Facebook constantly experiments with the news feed and its various features. Over the last year, it has been putting publishers in an increasingly tough position with various algorithm changes. Last year, the social network began testing a new idea, splitting the news feed into two, one for ‘friends and family' …

Amazon has made a successful push in the home market, with its Amazon Echo taking a sizeable portion of the smart speaker market. It seems the company isn’t stopping there, as it will acquire doorbell startup company Ring Inc. for a whopping $1 billion (£720 mil). The purchase of Ring …

Despite being dubbed as one of Ubisoft’s fastest selling games ever, Tom Clancy’s The Division managed to lose 93 percent of its player base in the first two months of its release. It looks like the publisher has managed to turn things around, however, as its shooter now boasts a …

The aftermath of last week’s horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida has seen President Trump blaming video games as a significant contributing factor to the excessive gun violence seen throughout the country. Yesterday, it was announced that he will meet with members of the video game industry to curb the …

Last year, Intel and AMD made its collaboration official, with plans to launch a new chip packing an Intel CPU and an RX Vega M GPU with HBM2 on board. At CES we got more details on specific specs for all five G-series processors and now this week, we have …

Samsung only just unveiled the Galaxy S9 but it looks like users are already putting the device through its paces and discovering how it holds up against the competition. So far, the Galaxy S9 doesn't seem to be fairing too well in benchmarks, coming behind even the iPhone 7 in …

Over the past couple of months, Intel has been churning out stable microcode fixes to help mitigate Spectre vulnerabilities across its line of processors. Microsoft has announced that it will begin lending a helping hand with distributing the firmware updates, provided that users are running Windows 10. As of yesterday, …

It looks like Blizzard might be preparing to jump back into a Nintendo platform for the first time in almost two decades. Blizzard's last Nintendo game was Starcraft on the N64, after that, the publisher's console efforts took a dive until 2012, when Diablo 3 came to the Xbox One …

AMD began kicking off its Ryzen 2000 series roll out last month with the launch of its two Raven Ridge APUs. However, we are still waiting on the new series of CPUs to land, featuring the refined Zen+ architecture built on the 12nm process. These CPUs will be heading our …

DICE was initially tipped to be working on Bad Company 3, the anticipated sequel to the highly regarded Bad Company series. To much disappointment, this has since been debunked, however the developers are instead set to return to the more familiar setting of World War II instead. Set to release …

Overclockers UK is offering an i3-8350K and GTX 1060 rig for £1230. Is it a good deal?

Over the last few years, the smartphone and tablet markets have become quite predictable. Each year every major phone maker will launch a new flagship with a predictable spec upgrade and potentially a few design changes. As innovation has slowed down, consumers have begun getting used to longer upgrade cycles, …

Last year during Oculus Connect, the company took to the stage to announce its next virtual reality headset. It's called Oculus Go, costs $199 and aims to bring VR to the masses as an all-in-one solution, with no additional hardware required. We've known about this HMD for several months now, …

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has opened up regarding his feelings towards cryptocurrency, and it seems the entrepreneur isn’t a fan. In one of his more extreme examples of why he has a distaste for the online currency, Gates stated that it is “a rare technology that has caused deaths in …

Six months on from the reveal of Intel’s Kaby Lake refresh, it seems that mobile variants of 8th generation Coffee Lake processors are coming to laptops. Multiple benchmarking scores have appeared on Geekbench, showing the flagship Intel Core i7-8750H to be a similar powerhouse to its desktop counterpart. Spotted in …

Asus revealed yesterday that it would be continuing the notched trend set by Apple’s iPhone X within its new Zenfone 5 and 5Z, claiming that it’s what users want. Just hours later, images began circulating of an alleged OnePlus 6 handset, showing that the Chinese manufacturer would also potentially be …

In recent months, Ofcom has been taking UK internet providers to task in order to force them into providing a better service. That won't be slowing down this year, with Ofcom announcing its new code of practice this week, which will require UK ISPs to give customers a minimum speed …

As expected, Brigitte Lindholm will indeed be Overwatch’s next hero, as Blizzard closes out a week of teasing with an official announcement. The daughter of Torbjorn will act as a support hero, combining the core elements of a hero and a tank, forming something similar to World of Warcraft’s Paladin. …

It looks like Activision is already well on its way to releasing more remasters following the great success of the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. Back when the Crash remakes first launched, players found a Spyro easter-egg and since then, fans haven't stopped asking for Spyro to make a comeback. It …

Last week, Nintendo spontaneously introduced a new review feature, allowing players to post their thoughts and ratings on the eShop for a selection of games. Fans rejoiced at how detailed the new system was, until it was abruptly pulled from the store without warning. The discovery of the new system …

It's a stunning rig from Chillblast, with impressive water-cooling. But is it worth £7500?!

Although Discord launched as a gaming service, its popularity resulted in it becoming the de facto chat platform for almost any use. This spawned many alt-right and Nazi servers, which have recently been taken down due to violations against terms of service, but it seems that a lot of them …

The last couple of years have been rough for Crytek, with staff leaving and wages going unpaid as financial issues set in. However, the studio appears to be back on its feet for the time being and going forward, Crytek will have new leadership as Cevat Yerli has stepped down …