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Intel has announced a new wave of artificial intelligence. Its Nervana Neural Network processors are designed to accelerate AI system development and deployment from cloud to edge, with a new class of AI hardware. At a gathering of industry influencers, Intel demonstrated its new Nervana Neural Network Processor for Training (NNP-T1000) …

RGB LED case fans are an essential part of any high-end gaming or enthusiast PC build these days. Manufacturers are constantly updating products all the time, introducing more LEDs into the designs to produce even brighter lighting, with more choice of lighting colour and pattern customisation. Ever since RGB lighting …

People that bought or are planning to buy the Microsoft Surface Pro X have to consider the fact that the only apps that it will run are ARM, ARM64, and emulated x86 apps. Up until now, running x64 apps such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Photoshop Elements on a Surface …

Whatever GPU you have, you can now try out ray tracing with Crytek's lastest demo...

Over the last few weeks, Microsoft has been ramping up the hype machine for XO19, promising announcements from first-party Xbox Game Studios, new titles for Game Pass and more in the ‘biggest Inside Xbox episode ever'. There were indeed quite a few big announcements, including new IP from Obsidian and …

Just as expected, Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows 10 1909 update this week, otherwise known as the November Feature Update. This time around, Microsoft is not looking to shake things up too much, hoping to avoid the numerous issues that plagued last year's October update. Windows 10 1909 …

Razer is well known for its headsets at this point, we've even reviewed a good number of Kraken series headsets ourselves over the years. This week, Razer is introducing a new flagship Kraken Ultimate to the lineup, swapping out standard 7.1 virtual surround sound for THX Spatial Audio. The ear …

Back in May, Intel shared information regarding an MDS (Microarchitectural Data Sampling) issue that could be exploited to extract data from its CPUs, bypassing security. On the 12th of November, Intel shared more about the subject by disclosing a new TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) vulnerability. Intel also shared information on the …

Just one day after earning the Accenture Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the virtual reality industry, Oculus CTO, John Carmack, has announced that he will be taking a step back from Oculus and will be spending more time working on artificial intelligence instead. Carmack has been the Chief Technology …

After recently buying Alpha Dog Games, Bethesda announced its latest studio acquisition. Human Head Studios, the developers behind Prey and Rune II, has been acquired by Bethesda and renamed as Roundhouse Studios. Human Head Studios was founded back in 1997 and made games alongside Square Enix (The Quiet Man), Bethesda …

Internet of Things are everyday “dumb items” that are connected to the web to become smart and talk to each other. Anything from simple sensors to smartphones an wearables are connected to automated systems to gather information to create an action, help with a particular task or to learn from …

Disney+ is Disney’s new streaming service, created to compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime, and the recently released Apple TV Plus. If early numbers are any indication, Disney+ is set to be a huge success, with the streaming service amassing over 10 million subscribers in its first day …

Ahead of Microsoft’s X019 fan convention, it appears that one of the announcements coming from the conference, taking place later today at 8PM GMT, was to be the release date of Ninja Theory’s 4v4 team brawler ‘Bleeding Edge’. Announced back during E3 2019; thanks to a Microsoft Store listing discovered by …

The supercomputer division of Hewlett Packard, Cray has partnered up with Japanese chip manufacturer Fujitsu to offer high-performance technologies for the Exascale Era. The new alliance will bring the first-ever commercial supercomputer combining a Fujitsu A64FZ ARM-based processor, high-bandwidth memory implemented by the Cray CS500 architecture and programming environment. Initial …

When Google recently announced its launch line-up of games coming to the Stadia platform before the end of the year, most of the games appeared to be simple ports of the PC versions. One of the games however, will have an exclusive mode only possible on Stadia. GRID for Stadia …

While Microsoft’s annual fan convention X019 may be just a few hours away, industry insider Daniel Ahmad has given fans a small look at what to expect from the convention’s opening conference, which will take place later today at 8PM GMT. According to Ahmad, Microsoft will unveil a new IP …

If you have ever built your own high-end custom PC you will have no doubt come across and probably used a Seasonic power supply before. Product packaging and branding is a key marketing strategy by hardware manufacturers that provides clear identification of products for consumers. Seasonic is currently in the …

Rockstar has given us all a much needed status update, addressing the stuttering issue with RDR2...

The last couple of weeks have been big for news on Netflix's The Witcher. The final trailer gave us a much better look at the show as a whole and a release date for season 1, which premiers on the 20th of December. Now over a month ahead of the …

While Death Stranding may have underperformed in the UK launch sales charts, it seems that the Kojima Productions game hit it big in the studio’s home country. Death Stranding has become the biggest retail launch for a new IP this entire generation in Japan, beating out games such as Sekrio: …

Since discontinuing the 17-inch MacBook Pro back in 2012, Apple has stuck to 13-inch and 15-inch laptop offerings with high resolution displays and slim form factors. This year, Apple is approaching larger laptops once again, with the long-rumoured 16-inch MacBook Pro officially launching today.  The 16-inch MacBook Pro is being …

The embargo for Pokémon Sword and Shield has lifted, meaning that reviewers are now able to inform fans on whether the 8th generation Pokémon games are worth purchasing or not. Despite all the controversies surrounding Pokémon Sword and Shield, it seems like GameFreak have once again been able to create …

The most recent Halo: Reach flight test has been live on PC for two weeks now. The first extension was put in place to allow users to test a new patch, although that update took a bit longer than expected. As a result, the current PC test will be running …

During the buildup to Fortnite’s black hole and chapter two reveal, there were several leaks spoiling the reveal, including a screenshot of the brand new map. A few weeks ago, Epic Games filed a lawsuit against one former tester in connection to the leak and now, a second former tester …

In a now deleted tweet by the UK retailer shopto.net, the release date for Media Molecule’s long-awaited creation game ‘Dreams’ has been revealed. The PlayStation exclusive will be releasing on the 14th of February 2020, presumably taking the spot that The Last of Us Part II held, prior to its …

Pokémon Sword and Shield has been mired in controversy ever since it was first revealed that players wouldn't be able to transfer all their Pokémon into the game. The reasoning given by GameFreak was that they had to remake all the Pokémon models for the Nintendo Switch hardware. Players have …

PC systems containing high-performance hardware often require a chassis that is able to keep these high-end components cool. The usual run-of-the-mill cases are sometimes just not capable of achieving this so InWin has stepped in to provide a premium full tower chassis that is. InWin has announced a new premium …

Since the introduction of 240Hz gaming displays, most of them have been based on TN panels. Back in September, the Acer Nitro range received an upgrade with the world's first IPS 240Hz monitor and now, that technology is also transitioning over to the Acer Predator range.  The Acer Predator XB273 …

Wolfenstein: Youngblood is back in the headlines this week as the developers have released a new major update, adding new parts of the map and new missions for players to tackle. It is the game's biggest post-launch update yet, although unfortunately previously announced RTX features are still missing in action.  …

Now that PCIe is established in desktop solutions, we are hearing more details about the PCIe 5.0 interface...