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It seems like things are looking good for Microsoft and its Surface line-up as the company revealed this week that more people are switching to Surface than ever before. The company also claims that it is snapping up a lot of former Apple customers specifically, following the “disappointment of the …

Nvidia's annual day of giving back to the community, known as Project Inspire, has once again drawn hundreds of contributors from Nvidia staff, friends and family, as they invest time and more than half a million dollars in a local school. Project Inspire is Nvidia's version of a Christmas/Holiday party …

As video on demand services like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video continue to expand their user bases, live streaming services like Hulu, DirecTV and Sling are looking to combat the trend by better personalising their services to consumers. Using data on who's watching what and when, the companies are looking to …

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and many more of the richest people in the world, have together announced a new initiative that will invest at least $1 billion over the next 20 years to help combat climate change. Specifically the fund will look to invest in developments in electricity …

Looking to become the Angry Birds of virtual reality, the developer of Flushy Fish VR, Silvermile, has said that it's targeting a billion downloads of its simple puzzle game by 2020. This is perhaps the most ambitious claim by any virtual reality developer to date and suggests some real confidence …

The universe of Eve Online is a big one – it needs to be to accommodate all of its players on a single server – so when  a large group gathers for whatever reason, its' rather spectacular. This weekend more than 5,700 players gathered to participate in and watch, the …

Overnight word began spreading that perhaps Crytek was in a spot of financial trouble once again, after an anonymous post appeared online from someone claiming to be an employee who had not been paid properly for six months. After publishing our original coverage of this story, a Crytek employee at …

Back when Apple launched the iPhone 7, the company created a unique problem for itself, with the headphone jack now gone, there needed to be new options for those who like to listen to music from their phones. Apple's solution was a pair of very expensive wireless in-ear headphones and …

Update: After the publication of our original story, a Crytek employee reached out to us to explain a bit more about what has been going on behind the scenes at the company over the last six months. You can find the new story with more inside information, HERE. Original Story: …

It looks like Intel and AMD are getting into the holiday spirit with a new CPU/GPU/Game bundle for Christmas, before January hits and the two have to become rivals once again. This month, AMD Radeon is joining forces with Intel to offer a bundle that includes a Core i5 6600K, …

Microsoft is set to get into the Virtual Reality space next year with new Windows 10 based headsets that are geared towards creative use. The most exciting part about Microsoft's plan was the low $299 price tag but as it turns out, the minimum system requirements are also helping keep …

Back in mid-November, we heard that the French finance regulator had accused five Ubisoft executives of insider trading, including the head of Ubisoft Montreal. The issue arose back when five executives sold shares in Ubisoft prior to the announcement that Watch Dogs would be delayed, after which Ubisoft's shares dropped …

Back in late November, we organised a ‘spec and win' competition, calling all KitGuru readers to put together the best £800-£1200 build possible and in exchange, the best entry would be rewarded with a brand new PC, built by Gladiator. The winner of this competition was set to be announced …

Apple may have put its TV streaming plans on hold for the time being but the company isn't quite done negotiating with studios just yet. It has come to light this week that Apple is apparently in talks with major movie studios in an effort to get new films to …

Over the last couple of years, Samsung's high-end SUHD TVs have been using Quantum Dot technology to great success. It's a technology that rivals OLED in many ways with its wider colour gamut and this year, it began making its way into gaming monitors. A few months back, Samsung announced …

Earlier this year, word began spreading that Spotify was in ‘advanced talks' to acquire SoundCloud, another music streaming service that focusses on user-made tracks. However, after much consideration, it looks like Spotify has decided to back out due to ‘additional licensing headaches'. This is all according to a source speaking …

While Samsung has managed to recall a significant chunk of Galaxy Note 7s, there are still those who don't want to take part and are still holding on to the device despite any potential issues that may arise. In order to avoid any more damage being caused by remaining Galaxy …

Over the last couple of years, Rare has been working on a brand new IP, a pirate game called ‘Sea of Thieves'. We haven't seen a ton of it so far outside of some trailers but next week, those who sign up for the alpha test will be able to …

There has been a lot to talk about in the world of AMD recently, with plenty of leaks and rumours surrounding upcoming graphics cards. Yesterday, we caught a glimpse of Polaris 12, Polaris 10XT2 and Vega 10 in a new AMD driver and today, it is being claimed that Vega …

We have had Broadwell-E for around six months now, which means its about time we started hearing rumours about its replacement. This week, reports have begun popping up with new details on Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X, which will feature a new socket and a new chipset. The initial report comes …

The Galaxy S8 might end up ditching the headphone jack but it looks like Samsung may want to distract you from that fact with a prettier, true edge-to-edge display. Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy S8 either in February or March 2017 and according to reports this week, one …

While Microsoft has been putting the pressure on this year with the the launch of the Xbox One S, Sony still has a clear lead in the console market and this month, the PlayStation 4 managed to hit the 50 million sales mark. The PS4 is three years old this …

It looks like Vivendi is putting more pressure on Ubisoft and its current CEO, Yves Guillemot as the former Activision owner has now increased its stake in Ubisoft to 25%. We have been hearing for months that not only do Ubisoft executives want to avoid a Vivendi takeover, but the …

This week, Microsoft revealed that it would be bringing a full version of Windows 10 to ARM chipsets, with desktop support and everything included, meaning your phone could also double up as a full Windows machine. Microsoft's first demonstration took place today on a Snapdragon 820 chip, which supports Adobe …

KitGuru despatched Leo Waldock for an exclusive interview with Andrej Zdravkovic, Corporate Vice President for Software and Platform Engineering at AMD and Terry Makedon, Director – Product Management at AMD about the latest release of their latest graphics software. In 2014 AMD launched Catalyst Omega In 2015 we had Crimson …

Seasons Greetings from myself and the KitGuru team, It is that time of the year again and yes it is hard to believe that 2016 is almost over. Many of us are starting to wind down in preparation for the Christmas holidays. You may even be buying yourself something as …

It looks like a bunch of companies are currently scrambling to become the authority on virtual reality standards, with Razer co-founding OSVR, Khronos launching its own VR standards effort and now, Google, HTC and Oculus have teamed up to create the ‘Global Virtual Reality Association, which could make VR software …

Denuvo has become an incredibly popular form of DRM amongst game publishers over the years but as we have seen over the last year, it can be cracked, it just takes quite a bit of time. This week, DOOM is dropping Denuvo DRM on PC after finally being cracked, in …

Just recently, Hello Games finally broke its silence and started patching No Man's Sky again. Things started off with the Foundation update, which focussed on base building and now this week, PC players will be getting a new patch focussing on mod support. This update should make it easier for …

It looks like Qualcomm is getting competitive with Intel in the server market by launching the ‘world's first' 10nm FinFET Centriq 2400 CPU featuring 48-cores. Qualcomm is primarily aiming this processor at datacenter use and the first 48-core samples are ready. The Centriq 2400 is the second generation of Qualcomm's …