The Denuvo anti-tamper software company has taken another hit to its reputation over the weekend, where it was discovered that there was a leak in its private messaging system. That leak was discovered by hackers and lead to a number of messages from developers and the general public appearing online. …
Read More »AMD’s Vega GPU will feature 8GB of HBM2, DOOM performance leaked
We aren't expecting to see AMD's first gaming-focused Vega graphics card until January but it looks like someone attending the Radeon Vega Tech Day was willing to break NDA as footage of a consumer Vega GPU with 8GB of HBM running DOOM at 4K has been posted online. The Vega …
Read More »Leak gives first look at HTC 11 specs and design
HTC's place in the Android smartphone market has been slipping over the last couple of years but perhaps the company's next flagship will help turn things around. A leak this week has revealed what appear to be the final specifications for the HTC 11, which will be HTC's 2017 flagship …
Read More »Polaris 10 XT2, Polaris 12 and Vega 10 show up in macOS drivers
We have been coming across plenty of leaks from AMD over the last week or so, not only did we get a benchmark for a previously unseen GPU and learn that Intel may license Radeon tech for future iGPUs, but now we have also found references to Polaris 10 XT2, …
Read More »Intel’s unlocked Core i3 7350K confirmed, benchmark results leaked
While Intel isn't set to unleash its Kaby Lake desktop processors on the world until the start of 2017, we have been getting some early looks at what's to come in the build up. Just a couple of weeks ago, we first learned that Intel may be releasing an unlocked, …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director ‘regretful’ over early copies leak and spoilers
Final Fantasy XV is releasing in just over a week but if you are trying to avoid spoilers, you may want to be extra careful over the next few days as some retailers have broken the game's street date and those who have managed to get the game early are …
Read More »‘Fappening’ hacker given 18 month jail sentence
The 36 year old man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania convicted of hacking, phishing and sneaking his way into the accounts of many of the world's most prominent female celebrities in order to view their private photos, has been sentenced. For his part in “The Fappening,” he was given 18 months in U.S. federal …
Read More »Rockstar’s Red logo generates more buzz than most game releases
Rockstar might not release a game every year like some publisher/developers, but it knows how to generate some buzz. In its latest internet breaking event, it released a simple faded logo, on a red back drop. As you might expect if you're a fan of previous Rockstar work, this is …
Read More »Leaker of ‘The Revenant’ hit with $1.1 million fine
At the end of last year, in the build-up to the Oscars, we saw plenty of films leak online, some of which could be torrented before they had even hit the cinema. One such film was The Revenant but it looks like the leaker didn't cover his tracks well enough …
Read More »Man pleads guilty to ‘Fappening’ celebrity photo leak
The celebrity nude picture leaks of 2014, colloquially known as “The Fappening,” now have a patient zero, as 29 year old Edward Majerczyk from Iowa, U.S., has plead guilty to hacking email accounts to obtain the images. While his lawyer denies that Majerczyk disseminated the images. Although sentencing has yet to take place, …
Read More »Julian Assange offers to hand himself in, if U.S. pardons Manning
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent the last four years living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has pledged to hand himself over to the U.S. authorities, but on one condition: that President Obama grant clemency to imprisoned document leaker, Chelsea Manning. Manning, formerly known as Bradley, was a …
Read More »Millions of Dropbox passwords have leaked onto the web
Way back in 2012, the Dropbox database was hacked, leading to 68 million users having their details stolen. At the time, Dropbox reported that user email addresses were in-fact stolen but didn't touch on passwords. However, this week, millions of Dropbox passwords leaked onto the web, originating from the attack …
Read More »Edward Snowden thinks NSA hacker leak was a warning
Yesterday the news hit that an organisation appeared to have hacked the command and control server for an NSA-tied hacking group, purportedly known as Equation Group. Looking at the information and tools released, Edward Snowden thinks this was a warning from a foreign nation. Equation Group is an NSA-linked hacking …
Read More »Someone spent $1250 on an early version of No Man’s Sky
It looks like someone was able to grab a retail copy of No Man's Sky a few weeks ahead of time and as you might imagine, this was quickly followed up by gameplay videos, showing off the game. This has obviously been disappointing for Hello Games founder, Sean Murray, who …
Read More »The iPhone 7 Plus makes Apple’s camera bump even uglier
