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In the market for a 1080p console replacement? Then the Asus GR8 II Mini Gaming PC might just tick all the boxes.

Traction has picked up for the Nintendo Switch as owners will not only be receiving a new Metroid and Pokemon RPG in the future, but a selection of peripherals to choose from. Two companies this week unveiled their new additions to the Switch lineup, with new SNES-style wireless controllers on …

Since the success of Pokemon GO the augmented reality scene has received a lot of attention, with many developers trying recreate the same achievement with other beloved franchises. Abhishek Singh seems to be getting closer, bringing Mario’s world to life on Microsoft’s HoloLens. It’s difficult to bring Mario to AR …

Bendable displays seemed like a pipedream when Samsung showcased its foldable smartphone back in 2013. With more companies investing into the idea, it looks like the reality is edging closer as the latest concept comes from Lenovo wanting to implement the technology into its laptops. This isn’t Lenovo’s first concept …

Over the course of this year, we have been consistently hearing reports surrounding DRAM and NAND shortages, causing a strain on supply and ultimately, pricing. When these shortages first crept up in late 2016, it was thought that everything would go back to normal in the second half of this …

Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD and while these processors are already well-established in the desktop space, we are still waiting on laptop versions. Fortunately, it doesn't look like we'll be kept waiting much longer, as the first Ryzen-powered gaming laptop has gone up for pre-order at UK …

The legal battle between ZeniMax and Oculus continues this week. Following the original trial, ZeniMax filed an injunction, asking a court to remove the Oculus Rift from sale or grant the company a 20% royalty award for sales over the next ten years. The hearing for that injunction kicked off …

It's a £350 2-in-1 laptop/tablet from Venturer. Good enough to replace your iPad?

Since the launch of Overwatch, Blizzard has taken a hard stance against cheats and while some have managed to find holes in Blizzard's anti-cheat system, they don't tend to last for long. This week, some players discovered that the hard way, with an update this week making paid aimbots less …

Earlier this year, Apple made the surprise announcement that it would not be renewing its GPU licensing deal with Imagination Technologies. The decision clearly caught Imagination off guard and while no lawsuits have been filed yet, the company has put itself up for sale in an attempt to try and …

The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple rages on, with Qualcomm hitting back at Apple once again. This time, the chip maker is claiming that Apple's iPhone simply would not exist without the use of its patented technology, going as far as to say: “Qualcomm innovations are at the heart …

OnePlus relished in the success of its OnePlus 5 launch with many first time users taking to social media to praise its speed, software and relatively low price. The very same day, the company has come under fire for cheating its benchmark scores and lying about the true performance. Traditionally, …

When we first got our hands on the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, we were bowled over by the challenge it poses for Intel's top-end Core i7 processors. Intel may have taken up that challenge with the announcement of the Core i9, but despite this the most astonishing feature of Ryzen …

AMD has been keen to keep the momentum up ever since it launched the first batch of Ryzen desktop processors in March. We've already heard a bit about the company's plans to take on Intel's Xeon lineup but today, we see the full launch of AMD's EPYC processors, scaling the …

Today, MSI has officially launched the GeForce GTX 1080Ti Lightning Z. This is MSI's flagship graphics card and in the company's own words, it is “built to be perfect”, combining the tried and true Tri-Forzr cooler, Military Class 4 components and new SuperPipe technology to deliver an engineering masterpiece. We …

While Luke works hard to review the new range of Intel X299 processors which have been officially sampled by Intel UK, he has managed to find some downtime to unbox the latest Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3. Spoiler - its a great looking bit of kit.

Leaks are a bit of an issue for tech companies far and wide but the situation only gets worse for larger companies. For instance, Apple can't seem to keep anything secret, in-fact, it appears to be so bad at stopping leaks that even the the company's policy on how to …

Today, we sent fellow KitGuru writer, Dominic, down to Thorpe Park to meet with the folks at Acer. While we were there, we had the chance to take a good look at the Predator 21X, the world's first Ultra-wide laptop, with a 21-inch display, a mechanical keyboard and dual graphics …

Dom takes a trip to check out Acer's ultra-wide behemoth.

Update: It looks like yesterday's Europe-wide Skype outage has mostly been resolved. While there are still some lingering issues for some while the service returns to normal, everything should be in place by the end of today. So what caused this latest Skype outage? Well one group is claiming that …

Over the last few years, Valve's Steam Summer sale dates have consistently leaked well ahead of time, giving us a chance to prepare our wallets beforehand. Last month, an anonymous developer revealed this year's sale dates and today, PayPal confirmed it. It's now official, the 2017 Steam Summer sale kicks …

Today we look at a preproduction Asus ROG GX501VI Zephyrus with Nvidia Max-Q technology

It has been quite some time since we've heard any news surrounding AMD's launch of the RX Vega. From what we know so far, the GPU is set to launch in late July and according to new reports this week, add-in board partners will begin shipping their own custom versions …

Samsung's much anticipated return to the phablet market is approaching fast as a new report this week claims that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy Note 8 in August. This is the second time we have heard of an August launch for the Note flagship, so it is looking more …

CCL has put together a £1600 system with an i5 and GTX 1070, plus tonnes of RGB lighting. Yum.

Earlier this month, G.Skill hosted the annual OC World Record stage at Computex. We have already covered the new memory speed world record but it turns out, ten other overclocking world records were also broken during the event, all using G.Skill Trident Z memory, X299 motherboards and a new Intel …

The debate surrounding encryption and backdoors has been heating up again recently. While the UK's conservative party wants to enforce a ban on encrypted services, the EU's parliament has proposed new legislation that would make end-to-end encryption required across all digital communications. The European Union's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice …

KitGuru was fortunate enough to be invited one of MSI's giant factories in Shanghai, China.  We expected to be given a limited tour and told to ‘keep behind the barriers', but we were actually given full access to the entire process – from the soldering of components onto the mainboards, …

To celebrate the launch of its latest high-end SATA SSD, WD is running an exclusive competition with KitGuru!

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 1 was the first to receive a shocking 1 out of 10 score for repairability, from the teardown experts at iFixit. Now this week, the company seems to have broken its own record with the new Surface Laptop netting the worst possible score of 0.   Apple’s …