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There is a lot of buzz surrounding future high-end graphics cards at the moment, the GTX 1080Ti is being teased for a launch soon, meanwhile AMD is gearing up the marketing machine for Vega. AMD has been giving us sneak peeks at Vega since late last year and while the …

Things have been quiet on the wearable front for quite a while now, the Apple Watch series 2 hasn't generated much buzz and things appear to have come to a standstill with Android Wear. However, that could change later this year as reports indicate that Google is preparing Android Wear …

Last week, we heard a little bit about Samsung's lofty sales expectations for the Galaxy S8 this year, hoping to sell more than 60 million units, the highest of any Galaxy flagship in several years. Now, it looks like the company is keen to give us an early peek at …

While Windows 10 has managed to round up a few hundred million users at this point, there is still more work to be done on Microsoft's end to get people to upgrade. This week, the company began targeting enterprise users, urging them to upgrade from Windows 7 as the ageing …

It looks like there may still be some life left in the 3DS, even with the Nintendo Switch on the horizon as this week, Reggie himself set out to clear up any confusion, stating that the Switch is a home console at heart and is not intended to take over …

The Zenimax VS Oculus case has finally made its way to court, with the former defending itself from a slew of accusations including the theft of trade secrets, breaking of NDAs and the destruction of evidence. According to Zenimax, Zuckerburg may have even known about all of this prior to …

Although there are many companies in the tech sector who are doubling down their investments in the UK after the Brexit vote of 2016, there are others who have raised prices. Apple is one of them, with all apps in the store set to see a 25 per cent markup due …

Long gone are the days where to have a powerful gaming PC you needed to have a full-ATX case, with screaming fans and a giant power supply. Today you can get by with something much more compact, like ASRock's new micro-STX DeskMini RX system, which packs high-end graphics with a …

The crowd funding effort by human rights group Liberty, has raised more than £50,000 in its first week since going online. So far more than 1,750 people have pledged their support, with one person giving as much as £5,000 towards the legal fund. Liberty's crowd funding campaign  is designed to provide funding …

Cooler Master has a new range of MasterWatt Lite power supplies and they are so efficient, that when in standby they use less than 0.5 watts. Built to ATX specifications, the new units have double layered EMI filters and quiet cooling and come in a variety of wattages. Picking a …

Chinese search giant Baidu has announced the opening of a brand new branch of the company which will focus entirely on augmented reality. The new research facility is part of a $200 million investment by the firm which it hopes will drive future profits, partly through the creation of new, augmented …

As interesting at CES was this year, it ended on a somewhat sour note for Razer as the company had two of its Project Valerie triple screen laptop prototypes stolen from the press room at the show. Since then, the company has offered a sizeable reward for information leading to …

Update: Last week, the trial for Zenimax's $2 billion lawsuit against Oculus kicked off. This lawsuit has been brewing for a couple of years now and while Oculus has tried to brush it off as a wasteful attempt to try and cash in on VR, Zenimax has remained persistent in …

It looks like Samsung and LG aren't the only ones working on flexible display technology as it appears that Microsoft has also been experimenting with new designs. This week, a new patent from Microsoft was discovered, detailing what appears to be a Surface device with a foldable display, allowing you …

Way back in 2014, the Raspberry Pi Foundation launched its first Compute Module, based on the original Raspberry Pi hardware but combining it with a SODIMM module. However, since then we have had two more generations of Raspberry Pi hardware, so it was time for the module to get an …

The trend of celebrities trying to sue game developers for using their ‘likeness' seems to be continuing this year. However, this time around it is not Rockstar in the hot-seat, instead, it is Microsoft and Epic Games. Late last week, former NFL player and professional wrestler Lynwood Hamilton came out …

There has been a lot of news coming out of Nintendo this week and while the new Switch console has been getting plenty of praise, there is still some room for criticism. The launch line-up is a tad underwhelming but on top of that, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of …

Nintendo invited KitGuru to London last week to have a hands-on session with its upcoming Nintendo Switch console and we were more than happy to oblige. While we weren't hugely impressed with the games on show, there were still a few interesting titles that we think are worth taking a …

Forget self-driving cars, self-flying cars might be the next big thing in transport. Airbus has announced that it will soon begin testing a flying car prototype that is able to transport passengers autonomously to their destination, avoiding the difficulties of traffic, as well as all of the potential obstacles that …

While we didn't get the GTX 1080Ti launch that rumours had led us to expect at CES this year, it looks like there may have actually been one at the show hiding in plain sight. At the Gigabyte booth this year, the company began showing off a mysterious new ‘Aorus' …

CEO and founder of Valve and oft-cited saviour of PC gaming, Gabe Newell, will be conducting a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the site on 17th January at 3PM PST (11PM GMT). This was secured by the new “The_Gaben” subreddit, mere days after being founded and it's been confirmed …

Space X has returned to Low Earth Orbit once again, with the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket over the weekend. In its first launch since a random unscheduled disassembly (RUD) on the launchpad in 2016, the rocket not only delivered its payload to orbit, but the first stage …

Game key selling marketplace G2A has been working on selling its own first party titles too and has now launched its first one. Called G2A Land, the virtual theme park exists in multiple dimensions, as you can step right inside the world using a virtual reality headset. The game is …

The days of a simple ‘open mic' baby monitor are far behind us. Netgear's Arlo Baby solution comes disguised as a bunny, kitten or puppy with a 2,440mAh rechargeable battery, AC633 WiFi speed and a host of detectors for motion, temperature and air quality – all inside a 330 gram …

Nintendo debuted its Switch console for the second time on 13th January in Japan, giving us details on its price, availability, online services and launch line up. But KitGuru was also invited to test out the new console at an event at London's Hammersmith Apollo theatre. Here's what we thought of …

We managed to get some time with MSI's motherboard Guru Joran. He gave us a run down of some of the new features on their Intel Kaby Lake motherboards, as well as a sneak preview of a pair of upcoming AMD chipset motherboards. Single button settings for a DDR4 boost …

It looks like current PCs based on specific Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake processors are vulnerable to a USB debugging exploit. Security researchers began openly discussing the vulnerability this week, which allows attackers to bypass security mechanisms and run malicious code via the USB debugging interface. This specifically affects Intel's …

Apple is once again heading to court. However, the company won't be arguing over patents for a change, instead Apple will need to fight off allegations of price-fixing in the iOS App Store as part of a new anti-trust lawsuit. This isn't the first time Apple has been brought up …

Late last year it was announced that Samsung would be acquiring premium audio systems maker, Harman, responsible for Harman/Kardon speakers and connected cars. Samsung was looking to buy up the company for a cool $8 billion but it turns out, Harman shareholders aren't happy with the deal and are looking …

Update: Consumer Reports has finished re-evaluating Apple's latest MacBook Pro, changing its verdict to recommend the laptop. Initially, the laptop received a poor review due to battery issues that only really kicked in under specific circumstances. However, after Apple pointed out the ‘obscure bug' and patched it out, the magazine …