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Technological advancement has exploded in the past 30 years. In the past decade, we’ve gone from the buggy, inefficient first incarnations of smartphones to sleek, practical devices in almost every adult’s pocket in the United States. Apple’s trademarked tagline, “there’s an app for that,” seems to apply literally to almost …

Samsung smart refrigerators are getting a language overhaul, with the company announcing a host of European languages to arrive to the platform later this year. This news comes straight after revealing its virtual assistant, Bixby will be making its way to as many as 200 countries. Smart fridges aren’t a …

Although PC users didn’t get their hands on the game until September 15th, Rocksteady first debuted its take on the Dark Knight with Batman: Arkham Asylum landing on consoles today, back in 2009. The game breathed new life into the staling Superhero genre, spawning its own series consisting of two …

Over the next few days not only will we be seeing the final launch of Ark: Survival Evolved but the Destiny 2 PC beta will also be kicking off. As a result, there is a new ‘Game Ready’ driver in town, ready to prepare Nvidia GPU owners with driver optimisations …

After a long and somewhat troubled development, first time developer Acid Wizard Studio managed to launch its top-down horror Darkwood just last week. Since then, the studio has issued an appeal, pleading with fans to stay away from grey market key re-sellers despite releasing a safe, DRM-free torrent on The …

Every so often, Blizzard likes to make subtle changes to help balance out characters in Overwatch. This month though, the studio is making some more sweeping and major changes to one of the characters- Mercy, giving her an ability overhaul. The biggest change here is that player resurrection will no …

Earlier this year, Samsung’s former acting head and heir to the company, Jay Y. Lee, was arrested in South Korea, with special prosecutors charging him of bribery and embezzlement. The arrest occurred back in February and since then, the trial has been under way, with Lee being found guilty of …

Over the last few months, some major changes have been occurring over at Oculus. There has been a change in CEO, Palmer Luckey is officially no longer there and one of the company’s in-house studios, the Oculus Story Studio, has shut down despite winning several awards for its work. Now, …

While AMD initially planned to launch RX Vega in high volume, it seems that retailers in many countries have been struggling to get stock in. While we know that more stock is coming in, we could be stuck with a shortage until October according to a report this week. According …

Over the last few years, HTC has struggled a bit in the smartphone market. However, the company has found renewed success in the virtual reality market. Right now, the HTC Vive is the most popular PC VR headset but as it turns out, HTC might not be entirely sure what …

Earlier this week, Samsung launched its most expensive smartphone ever, the Galaxy Note 8, which came in with a $930 starting price. It looks this may be the start of a new wave of ultra-expensive smartphones as Apple is also reportedly planning a higher price for one of its new …

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 conference held more than just news of its phablet revival, with the tech giant once again changing its stance on smart speakers. The company has confirmed that it is working on a rival product to Apple’s HomePod, despite cancelling its planned Bixby speaker, deeming it …

The Razer Wildcat Gamepad was the company’s last Xbox/PC compatible controller, fairing well in our review, earning our Worth Buying badge despite coming in at quite a price. Today, Razer has announced its latest follow up with its highly customisable Wolverine Ultimate controller, tearing up setups this September. The Razer …

The YouTubers behind h3h3Productions have been embroiled in a gruelling legal battle this past year, with a fellow content creator viewing one of the duo’s videos as copyright infringement.  These claims have now been rejected, with the judge siding with the pair, clearly stating that the parody is well within …

Microsoft has been experimenting with augmented and virtual reality headsets for a while now but it looks like the company is now starting to turn its attention to coming up with new input methods. While companies like Vive and Oculus are focussing on creating controllers that bring natural hand presence …

Yesterday it was reported that Western Digital is back in the running to buy Toshiba’s memory chip business after talks with the company’s preferred bidder fell through. So far, Toshiba’s asking price has been $18 billion but it looks like WD may try and get away with a lower offer. …

Elon Musk is another step closer to launching his own manned mission to space as the SpaceX founder has revealed the company’s official, fully working space suit. As you might expect, it looks like something pulled out of a futuristic sci-fi movie. Elon Musk posted the photo to Instagram, explaining …

With Ark: Survival Evolved set to leave early access and ‘fully launch’ at the end of this month, new details are emerging about changes coming to the game. Over the course of Early Access, Ark has had hundreds of official servers for players and since many of them are low-population, …

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Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Mass Effect: Andromeda would not be receiving any single-player DLC or further patches. This appears to be the end for Andromeda but it won’t be the end of Mass Effect as a whole, as EA’s Patrick Soderlund has spoken out, explaining that despite …

Back in 2011, Splash Damage and Bethesda teamed up to launch a first-person shooter known as ‘Brink’. In the years following, the game was quickly forgotten with much of the player base on console and PC moving on to other titles. Now, it looks like Brink may be getting a …

Earlier this week, Shenmue fans got their first look at in-game footage for Shenmue III. With the game still at least a year away, there were some areas where things lacked polish, in particular, fans noticed the stiff facial expressions of the characters. Fortunately, Yu Suzuki has explained that the …

Earlier this week, Google announced that it had finished development on Android 8.0 (now Android Oreo) and was ready to start rolling it out. While Nexus phones and the original Pixel will be amongst the first to receive the update, traditionally, a new version of Android also means a new …

Last month, PlayerUnknown himself let fans know that the upcoming PUBG map is still “many months” away. Good things come to those who wait, however, as Brendan Greene has since teased the new desert map during his keynote at Gamescom. Greene kicked off the first eSports LAN for the game …

After Injustice 2 ended its first lot of DLC with the release of Starfire, fans were keen to keep in mind head developer Ed Boon’s tease of a big “wow” in the characters that they were going to reveal. Since then, NetherRealm took to Gamescom to showcase its upcoming Fighter …

Arctic has taken a shine to theming its tower coolers lately, last time giving its Freezer 33 a makeover with AMD’s signature black and red colour scheme. Continuing this trend, the company has revealed the Freezer 33 PENTA, boasting the German eSports team’s logo on top of an orange and …

It looks like Western Digital may end up buying Toshiba’s memory chip business after all as Toshiba was unable to solidify a deal with its preferred bidder. Toshiba has been in talks with various potential buyers for months now but a wrench was thrown into the works when WD filed …

Linksys is looking to tap into the growing PC gaming market with its new router

Back in June, we first began hearing rumours surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Note 8’s price. At the time, we heard that the phone would cost as much as €999 at launch in Europe. Now, we have an even clearer look at pricing, as the Carphone Warehouse accidentally let its listing …