Over the last couple of years, Tesoro keyboards have walked away with awards from KitGuru. Accordingly, I was excited to try out the brand new Ascalon gaming mouse. With fully-customisable RGB lighting and an adjustable DPI of up to 6400, the Ascalon is Tesoro's top-tier mouse. Should it be your …
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Kim Dotcom might launch yet another file locker site
For all his bluster, pomp and failed political ambitions, Kim Dotcom has done a few things well over the years, namely making file lockers. MegaUpload and more recently Mega, were big successes and though he's not involved in either any more, he may build a new one, with a name …
Read More »FBI recommends against charging Hilary Clinton over email server
The FBI has announced that at the conclusion of its investigation into U.S. presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton, over her use of an unsecured private email server while Secretary of State, that they it would not recommend indictment. Although the justice department may pursue a conviction any way, it seems quite …
Read More »Alibaba’s internet connected car paves way for autonomy
Chinese online retail giant, Alibaba, has announced a new vehicle created as part of a joint partnership between itself and SAIC Motor Corp, china's largest car manufacturer. Made using the YunOS operating system, the new Roewe RX5 can connect to the internet through your smartphone, with the firms behind it claiming it's …
Read More »Win one of three be quiet! Dark Base 900 chassis
Fancy yourself a brand new chassis? be quiet! is once again giving away a number of them and that means you stand a chance to win. The Dark Base 900 is its new line-up of multi-colour-option chassis, with a modular construction, noise-reducing air vents and of course a big, windowed …
Read More »Pokémon GO is now playable… in the far-East
Update: Some of our readers from around the world have managed to download it. If you're playing Pokémon Go right now, where are you from, and which platform are you playing on? Nintendo has launched its new augmented reality smartphone game, Pokémon GO, in territories including Japan, New Zealand and …
Read More »be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Review
When be quiet! told us its new Dark Base Pro 900 case was larger than the previous 600 and 800 models, just as the numbers suggest, we felt this was a bold move as the trend is towards smaller PCs. Our feelings changed when we saw the specification and list …
Read More »Nvidia’s Pascal Titan rumoured to launch in August
At this point, we have all had a good look at what Pascal can do following on from the launches of the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. However, there is a more powerful Pascal card on the horizon- Nvidia's next Titan, which is currently rumoured to launch at Gamescom in …
Read More »AMD’s Zen APU rumoured to launch in 2017 with Polaris GPU
It has been a while since we last heard anything regarding AMD's new Zen architecture. For now the first eight core desktop CPU is on track to launch late this year but there are also murmurs about future Zen APUs, which will launch next some time in 2017 and rumoured to …
Read More »Leaked image shows off Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in full
We have been hearing more and more about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recently, from the name, to the release date, to the internal specifications and now, we also know exactly what the phablet will look like thanks to an image posted online recently. Last month, EVLeaks/Evan Blass tweeted out …
Read More »Ubisoft to expand board to fight Vivendi takeover
Ubisoft has been fighting off a potential hostile takeover from Vivendi for a while now but this week the publisher announced that it has moved to expand its board of directors, which will in turn lessen the amount of leverage Vivendi could have should it keep buying its way into the …
Read More »Blizzard is suing the creator of an Overwatch cheating program
Blizzard has already taken an impressive stance against cheaters in Overwatch but now the studio is also going after the cheat creators. Blizzard is suing Bossland, a German cheat maker on the grounds of copyright infringement, unfair competition and a violation of the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause. The Overwatch cheat in question …
Read More »Win a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480!
