Nvidia's Shield tablet is going to receive some massive updates over the next couple of months. We've known for a while that Android Lollipop will be coming to the device but Nvidia has a lot more than that up its sleeve. Game streaming has become very popular over the past …
Read More »Intel to launch its own wireless charging technology next year
Intel looks set to launch its own wireless charging technology early next year according to new reports. The Intel-made solution should also begin shipping in upcoming smartphones, although it is not yet clear which devices will make use of the new technology. According to FocusTaiwan, Intel's General manager of Wireless …
Read More »Dark Souls 2 can be beat in less than an hour
The original Dark Souls game was a hit with speed runners, so it makes sense that fans of the series would also want to try and beat Dark Souls II as fast as possible. Speed runner, Allakazzaror has set the new world record for a glitch free Dark Souls II …
Read More »Amazon to trial drone delivery in the UK
Remember that video from late last year that seemed to show Amazon's plans to use unmanned drones to deliver packages to customers that live near distribution centres? It was initially thought to be a bit of an attention grabber leading up to Christmas, but apparently there was some truth to …
Read More »YouTube debuts Music Key subscription platform beta
YouTube has been rumoured to have been working on a music streaming subscription service for some time now, with hints earlier this year that it would be called ‘Music Key.' It turns out that all of that is true, as owner Google has now unveiled the platform, announcing it as …
Read More »Sony celebrates 20 years of PlayStation
December 1994 was a fateful month in gaming. It represented an end of what had become a two horse race in the home console wars, with Sega and Nintendo battling it out for dominance. Now though, a new player had entered the game: the PlayStation. While the rest of the world …
Read More »GoG’s DRM-free ‘Big Fall Sale’ begins
One of the best parts about GoG, is that whether you're buying one of the site's newest games, or its oldest, you get a DRM free installation that isn't beholden to some archaic software or login system. It's a beautiful experience for a PC gamer and it continues to be …
Read More »Sales of Microsoft Xbox One hit nearly 10 million units
Microsoft Corp. late on Wednesday said that the life-to-date (LTD) shipments of its Xbox One video game console are about to surpass 10 million units. As expected, sales of XB1 are significantly behind those of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 4, which is shipments have set multiple records for Sony. “As we …
Read More »Asustek readies GeForce GTX 980 graphics card with hybrid cooling
Asustek Computer is working on what could eventually become one of the highest-performing GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards on the planet. The forthcoming Asus Poseidon GTX 980 will feature a hybrid cooling system and proprietary design of printed-circuit board to enable unprecedented overclocking potential. The Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 980 …
Read More »TSMC begins to risk-produce 16FF+ chips for Nvidia, MediaTek, LG, Xilinx, others
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Wednesday said that it has begun producing chips using its 16nm FinFET+ (16FF+) manufacturing technology. The new process technology will be used by a number of TSMC’s partners to make their leading edge chips due next year. Among the first companies to adopt the improved 16nm …
Read More »AMD’s Radeon R9 390X ‘Fiji XT’ may feature 4096 SPs, extreme memory bandwidth
Advanced Micro Devices’ next-generation graphics processing unit is still several months away, but it looks like it is worth waiting. According to unofficial information from SiSoft Sandra benchmark’s database, the forthcoming GPU features unprecedented compute horsepower as well as uses multi-layer high-bandwidth memory with extreme bandwidth. If the listing in …
Read More »Amazon won’t charge Prime customers extra for 4K content
A few months ago Netflix announced its new price plans, which involved charging new customers a little extra to stream Ultra HD 4K content. Now Amazon, arguably Netflix's biggest competitor, has announced that it won't be following the same path, keeping 4K content free to Amazon Prime customers. In a …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Unity launch bugs bring stocks down
Ubisoft's stock is currently down by 9.12 per cent to $3.29 thanks to Assassin's Creed Unity's buggy launch, in-fact the game is so glitchy that you can already find compilation videos on YouTube. It's not just PC users having problems either, review outlets noted heavy performance issues on both the …
Read More »World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor release imminent
The next expansion for mega MMO World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor (WoD) will go live on the US and EU servers in the next few hours. This will be the fifth expansion to the game, which was originally released 10 years ago this month. Warlords of Draenor will be …
Read More »BT admits to falling well below its fibre broadband target
At one point in time, BT claimed that it would deliver fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband to a quarter of the UK, this obviously hasn't happened yet, causing the company to drop its original FTTP target. Since then, BT has been focusing on bringing speed bumps to the slower …
Read More »343 Industries to fix Master Chief Collection matchmaking today
