General Tech

Microsoft has announced that it will be bringing Windows 10 to the Raspberry Pi 2 this year, not only that but it will also be free for developers signed up to the Windows 10 Developer Program for IoT later on in the year. This is all part of Microsoft's efforts …

Adobe is suing clothing store chain, Forever 21, as it turns out that the retail outlet has been pirating Photoshop software, according to the new lawsuit filing. The company is now facing serious fines as a result. The lawsuit was filed yesterday in a California District Court. This wasn't a …

The United States Federal Communications Commission has today passed a vote to redefine the minimum broadband download speed to 25 Mbps, and the minimum upload speed to 3 Mbps. The previous 4 Mbps/1 Mbps standard set in 2010, was declared outdated and was in the view of the commission “failing to keep pace …

Nintendo hasn't been the most YouTuber friendly publisher out there but after quite a bit of backlash and reflection, the company is finally coming around to the idea that Let's Players should be able to make money off of Nintendo game footage- just as long as the publisher gets a cut. Nintendo's …

The rumor mill has been churning out quite a bit of information on Samsung's plans for the Galaxy S6 recently. However, Qualcomm may have indirectly confirmed that the Galaxy S6 will not use a Snapdragon processor, as it has admitted that it has lost a big client. As part of …

Sky is planning to become a cellular network provider, with its own 4G network set to launch in 2016. The company's Chief Executive believes that Sky has proven that it is capable of launching new services at scale, so launching a new network service could pay off. Jeremy Darroch, Sky's …

Tesla's electric powered cars, have always bucked the stereotype that having an all-electric car meant it would be slow and have terrible acceleration. The new Model S P85D is no exception to this rule and with several changes from the regular P85, one of which is a new “Insane” mode, …

Microsoft officially revealed its new web browser, currently code-named ‘Spartan', at its Windows 10 press event earlier this month. Since then, there has been much speculation surrounding the browser's extension compatibility. However, evidence suggests that Microsoft's new browser will support Chrome extensions. Originally, it was a report from Neowin that …

Adobe Flash used to be a key component to watching video on the web, those days have gone and Flash has now become even less relevant as YouTube has officially dropped the standard video format as its default and is moving  over to HTML 5. HTML 5 has been around for …

Last Monday a small civilian drone crashed into the grounds of the White House, causing quite a stir over exactly how secure the White House actually is against drone attacks. It has now been revealed that the drone in question, a DJI Phantom quadrocopter, was actually being flown by an …

Oculus VR has been expanding its focus beyond games for some time now but it seems that movies may play a larger role in the company's plan than originally thought as it has been revealed that there is an internal movie production studio at work. The internal production studio is …

Samsung's upcoming flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S6, is expected to ditch Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 in favor of its home made Exynos 7420 CPU, which has now been benchmarked, giving us a peak at the device's potential performance. As we reported previously, Samsung may be moving away from the Snapdragon 810 …

Over the last few months, Tesco has been winding down on its loss-making digital download service, Blinkbox. The movie watching side of the business was sold off to TalkTalk a few weeks ago but Tesco still owned Music and Books services, which are now either being sold off or shut …

Microsoft and Intel have placed in the top two spots for the Environmental Protection Agency's annual Green Power use ranking, both using clean energy sources for 100% of their power needs. This is all the more impressive when you see that combined, they use almost 5,600,000,000 kWh of electricity per year. …

Apparently it is Apple's fault that Motorola didn't include a fingerprint sensor on the Google Nexus 6 smartphone, according to new reports. Former Motorola CEO, Dennis Woodside, confessed that the Nexus 6 was originally supposed to include a fingerprint sensor. Motorola was originally working on fingerprint sensor technology as far …

HTC is now getting involved with the eSports scene in an effort to update its brand image and be seen as something more than just a smartphone maker. The company now sponsors Cloud9, Team Liquid and Team SoloMid, three prominent professional teams. Team Liquid welcomed its new Taiwanese sponsor in …

If you have ever wanted to move around in a 13 foot tall mech suit then Amazon Japan has you covered with the Kuratas Mech Suit, on sale for just over $1 million. The Kuratas mech suit was built by a Japanese blacksmith, Kogoro Kurata and it has been in …

The team behind the BLOODHOUND SSC land speed record attempt are out in Hakskeen Pan in South Africa, at the dessert test track, making sure that all of the communications systems for the attempt are in order. To do this they had to setup a bespoke 4G LTE network to handle all of the …

Hutchinson Whampoa, the parent company of UK mobile network, Three,  has confirmed that it is hosting “executive negotiations” with Telefonica to acquire O2 for £10.25 billion. This news comes just a few days after rumors of a potential purchase began to fly around. In a statement from Hutchinson, a company …

Desks, as most of us know them today, are things that don't change height to accommodate changes in posture or how we use them. You have your desk and it is forever stuck at the height it was when you bought it, or if it's a flat pack, then whatever height you …

Valve has added many useful features to Steam over the years but one that you may have overlooked is the Steam Stats page, which was updated to let you check the data rates and average speeds for different Internet Service Providers in each country and region. Valve is calling this feature …

Overclockers UK is making a push to support professional gamers and more specifically, Twitch streamers this year, with a new sponsorship plan in place and a vision for the future. The OCUK team has kicked things off with a new PC build for Twitch streamer, Sacriel. The streamer's new build includes …

Google is apparently working on its own wireless service for mobile phones in the US, which would make use of the T-Mobile and Sprint networks. Google will achieve this by purchasing bandwidth from two of the four national carriers, rather than building its own network from scratch. Google has been …

At todays Windows 10 event Microsoft announced, among many other things, its new plans for the future of computer interaction with Windows Holographic and Microsoft Hololens. Together these blend the real world around you with overlaid interactive holograms that can be controlled with gestures and voice, in ways only seen previously …

Netflix has managed to add more new subscribers than it had anticipated during the fourth quarter, thanks to a constantly growing international user base. As you can expect, this has made investors pretty happy and shares rose swiftly following the announcement earlier this week. The company saw 4.33 million subscribers …

Microsoft's rumored Spartan browser may be a little more enticing than originally thought as it may include support for Chrome extensions. We may not have to wait long to find out for sure either as the browser is expected to be revealed at tonight's Windows 10 event. A report from …

Sky, TalkTalk and Three are all interested in acquiring the O2 network. Sky and TalkTalk both want to launch their own mobile businesses in order to compete with the likes of BT, which recently snapped up EE, the largest network in the UK. Hutchinson Whampoa, owner of Three, is planning …

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has delayed volume production of chips using 16nm FinFET manufacturing technologies by several quarters. As a result, it now has to reconsider plans regarding production of semiconductors using 10nm FinFET fabrication process. Previously it was expected that the company will produce 10nm chips in late 2016, …

Sky is backing David Cameron's mandatory porn blocking system with a new mandatory adult content filter, which will roll out to customers over the next ten days and switch itself on by default. In order to turn these blocks off, you will need to log in and manually switch off …

The Interview has now managed to generate more than $40 million from around 5.8 million purchases and rentals since the film's initial release. However, while the movie is still doing fairly well sales-wise, things are starting to taper off and slow down. The film made its initial $30 million within …