Last year the LG G3 made history by becoming the first smartphone to sport a Quad-HD display – 2560×1440, all packed into 5.5″ of screen space. Now the Korean company have released the LG G4 – but is it able to step out from its predecessors shadow? The main talking …
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Mad Max now has PC system requirements
Avalanche studios, the same team behind Just Cause, is currently gearing up to release the new Mad Max video game on the consoles and PC. The game is due out on the 1st of September, so those looking to play it will probably want to check out the system requirements. …
Read More »Nvidia: 50 companies use Drive PX platform to develop self-driving cars
Earlier this year Nvidia refocused its Tegra business from consumer electronics to automotive industry. Sales of Nvidia’s system-on-chips for vehicles are growing rapidly, but still represent only a small fracture of the company’s revenue. But going forward a lot may change. Nvidia said this week that as many as 50 …
Read More »iOS 9 will switch to mobile data if WiFi plays up
Apple is currently working on iOS 9, which will launch towards the end of October alongside the new set of iPhones for this year. We've already got wind of a few new features heading our way thanks to the public beta test, though Apple still has plenty more to share. …
Read More »Asus EA-AC87 4×4 wireless bridge review
Supporting 4×4 quad-stream 802.11ac speeds, the Asus EA-AC87 is a wireless bridge that’s designed to compliment the RT-AC87U router, as one of the few ways to get the fastest possible performance from it. It’s capable of more than that, as it also doubles up as an access point, used to …
Read More »Sky News live stream shut down by DMCA from Fox News
TV and movie companies are constantly throwing around bogus DMCA notices and copyright claims around, though they are usually placed with the intention of combating piracy, rather than shutting down the competition. This week, the official YouTube live-stream of Sky News was pulled thanks to a copyright claim from Fox …
Read More »Over 2 million people have reserved a OnePlus 2
Last week, OnePlus announced its new ‘flagship killer' device, the OnePlus 2. The new smartphone will only be obtainable via invite, just like its predecessor for the time being and it seems that quite a lot of people were eager to get on the list as over two million people …
Read More »Cities: Skylines is getting an expansion soon
Cities: Skylines launched earlier this year to great reviews, it was essentially the city builder everyone wanted Sim City to be. Now a few months later, paradox Interactive has revealed the game's first expansion, titled ‘After Dark', which will add new features, including a day and night cycle. The idea …
Read More »Sales of Nvidia GeForce GTX rise as shipments of Tesla and Quadro drop
Nvidia Corp. on Thursday said that sales of its GeForce GTX graphics processing units used inside gaming personal computers increased 51 per cent year-over-year thanks to the success of the latest “Maxwell” family of products. By contrast, sales of Tesla, Quadro and Tegra products dropped in the second quarter. Sales …
Read More »Toshiba’s 16-die stacked NAND chips can enable 16TB SSDs
Toshiba Corp. on Thursday introduced the world’s first NAND flash memory packages, which stack eight or 16 dies of NAND flash memory devices and feature 128GB or 256GB capacities. The NAND flash memory chips are designed for various applications that require high density of NAND flash storage, including mobile products …
Read More »Asustek’s Intel Z170 platforms will work with DDR3 1.5V/1.65V modules
Although Intel Corp.’s latest “Skylake” microprocessors officially support only DDR4 and DDR3L memory technologies, Asustek Computer claims that its Intel Z170-based motherboards with 240-pin DIMM slots will work with standard DDR3 memory modules with industry-standard voltages. DDR4 SDRAM memory has default voltage of 1.2V, but memory modules for overclockers with …
Read More »Divoom Voombox portable bluetooth speaker review
Today we are taking a look at the Divoom Voombox, a rugged portable speaker built to deal with rough conditions outdoors. It is a stereo speaker with bluetooth functionality, allowing you to pair up a phone, PC or laptop and to play music wirelessly. The Voombox is weather resistant with …
Read More »Microsoft is open-sourcing its iOS to Windows porting tools
Back in April this year at Microsoft's annual Build conference, the company revealed that Windows 10 would be able to run Android and iOS apps with a little bit of tweaking. Now that Windows 10 is out, Microsoft is releasing its porting tools to the public and making them open-source …
Read More »Fallout 4 won’t have a level cap, players can explore after story
Fallout 4 was only just announced in June but with its release set for early November, Bethesda has plenty to talk about before release. Today, the company has shared a few more details about the game, including new information on its level cap and the ability to keep playing once …
Read More »Snapdragon 820 specs leak ahead of next week’s announcement
Just before next week's Qualcomm event, at which the company is expected to reveal its new flagship mobile chip, the Snapdragon 820, we have had a leak, apparently showing off the specs of the new SoC and giving us a rough idea of performance ahead of time. The announcement event …
Read More »Blizzard just announced the next World of Warcraft expansion
