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It looks like there have been some interesting developments behind the scenes in the tech industry this week, as a former engineer at TSMC has been accused of stealing trade secrets. TSMC has been a supplier for GPUs made by both AMD and Nvidia over the years and yesterday, one …

Over the last few years, Valve has been making changes to Steam gifting and while some restrictions have been put into place over time, features of the gifting system have never been outright removed. That is changing this week, as Valve has decided to remove Gift via email and Gift …

Last week, Bethesda launched an hour long demo for Prey on Xbox One and PS4. Those of us on the PC platform were unfortunately left out and weren't really given an explanation as to why. Fortunately this week, Prey's creative director has been spoken out on the subject, revealing that …

Last month, we learned that Apple would soon be ending its long-running deal with UK GPU maker, Imagination Technologies. At the time, Apple said its plan was to start designing and producing its own GPUs for iOS devices, similarly to how it brought CPU design in-house a few years ago. …

Following on from the first RX Vega benchmark leak earlier this week, a Linux graphics driver patch has released, in which traces of the GPUs specs have been found. Cracking open the driver and scrolling through its many, many lines of code reveals the number of shader engines, compute units, …

Yesterday, Microsoft officially announced Windows 10 S, a cheaper but locked down version of the operating system intended for students and cheaper laptops or tablets. Since then, a few extra details have come to light about the OS. We already knew that you would be limited to Windows Store apps, …

This week, Apple held its quarterly financial report, showing a decline in iPhone sales during Q2. Despite the iPhone not performing quite as well as expected, Apple has still managed to rake in the cash, bringing in more than $11 billion in profit. Apple was previously expected to sell 51.4 …

Over the years, Valve has faced quite a bit of criticism over customer support. Things have improved quite a bit with the introduction of refunds but there is still room for improvement. Now in order to be more transparent about its support efforts, Valve has launched a new support stats …

Earlier this week, AMD held its financial earnings call and while some silver linings were brought up, on the whole it seems that investors weren't too impressed. While AMD did see year-on-year revenue grow by 18 percent, the company also experienced the biggest single-day drop in stock value in over …

Back at the start of 2016, Marc Laidlaw, the lead writer on Half-Life and Half-Life 2 departed from Valve. It was a shock at the time but the writers behind Half-Life 2 Episode One and Episode Two remained. Now this year, those writers have also left, meaning there are no …

DayZ, the game that arguably kicked off the entire early access survival genre, is finally almost in beta. The standalone version of the Arma 2 mod originally began development over four years ago and has been in alpha ever since. The beta update hasn't landed just yet, but the change …

In a classic case of “better late than never” Intel has informed customers it has finally eradicated its INTEL-SA-00075 bug and provided a set of tools to diagnose, mitigate and/or resolve the issue. From Nehalem to Kaby Lake, every Intel CPU built since the introduction of the Core microarchitecture has …

While Europe and the US are still twiddling thumbs waiting for the arrival of the first new Nokia phones – the 3, 5 and 6 – India is already having a go at pre-ordering Nokia's (thus-far rumoured) flagship, the Nokia 8, on Pricebaba.com. It seems the Nokia 8 is the …

If you want to get your hands on some prime Intel server rib, then you can head along to eBay and check this matched pair of what the seller is claiming to be Skylake-EP processors, or as they describe it, an “Intel Xeon E5-2600 v5” CPU. The heatspreader is engraved …

For a long time now, many of us have bought power supplies based on the 80Plus certification standard, which rates PSUs on a bronze, silver, gold and platinum scale based on efficiency. Cybenetics thinks it can do things a little better, which is why it has formed a new efficiency …

It looks like there might still be innovation left in air cooling business as this week, FSP unveiled its new Windale series of ultra-quiet CPU coolers which use an all new heatsink design to “ensure unhindered heat transfer”. The Windale series comprises of two specific CPU coolers, the Windale 6 …

One of the biggest advantages to owning a 4K display right now, is the multitasking capabilities, allowing for four 1080p windows to be on screen at once. Now, if you ever happen to need to display more than two inputs at once, then your options are fairly limited, though LG …

With Google and Apple now both testing their own self-driving cars on public roads, Samsung is also looking to get in on the action. This week, Samsung managed to gain approval to test its own self-driving car out on public roads. With Samsung being based in South Korea, it will …

It looks like developer interest in the smartwatch is starting to die out as Google, Amazon and eBay have all quietly dropped support for the Apple Watch in some of their apps over the last few weeks. Smartwatches have been available on the market for several years now and while …

Microsoft streamlines Windows 10 to compete with Chrome OS

Dishonored 2 may have garnered good reviews towards the end of last year but many PC gamers were left disappointed by the game's launch issues. As a result, there has been some concern regarding Arkane's upcoming Prey reboot. Fortunately, it seems that the team behind Prey has taken on board …

It looks like we can expect an announcement for Darksiders 3 very soon as details of the game and several in-game screenshots have leaked via Amazon. In the latest game in the series, you will play as Fury, who is described as the most unpredictable of the four horsemen. The …

On Friday, the Nintendo Switch received its next big launch window game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. While this wasn't a totally brand new release, the Deluxe edition does feature some nice upgrades over the original Wii U version of Mario Kart 8 and it appears this has swiftly garnered it …

Earlier this year, 4K Netflix streaming finally started making its way to PCs, in part due to Kaby Lake and its support for HEVC decoding. Fortunately for those not planning to make the jump to Kaby Lake, 4K Netflix streaming is now expanding to more systems, with UHD streaming support …

So far with Windows 10, Microsoft has been treating its Edge browser similarly to how Apple handles Safari on macOS and iOS, with major updates all being tied in to major OS feature changes. This year though, it looks like Microsoft will be switching things up, trading in its Apple-esque …

It looks like Apple is planning on diving further into ‘smart home' technology this year as reports this week claim that a Siri-powered Amazon Echo rival is on the way. The tentatively named ‘Siri speaker' would be a high-end smart home device that you can throw voice commands at but …

Update: One of Samsung's hallmark features for the Galaxy S8 is the all new Bixby AI assistant, which was created by the original team behind Apple's Siri. Unfortunately, Bixby Voice wasn't quite ready for the Galaxy S8's launch late last month, causing Samsung to announce a delay. It may be …

Last week, it was confirmed that AMD's next high-end graphics card, the RX Vega, would release within the next two months and now, it seems like the launch is closer than ever with benchmark results now landing online. This week, a new entry was spotted in the 3DMark TimeSpy database, …

Overwatch has been out for close to a year now and during that time, the player base has expanded a ton. Back during the summer of 2016, Overwatch had 15 million players and now Blizzard has managed to double that, with 30 million people having now played its shooter. Overwatch is Blizzard's …

It looks like Netflix has had its release plans disrupted a bit as hackers have managed to obtain episodes from the new season of Orange is the new Black ahead of its scheduled release date. At first, the person behind this demanded ransom money but after Netflix refused to pay …