Google has invested $500 million in to Magic Leap, a ‘cinematic reality' company developing its own headset using a “digital light field” to project ultra realistic images directly on to your eyes. Not a whole lot is known about Magic Leap as a company, it tends to keep its projects …
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Palit GTX980 Super Jetstream OC Review
Nvidia's recent GTX970 and GTX980 launch has been one of the most successful we can remember. We have already analysed many partner cards and today we look at the new flagship model from Palit – the GTX980 Super Jetstream. This card is the first one that ships with a core …
Read More »Samsung has developed 60GHz Wi-Fi tech to significantly increase speeds
Samsung claims to have developed a new Wi-Fi technology that takes advantage of the 60 Ghz wireless range to bridge the gap between theoretical and actual wireless speeds. Unlike existing 2.4 GHz and 5GHz technologies, Samsung's new 802.11ad standard 60 GHz Wi-Fi manages to maintain maximum speed by eliminating co-channel …
Read More »Google launches new Android ads ahead of Nexus announcement
Google has launched three new short Android ads using a new slogan for the mobile OS, “be together, not the same”. The three ads feature animated characters along with a playful take on the message of Android for everyone while also hinting at the impending Nexus 9 and Nexus 6 …
Read More »Resident Evil producer says VR makes ‘perfect sense’ for horror games
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 producer, Michiteru Okabe, has expressed his excitement surrounding virtual reality headsets and what they can do for horror titles. While virtual reality technology is still in development and has some way to go, game companies are already eager to make games for VR headsets and Oculus …
Read More »Apparently Apple won’t be revealing a retina display Macbook Air this week
Apple has another event scheduled for later this week at which the company is expected to reveal new Macbook Pros, iPads, iMacs and Macbook Airs while also officially launching the next version of OS X. Unfortunately though, the often rumored and heavily sought after Macbook Air with Retina display won't …
Read More »Unity technologies is not up for sale
Last week it was reported that the Unity development platform may be up for sale, with presentations outlining the company's business value hitting the desks of Microsoft and Google amongst other companies. However, Unity co-founder, Joachim Ante has since denied these rumors, stating that while several partners have tried discussing …
Read More »Payday: The Heist will be completely free for 24 hours this week
Popular four player co-op bank robbing title, Payday: The Heist, will be free to own on Steam later this week for 24 hours. Other three year anniversary freebies include a golden AK-47, the Old Hoxton character pack DLC and a mask from Bain. Overkill, the developer behind Payday, is giving …
Read More »Dropbox confirms massive password leak but denies server hack
Late last night, an anonymous Pastebin user claimed to have compromised almost seven million Dropbox account credentials, including emails and passwords. The user posted the first 400 direct to Pastebin and then proceeded to ask for Bitcoin donations before leaking more. The original leak has been followed up on, with …
Read More »Build a PC with KitGuru on YouTube
Everyone loved the video we posted of Kitguru's step-by-step guide to building your first PC – but we did get a load of requests for one thing. KitGuru has powered up the video processing pipelines to give you what you want. This version of the video resides on YouTube, do …
Read More »Youtube set to open Manhattan production HQ in November
Youtube might not have the best reputation for supporting its content creators when it comes to copyright claims, but what it lacks in the understanding of fair use, it makes up for in its provision of production equipment and facilities for the site's creators to make use of. Following on from …
Read More »Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV GPU Cooler Review
Today we are going to look at Arctic's top-of-the-range GPU air cooler, the Accelero Xtreme IV. We recently took a look at Arctic's take on all-in-one graphics card cooling, the Accelero Hybrid II, which performed well, despite being let down by a complicated installation process. We are excited to see …
Read More »Erik Martin to leave Reddit GM position
Erik Martin, one of Reddit's longest running employees and General Manager of the internet behemoth for the past six years, has announced that he's stepping down from the role and will be leaving the company. Reddit has yet to announce a replacement for his position. “Hard decision, but after 6 …
Read More »DriveClub server issues persist into second week
It's become a bit of a trope in AAA gaming over the past few years, that releasing a game with online features is going to lead to problems. We saw it with Diablo III, with SimCity and let's not even get started on Battlefield 4. The latest in this round …
Read More »SandForce 3000-series controllers delayed again
Although SandForce 3000-series controllers were officially introduced almost a year ago, it now looks like they will only emerge on the market in the first half of 2015. There is good news, though, once the SF3000-series controllers hit the market, they will power multiple devices from numerous manufacturers. The SF3700 …