Halo developer, 343 Industries, is planning on rolling out a number of server updates today to help fix The Master Chief Collection's broken matchmaking system. The four in one Halo package launched on the Xbox One earlier this week but unfortunately, the multiplayer side of things didn't get off to …
Read More »iOS 8 now installed on 56% of iPhones and iPads
After a few updates and plenty of bug fixes, iOS 8 adoption is finally on the rise. Adoption has crawled to a halt back in September after it was revealed that the latest mobile OS from Apple was causing far too many problems such as bad WiFi reception, loss of …
Read More »Nvidia responds to Samsung counter lawsuit
Two months ago, Nvidia filed patent lawsuits against both Samsung and Qualcomm, claiming that the two companies used patented GPU technology without permission or compensation. In response, Samsung has launched a counter-lawsuit against Nvidia but it looks like the graphics chip maker was expected this to happen. In a post …
Read More »Square Enix to fix PC port of Final Fantasy XIII and then release XIII-2
Square Enix announced that it was bringing the entire Final Fantasy XIII trilogy to the PC platform back in September. At the time, fans were fairly excited until the first game released with a locked 720p resolution and 30 frames per second cap. However, the developer is looking to make …
Read More »Android Lollipop starts hitting new Moto G devices
A few device manufacturers have been really quick to announce Android Lollipop updates, Nvidia is teasing it for the Shield tablet, Some users are already getting it on LG G3 handsets and now Motorola is pushing out Android 5.0 to owners of the new Moto G. The fact that the …
Read More »Rob Zombie is a fan of piracy
It's rare to hear an artist say something that's not disparaging when it comes to piracy. Most of them are clearly told by their labels or producers that they lost X number of sales because of the downloaders out there, so you can understand why they're annoyed, or at least …
Read More »Mozilla experiments with virtual reality websites
The internet looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago and far different again than a few years before that. The further back you go, the more archaic it seems and the more lacking in modern design choices and style features it is than the years …
Read More »Aerocool Xpredator Cube Case Review
Today we are going to take a look at another new case from Aerocool, the Xpredator Cube. Like the Strike-X Cube that we reviewed recently, the Xpredator Cube is a micro-ATX model which is targeted at those users looking to build a compact gaming system, with room for powerful components. We …
Read More »Rosetta successfully releases Philae Lander for comet descent
Update: The confirmation has come through. Philae has successfully separated from the Rosetta Probe “flawlessly” and now begins its multiple hour descent. This is quite an emotional moment for the Probe's crew back here on Earth, as Philae and Rosetta have travelled through space inseparably for over 10 years and …
Read More »Avalanche clarifies Just Cause 3 details: no micro-transactions
Last week we had our first look at Just Cause 3 from developer Avalanche Studios in a number of leaked screenshots. While pretty though, they showed something a little worrying: what looked like micro-transactions, with the ability to buy in-game money with real money. However we needn't have fretted, as …
Read More »Chief executive of Intel: Rockchip and Spreadtrum will drop ARM, stick to x86
Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., is completely convinced that the company’s deals with Rockchip Semiconductor and Tsinghua Unigroup (the owner of Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics) will finally help the chipmaker to popularize its x86 technology on the market of mobile devices. Earlier this year Intel signed …
Read More »Samsung counter-attacks Nvidia with a lawsuit
Samsung Electronics this week filed a lawsuit against Nvidia and accused the company of infringing its intellectual property. It is believed that the company responded to Nvidia’s accusations of patent infringements that the company published in early September. Samsung accused Nvidia of infringing its semiconductor-related patents. According to a report …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 to retain 256-bit bus and 4GB of GDDR5 memory
Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming performance-mainstream graphics card – GeForce GTX 960 – will not only utilise rather high-performance GM204 graphics processor, but will also retain 256-bit memory bus and 4GB of GDDR5 memory, which will likely result in high performance in high resolutions. According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s sequel hits Steam already
If you're a fan of indie horror games, then chances are you've heard at least a whispered mention of Five Night's at Freddy's, a game that has you defending yourself from animatronics, that while designed to entertain the customers of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, have a penchant for going walkabouts at night …
Read More »Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde released from jail
Eight years after the Pirate Bay servers were first raided be police, two and a half years since he went on the run and six months since he was arrested, Peter Sunde, the torrent site's official spokesperson until 2009, has been released from jail. He's now a free man, making …
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