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Last month, we caught wind of an upcoming Dell XPS 12 hybrid-tablet, much like Microsoft's Surface offerings. While we had a look at some details at the time, more specifications have made their way online, ahead of the official unveiling coming up this month. We already know that the XPS …

Despite the fact that in the UK online sharers have to worry about the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit and MPAA backed organisations like FACT gunning for them with piracy charges, we've avoided most of the problems that other nations like the U.S. have faced when it comes to copyright …

As much as it can often be handy to use the most popular technological platform as it tends to get plenty of updates and support from various sources, the downside is that it's more prone to attacks. As Apple devices have become more common place in the past decade, we've …

Warner Bros is almost set to launch the final patch-fix for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight this month and once it hits, the game will finally go back on sale on Steam, if anyone left actually wants to buy it following all of the initial problems. The new …

Amidst all the discussion over the past year about whether game review sites should even use a scoring system for titles, as many consider them too nuanced and incomparable to base it around a single X out of 10, one consensus was reached: that traditional review collating services don't work or are …

Two of the most successful schemes ever pushed by console makers have been Microsoft's Games for Gold and Sony's PlayStation Plus. Both give subscribers ‘free' games every month for them to enjoy, meaning that even if you don't buy your own preferences every now and again, there will always be …

MicroStar International has introduced its limited edition GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G Golden graphics card, which features a unique design, can work in three modes and comes with an all-copper cooling systems. The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G Golden graphics adapter is powered by Nvidia Corp.’s GM200-310 …

Shuhei Yoshida, president of worldwide studios at Sony Computer Entertainment, compares PlayStation VR platform to the original PlayStation and claims that in 20 years’ time virtual reality experience will evolve as dramatically as 3D games have evolved since the original PlayStation. “As a developer, I am super-excited about the potential …

Advanced Micro Devices late on Thursday said that it would cut-down its workforce by another five per cent in a bid to reduce its costs. The company said that it would considerably restructure its internal IT operations; consolidate real-estate facilities; re-organize its enterprise, embedded & semi-custom (EESC) business unit and appoint …

Samsung Electronics predicts that the NAND flash industry will triple output of non-volatile memory over the next five years and will produce whopping 253 exabytes of NAND in 2020. Although the increase is impressive, total output of flash memory will account for less than 10 per cent of storage capacity …

LG has announced a brand new smartphone, the LG V10, featuring a larger display, more RAM, a bigger battery, expandable storage and a second screen. The V10 itself features a 5.7-inch 2560×1440 display, so it is on the large side. There is also a secondary mini-display next to the front …

Google and Microsoft have called a truce on their legal battles in the US and Germany, spanning across many lawsuits all in regards to certain patents and royalties- perhaps Apple and Samsung could find some inspiration here. Some of the lawsuits concerned Xbox technology, while others were related to mobile …

Amazon apparently has made plans to discontinue sales of the Apple TV and Google Chromecast devices on its store, forbidding third-party merchants from listing either device. These two devices are massively popular for those wanting a streaming box but they obviously compete with some of Amazon's own Fire products. This …

This year is going to be a tough one for Ubisoft. Last year, the publisher destroyed consumer confidence in the Assassin's Creed franchise with the release of AC: Unity, leaving many to look at this year's release with a hefty dose of scepticism. One thing that isn't going to improve consumer confidence …

Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege closed beta was due to end today after its first extension but it seems that things aren't over yet. Those in the Rainbow Six: Siege beta can now keep playing until the 4th of October. This extension has been put in place to ensure that those …

An independent research group recently levied some pretty hefty accusations at Samsung recently, claiming that the company was using software on its TVs to cheat energy  efficiency tests. This isn't the first time that Samsung has been accused of this, it was discovered that past Galaxy smartphones were capable of …

Several weeks following its announcement, Square Enix has decided to retract its pre-order scheme for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, following fan disapproval. The previous scheme would see customers allowed to pick one of two rewards in five separate tiers. Pre-order bonus tiers were unlocked depending on how many people were …

Even though Intel Corp. has been gradually increasing the number of general-purpose processing engines inside its microprocessors for servers, the company’s high-end chips for client PCs feature no more than eight x86 cores, whereas mainstream central processing units sport up to four cores. Apparently, Intel has no plans to change …

Today, Patreon revealed that it recently suffered a security breach, during which someone gained unauthorized access to one of the site's databases containing user information. The security hole has already been patched up but names, email addresses and some shipping addresses were accessed. Patreon has let its users know via …

If companies like Uber have shown us anything, it's that a lot of businesses could benefit from changing up their payment and ordering systems to something app-based. Starbucks is a company that took that idea and ran with it towards the end of last year when it began allowing U.S. …

Did you register your 100 series motherboard with Gigabyte's Heroes of the Storm competition? If so, you may be one of the lucky winners of a brand new Z170X-Gaming 3 motherboard, an Aivia Krypton mouse or Force H3 headset. In total there were 10 prize packs to give away – …

Over the past few months, Toshiba has been through the ringer. After it was discovered that it had over-reported its finances for the past near-decade by more than a billion dollars, the CEO resigned and it was announced that much of its now-clearly under-performing appliances would be manufactured by third …

The app-based, ride hailing service, Uber, has faced a lot of criticism as it's launched around the world, with governments and local authorities unsure how to deal with the relatively unregulated platform, and taxi drivers facing a very disruptive competitor to their long-standing monopoly on taking people from A-to-B. The …

It seems like an odd question, asking whether one of the bigger updates to one of the most popular games in the world would make you stop playing. The recent Reborn update to DotA 2 improved performance, added the level systems, fixed a number of crashes and bugs and added …

Apple iPhone 6S Plus costs the company about $236 to manufacture, a new teardown analysis has revealed. The new smartphone from Apple is $16 more expensive than its predecessor because the developer implemented several new functions, added more advanced components and used higher quality materials, according to IHS. “3D Touch …

Even though Apple’s upcoming iPad Pro will overlap with the company’s MacBook laptops in the market because it will essentially target the same audience with similar capabilities, Apple does not want to merge the two operating systems into one in a bid to provide unified user experience. Tim Cook, chief …

TAG Heuer, a maker of luxury watches, has decided to slightly change the price and the launch schedule for its smartwatch, which it co-developed with Intel Corp. and Google. The company intends to demo the timepiece on the 9th of November, which is a tad later than expected. TAG Heuer also decided …

Boxx Technologies, a well-known maker of workstations from the U.S., has introduced its new Apexx 1 mini-ITX workstation that can integrate an Intel Xeon microprocessor with up to 18 cores or a factory-overclocked Intel Core i7 chip with up to eight cores. The system comes with a specially-designed cooling solution …

Google just officially announced the new LG Nexus 5X and Huawei's Nexus6P. The announcement pretty much confirmed the leaks and rumours that have been circulating for the last few months and now, we have UK pricing and a release window. The new Nexus devices are already up for pre-order on …

Unisplendour Corporation Limited (Unis), a government-controlled high-tech company from China, on Wednesday said that it will acquire around 15 per cent stake in Western Digital Corp., the world’s largest maker of hard disk drives. In total, Unis will invest $3.775 billion, which will be used to strengthen Western Digital’s balance …