Read More »1 million people are helping Microsoft test Windows 10
Microsoft officially announced its next operating system, Windows 10, a couple of weeks ago and promptly released the technical preview, allowing the public to help Microsoft test its OS before release next year. The company has now revealed that it has managed to attract 1 million people with its technical …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege may run at 60 frames per second on all platforms
Apparently, upcoming team based shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege, will run at a smooth 60 frames per second on the PC, Xbox One and PS4 when it launches next year. However, while this is good news for now, it may still be too early on to confirm frame rates for both …
Read More »Apple Pay to launch in the US this week
Apple will reportedly launch its recently announced NFC based mobile payment service in the US on the 18th of October, according to a leaked memo from Wallgreens. Apple Pay will allow US shoppers to pay for goods using their iPhone 6 or 6 Plus handset, the upcoming Apple Watch will …
Read More »Win even more be quiet! Straight Power 10 PSUs
We recently ran one of our famous KitGuru give-aways here on the main site, offering up Straight Power 10 power supplies from be quiet! as a prize. While that competition is now finished with the winners selected, there's another chance for you to win a PSU from that same manufacturer …
Read More »Futuremark launches world’s first 4K ‘Ultra HD’ benchmark
The buzz around 4K gaming has been growing fast this year, with many enthusiasts adopting new monitors as they come down in price but until now, there hadn't been an Ultra HD benchmarking tool available. Futuremark has officially released Fire Strike Ultra, the world's first 4K benchmark, which is now …
Read More »3.2 million people play Destiny per day on average
A month after Destiny's hugely successful launch, Bungie has revealed a few impressive gameplay statistics. The development studio says that currently 3.2 million people on average log in to play Destiny every single day, which is probably largely down to the daily events and the addition of raids. The average …
Read More »Netflix finally works on Linux
Netflix streaming is finally working natively on Linux, without the need to trick the website in to thinking that you're actually running a different OS. Streaming via Google's Chrome browser is currently working on a few distros including Ubuntu, Fedora and the Ubuntu-based Mint. More distros are expected to be …
Read More »Google has removed a third of UK ‘right to be forgotten’ links
The good people of Britain have asked Google to remove around 60,000 links over the last few months, following the EU Court's ‘right to be forgotten' ruling and the firm's latest transparency report shows that it has managed to make good on a third of those requests. Google has received …
Read More »Snowden on those that say ‘I have nothing to hide’
Over the past year, the world has become much more aware of the way government's sniff out data on potential criminals: in short, everything is recorded. Edward Snowden's revelations about this have helped create a growing tide of disquiet with regards to overly intrusive surveillance and especially when it comes …
Read More »Chronicle: Runescape Legends is a CCG from Jagex
If there's one genre that's shown an impressive and somewhat surprising amount of growth in the past year, it's collectible card games. Along with board games, Magic: The Gathering and its card based kin have in the past been relegated to the bowls of true nerd-dom, far more so than other …
Read More »Cougar 700M Mouse and Cougar Speed Mat review
If you are a dedicated gamer then getting the right mouse and mat combination can be a big deal. If you spend a lot of time at your PC, then they are part of a toolkit you spend many hours using, so it makes sense to get ones that work …
Read More »Here’s what Star Citizen looks like in an atmosphere
Star Citizen is a game of many things. It's a super crowd-funding success story, it's an ambitious pipe dream and it's an epic space adventuring game. However as empty, and as vast as space is, sometimes you need to head down to the surface of a planet and for the first …
Read More »Snapchat photo leak blamed on third party apps
Late last week, the world learned that it isn't just celebrities that have been victim of a photo hacking scandal, but the public too. A large number of Snapchat users are said to have been affected, with some 100,000 images dumped online for all to see. Snapchat's statement on the matter …
Read More »AOC U3477PQU 34 inch 3440×1440 IPS Review
If you are building a new system for 2015 then the latest breed of ‘UltraWide' monitors might already be on your radar. With this in mind today we look at the AOC U3477PQU UltraWide WQHD which features a 3440×1440 resolution. This is an IPS panel with a 5ms GTG refresh …
Read More »Apple’s Beats settles legal dispute with Bose
Apple’s Beats Electronics and Bose Corp. on Friday settled their patent dispute over noise-cancelling technologies. Bose will no longer demand the U.S. ITC to prevent Beats’ noise-cancellation headphones from being imported into the United States from China. Bose and Beats in joint filings told a U.S. court in Delaware they …
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