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Riot Games owner Tencent may be looking to make one more acquisition after its monstrous buyout of Clash of Clans maker Supercell, as rumours circulating around the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have it that Tencent may be one of the interested parties. The suggestion is that a collection of firms, …

Some of the world's most successful musicians, including the likes of Elton John, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift and U2 have sent a petition to the United States congress, demanding the DMCA takedown system be given more power. As it stands, they claim to be concerned about the ability for musicians …

Mark Zuckerberg might not be everyone's favourite person when it comes to privacy, but he has pledged to give away 99 per cent of his Facebook shares throughout his lifetime – worth an estimated $24 billion. To help him do that without losing control of the company, Facebook's board has …

China continues to be the owner of the world's most powerful supercomputer, easily surpassing the U.S. in what feels like a 21st century version of the Cold War space race. The newly ranked #1 Sunway TaihuLight was built and designed in China, using Chinese micro-processors and is capable of a whopping …

During Computex 2016 Leo Waldock visited Gigabyte's HQ in Taipei for a quick tour followed by an interview with Raymond Tseng, Senior Associate Vice President Innovation & Creative Value Centre Motherboard Business Unit, which is one of the longest job titles we have ever seen. As you can see Gigabyte …

Although services like Spotify, Netflix and Amazon Instant Video have gone a long way to make buying content legitimately an easy and affordable way to consume media, piracy is still alive and well. If there was any need for proof of that fact, KickassTorrents has just entered the top 70 …

Blue Origin's new Shepherd has once again launched and landed successfully, making this the fourth re-use of the same rocket hardware. This not only continues to prove the viability of the passenger rocket, but showed that even with a deliberate parachute failure, the capsule can come down safely. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYTuZCjZcE'] …

Considering politicians and public figures prefer to lambaste piracy as a hateful crime more often than not, it's rare to hear those in any form of office decrying copyright trolling. That's exactly what happened in the House of Lords this week though, where Ralph Palmer took a swipe at several companies …

Earlier this year Disney made the surprising move to end the game development branch of its business. That meant the incredibly popular and profitable Disney Infinity is also set to be shut down. Rival mixed reality game series Skylanders however, is gunning hard to pick up the leftover audience, with …

Ardent KitGuru readers may remember that last July we reviewed the Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 and it walked away with our ‘Must Have' award. I praised its incredible internal hardware, all for just £125. At the time, it was a great mid-range device at a budget price. Read our Smart …

eSports is constantly growing and while some matches have been broadcast on US TV, the same experiments haven't quite made their way to the UK yet- well until now. Sky and Virgin are set to host a 24-hour eSports TV channel this year, known as ‘Ginx eSports', which will broadcast …

As pornography companies attempt to divert the continued legislative attacks on their business from various governments and organisations by pushing into the mainstream, PornHub is looking to to make its service more inclusive. It's now launched a descriptive audio service on its site, letting those who can't see, still enjoy what …

A lone hacker has come forward and claimed responsibility for the hack of the U.S. Democratic party servers, something that digital security firm Crowdstrike claimed was the result of Russian state sponsored hackers. The lone hacker claims to have everything from financial data on donations, to a report on Donald Trump. Earlier …

Yesterday Space X once again sent up a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver a payload into Near Earth Orbit. That all went to plan, but on attempting to recover its fourth first-stage booster rocket in a row, a problem during the landing caused a rapid unscheduled disassembly (RUD), which in …

If you've been stomping your orcish and undead hordes through castle after castle in Total War: Warhammer, then you probably think it's a breeze taking fortresses from on-high. If you get into the thick of the fray though in a game like Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, it gets a …

Netflix makes quite a lot of original content these days and somebody needs to watch it all to help decide on promotional materials. However, as it turns out, the gig isn't as great as it sounds (allegedly) and now, some of those hired for Netflix's secretive ‘Project Beetlejuice' program are …

At this point, most large tech companies have been making efforts to move away from Adobe Flash entirely, largely due to its inefficiency and security issues. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that soon Apple will start blocking Flash by default on its Safari browser, …

Although you might understand American TV network AMC's annoyance at someone leaking potential spoilers for The Walking Dead before they have aired, how do you feel about it using copyright law to hit them with legal action? That's exactly what's happening. The Spoiling Dead Fans is a community of Walking …

Although initially intended as a continual brawl against a number of bosses, the '30s animation inspired side-scroller Cuphead now has some levels to beat, as well as a number of larger foes. That doesn't mean the game looks any worse though – if anything it's as pretty and nostalgic as …

Microsoft has announced that it will be buying up business-focused social network Linkedin, for a whopping $26.2 (£18.5) billion. This will be Microsoft's biggest ever acquisition in the history of the company and is even more noteworthy because it will be purchased entirely with cash, no stock will change hands. LinkedIn …

As a big proponent for a manned mission to Mars and the colonisation of the red planet, you might expect Elon Musk to wrap up his ideas in PR positivism, but that's not the case. In a recent interview, he claimed that the first missions to Mars will be very …

The 41st century is a grim and dark place, unless you're talking about Dawn of War III, where there are so many particle and lighting effects that battles look like they're taking place around Christmas. At least that was the impression I got from the new reveal of Dawn of …

While it might be a little late to the party, the price tag on Sony's PlayStation VR platform and the large install base for the console it's designed for could still make it a winner. We now know the Sony VR solution will be showing up in October, with a …

Despite efforts made by HBO to crack down on potential leaks of the new episodes of its flagship medieval fantasy show, Game of Thrones, they just keep on spouting. Once again the latest episode of the show appeared online before it was available through legitimate channels. In recent years along …

Sometimes when you watch a film you can feel real empathy for what characters are going through, seeing them struggle with the trials and tribulations of their lives. That's something that's quite strong in the first short film ever written by an A.I. algorithm, but more so because the characters …

Remember back in April when Space X prepared and launched an inflatable habitat to the International Space Station (ISS)? Well it's now firmly attached and orbiting Earth in the inky blackness of space while entirely inflated. It's quite roomy in there and NASA has released some images of its interior …

In an effort to prevent torrent sites from being one of the most popular destinations for those looking to watch games of the European Cup 2016, Sony Pictures Networks has been pre-warning the sites not to share the games. It's even threatening legal action if the site owners ignore it. …

Along with its continual efforts to reduce the cost of rocket launches in a meaningful way, Space X has also previously discussed the possibility of making high-speed, wireless internet available to all. However it's now having to defend its reserved part of the spectrum from those who would use it …

Although we're more likely to be driven around by our cars than drive them ourselves in the years to come, perhaps we will occasionally take over when they take to the air. That's the future Google founder Larry Page is banking on and banking on big. In the last few …

Much like when being asked how much they smoke, many people are guilty of overselling just how well they take care of their teeth, especially when talking to the dentist. That won't be possible with the new Philips smart toothbrush though, which tracks just how good you are at cleaning …