At this point, we pretty much know exactly what to expect from Apple when Tim Cook walks out on stage at the annual iPhone announcement event in September. However, while the iPhone 7 (4.7-inch) won't look much different from the iPhone 6 and 6S, the iPhone 7 Plus will have …
Read More »New iPhone 7 image gives best look at new design so far
The iPhone 7 isn't due to be officially revealed until September but as usual, there have been plenty of leaks hitting the web in the build up to that. This week, we got our best look at the iPhone 7's new design so far, showing off the new antenna lines and …
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 »Battlefield 1 closed alpha datamine reveals new maps and modes
EA did in-fact hold a Battlefield 1 closed alpha last month and as you might imagine, the alpha has already been data-mined, revealing new details about the game that have yet to be announced. The leak includes a level by level breakdown of the campaign, a full weapons list, a …
Read More »Game of Thrones leaked early by pirates, again
Despite efforts made by HBO to crack down on potential leaks of the new episodes of its flagship medieval fantasy show, Game of Thrones, they just keep on spouting. Once again the latest episode of the show appeared online before it was available through legitimate channels. In recent years along …
Read More »Microsoft Surface Pro 5 details leak out
It looks like we may already have an idea of what to expect from Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro 5 tablet as new information came to light this week, pointing out some specifications for the upcoming Windows tablet. Upgrades coming include an Ultra HD display, a new Intel Kaby Lake CPU and …
Read More »Twitch advert reveals Watch Dogs 2 early, coming November
Watch Dogs wasn't quite the home-run that Ubisoft was hoping for when it was released in early 2014, after years of teases and showcases; especially graphically. However it was successful enough to garner a sequel it seems, as a trailer for it has leaked ahead of next week's E3 show. …
Read More »Titanfall 2 leak promises larger maps and new mechanics
Titanfall 2 is landing later this year and while we haven't seen much past the teaser trailer just yet, a leak today has given us a good idea of what to expect from the sequel, including some larger maps and new gameplay mechanics- one of which involves a grappling hook. …
Read More »Newly leaked image of iPhone 7 shows new design
Apple's iPhone 7 is heading our way this September and while we normally see more of a major redesign with these generational leaps, it looks like the iPhone 7 might not differ from the iPhone 6 too much. According to a newly leaked image, the iPhone 7 will once again …
Read More »The FCC has revealed the Moto G (2016) a little early
Motorola has been gearing up to announce a new smartphone this year but now it looks like it has been beaten to the punch by none other than the FCC. The Federal Communications Commission has just certified two upcoming Motorola smartphones for sale in the US, which are currently expected …
Read More »Distributor claims PS4 Neo will launch before October then retracts
We have been hearing a lot about Sony's plans for a new PS4 this year. Currently known as the PS4 Neo/PS4K, plenty of sites have spoken with sources claiming to have knowledge of the console and now, it seems that we have more reason to believe that this upgraded PS4 will …
Read More »GTX 1080 benchmark leaks, Nvidia confirms live event this Friday
Nvidia has officially confirmed that it will be holding a “special event” this Friday the 6th of May, coinciding with reports that it would be officially unveiling two new Pascal graphics cards this week. While previous reports indicated that this event may be for press only, it turns out that …
Read More »Intel 5820K VS 6850K Broadwell-E benchmarks leak
It looks like the lid on Intel's upcoming Broadwell-E processors has well and truly bl0wn off. Not only have several leaks from both motherboard makers and Intel itself confirmed the upcoming chips but now, benchmarks of the upcoming 6-core 6850K VS the Haswell-E 5820K have made their way on to …
Read More »Millions of Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail accounts have been stolen
Millions of usernames and passwords for email services like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Mail.ru are bring traded on the Russian black market according to a security expert this week. According to Alex Holden, who has played a key role in discovering huge data breaches in the past, claims that …
Read More »Intel Core i7 7700K Kaby Lake details supposedly leak
The first details surrounding Intel's Kaby Lake line-up of mainstream CPUs appear to have leaked out, revealing some key specifications for the upcoming 7th generation Intel Core i7 7700K. This comes just a few weeks after Intel updated its CPU roadmap, killing off the tick-tock release cycle that we have …
Read More »Nvidia reportedly showing off Pascal at ‘editor’s day’ next week
The rumour mill has been doing quite a bit of over time these last few weeks when it comes to Nvidia's upcoming Pascal graphics cards. The latest bit of news to hit the web suggests that the new GTX 1000-series graphics cards will be shown off next week at an …
Read More »