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Apple said to take on Netflix with its own TV Series

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Apple may have hit a wall with its TV streaming service but it looks like the company is now looking to get serious about creating its own original content instead by adopting the Netflix model. According to sources familiar with Apple's plans, the company is currently warming up to the …

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Sony is closing down one of its UK studios

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It looks like Microsoft isn't the only bearer of bad news this week as it turns out that Sony has made the decision to close down Guerrilla Cambridge, the UK branch of Guerrilla Games as part of a restructuring of its European studios. All of the employees will be laid …

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Samsung has recovered 96% of Galaxy Note 7s in US

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Samsung has been making an effort to recall Galaxy Note 7 units for several months now but despite bans on planes and repeated press, there were those that continued to hang on to their potentially dangerous devices. This caused Samsung to begin forcing updates on remaining Note 7s, cutting off …

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AMD set to launch Ryzen before March 3rd

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If you are still hanging on for AMD to release its first Ryzen CPU before upgrading your system, then it looks like you won't need to wait much longer as reports this week indicate that the launch will be happening before the 3rd of March. AMD has been showing off …

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Platinum Games speaks out on Scalebound cancellation

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Earlier this week, Microsoft shocked us all with the cancellation of Scalebound, a third-party exclusive game that has been in development at Platinum Games for several years now. While we have heard statements from Microsoft on the matter, Platinum Games had yet to speak out but today, the studio broke …

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Cooler Master launches MasterMouse S and S Lite

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Back in August 2016, we saw the launch of the Cooler Master ‘MasterMouse', which aimed to provide users with more choice in their gaming peripherals with swappable body covers. This year, the MasterMouse range is expanding with the MasterMouse S and MasterMouse Lite S, two small, elegant gaming mice with …

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Oculus co-founder sees mobile being the future of VR

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While Oculus initially found its footing in the PC gaming community, since being acquired by Facebook several years back, the company has expanded its scope significantly. Over time we have seen the company expand its focus into other areas and now, it looks like one of the company's co-founders is …

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IBM filed over 8000 patents in the US in 2016

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It looks like IBM's Research and Development department kept itself incredibly busy last year as it turns out the company filed a record breaking 8,088 patents in the US over the course of 2016. This means IBM has kept its streak going, filing the most US-based patents in a year …

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Report claims GTX 1080Ti now coming in March

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In the months leading up to CES, there were several rumours floating around claiming that Nvidia would be showing off the GTX 1080Ti- something that ultimately turned out to be untrue. However, the rumour mill doesn't stop spinning, leading to new reports that the card will now be shown at …

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Apple boots ‘Find my AirPods’ app from iOS 

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Apple's AirPods have been heavily criticised since their initial unveiling and for good reason, for starters, they don't always stay in your ears and if they do end up falling out, there is no easy way to relocate them. One developer aimed to fix that, releasing an app called ‘Finder …

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CES 2017: Samsung wants to take on OLED with new QLED TVs

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While Samsung has come close to matching the quality of OLED displays with its own ‘SUHD' Quantum Dot TVs, more often than not, OLED has been rated higher. However, Samsung is hoping to change that in 2017 with its new ‘QLED' TVs, which were shown off at CES this week. …

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Western Digital launches WD Black PCIe SSDs

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Western Digital has been expanding into the SSD market throughout 2016 and it looks like the company wants to take things even further this year as this week, WD unveiled its first ever PCIe SSDs at CES, expanding the current lineup which already includes WD Green and WD Blue branded …

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