Samsung is currently in the pr0cess of recalling the Galaxy Note 7 due to exploding batteries but in the meantime, there will be some defective units still floating around. In order to try and prevent anymore major accidents from happening, Samsung is pushing out a software update to affected units …
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US Safety Commission warns users to stop using the Note 7
Last week, Samsung announced that it would be issuing a recall for the Galaxy Note 7 after several devices were found to have major battery defects. However, the recall wasn't set up through the proper channels in the US, meaning consumers could still easily purchase the device if they really …
Read More »Consumer Reports claims Samsung’s Note 7 recall isn’t official
Last week it came to light that some Samsung Galaxy Note 7 units were suffering from battery failures, causing some of them to explode. Samsung swiftly pulled the Note 7 from sale and responded with a product recall. However, it looks like this recall may not have been organised through …
Read More »Update: Samsung to recall all Note 7s, halt sales
Update: Following on from the rumour that Samsung would be replacing certain damaged Galaxy Note 7 devices after reports of battery fires, the Korean electronics giant will now recall all sold devices and will halt sales moving forward. Replacement handsets will be issued to affected customers. Samsung has said that it may take …
Read More »Apple rumoured to launch curved iPhone in 2017
From what we have seen and heard so far, 2016 is going to be a fairly unexciting year for the iPhone. However, 2017 is shaping up to be the year to upgrade with reports of big design changes, OLED screens and now, the rumour mill is claiming that Apple will …
Read More »Palit GTX 1060 Super JetStream 6GB Review
As a mid-range GPU the most affordable GTX 1060's from Nvidia partners are likely to attract the eye of PC Gamers looking to upgrade on a tight budget. Palit answers this call directly with a more price-aggressive alternative to ASUS, MSI and other brands with its JetStream GTX 1060s. Palit …
Read More »Pre-orders now open for new Samsung Gear VR
Rumours circulated earlier this week that Samsung and Oculus had a new Gear VR headset in the works and now those have proved true. Starting late yesterday, both companies made a second edition Samsung Gear VR headset available to pre-order in the U.S. for $100. The most obvious difference with …
Read More »Unlicensed remake of Battlefront 3 shut down by EA and LucasFilm
Back at the start of June, A Russian developer known as FrontWire announced that it would be remaking and finishing the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront 3 project and bringing it to Steam under the title ‘Galaxy In Turmoil'. While this did lead to an initial rush of excitement amongst series …
Read More »Samsung’s ‘Odyssey’ VR headset could rival Oculus Rift
Samsung and Oculus have a pretty close working relationship at this point, with Oculus being the ones to design the GearVR and power it through its own software. However, the two could end up becoming competitors in the future as Samsung is said to be working on something called ‘Odyssey’ …
Read More »Apple working on curved OLED display for future iPhone
We already know that Apple is looking to make the jump to OLED displays and previous reports indicate that it has tapped Samsung and LG to help produce them. However, now it looks like Apple may also begin making iPhones with curved OLED displays in the future, similarly to Samsung …
Read More »Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 has 10% speed boost over 820
It looks like mobile processor technology is continuing to move at a fast rate with Qualcomm announcing its latest flagship chip today, the Snapdragon 821, overthrowing the Snapdragon 820 chip currently found in most of the big Android flagship devices to have launched so far this year. The 821 isn't a massive …
Read More »Apple might finally get rid of the 16GB iPhone
These days, most Android flagship handsets launch with 32GB of internal memory as standard. However, Apple has been a little slower to adopt this trend with iOS but that could change this year as current rumours indicate that the iPhone 7 won't have a 16GB version, instead the base model …
Read More »The new Vodafone flagship looks set to take on the giants
Ardent KitGuru readers may remember that last July we reviewed the Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 and it walked away with our ‘Must Have' award. I praised its incredible internal hardware, all for just £125. At the time, it was a great mid-range device at a budget price. Read our Smart …
Read More »GOG’s summer sale has kicked off
If you are looking to boost your DRM-free game library, then you might want to keep an eye on GOG over the next little while as the store's summer sale kicked off yesterday, with new bundles and daily ‘highlight' deals, which for today include 50 percent off the Witcher 3 …
Read More »Samsung’s flexible smartphone once again tipped for 2017
Samsung has been demoing its flexible screen technology for a while now but it looks like the company may finally be gearing up to a flexible smartphone release some time in 2017. We have previously heard rumours that the first flexible smartphone from Samsung will arrive next year but now …
