Since releasing the iPad Pro's Smart Keyboard, buyers have encountered several issues, including keys sticking, repeating commands or generally becoming unresponsive. Occasionally the ‘smart connectors' on these keyboards also failed. It seems that these problems have been persistent enough that Apple has now had to extend the warranty on them, …
Read More »Valve opens up about Steam recommendations and upcoming store changes
As we learned earlier this year, Valve is planning some significant changes to the Steam Store at the moment. One of the key changes has been Steam's recommendation algorithm, which Valve has now fully detailed in a new update, going over the Steam Store's ‘philosophy' and the tech behind it …
Read More »Microsoft waiting for “meaningful change” before making a Surface Pro 5
It looks like there won't be a new Surface Pro model any time soon as Microsoft's head of Surface devices has recently moved to squash recent rumours. Over the last few months, there have been increasing reports surrounding the ‘Surface Pro 5' but according to Microsoft's Panos Panay, no such …
Read More »Quake Champions is entering open beta later this week
Since announcing Quake Champions at E3 last year, id Software has been working away on getting the game ready for the eyes of the public. We've had a couple of rounds of closed beta tests up to this point and now, a ‘large scale' open beta is coming at the …
Read More »OnePlus 5 may feature 8GB RAM and Snapdragon 835
Ever since releasing the original ‘flagship killer' a few years back, OnePlus has generated a fairly large following. This year, the phone maker will be back with the OnePlus 5 and as we have come to expect from OnePlus, it will feature specs to match the likes of Samsung, with …
Read More »Upcoming microcode update aims to improve Ryzen DDR4 compatibility
As popular as AMD's new Ryzen processors have been, one of the common complaints has been DDR4 RAM speed compatibility. While some users are able to break the 3000MHz barrier, others see their memory speeds capped much lower. Fortunately, a new microcode update is on the way and it will …
Read More »Dead Island 2 is still happening, no new release date yet though
Dead Island 2 has had a turbulent development cycle, the game was originally supposed to release in 2015 but was then delayed to 2016. Shortly after that delay, the studio handling the project was let go by publisher Deep Silver and since then, the game has been floating in limbo. …
Read More »AMD is holding a financial analyst day next week, report claims Vega, Navi and Zen+ will appear
2017 has been a very busy year for AMD already, but the company still has quite a bit to reveal to us from behind the scenes and some of that information may be coming as soon as next week. Earlier today, invites started going out for an AMD event on …
Read More »Report claims iPhone 7S and iPhone X will now arrive in October
Over the last month or so, there have been plenty of reports of manufacturing issues for Apple's next iPhone. While the iPhone 7S was expected to still be on-track, it was starting to sound like the iPhone X would slip into 2018. Things appear to have picked up in the …
Read More »The PlayStation SNES prototype is now fully working
Way back in the late 80s and early 90s, Nintendo and Sony formed an alliance, bringing to life what we now refer to as the ‘PlayStation SNES'. This prototype console was essentially a Super Nintendo with a CD-ROM drive built in, allowing it to play discs and cartridges. The relationship …
Read More »Overkill’s ‘The Walking Dead’ co-op shooter pushed back to 2nd half 2018
Way back in 2014, Overkill, the studio behind the PayDay series, announced that it would be making a new co-op game based on The Walking Dead. This caused quite a bit of buzz back then and while more details were released in 2015, things have been quiet since. The game …
Read More »Deepcool launches new RGB Captain EX AIO coolers
Over the course of 2016, we reviewed quite a few coolers from Deepcool, including its Captain EX 120 and 240 all-in-one liquid coolers. Now in 2017, Deepcool is giving them something of a refresh, adding a new wired controller and RGB lighting. The original Captain EX 120 and 240 were …
Read More »The Corsair Glaive RGB aims to be a perfect fit for everyone with changeable grips
Corsair has long been one of the top makers of gaming peripherals and this week, the company unveiled its all new mouse, the Corsair Glaive RGB. The Glaive combines a 16,000 DPI sensor with interchangeable thumb grips, allowing you to change the shape of the mouse depending on your preferred …
Read More »Blizzard rewards fan with a free trip to Blizzcon after returning Starcraft source code
Years ago, Blizzard lost the Gold Master disc for the original Starcraft, containing all of the original source code. Eventually, it was put in a box of Blizzard memorabilia and was sold on eBay, ending up in the hands of Reddit user ‘Khemist49'. At the time, there were plenty of …
Read More »Music streaming services call for European Commission to end ‘app store abuse’
It looks like rival music streaming services are getting sick of Apple and Google's app store dominance, causing the likes of Deezer and Spotify to send in their complaints to the European Commission. The letter accuses Apple and Google of abusing their position as the largest app store holders, asking …
Read More »AMD’s latest Radeon driver promises notable performance gains in Prey
We have known for some time now that Bethesda and AMD have partnered up to optimise future games for Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. The first game to benefit from this partnership is Prey, which launches today. To mark the occasion, AMD has shipped a new Radeon Software update, which …
Read More »WhatsApp will soon let you ‘unsend’ messages
It looks like WhatsApp wants to give a second chance to all of the drunk texters out there as a new ‘unsend' feature is in the works. The messaging app is currently testing a way to recall messages, removing them from the chat. This is all according to some screenshots …
Read More »Oculus is shutting down its award winning Story Studio
A lot of changes have been going on behind the scenes at Oculus over the last six months. Palmer Luckey is out, Brendan Iribe is no longer the CEO, Oculus won't be turning up to E3 for the first time in years and now, the award winning Oculus Story Studio …
Read More »Prey is fairly good at launch but there are some issues
Prey has released today and while our performance analysis is still on the way, there are some important early details for those looking to buy day-one before benchmarks hit. For starters, the game seems to be holding up a lot better than Dishonored 2 already. Ultra-wide 21:9 support is present, …
Read More »Bethesda/Zenimax lawyers have forced an indie studio to change the title of their game
Bethesda and its parent company, Zenimax, have a history of going after studios over words being used in game titles. Previously, the company attempted to sue Mojang over its card game ‘Scrolls' and this week, the indie dev team behind crowd-funded game ‘Prey for the Gods' have been forced to …
Read More »Samsung may take Intel’s spot as the world’s biggest chip maker this year
Samsung has been battling it out against Apple for the number one spot in the smartphone market for years and now, it looks like the company will begin taking on another major US company. It turns out that Samsung's semiconductor business is now successful enough to rival Intel, meaning Samsung …
Read More »Qualcomm apparently wants the US to block Apple from importing any more iPhones
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Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver optimises for Prey and brings multi-GPU support to Gears 4
As many of you know by now, Bethesda and Arkane Studios' Prey reboot is launching in less than 24 hours and at this point, the developers have spent a lot of time trying to big up the PC version. As with any major game release, this also means it is …
Read More »TSMC engineer accused of stealing trade secrets behind 28nm GPU tech used by Nvidia and AMD
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 …
Read More »Valve has made more changes to the Steam Gifting system
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 …
Read More »There is no Prey demo on PC due to Steam refunds and resource management
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 …
Read More »Imagination kicks off its legal dispute with Apple
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. …
Read More »Windows 10 S will lock users into Edge and Bing as defaults
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, …
Read More »iPhone sales are in decline but Apple is making more money than ever
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 …
Read More »Valve launches stats page to be more transparent about support requests
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 …
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