In January, Nvidia released the Geforce 551.23 WHQL graphics driver that introduced a new feature called RTX Video HDR (or TrueHDR). This feature allowed all RTX users to convert non-HDR video streams into HDR videos in real-time, but it is still limited to specific applications. Recently, a modder found a …
Read More »The Division Heartland gameplay footage leaks online
Ubisoft only just announced The Division Heartland recently, but gameplay is already leaking online. Over on Twitter, early testers of the game have been sharing footage of the Free to Play Division title, giving us a good look at what to expect. The leaked video posted by SkyLeaks was apparently leaked …
Read More »Eve introduces its new Spectrum monitor series
After the successful launch of its Surface Pro lookalike, Finish tech company Eve has announced the introduction of its crowd-developed monitor. In a first of its type, the Eve Spectrum is the result of over 4000 gamers, coders and designers working together as one. Eve claims that its new Spectrum …
Read More »GoPro has launched the multi-functional Light Mod
GoPro has announced it has started shipping a new device to light up your winter holidays. The GoPro Light Mod is a standalone waterproof light that is rechargeable and compatible with all GoPro mounts. The new compact and powerful LED light will illuminate the scene or subject with a wide …
Read More »Corsair Void RGB Elite Wireless Headset Review
Looking for a new wireless headset? This could be just the thing
Read More »Subnautica PC Gameplay
Now that Subnautica is out of early access, BoMenzzz is taking a look at the game and breaking down the different mechanics.
Read More »Nintendo Switch released early to one buyer, menu video surfaces
One lucky Nintendo fan received their Switch two weeks early when an unnamed U.S. retailer sent it out accidentally. Although they weren't lucky enough to receive some games with the system, this does mean we get a look at the menu and back-end options of the upcoming console. The Nintendo Switch …
Read More »Twitter may soon be able to clean up crappy videos
Twitter might have helped push the livestreaming model forward with its Periscope platform, but it's brought us more vertical, shaky video than perhaps any source gone before. That may change in the future though, as it's just acquired a London start up which could help clean up terrible quality footage …
Read More »Oculus digital platform now supports Facebook
Although the specifics of how Oculus VR's digital store and home-hub platform will work are still mostly unknown, we do know that it can support Facebook. Although unsurprising considering the social network is the parent company of the VR startup, this is something that could really separate Oculus' Rift headset …
Read More »Sunless Sea’s Underzee is even more foreboding in Zubmariner
Travelling around the Underzee in Failbetter Games' Sunless Sea is never a simple matter. There's monsters to avoid, caverns to navigate and the ever present danger of your crew eating one another when supplies run low. But at least you don't have to worry about giant, ray-like creatures that look …
Read More »4-inch iPhone 5e/6c shown off in leaked video
Apple is returning to 4-inch smartphones this year with the iPhone 5e/iPhone 6C. While we still aren't entirely sure what name Apple is going with for the device, a leaked video released today has shown it off in its entirety. While previous rumours suggested that the device may look more …
Read More »Kim Dotcom releases $24 million music video, ‘Good Life’
Kim Dotcom might not be living the good life so much these days, having moved out of his mansion and facing extradition, but he did once. Back before his arrest in 2012, he did just about whatever he wanted, when he wanted, as his recently re-released song, ‘Good Life' attests to. Featuring …
Read More »Flash’s dead horse beaten again – Facebook just dropped it
Adobe's Flash Player is continuing its steady demise with another major blow to its usage: Facebook has now killed off all flash videos on its site. With more than eight billion views a day, the switchover to HTML 5 will see the number of flash videos watched every day immediatly decline …
Read More »Nvidia pretends to drop a living room from a plane
Nvidia is looking to push its Shield set-top box once again, with a promotion and accompanying video that showcases the CG potential of Nvidia hardware. It appears to drop a living room from a plane, including gamer, TV, and Shield, but Nvidia wants you to guess whether it's really happening, …
Read More »Bethesda’s final S.P.E.C.I.A.L video goes over Luck in Fallout 4
Bethesda's seven part S.P.E.C.I.A.L video series has officially come to a close. Today, the studio posted the video going over the Luck stat in Fallout 4, it had a good run but people should be well and truly prepared for Fallout 4 by now, which is just three weeks away. …
Read More »Facebook to take on Youtube with new media player
While Facebook might have started its days as a way to share pictures, status updates and pokes, it's become something much more in the years since. Today one of its biggest facets is the sharing of video, which people can do just as easily as other, more video focused sites. …
Read More »Is ASMR better in VR, 360 degree video?
Autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, is a phenomenon that unless you can experience it yourself, seems completely bizarre. The idea that a voice or a sound can create a feeling of euphoria or relaxation, is strange enough, but when you factor in the role plays and banal, one-sided conversations …
Read More »FreeSync explained by Bill Donnelly from Sapphire
As the AMD PR machine ramps up to full speed on its G-Sync alternative, FreeSync, KitGuru spoke with Bill Donnelly from Sapphire Technology about this new option for gamers. Traditionally, the refresh rates for screens were fixed, while the frame rate output from a graphics card would vary under load. …
Read More »Would you pay for YouTube? Google think so
It's no secret that YouTube is the go to source for instantly watching online videos these days, with YouTube access being a consideration when people are buying anything from tablets and phones, to consoles and TVs, let alone PCs. But now that YouTube is in such a dominant position, as …
Read More »Skype, now with Spanish and English Babel fish
Skype announced several months ago that it would soon be rolling out it's real time voice translation service for customers. Today it begins the first small step of that roll out, with users speaking Spanish and English now able to talk to each other over Skype voice or video chat …
Read More »Paul McCartney is a Hologram in Destiny single video
Paul McCartney is known for many different musical achievements, but until recently, writing for video games wasn't one of them. However, with the release of Bungie's Destiny, came a track called Hope for the Future, written and performed by Mr McCartney. Now, along with the song's single release, he's appeared …
Read More »Youtube adds support for 60 FPS video
Youtube announced earlier this year that it had plans to implement a 60 frames per second video standard, that those uploading videos at 720P or higher could take advantage of, and it wasn't lying. Now that feature has been implemented and with the ongoing debate between gamers and developers over …
Read More »KitGuru TV interview – Gigabyte X99 Super OC Force
As a mountain of X99 news, reports and previews go live around the world, KitGuru unveils an exclusive interview that we shot a long time before the launch. Jonathan Geoff is one of Gigabyte's technical marketing gurus from HQ over in Taiwan and he brought something very special with him. …
Read More »Facebook buys video ad-firm Liverail for half billion
Facebook has been throwing its financial weight around this week once again, announcing the purchase of yet another firm, this one a video advertising company called LiveRail. Costing the social network a reported $500 million (£291 million), it's expected that Facebook will leverage its content matching technology to add relevant adverts …
Read More »Youtube to add 60FPS feature in future
As part of its yearly VidCon gathering of users and video creators, Youtube has announced a whole host of features that will be coming to the video sharing site over the next few months. Most of it is designed to give creators more ways to interact with their fans or …
Read More »Megashare to shut down over hosting issues
Megashare, one of the world's most prominent movie and TV streaming websites, has announced an end to its services in the near future, due to what is simply described as “problems with video hosting company.” The site currently uses third party services like Google, Putlocker and Sockshare to achieve its …
Read More »Mediacom presents new slimline smartphones at CeBIT 2014
Unless you are a disciple of Samsung or Apple, buying a new smartphone is a tricky business. You want all of the features but, ideally, not so much of the price tag. The chaps at Mediacom believe they have a plan. KitGuru captures their thoughts. Smartphones took ages to gain …
Read More »Apple store prankster talks drivel and takes bribes
Imagine a world where the overly friendly young chaps and chap-esses in an Apple store didn't actually have a clue what they were talking about, regularly make up technology to describe what your looking at and were happy to accept bribes. KitGuru checks out secret cam footage of this alternative reality.
Read More »Sapphire explains why its new Toxic models are so cool
With a huge release of updated AMD products in Q4 this year, many manufacturers decided to launch with standard coolers (reference design). When KitGuru looks back across all of the new Radeons, one cooling solutions stands out – and that is the Toxic cooler fitted to the R9 280X and …
Read More »NeverWet is a freaky substance that makes anything waterproof
We have all had accidents, either with clothing or electronic apparatus, where liquids have been involved and the product in question has died. But what if it didn't have to die? What if no matter how hard you tried, you simply could not destroy your most beloved possessions with a …
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