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 »Advent Calendar Day Six: Win a Riotoro Ghostwriter Prism keyboard and Aurox Gaming Mouse!
The KitGuru Advent Calendar continues this week! Today we are teaming up with RIOTORO, giving readers the chance to get their hands on some new peripherals- the Riotoro Ghost Writer Prism mechanical RGB keyboard and Aurox gaming mouse!
Read More »GameMax Kallis Case – best £60 case of 2017?
Its only £60 but its actually really very good. Do you need to spend £120+ now to get quality?
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 5: Win Kingston A400 480GB SSD / HyperX Cloud Alpha headset!
The KitGuru Advent Calendar is still going! For day five we are teaming up with KINGSTON to give you the chance to win a Kingston A400 480GB SSD as well as a HyperX Cloud Alpha headset!
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 4: Win a Palit GTX 1070Ti!
It's getting close to Christmas, so we are getting in the holiday spirit! For day four, we are teaming up with PALIT, giving readers the chance to win a Palit GTX 1070Ti Super JetStream graphics card!
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 »Advent Calendar Day 3: Win an Antec P8 case and Earthwatts Gold Pro 550W PSU
It's getting close to Christmas, so we are getting in the holiday spirit! For day three, we are teaming up with ANTEC, giving readers the chance to win an Antec P8 case and Earthwatts Gold Pro 550W PSU!
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 »Advent Calendar Day 2: Win a Seasonic Prime Titanium Fanless 600W PSU
It's getting close to Christmas, so we are getting in the holiday spirit! This year, we are running a series of 'reviewer' giveaways with new prizes every day! For day two, we are teaming up with SEASONIC, giving readers the chance to win an excellent Seasonic Prime Titanium 600W Fanless power supply!
Read More »MSI Raider GE63VR 7RE 120Hz Gaming Laptop Review
It has a 'gamer friendly' 120hz panel, but do the rest of the specs stack up?
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 …
Read More »AMD launches Radeon Software Adrenaline Edition with latency improvements
While AMD provide incremental updates to its Radeon Software throughout the year, it’s taken to comprehensive annual overhauls since the release of Catalyst Omega at the end of 2014. Now, it welcomes the Adrenalin Edition, getting Radeon owners’ blood pumping with a focus on latency reduction. It might not be …
Read More »Synaptics finally crack under-screen fingerprint sensors for 2018 flagship smartphones
Under-screen fingerprint scanners were pegged for 2017’s slew of flagship smartphones, but ultimately the tech just wasn’t ready. While the same was thought of 2018’s upcoming batch due to Samsung Galaxy S9 rumours, it seems that Synaptics has finally cracked the technology. “Consumers prefer fingerprint authentication on the front of …
Read More »Apple’s Xeon and Vega powered iMac Pro launches this week
Back in June, Apple announced the iMac Pro, the company's first ‘pro' grade all-in-one system. Under the hood, you'll find an Intel Xeon processor, ECC memory and a discrete graphics chip. We've been expecting a December launch since the initial announcement, though Apple has been quiet on that front in …
Read More »Western Digital (WD) Gold 12TB Hard Drive Review
Is this the ultimate pinnacle of hard drive engineering?
Read More »Atari is shaping its Ataribox via crowdfunding from December 14th
Atari surprised everyone when it announced it was going to release its first gaming hardware in 20 years, and surprised everyone even more with its price set to rival that of current consoles. Now, the Ataribox is set to go on sale as an Indiegogo exclusive on December 14th. Back …
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