As much as graphene has been seen as the darling of scientists and researchers since it was first created in the early '00s, it's not the only honeycomb, single-atom-thick structure to have fantastical properties. It sparked a gold rush to see what else could be latticed together at the atomic …
Read More »Fake swatting yourself can get you in trouble too
Swatting has become something of an occupational hazard for popular Twitch and Youtube streamers. If their address is somehow leaked, there are a nefarious few around the world who have falsely called in armed police responses to their homes. It's very dangerous and can land those responsible in jail, but …
Read More »Samsung reportedly cuts output of standard DRAM, prices may rise
Samsung Electronics has reportedly decided to reduce production of standard dynamic random access memory (DRAM), which could cause increase of DRAM prices in the coming months. The world’s No. 1 maker of computer memory will increase production of LPDDR in a bid to supply enough memory to Apple, which is …
Read More »Prices of Intel “Skylake” processors for desktops revealed
A web-site has published the finalized prices of Intel Corp.’s “Skylake-S” processors for desktops. The new central processing units will cost about the same amount of money as existing chips, the world’s largest maker of microprocessors will not increase prices of its products. The flagship Intel Core i7-6700K (four cores …
Read More »Nintendo on NX: It was important for us to recommit to consoles
Although Nintendo confirmed earlier this year that it had begun development of its next-generation video game console code-named NX, it did not reveal any actual details about the forthcoming product. Apparently, the only reason why Nintendo disclosed the fact of development was to tell its customers that it will not exit …
Read More »AMD is researching multi-core ‘exascale heterogeneous processor’
Advanced Micro Devices has confirmed that it is researching a multi-core accelerated processing unit based on “Zen” micro-architecture, which will eventually power supercomputers with extreme performance. At present the company is only considering a concept design and it is unclear when AMD decides to actually develop such processor. AMD, just …
Read More »Eve Online developer is making a space shooter for GearVR
Last year, Samsung partnered up with Oculus to launch the Samsung GearVR headset, for use with Galaxy smartphones. Now, CCP Games, the team behind Eve Online and Eve: Valkyrie, has announced Gunjack, a space shooter for the mobile virtual reality headset, set in the same universe as Eve. Gunjack puts …
Read More »Gears of War: Ultimate Edition comes with the sequels as well
Back at E3, Microsoft announced Xbox One backwards compatibility and now we are starting to reap the rewards of that. While only the first Gears of War game is being remastered for the Xbox One, those who pick it up will also get free digital copies of all of the …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V PC release date brought forward
Last year, it was announced that Metal Gear Solid V would also be heading over to the PC, though it would be arriving two weeks after the console version in order to give Kojima productions a bit more time to work on it. Now, just under a month before the …
Read More »The International Dota 2 tournament kicks off today, $18m prize pool
The time has come, as Valve's annual Dota 2 championship tournament, ‘The International' is set to kick off at 6PM today here in the UK. There are 16 professional teams all geared up and ready to go for a chance to make it to the finals, which take place on …
Read More »You probably wouldn’t want to work at Konami
Konami has been making headlines a lot this year. First the publisher had a pretty vague but very public falling out with Metal Gear Solid creator, Hideo Kojima, then we learned that the Silent Hills reboot was cancelled and now, it turns out that Konami in general is just a …
Read More »We know which Lumia phones will get the Windows 10 update first
Windows 10 for desktop systems is now out in the wild but at the moment, we still don't have the mobile version, though some devices are capable of preview testing it. While a release date for the mobile version of Windows 10 has yet to be announced, we do know …
Read More »Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ press image leaks
Samsung is holding an event on the 13th of August, at which we are expecting to see the reveal of both the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, ahead of Apple's own iPhone 6S and 6S+ reveal in September. As we know by now, pretty much everything leaks …
Read More »Mozilla isn’t too happy about Windows 10 browser choices
As you are probably well aware by now, Windows 10 launched last week, with 14 million people installing the update on day one. This time around, Windows 7 and Windows 8 users got a free upgrade to Microsoft's latest OS, though even if you use the upgrade tool rather than …
Read More »Kim Dotcom: U.S. offered plea deal, I refused
While the United States has been pretty tight lipped about its ongoing attempts to extradite and imprison internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, the German native has been very vocal about his side of the equation. In a recent Q&A on Slashdot, the Megaupload founder even suggested that the U.S. had attempted …
Read More »Mt.Gox bitcoin exchange ex-CEO arrested in Japan