Read More »An unlicensed remake of cancelled Battlefront III to land on Steam
Earlier this year, a Russian developer by the name of FrontWire announced that it would be remaking Star Wars Battlefront III- the cancelled game that was initially in development at studio ‘Free Radical Design'. The remake is now titled ‘Galaxy in Turmoil' and apparently, even though it is a totally …
Read More »Foxconn to replace 60,000 workers with robots
This week, news broke that Foxconn would be shedding 60,000 jobs and replacing those factory workers with robots. Foxconn is known for having a hand in the making of devices like the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy and this week, it confirmed that its employee count would shrink from 110,000 down to …
Read More »Huawei is suing Samsung over LTE patent infringements
At this point, smartphone companies suing each other over what often seems like trivial, pointless reasons is no surprise. This week, Huawei has stepped into the legal ring with Samsung over infringement on 11 different patents, which are filed in both the US and China. In this specific case, Huawei is …
Read More »Google confirms plans to build its own VR headset
Google I/O is taking place this week and alongside various other Chrome OS and Android related announcements, Google spoke a little about its new virtual reality project known as ‘Daydream'. As part of this new project, Google has confirmed that it intends to build a VR headset, which will serve …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda is now coming out in 2017
EA and Bioware have been slowly ramping up the amount of information it is willing to share about Mass Effect: Andromeda over the last year. Back at E3 2015 we heard that the game was initially supposed to launch ‘holiday season' 2016 but the game needs a few extra months …
Read More »Titanfall developer is also working on a Star Wars game
We have known for some time that Titanfall 2 wasn't the only project that Respawn Entertainment was working on and now we know roughly what else the studio has in the pipeline. It turns out that Respawn is also working on a Star Wars game, which will be published under …
Read More »European Hardware Association Awards 2016 Nominations
With Computex preparing to open its doors at the end of May, voting has begun on the European Hardware Association Awards 2016 that will be announced during a special ceremony at the Taipei International Convention Centre. After much discussion, the nominations are in and we have the list of finalists! The …
Read More »New Mass Effect: Andromeda details leak after survey
While Mass Effect 4: Andromeda might not be coming out this year anymore, we do have a few more details about the game as someone appears to have broken their embargo and leaked a recent EA survey that shed some light on plot details for the game in an effort …
Read More »Android’s Stagefright bug returns with new exploit
Google has been battling the Stagefright bug for a while now on Android and while it seemed to dip back into the shadows for a while, it seems to have jumped back into the spotlight this week thanks to a new exploit. According to security firm, Northbit, a new attack …
Read More »Elite Dangerous will land on Oculus Rift at launch
Elite: Dangerous has often been touted as a SteamVR title so we knew it would be landing on the HTC Vive when that comes out in April. However, today, Oculus and Frontier announced that Elite: Dangerous would also be available on the Oculus Rift from the headset's launch on the …
Read More »Samsung teams with William H. Macy for Gear VR Oscars ad
If you didn't know that 2016 was going to have a big virtual reality focus, perhaps watching the Oscars this weekend will have tipped you off. As well as bundling one of Samsung's mobile-orientated Gear VR headsets in the nominee goody bags, the event also had William H. Macy enjoying …
Read More »Epic mobile graphics showcase wows with Vulkan API help
With the release earlier this month of the Vulkan API, many have been wondering just how effective it could be in improving in-game performance on current-gen hardware. It turns out quite a lot and not just on high-powered desktops either. In a new demo crafted by Epic Games, we get …
Read More »HTC One M10 launch pushed back a bit
This year at the Mobile World Congress event, HTC was initially expected to reveal its 2016 flagship HTC One smartphone. However, the device maker has now confirmed that it will be skipping the event this year, pushing the HTC One M10 reveal back a bit. MWC takes place at the …
Read More »Apple wins court order to ban sales of old Samsung phones
The latest victory has been had in the long-running patent feud between Apple and Samsung. This week, Apple was granted a motion that would force Samsung to make design changes to specific infringing smartphones though most of the affected devices have already past their life-span. The on-going court battle focusses …
Read More »European Hardware Community Awards – Winners!
Back in November, KitGuru readers started to nominate their choices for the best hardware of the year. We published the result of all your voting earlier this year, in the KitGuru Reader Awards. At the same time, every vote was being pooled with the other sites that make up the European Hardware …
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