As promised last week, Blizzard held an event at Gamescom today to announce the new World of Warcraft expansion. The new expansion, which is known as ‘Legion' will see the return of The Burning Legion and bring in plenty of new gameplay elements. As with every expansion, the level cap …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV will launch sometime next year
It looks like Final Fantasy XV will finally release next year, according to the game's Director, Hajime Tabata. The game has been in development on and off since 2006, initially for the PlayStation 3. Over the years, the game has been through plenty of changes but it looks like fans …
Read More »OCUK Titan Riptide X99 System Review
Intel launched Skylake this week and obviously much of KitGuru's focus has been on the new architecture and supporting motherboards from partners such as ASUS. But what if you need more processing cores and a gaming system that has greater potential to double up as a personal workstation? Overclockers UK …
Read More »Apple Music already has 11 million users
Around six weeks back, Apple launched Apple Music, its new streaming service set to take on Spotify. In order to get people on-board, Apple offered its users an extensive three-month free trial, which apparently a lot of people were interested in as the service already has around 11 million users. …
Read More »G.Skill’s DDR4 memory module hits nearly 4.8GHz clock-rate
The new Intel Corp.’s Core i7-6700K “Skylake” processors have clearly helped professional overclockers to set new DDR4 frequency records. G.Skill on Thursday said that one of its Ripjaws 4 memory modules managed to hit nearly 4.8GHz clock-rate earlier this week. Chi-Kui Lam, a world-class overclocker from Hong Kong-based HKEPC, successfully …
Read More »Uber makes a huge loss every year
Despite being the crest of a wave of change in the way we get about our roadways, Uber, the app based taxi service which in just a few years has grown to be worth an estimated $50 billion, is said to be a financial sinkhole, losing tens of millions a …
Read More »High court decision makes iTunes illegal in UK
If you've used iTunes CD ripping feature recently, did you know you were breaking the law? If you backed up your PC to a remote cloud platform, did you know you were taking part in an illegal activity? Yes, thanks to a recent overturning of revised copyright legislation by the …
Read More »U.S. and EU near agreement on data sharing
Since the Edward Snowden revelations about the NSA, GCHQ and international data gathering and sharing came out in 2013, the world has been trying to figure out the right balance between privacy and security. To that end, the European Commission has been in talks with U.S. representatives to renegotiate “safe …
Read More »Eizo rolls-out 27” IPS monitor with 144Hz refresh rate, AMD FreeSync
Eizo, a leading maker of high-end displays, this week introduced a premium 27” monitor, which weds IPS [in-plane switching] panel, 144Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync technology. The combination is pretty unique since the vast majority of displays with 144Hz refresh rate feature cheap TN+film panels. The Eizo Foris FS2735 display …
Read More »Sharkoon Dark Glider Gaming Mouse Review
Today we take a look at the new Sharkoon DarkGlider Gaming Mouse. This one is more expensive than the Shark Zone M20 we recently reviewed, so what do you get for the extra dosh? Lets dive in and find out… At first glance, the Sharkoon DarkGlider is a very stylish mouse, …
Read More »KitGuru Complete Guide to PC Workstations – Part 3
In the second part of this series, we presented some initial tests to illustrate how CPU and graphics can affect different types of performance in a PC workstation. In this third part, we focus down on one particular, industry-standard benchmark that puts a workstation through a range of tests with …
Read More »NASA releases new dark side of the moon image
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCO) was launched earlier this year atop a Space X Falcon 9 rocket and it currently sits within a Lissajous orbit 930,000 miles from Earth. It's been sending back data on the ozone, vegetation, cloud height and aerosols in the atmosphere since and it's all been …
Read More »Riot wants to better communicate with League players
As much as the internet can be a place where negativity goes to fester, game makers all over the world know that keeping in touch with your fan base through it is an important way to help maintain a game's popularity. And it's that line of communication between the players and …
Read More »Rivet Networks unveils Killer E2400 network processor
Rivet Networks on Wednesday introduced its new-generation smart network processor with enhanced performance and improved functionality. The new Killer E2400 chip promises to improve network-related performance in video games, multimedia and bandwidth-demanding applications. Gigabyte Technology and MicroStar International will be the first companies to use the new chip. Rivet does …
Read More »Blu-ray disc association begins to license Ultra HD Blu-ray technology
The Blu-ray disc association on Wednesday announced that it plans to begin licensing its Ultra HD Blu-ray format on the 24th of August. The set of technologies will allow makers of players, receivers and other electronics as well as designers of various audio/video (AV) processors to create hardware compatible with Ultra …
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