

We are still a while off from 5G networks being rolled out in the UK but so far, speed tests seem to be quite promising. This week, EE demonstrated its first fully-functioning end-to-end 5G network test. During the test, EE managed to achieve download speeds of 2.8 Gbps. EE partnered …

Over the last year, the idea of ‘fake news' has become a hot button issue on social media, with politicians calling for the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google to combat the spreading of false information. Now Facebook is stepping up to the plate with ‘trust indicators', intended to identify …

The successor to the legendary HD 650, is the HD 660 S a worthy follow-up?

This has not been a great week for the folks over at DICE. Star Wars Battlefront II has been dragged through the mud online due to its controversial monetisation and progression system. As a result, some folks from EA and DICE organized a Battlefront II AMA on Reddit last night, …

  The price of DRAM has been rising since early this year due to supply falling short of demand, and while we have been prepared for this continue on until 2018, we now have a better look into just how much. Unfortunately for PC buyers, this could range as high …

Firefox Quantum arrived yesterday, touting improved speed and lower RAM usage when compared to Chrome. Despite the competition between Mozilla and Google, it seems that another thing Firefox Quantum boasts is Google’s search engine by default. For anyone that has been using Firefox since 2014, this is surprising as Mozilla …

Back in August, when Microsoft first began rolling out its wave of Windows 10 Mixed Reality headsets, the company confirmed that it would be working to enable SteamVR support. With SteamVR enabled, these headsets will get access to a broad range of games and apps currently available to HTC VIVE …

Last night, we learned that an engineering app left on some OnePlus smartphones could contain a security flaw. Specifically, the EngineerMode app could unlock the Android bootloader and gain root-level access. There were concerns that this could be used as a ‘backdoor' in cyber attacks, so OnePlus has responded to …

Intel seems to be moving fast, with the Z390 chipset and Coffee Lake-S breaking cover this week thanks to a new leak.

The AOC AG271UG, is a 27-inch, 4K gaming monitor that has an IPS LCD panel and includes G-Sync technology.

Hot on the heels of this week's new operator leak, Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Siege will be having a free weekend. Starting from tomorrow, you will be able to download Rainbow Six Siege for free on PC, Xbox One or PS4 and have full access. The free weekend …

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The PUBG 1.0 update went live on test servers last night, giving us our first chance to try out vaulting and climbing. While that was the major change featured in testing, dataminers had a chance to comb through the update and uncover a few things. This includes a better look …

Over the last year, we have seen plenty of price hikes in the tech world. A DRAM and NAND shortage has caused SSD and RAM prices to jump, but it looks like silicon prices are also set to rise over the next few years, which will have further reaching effects …

This week, Mozilla finally began rolling out its ‘Quantum Browser' update for Firefox. Starting with Firefox 57, the browser will come with a slew of new algorithms baked in to make itself twice as fast as previous versions from earlier this year. It also uses less memory than competing browsers …

Riotoro is a company founded by ex Corsair and Nvidia staff. Do they know what they are doing?

Blizzard is looking to give StarCraft 2's multiplayer a resurgence this year. At Blizzcon earlier this month, the publisher announced that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty would be turning into a free to play game. This comes into effect starting today, meaning you can play through the entire Wings of …

Its currently less than £50 in the UK, and its actually a lot better than you might think.

Back in May, we learned that Google would be teaming up with HTC to launch a standalone virtual reality headset built for Google's ‘Daydream' platform. A lot of changes have happened since then, with Google buying up part of HTC, and HTC doubling down on its VIVE efforts. As a …

If you are an avid CS:GO player and have some grievances with the matchmaking system, then you may be in luck as it looks like an overhaul has arrived. Yesterday, Valve pushed out a new matchmaking system known as ‘Trust Factor', replacing Prime Matchmaking, which takes into account more stats …

Yesterday, EA was having a bit of a PR nightmare. It started off with early Battlefront II players having an axe to grind over the game's microtransaction and progression systems, and ended with EA having the most downvoted comment in Reddit history. The backlash was incredibly strong and it has …

The Razer Phone - is this £699 device great for gamers or good for nothing?

Another killer motherboard from the ASUS team.

Face ID is pegged to be the future of smartphone security, with Apple leading the charge saying it may one day drop the tried-and-tested Touch ID in favour of it. This is far from a perfected piece of technology, however, as a cybersecurity firm has apparently tricked the protection protocol …

For years, ASUS has had an excellent track record when it comes to workstation motherboards and that won't be changing now with the X299 generation. This week, Asus has announced three new Intel X299 WS boards, each with a focus on providing maximum performance for complex workloads. The WS X299 …

With Volta on the way, we have reached the end of Nvidia's last publicly shown GPU roadmap. Could 'Ampere' be next?

Gaming laptops have come a long way over the last few years, which is largely down to the use of desktop-grade GPUs. This month, we decided to give one lucky KitGuru reader the chance to take desktop level performance on the go by giving away an Alienware 15 R3 laptop. …

Last month, we teamed up with Deepcool to give KitGuru readers the chance to win one of three Gamerstorm Captain EX all-in-one CPU liquid coolers. Two with 240mm radiators and one with a 360mm radiator, all featuring RGB lighting. We received thousands of entries for this competition and today, we …

Is this one of the best monitors of 2017? Ed seems to think so.