As the UK government is getting rid of “up to” speeds used in advertising, it is also wanting to introduce a set standard of speed across the collection of countries. By 2020, it hopes to endow the public with the legal right to a minimum of 10 Mbps from their …
Read More »Teemo’s Adventure is rumoured from League of Legends developer, Riot
Riot Games is better known for its super-massive hit League of Legends, but it seems that it has a team working on a brand new title. Teemo’s Adventure is the rumoured name of the title, and is expected to focus on the loveable (?) fur ball that is perhaps League’s …
Read More »Nexus Mods redefines how to pay modders while keeping mods free
Bethesda continues to push its paid-mod centre, the Creation Club despite the utter failure and removal of the concept when it was tried in Steam. Now, Nexus Mods is asking the others to hold its beer, as it demonstrates how to truly attach a monetary system to mods: a Mod …
Read More »SERIOUS STORAGE Competition: Celebrating 5 years of WD RED!
In a KitGuru survey, you told us in no uncertain terms that WD RED was your HDD weapon of choice when it comes to populating NAS boxes. You've also told us plenty of times that you love Synology NAS devices. To help celebrate the WD RED Drive's 5th birthday, we've …
Read More »Google’s Chrome app on Windows Store is just a download link
One of the sad truths Microsoft faces with its browsers these days is that more often than not, they are used only once in order to download and install Google Chrome. Now, in a fairly amusing move, Google is embracing that, placing Chrome on the Windows Store as a simple …
Read More »Bungie confirms that Destiny 2’s exotic boosting consumable is bugged
One of the big things keeping players coming back to Destiny 2 is the promise of exotic loot. Last week in order to make obtaining exotics through gameplay a bit easier, Bungie re-introduced the ‘Three of Coins' item that is supposed to boost the chances of an exotic loot drop …
Read More »The US publicly declares North Korea responsible for WannaCry cyberattacks
Earlier this year, The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) concluded that May’s WannaCry malware attack originated from North Korea from a hacking group with links to the country’s government. Now, it seems that the US agrees, as the Trump administration has publicly declared that North Korea is responsible. President …
Read More »Advertising Standards Agency is assessing Amazon’s Prime service after complaints
Amazon shifted the ecommerce front when it introduced its “Unlimited One Day Delivery” Amazon Prime service, but many are complaining that the service isn’t being met. This has drawn attention from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) and could lead to the possibility of an investigation. Out of the plethora of …
Read More »Wolfenstein II is being ported to the Nintendo Switch by the same team that adapted Doom
Winner of Best Action Game at The Game Awards as well as nominated for three others, Wolfenstein II has had a rather successful year since its October 27th release. Now, the game will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch, ported by the same team that handled Doom on …
Read More »Aerocool P7-L240 Liquid Cooler Review
Aerocool's Project 7 range expands with the new P7-L240 RGB liquid cooler - is it worth £99?
Read More »Patent filing shows design tweaks for LG’s upcoming VR headset
Over the last few months, we've been receiving nuggets of information about LG's upcoming virtual reality headset. We know that LG will be using Valve's SteamVR platform just has HTC has with the VIVE, we even saw an early version of the HMD back in September. Now, a recent patent …
Read More »AMD’s next-gen GPU has been spotted in Linux drivers
With AMD's RX Vega now out and about, it is time to start looking towards the future. We've known for some time that Vega will be followed up by ‘Navi' at some point between 2018 and 2020. Now, we know that progress is being made as AMD's next-gen GPU has …
Read More »The Oculus Rift and Touch bundle has dropped to £350
Over the course of this year, the Oculus Rift has had a dramatic drop in price from launch. Originally, the Rift sold for £500 and late last year, the Touch controllers also went on sale for an additional £200. Over the summer, the price for the Rift and Touch dropped …
Read More »Apple spends much less than its competitors on startup companies
It is common knowledge that Apple is richer than any other technology company across the globe, expected to hit the trillion-dollar mark in 2018. Perhaps unsurprisingly to some, it is also the company that has spent the least on startups than its rivals in the Big Five of US technology …
Read More »Google’s Chrome 64 hits beta, blocks sound from autoplaying videos and stops intrusive pop-ups
Back in September, we learned that Google’s Chrome 64 was in the works, planning to put an end to websites autoplaying content with sound. Now, the beta is here and the company has done just that, alongside an improved pop-up blocker. The Chrome 64 beta enables users to easily mute …
Read More »Obsidian’s upcoming RPG won’t feature microtransactions or loot boxes
Last week, Take-Two announced Private Division, a new label set to cater to indie titles on a much lower budget. The question on many people’s tongues was whether Private Division would push microtransactions as aggressively as its parent company, but according to Obsidian, they won’t be appearing in its upcoming …
Read More »ASUS Tinker Board Review
Fancy a Tinker? Asus have the answer.
