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Rumours surrounding the 2017 iPhone have been rampant for over a year at this point. While we have seen plenty of leaks up to this point, one of the forgotten and overlooked features of this year's iPhone has been the return to a glass-back design, similar to the iPhone 4/4S. …

Intel planning to livestream its Coffee Lake unveiling. CPUs will roll out before the end of the year.

After years of development, today Ninja Theory’s brand new game ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ releases on PC and PS4. Many reviews so far have been positive but there is one part of the game that is proving particularly divisive. Hellblade features a unique, mandatory permadeath mechanic that deletes your save file …

After a long waiting period, Rick and Morty Season 3 officially began airing in the US late last month. At the time, Netflix announced that its UK subscribers would get new episodes of this season every week, the day after it airs in the US. Unfortunately, Netflix didn’t plan for …

Last week, one of the biggest stories in entertainment revolved around the HBO hack. Similarly to when Sony was targeted, the attackers got away with a ton of files, including emails, documents, scripts, episodes of shows and more. To show they were serious, last week they leaked a Game of …

Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that in the next few weeks, Operation Health would be coming to an end but that wasn’t all the publisher had to share with us. Ubisoft also began discussing Rainbow Six Siege’s next patch and it seems to be the biggest one yet, hitting up to 42GB …

Subscription based gaming is on the up, with PS Now allowing for PC gamers to get their hands on PlayStation exclusives and the more recent Jump service that aims to be “Netflix for indie games.” Now, another platform is throwing its hat in the ring, with Dropleaf aiming for “all-you-can-play …

CS:GO has once again taken back the second spot on Steam’s Game and Player Statistics, showing the enduring popularity of the competitive shooter. In a bid to further ensure longevity, Valve has announced plans to change many of the pistols in the game, starting with the Tec-9. The Tec-9 is …

Last week, an Intel presentation slide leak brought us new details on Intel’s upcoming Core i9 lineup, including its new 12-core, 14-core, 16-core and 18-core processors. Now today, Intel has made everything official, unveiling the final spec-sheet itself and giving us release dates for these higher core count X299 chips. …

Rainbow Six: Siege has been out in the wild for over 18 months at this point and while the game has had its share of issues, the shooter is still quite popular even now. Operation Health has slowed down DLC plans a bit but even so, Rainbow Six: Siege has …

The world's first 4K/144Hz display is still arriving this year!

At the end of last week, we learned that the 23 year old security researcher responsible for halting WannaCry had been arrested by the FBI, with the feds claiming that he wrote and sold a piece of banking malware on the dark web. Since then, some new details surrounding the …

When the Oculus Rift first launched, Oculus attracted some criticism for its closed platform approach to virtual reality. Since then though, things have been opening up and now, the Rift is more friendly for Steam users than ever before, with a software update allowing you to launch non-Oculus Home apps …

The Google Pixel is still a great smartphone but sooner than later, it will be replaced. Over the last couple of months, rumours surrounding the upcoming Pixel 2 have been swirling and now, Google has given the original Pixel a big $200 price cut, in a move that appears to …

The UK Government has been waging a bit of a war on internet privacy over the last couple of years, even going as far as to propose that encrypted internet services be outlawed. However, when it comes to getting your information removed off of Google, the government seems to have …

VPNs are widely used these days, not just to get around geographical content blocks but also for general privacy on the web. Hotspot Shield is perhaps one of the biggest VPN providers to also offer a free user tier but according to a privacy advocacy group, the company may not …

The Witcher 3 has had a small modding scene ever since the first mod tools were released. However, the game didn’t quite reach ‘Skyrim’ status when it came to mod support, so things like additional quests, player-made content and new areas weren’t really created. Fortunately, it looks like that is …

Back when Warner Bros was set to release Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, the publisher ran into a bit of a marketing blunder with its YouTube coverage policies. Now, it seems that the publisher is set to receive some backlash again, this time with Shadow of War, as WB has …

When Siri first appeared on our phones in 2010, she was something of a curiosity. Most of us weren’t at all used to talking to our phones, but we slowly adapted to the convenience associated with Siri, summoning her to send a text while driving, schedule an appointment, or look …

Since the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has been a smash hit for Activision, fans have begun looking forward to the company’s next remaster. Many eyes are squarely on Spyro the Dragon, which might actually be closer to reality than expected. Last month, a Spyro the Dragon easter egg was …

It’s no secret that Titanfall 2 has struggled to find its footing this past year with disappointingly low sales, despite the devs dropping free content on a regular basis. Now, Respawn boss Vince Zampella has weighed in on the matter, stating that game sales should have been stronger. In an …

Yesterday’s big update brought a little more to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds than it bargained for, with many players experiencing game-breaking lag. Luckily the team has acted fast and has managed to issue a hotfix just 24 hours after the update went live. Players enthusiastically logged onto the game yesterday to be …

Earlier this week, we heard that AMD intentionally pushed the release of the RX Vega back a bit to ensure that there were enough graphics cards to go around at launch. A big reason for this strategy was potential demand from miners. Now it seems that demand may be spurred …

We all know that Steam is huge, in fact over the years it has grown to become the de facto store for PC games. Still, there is plenty of room for Steam to grow, as proven by the fact that the platform is still growing by 1.5 million new users …

Over the last week or so, various CPU cooler makers have been announcing support for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Threadripper and Socket TR4. Rather than having a separate announcement for every CPU cooler maker though, AMD has made things easy for us by creating a running tally of liquid cooling solutions …

Back in January, we received news that the world’s first two 4K/144Hz monitors would be hitting the market this year, one from Acer and one from ASUS. At the time, a Q2 2017 release was expected for both but quietly missed. Now, Acer has confirmed that its monitor won’t hit …

Last month, the Destiny 2 beta came to a close for console players and Bungie swiftly began talking about changes it would be making based on player feedback. Now, it seems that some of these planned improvements have already been implemented into the PC beta build. On top of that, …

Back when the WannaCry malware attack hit several months ago and began causing panic, one young British security researcher, Marcus Hutchins, made headlines after discovering a way to stop the ransomware in its tracks. At the time, he was applauded for his efforts but in a surprise twist, the FBI …

Earlier this week, Apple began making headlines after accidentally releasing an early version of its HomePod firmware. Software developers managed to get hold of it and began scouring it for hidden details regarding Apple’s upcoming releases. Unsurprisingly, a trove of iPhone 8 details were uncovered but it seems there is …

Ubisoft and Vivendi have been toe-to-toe for the past two years, with Ubi’s CEO, Yves Guillemot resolute in keeping his company. Things have been escalating as Vivendi increases its shares in the company and despite currently holding 27 percent as of last month, Guillemot is still fighting to preserve Ubisoft’s …