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The 5G revolution has been touted for years now, with plenty of large tech companies hedging their bets on the upcoming mobile networking standard. Devices with 5G support are starting to arrive for consumers this year and soon, carriers will be making their networks live. Here in the UK, Vodafone …

There is no doubt that so far, Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD. Not only has competition been restored to the mainstream and high-end gaming segments of the CPU market, but Threadripper also posed a huge challenge to Intel’s HEDT line up. We are closing in on the …

Apex Legends might not be setting the gaming world on fire at the moment, but the game is still widely played and Respawn is looking to address key issues. Earlier this month, a huge ban wave cleared out hundreds of thousands of cheaters and now an upcoming patch will address …

SSD adoption is on the rise and prices are set to fall, particularly for high-capacity drives.

There are 1.5 billion people in the world using WhatsApp and due to that, the messaging service has had to be very diligent when it comes to security. Unfortunately this week, a major security flaw was discovered in the app that allows spyware to be installed remotely on iOS and …

The production team behind the upcoming Witcher TV series has been hard at work filming over the course of 2019 and now, we have a rough idea of when we'll be able to finally sit down and watch it. Initially, The Witcher was scheduled to hit Netflix in 2020 but …

While Paramount is busy trying to fix Sonic The Hedgehog for his live action debut, the folks over at Warner Bros are sitting pretty on top of a $161m opening weekend for Detective Pikachu. The live-action Pokémon film is off to a great start, in large part thanks to the …

We are just one day away from the launch of the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro. This time around, OnePlus is less concerned about pricing and will instead focus on offering a beefier device, with two distinct tiers. We’ve already heard OnePlus talk up the new display it …

While most are content using Chrome or Firefox for their browsing needs, there are plenty of lesser-known options available with interesting features. Vivaldi is one of them, building a name by being one of the most customisable web browsers around. In keeping with that theme, Vivaldi has now teamed up …

ASRock has expanded its motherboard range over the last month with two new additions based on Intel’s Z390 chipset. The Z390 Phantom Gaming 4S takes aim at the mainstream gaming crowd and serves as an upgrade over the original Phantom Gaming 4. Meanwhile, the Steel Legend brings this familiar design …

Rage 2 is coming out tomorrow, which is honestly quite hard to believe given how little noise there has been surrounding the game over the last few weeks. Either way though, Bethesda does have post-launch content plans for the game, which the publisher hopes will keep bringing players back throughout …

Over the last few years, a company known as ‘Xperi Corporation’ has been throwing patent infringement lawsuits at some of the biggest companies in tech. In 2017, Xperi won a settlement and license agreement with Broadcom and managed to achieve the same result against Samsung in December 2018. Now, Xperi …

Update (13.05.19): A couple of months ago, Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 had officially surpassed 800 million installs. This milestone was not brought up again during Microsoft's Build 2019 developer conference, but new reports suggest that the number of active users has already risen to 825 million. According to internal …

While we usually get plenty of iPhone leaks well ahead of time, the rumour mill has been relatively quiet this year ahead of the iPhone 11. That is starting to change though, with reports this week indicating that production on the A13 processor has begun, which will be built by …

Final Fantasy 7 Remake finally resurfaced last week with a new teaser trailer debuting during a ‘State of Play’ live stream for PlayStation. At this point, the game was been through plenty of changes over the course of development and has even switched studios along the way. One thing has …

AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …

Last year, we saw ASUS enter the all-in-one liquid cooler market with the ROG Ryuo and ROG Ryujin CPU coolers. This year, the ROG Strix LC AIO will be joining the family, adding a lower cost option in 120mm and 240mm form factors. We had our first peek at the …

The latest Nvidia GeForce driver has arrived, bringing performance improvements and day-one optimisations for some of the biggest game releases this month. Today's driver release focuses on optimisations for Rage 2 and Total War: Three Kingdoms but should also bring a hefty performance boost to World War Z. World War …

While a leak yesterday may have spoiled the surprise a bit, last night Ubisoft announced a brand new Ghost Recon game ahead of E3 next month. Ghost Recon Breakpoint is set to be a followup to Wildlands, focusing on co-op gameplay once again and taking players out of the cartel-infested …

Late last year, following Monster Hunter World's win at The Game Awards, Capcom announced that a full expansion would be heading our way this year called ‘Iceborne'. At the time, very few details were given but that changed last night, with the publisher giving us more details on the new …

Way back in 2015, during one of Sony's best E3 presentations to date, Final Fantasy VII Remake was officially announced. This naturally drummed up a ton of excitement but immediately after, Square Enix went quiet on the project. That is changing this year, as during Sony's State of Play stream …

While Apex Legends did experience explosive growth following its launch in February, things did start to slow down over March and April. Respawn already has a competitive season plan in place to keep people coming back regularly, but there are other ideas in place. Similarly to PUBG and Fortnite, Apex …

The Logitech G502 has gone on to become one of the most popular gaming mice of all time. Over the years, Logitech hasn't really got around to upgrading the mouse at all, but that is changing this month with the Logitech G502 Lightspeed wireless. Logitech's Lightspeed wireless technology first launched …

As PC enthusiasts, many of us here take pride in our overall setups and getting a nice desk is usually a big part of that. Over the last year, we have seen companies like Sharkoon and Aerocool showing off their own custom desk designs. Now, Thermaltake is joining the club …

SEGA's Yakuza series continues to expand on PC. Yakuza 0 kicked things off last year, followed by Yakuza Kiwami- an excellent modern remake of the classic PS2 game. Now Yakuza Kiwami 2 has officially made its way to Steam, with other games in the long running series set to follow. …

Back in March, Crytek debuted the ‘Neon Noir' demo at GDC, showing off real-time ray tracing in CRYENGINE for the first time, all running on an RX Vega 56. The demo does a good job of showing off ray-traced reflections specifically but now Crytek has shared an update diving deeper …

Back in December, Capcom and CD Projekt Red announced that they would be collaborating on a special quest line for Monster Hunter World. During the event, players will be placed in the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, complete with his usual weapons and abilities. The crossover debuted on consoles back …

Intel's struggles to get 10nm off the ground are well documented at this point but it looks like 2019 will finally be the year. This week, Intel revealed its latest CPU roadmap, which says that the first Intel 10nm processor will begin shipping in June, with multiple new products coming …

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC this year, starting off with Halo Reach. We are still waiting for the first public beta tests to go live but in the meantime, 343 Industries has spoken a bit more on what features we can expect, including cross-platform capabilities between …

Over the last couple of years, there has been plenty of debate surrounding in-game loot boxes and whether or not they should be considered gambling. Investigations have been launched and politicians have gotten involved all across the world. While some countries took the view that loot boxes were fine, others …