The Sapphire RX 480 Nitro is the world's first custom RX 480 graphics card to be listed at retail and to celebrate its launch, we are teaming up with Overclockers UK to give one away! Sapphire's Nitro cooler is one of the best around and that additional cooling efficiency allows for …
Read More »PC Specialist Hyperion Master Review
PC Specialist has broken a speed record to hustle a budget gaming PC out of the door that uses the latest AMD RX 480 graphics card based on the new Polaris GPU. When you spend £799 you generally get a Core i5 with GTX 960 4GB graphics so the prospect of …
Read More »NASA’s Juno probe successfully made it into Jupiter’s orbit
The NASA Juno satellite which left the confines of Earth's atmosphere five years ago, has completed its retrograde burn to bring it into Jupiter's orbit. Although there was some concern that the radiation belt surrounding the gas giant could cause damage to the space craft during its approach, the orbital …
Read More »Sega now owns Endless Space developer, Amplitude Studios
Sega has purchased Endless Space developer, Amplitude Studios, acquiring the company's staff and assets, including the Endless franchise, which now includes Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless and the future Endless Space 2, still in development. Amplitude Studios is quite a young developer, having only been founded in 2011. However its …
Read More »Viewsonic XG2700-4K 27-inch Gaming Display Review
The XG2700-4K is a brand new 4K gaming monitor from Viewsonic that offers both excellent image quality and good gaming performance, with full AMD FreeSync support. Viewsonic has always had its eye on both ends of the display market, with an extensive range of entry-level panels backed up with a …
Read More »G.Skill’s new RGB keyboard colour picker lets you go deep
One of my favourite keyboards from last year, was the G.Skill KM 780 RGB. It offers just about everything I want in a keyboard, as well as having quite fancy RGB lighting if you fancy playing around with it. Well now all of G.Skill's RGB keyboards should be a little …
Read More »Update: More Youtubers embroiled in CS:GO skin betting scandal
Update: Following revelations surrounding a pair of popular Youtube content creators and their underhanded involvement with a Counter Strike skin betting site, other Youtubers have now been caught up in the scandal, with some looking to hide their tracks. Josh Beaver, otherwise known as JoshOG, admitted in a recent stream …
Read More »Nvidia shows off the new GeForce Experience app
The GeForce Experience has been a part of Nvidia's software for some time now but this year it will be getting a big overhaul with a totally new UI and some changes under the hood, reducing the amount of memory the app uses and increasing the speed at which it …
Read More »Microsoft reportedly planning Surface all-in-one PC for this year
While we may have to wait until early 2017 for Microsoft's new Kaby Lake powered Surface tablets, that doesn't mean that there won't be a new Surface product at all this year as reports this week are pointing to the launch of a Surface all-in-one PC coming out in the …
Read More »Battlefield 1 closed alpha datamine reveals new maps and modes
EA did in-fact hold a Battlefield 1 closed alpha last month and as you might imagine, the alpha has already been data-mined, revealing new details about the game that have yet to be announced. The leak includes a level by level breakdown of the campaign, a full weapons list, a …
Read More »Xbox Play Anywhere launches in September
One of the biggest announcements that Microsoft made at E3 this year was the new ‘Xbox Play Anywhere' program, which allows you to buy a game once digitally and play it on both Xbox and PC. This program also means that all future Microsoft-published games will also end up on …
Read More »AMD cops to RX 480 power issue
Although AMD's new RX 480 has reviewed well with most publications, a few issues have arisen in certain circumstances with some cards, namely, that the power can spike for seemingly no reason. AMD has now admitted the flaw and is said to be working on a fix. The flaw in …
Read More »HTC may have sold over 100,000 Vive VR headsets
HTC may have sold as many as 100,000 of its Vive virtual reality headset, if Steam stats are anything to go by. This could well be why HTC has been so keen to spin off the VR branch of its business, as it does not want its falling smartphone influence …
Read More »Microsoft now serving full-screen pop-up ads for Windows 10 upgrade
Microsoft has tried many tactics to get Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10 over the last 12 months. However, from the 29th of July onward the update will no longer be free and will probably decrease the chances of some upgrading even further so in …
Read More »Asus ROG GX700 Watercooled Laptop Review
The Asus Republic of Gamers GX700 is the world's first mass-produced watercooled laptop. By now you are probably thinking; ‘hang on a minute, that sounds very familiar… you've already reviewed this laptop!' True – in April we did release a full video review of the pre-release GX700. However, we can now present …
Read More »AP now using AI to cover minor sporting events
Sports journalists the world over are looking over their shoulders more and more, as robotic journalists are being roped in to expand coverage to other sporting events. The Associated Press has now begun using algorithms to write up reports for Minor League baseball games, using data provided by Major League …
Read More »Fierce PC eSports Imperial Overlord Review
FiercePC has rushed us its new E-Sports Imperial Overlord gaming PC that is built around a Founders Edition GTX 1080 graphics card. This is especially big news for your reviewer who hand-carried a GTX 1080 back from the Nvidia event in the USA and passed it on to our man …
Read More »Summer Games Done Quick 2016 now blitzing all titles
If you enjoy watching gamers run through enemies you would have spent minutes fighting, clipping through walls to avoid puzzles and generally blitzing through games that were meant to take hours to complete, then check out Summer Games Done Quick. The bi-annual charity event is now in session and it …
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