At the end of last month we reported on a Nvidia blog entry which claimed that a single Quadro P6000 was capable of powering four VR simulations on Oculus Rifts and HTC Vives at the same time. However it turns out this was based on a mistake in the original …
Read More »Paragon Monolith update cranks the action up to 11
Paragon is part of Epic Games' new push into free to play development, where it can provide regular, quick updates rather than doing big, multi-year, AAA releases now and again. That means it's able to stay on top of development and respond to players much more readily, which is why …
Read More »Micron’s new 5100 SSD delivers 8TB and 3D TLC NAND for enterprise
Micron has unleashed its new 5100 Series of enterprise Solid State Drives, which go all-in on 3D TLC NAND, paving the way for configurations with as much as 8TB of capacity. This will be a strong step towards data centres switching to flash, as SSDs keep becoming faster and increasing …
Read More »SSD prices may be on the rise as industry moves away from 2D NAND
If you've been thinking about upgrading to an SSD at some point, you may want to do it sooner rather than later as analysts this week are claiming that prices are about to spike due to increased demand and lower supply. It looks like the pricing of NAND Flash has …
Read More »Khronos Group introduces VR Standards Initiative
Just last week we learned that Razer would be joining the Khronos Group, which is behind open-source graphics technologies like Vulkan, OpenGL and OpenCL. Now it looks like we may have a good idea as to why, because today the Khronos group announced their new VR Standards Initiative with the …
Read More »Some iPhone 6S models are shutting down due to exposure to ‘ambient air’
Around a month ago, Apple acknowledged that a battery defect was affecting some iPhone 6S users and launched a recall program for models that have been shutting themselves down at random. After replacing a number of these devices for free, Apple has managed to find the root cause of the …
Read More »Supreme Court sides with Samsung in Apple patent case
It looks like Samsung might just wiggle its way out of the $399 million fine it was ordered to pay to Apple after a lengthy patent dispute case, though it won't get out entirely unscathed. Many of you will have likely heard about Apple's lawsuit against Samsung, in which Apple …
Read More »Capcom details Resident Evil VII PC graphics options and features
Just yesterday we learned that later this month, PC gamers will be able to get their hands on Resident Evil VII for the first time in the form of a demo, which has been available and updated on PS4 for a few months and updated a couple of times. In …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV and VII Remake to hit PC in 2018?
Final Fantasy's 30 year anniversary is coming up in 2017, so as you might imagine, Square Enix is cooking up a few surprises in order to celebrate, which will include the releases of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age HD and even possibly the first episode of the Final Fantasy …
Read More »Apparently the Samsung Galaxy S8 will also remove the headphone jack
With the launch of the iPhone 7 this year, Apple officially removed the headphone jack, a move that has been heavily criticised ever since. However, it seems the criticism Apple is facing isn't going to deter other smartphone makers from doing the same thing as reports this week claim that …
Read More »Is Intel about to start using Radeon tech for future iGPUs?
Earlier this year, Intel ended up cutting its workforce down by 11 percent, pushing 12,000 or so people out of the company. As it turns out, a heck of a lot of graphics engineers may have been caught in the line of fire back in April, which has since spurred …
Read More »Know a 3DS bug? Nintendo may give you up to £16,000 for it
Nintendo has debuted a new bug bounty program for its 3DS portable console, with rewards up to £16,000 for anyone who can find an exploit in its platform. This comes as somewhat of a surprise, as many expected the upcoming 2017 release of the Switch to see Nintendo focus its …
Read More »Revive injector updated to 1.0, adds Oculus Touch support
With the release of Oculus Touch controllers today, there are over 50 new, supporting games hitting digital distribution platforms like Steam. To make sure that VR stays inclusive, developer CrossVR has updated their Revive compatibility layer, which makes it possible to play all of those Touch games on a HTC …
Read More »Oculus Touch is on sale, but only in a few places
Today marks the day when Oculus catches up to the HTC Vive in the controller department. Nearly eight months on from the initial release of both headsets, Oculus Touch controllers are now out in the wild and by most reviews, they seem to be pretty great. Getting your hands on …
Read More »Pirate Party Iceland was asked to form a coalition government
Iceland's Pirate Party, the group which performed so well at the recent general elections, has been given the go ahead by the country's president, to try and form a coalition government. It is the third party that has been asked to do so, after the two most popular parties failed …
Read More »Social networks, tech firms to block ‘extremist’ images
