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Elon Musk has been no stranger to headlines, leading cutting-edge companies like SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity, and generally working to advance humanity toward more sophisticated technology and bold new socioeconomic concepts. Now, Musk and a host of other leaders in the tech industry have come together to form a …

ASUS ROG has launched a new, ambidextrous mouse for £46.99. They even supply alternative switches!

Update: Following the partner email leak from earlier this week, Twitch has now confirmed that it is adding $9.99 and $24.99 subscription tiers to channels. These will be rolling out in beta form over the next few weeks and will allow streamers to offer additional perks to those in the …

ThermalTake have produced a snazzy looking air cooler for £45 - is it worth the cash?

After many weeks of sifting through early/leaked information, the RX 500 series has officially landed and as we have known for a while, the new range is a Polaris refresh. Given that the chips under the hood are so similar, it looks like some are experimenting with flashing their older …

With the official announcement of AMD’s Radeon 500-Series GPUs yesterday, its partner ecosystem has followed suit and delivered on the goods. But there’s more to the cards than meets the eye, if we consider that AMD is already putting them on sale. If you are a follower of graphics cards news, …

It looks like another source has come to light, claiming that Intel will now unveil its ‘Basin Falls’ platform at Computex this year. This new platform will encompass Skylake-X, Kaby Lake-X and X299. As previously thought, this source claims that Intel is bringing the launch forward by a few months …

Logitech is revamping its range of keyboards this year, starting off with the new G412 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. In a shift away from the over the top design of the G910, the G413 takes on a more subtle aesthetic, while retaining Logitech’s highly rated gaming features and Romer-G switches. As …

It seems more and more likely that Microsoft will release a new cheap, portable, device running a Cloud-based version of Windows, in time for the next back-to-school shopping season. It’s been a busy 12 months for Microsoft. Early on we heard Windows running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon hardware. Even a trial test …

It looks like Apple has settled on a fix for its Touch ID placement problem. Earlier this week, we heard that Apple had been having issues integrating its fingerprint sensor into its new OLED display. To get around this, a newly leaked design document shows Apple moving the Touch ID …

With Starcraft’s HD Remaster now just around the corner, Blizzard has gone ahead and made the original game and the Brood War expansion free to download. Starting from today, you can download and play the original versions of Starcraft and Broodwar on both PC and Mac, with a fresh new …

Last week, Nintendo began discontinuing the NES Mini console, which once again, caused scalper prices on eBay to soar to great heights. At the time, many people wondered why Nintendo would discontinue such a successful, in-demand product but it turns out, it may be due to a replacement coming. According …

Last week, Respawn Entertainment began revealing its free DLC plans for Titanfall 2. Between now and June, we will be getting new maps, game modes, Titans and more but the rollout is kicking off very soon indeed. On the 25th of April, ‘A Glitch in the Frontier’ will release. This …

We recently looked at Toshiba’s mainstream P300 hard drive and now it’s the turn of a drive from the ‘premium’ range of Toshiba’s consumer HDD’s, the X300, in the shape of the 6TB flagship drive. The X300 takes over from where the P300 stops in terms of capacity, the P300 …

A researcher at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, has developed a new technology for use with a magneto-resistive type of memory which promises to solve part of the universal memory dilemma equation. Dr. Natia Frank, an Associate Professor and Researcher at the UVic Department of Chemistry, has patented  what …

Earlier this year, Apple began sharing its plans for the future of its desktop systems. The next big Mac Pro refresh is coming in 2018 but in the meantime, Apple is said to be planning a ‘pro-grade’ iMac all-in-one for release this year. Now reports this week claim to give …

The idea of building your own smartphone has been around for a long time but with projects like Phonebloks and Project Ara now dead, we are still far from making the concept a reality. However, one engineer decided to take things into his own hands and flew to China in …

G.Skill is back at it again this week. Recently, the enthusiast memory maker unleashed 64GB and 128GB kits of Trident Z DDR4 RAM and now, the company is kicking its speeds into high-gear with the launch of its new 16GB 4333MHz kit. The latest modules run at 4333MHz standard but …

One of the bigger competitions at Insomnia i60 was the massive gaming laptop giveaway at the MSI-Sponsored VR Experience on the Overclockers stand. The closing date is 25th April, so watch the video for a chance to win! With over 40,000 gamers of all shapes, sizes and ages walking through …

Sapphire makes the best of AMD's RX 580 refresh with its Nitro+ version.

The RX 470 is back except faster, and don't forget to swap that 4 for a 5, RX 570, that's better.

The Nintendo Switch is continuing to sell incredibly well across the globe it seems as new statistics this week show that Nintendo has managed to shift 2.4 million consoles worldwide so far. At this point, the Switch is selling well above analyst expectations, which is causing most to raise their …

Is the AOC AG251FZ only of niche appeal? Probably. Is it expensive for a 1080p TN monitor? Definitely.

One of the big problems that many had with the original Star Wars Battlefront is that it felt incomplete, with most using the season pass as a list of DLCs that should have been in the game all along. With Battlefront 2, EA is approaching things differently, not only will …

Finding a good NAS system for business can be an important task. Fortunately, it looks like QNAP is pumping out quite a few at the moment. This month, QNAP Systems has introduced three new models, the TVS-1282T3, which focusses on transferring media across Mac and Windows, the TS-431X- a four …

If you are currently planning/buying hardware for your next PC build, then it is always worth shopping around a bit for offers. This month, ASUS has announced that it will be giving away a free copy of Dawn of War III with some of its GPUs, monitors, mini PCs, motherboards …

It was a great run, but Intel Corporation has announced it has pulled the plug on the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). This has left many in the industry with a huge gaping hole in their mid-August agendas, as the staple Intel-branded event now disappears into posterity. The Fall edition, regularly held …

Last week, a brief 30 second trailer for the next Star Wars: Battlefront game leaked on to the web. At the time, it was assumed that this would be the trailer shown at Star Wars Celebration but it turns out, EA had a much bigger reveal trailer in store for …

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