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The Information Commissioner's Office in the UK has warned Facebook that it may pursue action against the social network over data gathering conducted as part of the WhatsApp messaging service. It claims that Facebook doesn't inform its users enough about what it's gathering. In response, Facebook has paused data gathering …

DinoPC hosted its very own LAN party this weekend just gone, with VR, table tennis, arcade systems and more for people to play with. There was food, drinks and lots of gaming camaraderie to be had at the DinoPC showroom in Edmonton, London. We sadly couldn't attend this one, but …

Toshiba is set to build a brand new fabrication plant in Yokkaichi Operations in Mie, Japan, dedicated to the production of 3D Flash memory. With construction set to begin in early 2017, the fab. will sit alongside a new Memory research and development centre that will also be constructed over …

If you open up your Steam account this morning, the Store page will look a little different than you remember. In a large update, Valve has overhauled the aesthetics and layout of its storefront once again, this time easing back on the free-flowing look that had dominated for a while …

Update: It has been a couple of weeks since the GTX 1070/Micron memory issues came to light and since then, several GPU manufacturers have been working on BIOS fixes to put a stop to various errors, which included image flickers, poor overclocking and artifacting. Now, we have tuned back in …

Apple may no longer be in the business of creating its own displays but the company is doing a good job of collaborating with other monitor makers instead. This year, Apple announced that it would be partnering up with LG to launch a new range of UltraFine displays sporting 4K …

As great as many action recorders are, finding a truly hands-free option that still offers all of the bells and whistles can be a little tricky. This is where ORBI is stepping in with its new Prime sunglasses, the world's first 360° video-recording eyewear, designed for outdoor enthusiasts and adventurers …

It looks like Tesco Bank has had a bit of a security breach over the weekend as the bank has had to freeze a huge number of fraudulent transactions over the weekend. Action was promptly taken after it was discovered that suspicious amounts of money had been taken from 20,000 …

Last week, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was released and unfortunately for Activision, it doesn't appear to be doing much to stop the falling sales of the franchise as UK charts show a near 50 percent dip in launch sales compared to Black Ops III last year. Call of Duty: …

While we might need to fear the internet of things (IOT) causing ever larger DDOS attacks, there's no denying that that network of devices will become more important in the years to come. That's why Toshiba is looking to power it with its own hardware. It's developed a new analogue …

Never fear guys, we're almost there. Just a few more days and U.S. election coverage can rest easy for another 2.5 years or so. Still, the lead up to this one has been quite unbelievable in many ways, like how the FBI investigated candidate Hilary Clinton's email server, not once, …

Even though the Oculus Touch controllers don't release for a few more weeks, the Revive injector drivers which make it possible to play Oculus ‘exclusive' games on the HTC Vive, already supports them. That means that when Touch does debut, many of the games that come with it should work …

Mars One, the company that promised to take humans to Mars on a trip funded by a reality TV show focused on the journey, has been purchased by Swiss mobile payment developer, Innovative Finance AG. However, it's one of those counter takeovers, which will see Mars One paid in 97.5 per …

For over a decade, the cycle of updates and releases for World of Warcraft has seen the biggest and most game changing content come from expansions, rather than patches. Moving forward though that paradigm is going to shift, to allow Blizzard to deliver story updates and more on an increasingly …

ASUS is continuing to roll out its new line of ROG gaming notebooks, all featuring new Nvidia Pascal graphics cards. We've seen a couple of different models so far but the ROG G701VI might be the most impressive yet, packing a GTX 1080 graphics card and a 120Hz G-Sync display …

IO Interactive has wrapped up development on the first season of Hitman with the final content drop taking players to Japan. It turns out that the experimental release schedule has paid off too as not only have critics been quite fond of Hitman as it's gone on throughout the year, …

There have been plenty of rumours in the build-up to Blizzcon with lots of talk surrounding Diablo in particular. However, it turns out most of the rumours fell slightly off the mark as Blizzard announced this week that Diablo 1 has been recreated within Diablo 3, bringing back the 16 …

With the launch of Radeon Software Crimson Edition, AMD embarked on a mission to deliver monthly driver updates to Radeon GPU users and so far, the company has been keeping on top of it, with new driver updates for almost every major game release this year. That isn't slowing down …

Samsung has had quite its share of issues when it comes to the Galaxy Note 7, to the point where the company has completely given up on it and has issued a worldwide recall for all units. However, some owners are having trouble parting ways with their Galaxy Note 7, …

This week, Asus announced its new ROG Forum Battleground Community Campaign, which aims to bring together gamers from around the world to discuss a range of gaming-related topics and take part in a number of giveaways. The ROG Forum Battleground kicks off from the 10th of November and aside from …

If you happen to be local to the London area and have yet to make plans for your Saturday this week, then you may want to head down to DinoPC's first ever in-house LAN event. Festivities will include game tournaments for the likes of Mortal Kombat X and Rocket League, …

Things can get a bit hectic around the shops on Black Friday but fortunately for us tech enthusiasts, the best deals can usually just be found online, making the whole ordeal much less of a hassle. This year, Black Friday lands on the 25th of November and if you've got …

Digital advocacy organisation, the Open Rights Group, has lambasted a number of politicians for making a proposed amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, which would make it perfectly legal to block porn sites which don't add effective age registration. On top of labelling the idea censorship, the ORG criticised the …

If you want to let members of the public try out Steam VR games and experiences using your hardware, you need Valve's free commercial license to do so. However that limits you to only a few pieces of software for people to play. To expand that further, you need paid …

In a surprising combination of industries, 3D printer firm XYZPrinting and U.S. based bookseller, Barnes and Noble, have announced a partnership for the upcoming Mini Maker Faire set to take place on 5th and 6th November in select stores. This will be the second annual event and will allow customers …

Foveated imaging, or foveated rendering is a technique that holds a lot of promise for virtual reality. By rendering only the focal point of the user at high detail, it can massively reduce graphical overheads. But it turns out that the technique could also be used on 2D monitors with eye …

If you're looking to buy Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare at some point today or in the near future, make sure you check which version you friends are buying. We're not talking PC or console either, but Steam Store or Windows Store, as whichever one you buy, you won't be …

While Steam Machines didn't really take off, plenty of PC makers are still focussing on creating tiny systems that can rival consoles both in terms of power and size. This week, Zotac has announced the MAGNUS ERX480, the world's first AMD-powered Mini PC to come equipped with the Polaris architecture. …

LastPass is one of the more popular password managers around, giving users a convenient way to create unique passwords for every account and keep track of them all. Previously, LastPass has a pricing scheme in place, forcing users to pay out if they wanted their password database to sync across …

Google has been experimenting with better ways to monetise YouTube over the last year, with the biggest push coming in the form of YouTube Red, which features ad-free streaming, offline viewing and exclusive video series from big content creators. There was a pretty mixed reaction when this service was first …