Some of the world's biggest technology firms are going to share a database of image and video hashes for ‘extemist content' with one another, in order to prevent them from appearing on their various platforms. This is much the same system they use to tackle child pornography and although it …
Read More »Mysterious unreleased AMD GPU benchmark surfaces
Just recently, we began hearing whispers about a potential RX 490 again after months of silence. While at the time these rumours didn't seem so credible, we have since come across a mysterious, previously unseen GPU in a benchmark database listing, showing an unnamed AMD card matching the GTX 1080 …
Read More »AM4/X370 Zen motherboards to be shown at AMD’s New Horizon event
In just one week, we will be getting our best look at AMD's upcoming Zen processors yet at the ‘New Horizon' event, just before the rumoured January launch. However, Zen will be just one element, we will also be getting a good look at the new X370 chipset and some …
Read More »Macbook Pro with Touch Bar users reporting awful battery life
It looks like a few of those who decided to pay the price premium for Apple's new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar are facing some pretty serious issues, as battery life appears to have taken a dive. Apple's latest revision of the MacBook Pro arrives rated with ten hours of …
Read More »Oculus Touch is here and reviews seem to be very positive
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have been going head to head all year but so far there has been a clear, defining difference between the two headsets- motion controllers. The HTC Vive has often been applauded as the better buy as many prefer using motion controllers within VR, rather …
Read More »Apple Watch 2 sales are down 71% compared to original
The smartwatch market was expected to truly boom with the launch of the Apple Watch but so far, things haven't exploded in the way analysts had predicted. In fact, it turns out that Apple Watch Series 2 sales are down by 71 percent compared to the original Apple Watch last …
Read More »We are giving away 3x Shuttle NC02U palm-sized 4K portable PCs!
We like to give back to our readers from time to time here at KitGuru, which is why this month, we are teaming up with Shuttle to give away 3 XPC Nano PC-NC02U barebones systems, an ultra-portable, palm-sized mini PC with Skylake technology and 4K capabilities. Key features for the …
Read More »Engineers pin Galaxy Note 7 failures on ‘aggressive design’
Experts have been hard at work on dissecting the Galaxy Note 7 over the last couple of months in an effort to try and figure out exactly what went wrong and why these phones were catching fire. It has taken some time, but it looks like Samsung's design choices really …
Read More »Resident Evil VII demo is coming to PC soon
The Resident Evil franchise is looking to make a big return in 2017 with the launch of Resident Evil VII in January and while many PS4 players have already had the chance to test out a slice of the game, PC players will also be getting the same opportunity within …
Read More »World of Warcraft Nostalrius servers are returning this month
This has been a big year for World of Warcraft in more ways than one. Not only has the Legion expansion been incredibly successful so far, but a lot of attention has been brought to the possibility of legacy/vanilla servers. Legacy servers have been a hot topic ever since Blizzard …
Read More »Ethereum leveraged for new smart-contract blockchain
Public blockchain platform, Ethereum, is being used as the backbone for a new, smart-contract system built on blockchain technology, which should help guarantee workers are paid for services and provide safeguards for all parties before hand. It's hoped that such a system could enhance If This Then That (IFTTT) business, …
Read More »Black Mirror meets real life, China pushing for universal credit score
If you thought the first episode of season three of Black Mirror, Nosedive, was far fetched, think again. In China, there are already trials underway of a “social credit,” system, which takes everything from minor infractions, to how much respect a person gives their parents and from 1st January, will …
Read More »OpenAI to use video games to train AI of the future
Non-profit AI research initiative, OpenAI, has announced a new platform for measuring and training artificial intelligence (AI) that uses games and websites that humans use. It's designed to teach them to learn like we do, through experiences and the usage of tools like the classic keyboard and mouse. Known as …
Read More »Remote healthcare and the rise of telepresence and surgical robots
The use of robotics in surgery and healthcare in general is expected to grow rapidly over the next six years, according to a new study. The higher rates of success with high-end surgical robotics are part of the reason, though telepresence screens and systems are also expected to increase in …
Read More »G2A Direct is proving popular with developers
G2A Direct, the developer partnership program twinned with the G2A game key seller, is proving popular. To date it has signed up 50 production companies and individuals and that's actually proving difficult for the platform provider, which claims it didn't expect anywhere near such a positive response. Launched in July …
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