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Snapchat, unlike many of its earlier rivals, is not going to let itself be folded into a larger social network and is instead, planning on going public, according to the company's founder, Evan Spiegel. With more than 100 million daily users, the service was recently able to drum up millions …

It turns out game ‘thieves' aren't always pirates or hackers, as there's still some real world ones out there. A lorry was hijacked while in transit between a Nintendo warehouse and GAME store and its stock of the Special Edition of third person shooter Splatoon and its accompanying amiibo, which …

Brendan Iribe, chief executive officer of Oculus VR, said that virtual reality gaming will be a relatively expensive thing, when it becomes commercially available early in 2016. The head of the company claims that a starting VR package will cost around $1500, which is considerably more than the price of …

LG Electronics has quietly added one of the most advanced AMD FreeSync-supporting displays announced to date into its product lineup. The monitor combines AMD’s variable refresh rate technology with ultra-high-definition 4K resolution, a combination not available previously. The display is about to become available in Australia. The LG 27MU67 monitor …

Be quiet!, a leading producer of power supply units, cooling systems and other similar devices, has decided to show its customers how its products are made in a bid to demonstrate why its quality is higher compared to that of its rivals. Manufacturing of microprocessors and computer memory requires state-of-the-art …

JEDEC, a leading stanard setting organization, this week announced the first standards for support of “hybrid” memory modules that fit into DDR4 DRAM memory slots, but contain NAND flash memory. Such non-volatile dual in-line memory modules (NVDIMMs) will be used for ultra-high-performance storage devices as well as for ultra-secure DRAM …

Update: Blizzard has today uploaded a new 1080p, 60 frames per second gameplay video taken from one of the studio's test Overwatch matches. Last time we got to take a look at four characters, including Hanzo, McCree, Zenyatta and Mercy. This time around though, we get to take a look …

Microsoft is continuing to make deals with smart device manufacturers in order to get its own applications pre-installed on devices. The company recently signed up with Samsung, meaning that Galaxy S6 devices sold in certain territories will come with Microsoft apps like Skype or Office  pre-installed. Now Microsoft has expanded …

The Witcher 3 has been talked about a lot over the past week and with good reason, the game turned out to be very good. However, CD Projekt Red doesn't want you to just forget about the game once you have beat it so in order to keep players coming …

Telltale Games is the latest studio to begin supporting GOG and its DRM-free initiative. Kicking things off with Telltale's Game of Thrones series, which is now available via GOG and playable via the newly launched GOG Galaxy client. The publisher's other popular titles are expected to appear on the store …

It looks iPhone users have a new bug to deal with, this time found in the Messages app. It turns out that the app will continuously crash if a certain text is received and if the text arrives while an iPhone is on the lock screen, it will cause the …

Microsoft's first Halo release for the Xbox One, the Master Chief Collection, had an awfully troubled launch, followed by months of patches. At the time, developer 343 Industries, promised that early buyers of the MCC would be getting a free copy of the upcoming Halo 3: ODST expansion and it …

It looks like we might be seeing the next OnePlus phone much sooner than we expected as currently a 1st of June reveal date is floating around. The original OnePlus One was initially announced in April last year and was then released the same day, although purchases were bound by …

Space X has increased its potential client base in a big way. While it may already have contracts with NASA to ferry cargo and eventual astronauts to the ISS, it's now secured a deal with the US military to provide launch vehicles for satellites that will have various functions, including those …

A web-site has published what it claims to be early benchmark results of Intel Corp.’s Core i7-6700K microprocessor based on the “Skylake” micro-architecture. If the results are accurate, then the new chips will be at least four to eight per cent faster than the current mainstream processors with unlocked multiplier. …

Facebook has purchased the British based, Surreal Vision, in order to incorporate it into Oculus VR to aid further development within virtual reality and augmented reality technologies. The company, founded by students from the Imperial College London, specialises in converting real world scenes into virtual ones through 3D cameras, thereby …

Unlike in the UK where the likes of Freeview and Freesat offer a basic, cable-lite service for free, the US markets have been dominated by monopolising cable firms for years. Now though with the growth of on-demand platforms like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, their subscriber numbers are falling and some of the …

If you have a SMITE account, changing your password as a precaution may not be a bad plan, as we've had a few reports from readers that their accounts have been hijacked, and they're far from the only ones. According to a number of gamers, their emails and user logins …

There are a few classic heroes from movies and TV that you would want around if a zombie apocalypse was going down and one of those names is Bruce Campbell. He may have turned deadite for a short while and even helped spawn an evil version of himself who needed …

Nvidia Corp. has managed to increase its share in the market of standalone graphics cards for personal computers, according to Jon Peddie Research. The market of graphics adapters for desktops in Q1 2015 decreased again to a new low in years, which is an alarming sign for developers of graphics …

Qualcomm Technologies has reportedly signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Chinese government under which it will develop server-class microprocessors. The chips will eventually be used inside Chinese servers, which will ensure a steady revenue stream for Qualcomm. Under the terms of the document signed by Qualcomm and the authorities, …

Colorful is not a brand name that is well known in Europe and the U.S. because the company’s primary focus market is China. However, this manufacturer of graphics adapters may well become one the world’s largest suppliers of appropriate products this year in terms of unit sales, only behind Palit …

CD Projekt Red has really made its mark with the Witcher series. The latest game launched with great critical acclaim and has already garnered up quite a few sales. However, what about CD Projekt Red's other announced title? Back in 2013, the developer revealed Cyberpunk 2077, its next big RPG …

BlackBerry has fallen pretty far since its glory days several years ago. However, the company's brand, along with its thousands of patents, are still worth a fair chunk of cash, which is why we've been hearing about several big tech firms looking in to acquiring the company. Microsoft, Apple and …

Samsung has today officially revealed the Iron Man themed Galaxy S6 Edge limited edition smartphone after a couple of weeks worth of teasing. Just a few days ago we received a new teaser image over on the Samsung Tomorrow Facebook page, showing an outline of the back of the device. …

Update: Battlefield Hardline's first DLC pack, known as ‘Criminal Activity' now has a new 60 frames per second trailer, teasing the new maps that we can expect to see in the game's first expansion. In addition, the trailer's description reveals that those who bought Battlefield Premium will be getting two …

It seems that Antec has a new product up its sleeve as the company has begun teasing something over on its newly launched Antec UK YouTube channel. Check out the video below and put your speculation hats on: [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3erYosReV-Y'] Whatever it is, it won't be coming until June. We may …

There has been a lot of doubt surrounding the legitimacy of keys sold on the cheap at third-party marketplaces like G2A or Kinguin recently as more and more publishers wise up to fraudulent keys and begin to pull them from the accounts of those that paid for them. Bethesda is …

If you have been following KitGuru for a while, then you have probably noticed that we like to keep our readers informed of competitions and giveaways floating around the web. We have a pretty good one to let you know about today as DABS is giving away an Asus STRIX …

Intel Corp. will likely start making central processing units using 10nm fabrication process next year, but the company is already hard at work developing an even more advanced process technology. According to Intel, it already knows well how to produce chips at 7nm node. “After 10nm, comes 7nm [manufacturing technology] …