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Some technical diagrams for the upcoming AMD X399 and a would-be X390 chipset have made a splash on the internet, it seems. A post on an AMD subreddit included some very convincing chipset block diagrams showing off what looks like the X399 and X390 chipsets, and even a board layout …

While other TV makers are giving the Curved TV craze a rest, Samsung is doubling down. This year, LG and Sony have already opted to start producing less curved displays but over in South Korea, Samsung is cooking up a batch of 22 new models for 2017. According to a …

Back in February, we first heard that AMD had filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), calling for it to investigate and possibly ban several products sold by the likes of LG, MediaTek, Vizio and Sigma Designs due to patent infringements on graphics technology. Since then the ITC …

Microsoft has run into difficult times lately as far as the Xbox is concerned. Sony has recently come out with a slew of highly reviewed exclusives and new IP, while things are looking much quieter on the Xbox side. Fortunately, it sounds like Xbox will be stepping up its first party …

We had the opportunity to attend CeBIT 2017 yesterday and while we were there, we checked out as many booths as we could. We have already published our coverage of Antec and Deepcool but today, we are giving you the lowdown on everyone else that was there, including ASUS, Cooler …

Back at CES earlier this year, Dell first unveiled its brand new 32-inch 8K monitor. The Dell UltraSharp UP3218K uses a 32-inch IPS panel running at a monstrous 7680×4320 resolution and while things went quiet on its release for a couple of months, today Dell finally started accepting orders- if …

It looks like Ofcom has some new ideas in mind for UK-based internet providers as this week, the regulator put forward a new proposal under which ISPs would be required to give customers compensation for loss of connection, slow repairs and missed engineering appointments. The proposal, which is bound to upset …

Over the last week or so, Mass Effect Andromeda has received plenty of criticism for its animation quality. There are certainly parts of the game where characters aren't looking as good as they should and sure enough, these moments have all been compiled into highlight reels and spread around like …

Following on from the recent changes to Hearthstone pricing in the UK and rest of Europe, Blizzard has announced further changes. This time, World of Warcraft players are facing price increases, with all account services set to get more expensive on the 5th of April, with rises as high as 25 …

After teasing its reveal just a few weeks ago, Corsair has now officially announced the Corsair One, an all-new lineup of pre-built systems designed to deliver high performance in a small package. While some other gaming companies have tried to imitate the Mac Pro's cylindrical design, Corsair has opted for …

While it may not quite live up to the likes of the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, Samsung has managed to carve itself a nice piece of the virtual reality market over the last few years with the GearVR. Unfortunately up until now, these headsets have also required a Galaxy …

Email scams have been around for years now but over time, scammers have come up with more sophisticated lies, making them much more convincing than the Nigerian Prince emails of old. At this point, some scammers go to great lengths to squeeze cash out of people, which is exactly what …

Our CeBIT coverage continues, we already had the chance to swing by the Deepcool booth earlier today and now, we have also had a chance to see what Antec has brought to the show. This year, Antec is showing off some newly updated liquid coolers, alongside a new Cube Mini-ITX …

CeBIT 2017 has kicked off this week and we have Leo Waldock there reporting straight from the show floor. Today, we got a chance to check out the Deepcool booth, where there were new liquid cooling cases and RGB fans on display. The RGB fans in particular seem reminiscent of …

This week, a Turkish ‘hacking' group began kicking up a fuss on social media, claiming they had access to over 300 million iCloud accounts and would begin factory resetting 200 million iOS devices starting on the 7th of April. The hope was that this would scare Apple into paying up …

Over the last week or so, it has been widely reported that the Vulkan API would not support multi GPU setups on older versions of Windows. This topic came to a head when the studio behind Star Citizen announced plans to drop DirectX 12 in favour of Vulkan due to …

Update: Nintendo has confirmed that a “manufacturing variation” was the source of the Switch left Joy-Con syncing issues. The foam fix that we first caught wind of yesterday will now be put into place for all future Switch units, meaning anyone picking up a Switch when stock returns should not …

If you thought last week's record setting GTX 1080Ti 2.5GHz overclock was impressive, then prepare to be blown away as now, extreme overclocker ‘Kingpin' has managed to push Nvidia's latest flagship gaming card past the 3GHz barrier. This sets a new record for the highest frequency achieved on a graphics card. …

After years of smartphone manufacturers being left to take their time when it comes to rolling out important Android security updates, Google is finally planning on taking charge. This week, Android O was announced and rather than leaving smartphone manufacturers to figure things out on their own, Google is planning …

Owning a decent pair of headphones is all well and good but more often than not, you are buying a product that is built around the needs of the many, rather than the few. This is where Audeara comes in with their new ‘full fidelity' headphones, which test your ears …

Now that Nvidia has unleashed the GTX 1080Ti and Intel has got the ball rolling with Kaby Lake, some of you are likely shopping around for upgrades. If that happens to be the case, then you may want to take a look at what ASUS has to offer as the …

It has been a couple of weeks since Wikileaks first dropped its Vault 7 leak, revealing plenty about the CIA's hacking and spying methods. Since then, tech companies have been scrambling to find the security holes so they can put out patches and it seems that Wikileaks is going to …

If you are looking to buy a GTX 1050 or GTX 1050TI based laptop some time in the next month, then MSI has a neat little offer to try and tempt you over. From now until the 18th of April, if you pick up one of MSI's qualifying gaming laptops, …

It is safe to say that Mass Effect Andromeda's launch hasn't been without its fair share of problems. Once people started getting their hands on the game last Friday, the internet was swiftly filled with comments about the poor character creation tool, along with plenty of gifs showing poor animation. …

A few weeks ago, Microsoft services suffered an outage, affecting services like Skype, Outlook, Office 365, Xbox Live and more. This week, those service outages appear to be popping up again, with users across Europe and the US complaining about issues connecting to Microsoft services. These issues first appeared yesterday …

Two weeks ago, we got our first look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on the PC inside of a Wii U emulator. It didn't take long for the Cemu developer to get the game running but the game did run at a very low frame …

It seems that AMD is busy preparing drivers for the RX Vega launch as this week, thousands of lines of updates code were sent out as part of a series of little patches, adding RX Vega support to AMD's Linux graphics drivers. Inside of the code, seven different Vega SKUs …

Corsair has jumped on the RGB band wagon with its new Vengeance RGB memory. The 32GB kit we were sent consists of 4x8GB modules and is rated at DDR4-3000MHz which is a perfectly decent speed. The reviewer’s guide also puts the CAS 15 timing front and centre, a point we …

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is just over a week away from being announced but at this point, so much has leaked that we can start to put the pieces together well ahead of time. Not only do we have new press images giving us a better view of the device, …

At this point, it seems that software tinkerers will stick an emulator on just about anything. Previously we have seen versions of Windows, Doom and even Minecraft running on smartwatches and now, you can turn the Apple Watch into a Game Boy if you really wanted to. This week, iOS …