Read More »The FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality rules in the US
This Thursday, the FCC voted to take down Net Neutrality rules within the US, an action that it states is “protecting internet freedom.” It seems that supporters of Net Neutrality won’t let this slide quietly, as the FCC will potentially face a legal battle. Net Neutrality, for those not in …
Read More »Have your say on Nvidia’s current GPU pricing in our latest poll
Graphics card pricing has been in flux throughout 2017, with prices going up more often than down. Here at KitGuru, we’re running a short poll to see how our readers feel about the current pricing across Nvidia’s line-up of GPUs and would love to hear your thoughts down in the …
Read More »Sapphire RX Vega 64 Nitro+ Limited Edition – better than GTX1080?
We finally get hands-on with a custom Vega 64 card - just how good is it?
Read More »Asus ROG Poseidon Platinum GTX 1080 Ti – liquid or air cooling
This is a monster card - and its on sale this week at OCUK for £100 off. One not to miss!
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 files discovered in Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update
It looks like GTA Online's latest update, ‘The Doomsday Heist‘ contained more than we bargained for. The folks over at The Guru Team have been digging through the game files to uncover clues about future content and something very interesting popped up- a hidden in-game activity that directly ties into …
Read More »Leo Says EP7: Crap year for graphics, AI kill humans, Titan V, AMD in Mac, Fanboys, VR stillborn
In the seventh episode of ‘Leo Says' – our grumpy guru Leo discusses the state of graphics in 2017, AI potentially killing the human race, The new Nvidia Titan V, AMD in Mac and VR being ‘stillborn'. He even airs his views on the topic of fanboys – and just …
Read More »Apple launches top spec iMac Pro for $13,927 in the US and £13,007 in the UK
Apple has finally launched its long-awaited Intel Xeon and AMD Vega-powered iMac Pros. While many of the hardware details were revealed earlier this week, we’ve now learned that to get all that Apple have to offer, it’ll cost you a cool $13,926.98 in the US and £13,006.98 in the UK. …
Read More »Nvidia’s Titan V tested in-game using Futuremark’s 3DMark
Titan V benchmarks have been cropping up for the past week, giving us a deeper look into Nvidia’s new Volta architecture across a variety of tools. This time, the card is put through its paces against modern games using the ever-popular Futuremark 3DMark benchmarking software. Oh, hi Mark. Under the …
Read More »Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene addresses the lack of copyright protection in games
Since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken the battle royale formula and turned it into a fully-fledged genre, many copies and adaptations have sprung up, one of which has caused much upset throughout developer Bluehole. In turn, PUBG creator has spoken out about copyright in the games industry and the lack of …
Read More »Predictive text AI writes its own Harry Potter story filled with dancing, Ron magic & cannibalism
Artificial Intelligence has some pretty useful functions, from powering your smartphone to an adaptive enemy in a video game. Botnik Studios has been testing its own AI in the form of a predictive keyboard, enabling it to write its very own Harry Potter chapter for hilarious results. Botnik’s AI was …
Read More »AMD set to roll out Ryzen 2 in Q1 2018
AMD's Ryzen CPUs have been a huge success throughout 2017 but it is time to start looking towards the company's plans for next year. AMD has said in the past that we will see a Zen 1 refresh before the jump to Zen 2 architecture, and now it looks like …
Read More »Toshiba and Western Digital have dropped their legal battles
Since Toshiba announced that it would be selling off its NAND flash factory business, it has run into a number of legal issues with Western Digital. The two firms own joint stakes in a Japanese NAND factory, leaving WD in a tough position, given that Toshiba could sell its stake …
Read More »PUBG seems to have a lot of trouble running on Xbox One
Yesterday PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds received its Xbox One ‘Game Preview' launch just ahead of the PC's exit from Early Access. The console launch was set to be a big deal for Microsoft's machine, after all, PUBG has been the biggest game on PC all year long and opening it up to …
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