Along with the claims of Silk Road founder, Ross Ulbricht's defence team that he was the real Dread Pirate Roberts, Mt. Gox's old CEO, Mark Karpeles has been linked with the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of bitcoins worth many tens of millions and it looks like enough evidence has …
Read More »Game pricing to be unified throughout Europe
Although GoG operates a credit system for those that are forced to pay more for their digitally downloaded games simply because of where they are from, the pricing system of different titles in Europe has always been a difficult one to justify. We may never have anything as cheaply as our …
Read More »Nokia sells HERE map service to German car makers
Although far from the mobile powerhouse it once was, Nokia still has a name and some services that are worth an impressive sum. Now it's down one, after selling its HERE mapping service to a consortium of German car manufacturers for 2.8 billion euros (£2 billion). Together BMW, Audi and …
Read More »The Banner Saga: Warbands is coming to a tabletop near you
It seems far too long since we battled Dredge, the elements and each other in the brutal world of The Banner Saga, with its beautiful artwork and haunting music, but part two isn't supposed to be too far away now. If it does turn out to take a little longer …
Read More »SanDisk is cautious about expanding NAND flash production capacities
In a bid not to create oversupply of NAND flash memory in the market, SanDisk Corp. will continue to cautiously expand its manufacturing capacities to sustain its profit margins. While even a minimal expansion of wafer capacities will be enough for SanDisk to fulfill demand for its products, it remains …
Read More »CD Projekt Red has detailed the next Witcher patch
CD Projekt Red has gone far above expectations with its post-release support for The Witcher: Wild Hunt. The game already launched in a decent state though it did have a few problems. Now here we are a few months later, and the studio is still going back and tightening things …
Read More »SanDisk, Toshiba begin to purchase equipment to make BiCS 3D NAND
SanDisk Corp. and Toshiba Corp. are on-track to start volume shipments of products based on their BiCS [bit cost scalable] 3D NAND flash memory in 2016. Recently the two companies began to purchase equipment needed to manufacture vertically stacked NAND chips and will initiate pilot production later in 2015. Moreover, …
Read More »Fan releases schematic for 3D-printed Pip-Boy
If you couldn't get your hands on the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition, then all hope is not lost as a fan of the series has gone ahead and created a schematic to 3D print a pip-boy from scratch. The specific model is the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV. Just as Bethesda's …
Read More »Microsoft backtracks on forced automatic updates in Windows 10
Windows 10 has been out for a couple of days now but ever since the insider preview days there has been something putting quite a few people off. With Windows 10, all updates are automatic and you can't select which ones you do and don't want to install. However, following …
Read More »EVGA adds USB 3.1 type-C to micro-ATX Intel X99 platform
EVGA has upgraded its micro-ATX mainboard for Intel Corp.’s high-end desktop processors. The new platform features all the advanced capabilities that the EVGA X99 Micro had to offer a year ago, but adds more Serial ATA-6Gb/s ports as well as one USB 3.1 type-C connector. The new motherboard is one of …
Read More »CEO of Seagate: Nobody uses SSDs for storage
The attitude of hard disk drives makers to solid-state drives is well known: they claim that such devices can only serve certain niche markets and cannot really compete against HDDs. On Friday chief executive of Seagate went on to say that nobody uses SSDs as storage devices. Nowadays solid-state drives …
Read More »Makers of graphics adapters refocus to high-end graphics cards
High-end graphics cards for desktop PCs represent only a tiny fraction of the whole market of discrete graphics adapters, but as integrated graphics processors become more powerful and end-users cease to buy entry-level solutions, producers of standalone adapters need to refocus their businesses. Demand for entry-level and mainstream personal computers …
Read More »EA to launch Unravel early next year
One of the highlights of EA's E3 press conference this year was the announcement of Unravel, a charming little platformer in which you play as a character made out of yarn and use that to help you make your way through the levels. It looks like the game is set …
Read More »Don’t Starve is getting an expansion next month
Don't Starve is all set to get a new single-player expansion in August, titled ‘Shipwrecked', bringing along some new game features and content. This is the first single player expansion for the game since Reign of Giants, which added in new characters, items and environments. Last year the developer behind …
Read More »Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns open beta next week
Guild Wars 2 is still knocking around and its first major expansion, Heart of Thorns, is coming along nicely. The expansion was first announced towards the start of this year and now players have a chance to try it out for themselves ahead of release. ArenaNet has revealed that those …
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