General Tech

Just last week, Fractal Design launched the Torrent case series, garnering positive reviews, including one from ourselves. As it turns out, some of the early units of these cases have suffered fan hub damage, leading to a short-circuit. With that in mind, Fractal is offering free replacements to customers.  In …

We've seen the likes of Yahoo and Google get into bidding wars over becoming the default search engine for Apple's iOS devices. Currently, Google is the default search provider, but the company may need to pay as much as $20 billion to keep things that way.  In the fiscal year …

Back in 2019, Toshiba Memory spun off into its own company and rebranded as Kioxia. Now, just two years later, there is talk of a huge merger, which would see Kioxia combining with Western Digital in a deal worth around $20 billion.  According to WSJ (via Reuters), there are on-going …

One of the great things about Discord is the number of useful plugins and bots that you can implement on servers. One of the more popular plugins, Groovy, is unfortunately being shut down at the end of this month due to legal threats from YouTube.  Groovy can be used on …

Back in June, Synology announced plans to expand with its C2 cloud services with new features like secure file transfers. Now, C2 Transfer is officially available, enabling protected file transfers between businesses and their clients or other external parties. With C2 Transfers, Synology is looking to solve ‘the last mile' …

Back in April, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) intervened with Nvidia's plans to acquire Arm. Following a preliminary investigation, the CMA is moving on to a ‘Phase 2 investigation', after concluding that the acquisition could “create real problems” for competition.  In a press release last week, CMA Chief …

Since announcing plans to acquire ARM from Japanese firm, SoftBank, Nvidia has been confident that the deal will close in the first half of 2022. Due to on-going regulatory investigations and other unexpected delays, Nvidia admits the deal is taking longer to close than anticipated. Speaking with The Financial Times, …

Cyber Security giants Norton and Avast are merging into a single company. Valued at up to $8.6 billion, depending on Avast shareholders' decision, this deal will see Avast being absorbed by Norton. As both companies turn into one, NortonLifeLock and Avast shareholders believe the merger “has compelling strategic and financial …

Following the successful campaign of the Aya Neo 2021, the company has decided to launch an upgraded model - the Aya Neo 2021 Pro. Priced a little higher than the original Aya Neo, the Pro models will start at $1215 ($1315 for the Retro Edition) and features a Ryzen 7 4800U.

Xiaomi has started teasing its new generation of OLED TVs, and as it seems, they will feature Nvidia G-Sync modules. Scheduled to release on August 10th, Xiaomi's new-gen OLED TVs will allow gamers to enjoy a tear-free gaming experience when connected to a system using an Nvidia GPU. The announcement …

During CES 2021, Razer announced its own N95 mask under the name “Project Hazel”. Now, the mask is becoming a real product, named Razer Zephyr, and a beta test will also be taking place ahead of launch in Q4 2021.  It's unclear when beta testers will receive their masks, but …

Harry Potter and Star Wars actor, Warwick Davis, and his son, Harrison Davis, recently swung by the Overclockers UK HQ to put together a stunning water-cooled gaming PC. With help from the OCUK experts, a customised Infin8 Nebula system was put together, complete with personal touches, such as etching on …

MSI is turning 35 years old this year and to celebrate that big milestone, the company is kicking off a round of sales here in the UK. Starting from the 4th of August until the end of the month, there will be discounts across MSI gaming monitors, desktop PCs and …

Earlier this week, Google officially revealed the Pixel 6, the company's first smartphone to use its own SoC, know as Google Tensor. As it turns out, Google has signed on Samsung to produce the chip on the 5nm process.  During its initial announcement, Google did not disclose who would be …

It looks like Intel may have revealed early specs for Thunderbolt 5. Recently, an Intel executive took some photos during a visit to the company's R&D facilities, one of which contained confidential information around the upcoming Thunderbolt 5 standard.  Gregory Bryant later replaced the tweet, removing the image with Thunderbolt …

With Epic and Apple seemingly far from settling their legal dispute, Tesla's CEO Elon Musk has come out siding with Epic, stating that Apple App Store fees are essentially a “global tax on the Internet”. The dispute between Apple and Epic started almost a year ago when Apple removed Fortnite …

Nvidia's planned $40 billion acquisition of ARM is facing another challenge. Multiple regulatory bodies are currently investigating the deal to figure out whether or not it should be approved. Currently, Nvidia expects the deal to gain approval and go through in 2022, but it looks like China could hold the …

Just one day after Intel detailed its process node roadmap and naming changes, rival chip maker, TSMC, has received approval for its most advanced fabrication facility yet. Once set up, this facility will be used to build TSMC 2nm chips for various clients.  The Environmental Review Committee (via Nikkei Asia) …

We had big news from Intel this week, with the company unveiling its new process node roadmap and outlining plans to regain the process performance leadership crown by 2025. We've heard from Intel, now let's see what Leo thinks...

Earlier this week, reports began claiming that Amazon was in the process of enabling cryptocurrency payments on its massive store. This would have been a very big deal and we swiftly began observing cryptocurrency prices creeping up following the news. Unfortunately, the story appears to have been incorrect.  Amazon has …

It's the summer season and ASUS is getting into the spirit with ASUSFest 2021, an online event that includes a huge competition, as well as discounts across a range of gaming laptops, components and monitors here in the UK.  ASUS and ROG products will be on sale at special discounted …

Most eCommerce giants are taking their time to adopt cryptocurrency as a new form of payment. Besides Newegg, it looks like most companies are still studying the best course of action, although it looks like Amazon may be ready to make the jump to accepting digital currency. A new job listing, …

Last week when Valve announced the Steam Deck handheld gaming PC, we learned that NVMe SSDs were being used for storage, but we did not know if the SSD would be soldered to the mainboard, or if it would be user-replaceable. As it turns out, the Steam Deck is using …

This week, Zotac is launching its new line of MEK gaming desktops. The new MEK Hero PC Gaming series will pair AMD Ryzen 5000 processors with Nvidia’s latest RTX 30 series graphics cards and EK liquid cooling.  Speaking on the new MEK Hero PCs, Zotac USA president, Gary Lau, said: …

Our regular readers will know that we like to run a lot of competitions ourselves, but sometimes we see a giveaway running elsewhere that we think you'd all be interested in. This month, be quiet! is running a competition for a gaming PC worth €3000. The system being given away …

Earlier this year, talks of Discord being acquired began to emerge. Eventually, the company decided to remain independent, but took on a large investment from Sony. Now, Discord is putting that money to use through an acquisition of its own.  Discord has acquired Sentropy Technologies, a company specialising in AI-powered …

Over the course of 2020, the PC market saw significant growth as more people shifted to remote working. Now, it looks like we're starting to see things slow down in the second half of 2021.  According to the market analysts at IDC and Gartner, while demand for PCs is still …

Microsoft is continuing its acquisition spree. This time, the tech giant has bolstered its cybersecurity offerings by acquiring RiskIQ in a deal said to be worth more than $500 million.  According to Bloomberg, the acquisition will see Microsoft paying more than $500 million, although the company has not yet revealed …

Cooler Master has more to show off over the summer. Today, the Cooler Master Summer Summit goes live, introducing new cooling gear, cases, peripherals, power supplies, streaming gear and more. During the Summer Summit, Cooler Master is announcing its new Hyper H6/H6DT ARGB CPU cooler, engineered with Xtra Dimensional Heat …

Google has faced plenty of anti-trust complaints over the years, with most recent cases centring around the Google Play Store and its policies for app developers. Now, an antitrust lawsuit is being levied against Google, backed by 36 US states, including Washington DC.  The lawsuit takes aim at Google's policy …