There are plenty of mixed feelings floating around about Apple's latest batch of MacBook Pros with Touch Bar and some of the complaints boil down to disappointing battery. Not only have some models been producing poor battery life but the battery life ‘time remaining' estimations within macOS has also been …
Read More »Microsoft rushes out Win10 update to fix broken Internet connections
Microsoft has pushed out a few questionable Windows 10 updates over the last year or so and this week, another one was added to the list as some Windows 10 users found themselves unable to connect to the internet or a local network. A recent automatic update for Windows seemed …
Read More »The Modern Warfare Remaster now includes skin crate microtransactions
Back in the day, games didn't tend to come with microtransactions baked in and many look back on those times fondly. However, given the popularity of remastered games right now, this gives publishers a chance to force them in after the fact, which is exactly what has happened with Call …
Read More »Amazon’s first Prime Air drone delivery has taken place
It has been over two years since Amazon first announced Prime Air, its drone delivery service. Since then, the 30-minute delivery service has been tested in countries across the world and this week, the first official Prime Air drone delivery was made here in the UK. For the first customer …
Read More »Microsoft wants Cortana in the home, Amazon Echo competitor coming
It looks like Microsoft wants to get into the smart home business and it will be using Cortana to make it happen. Cortana has been Microsoft's digital assistant for mobile and Windows for quite some time and now, Cortana will be hitting smart home devices, like Harman/Kardon's new Amazon Echo …
Read More »Xbox One now supports 300 backwards compatible games
One of Microsoft's big surprises for 2015 was the announcement of backwards compatibility for the Xbox One. A year later, there are now over 300 Xbox 360 games playable on the Xbox One with more being added on a regular basis and as it turns out, the feature has become …
Read More »AMD’s next CPU is Ryzen, can compete with 6900K, features SenseMI tech
AMD kicked off its New Horizon event this evening, giving us our best look at the company's next flagship desktop processor yet. For starters, the official name for AMD's next CPU is ‘Ryzen' but AMD had much more to show off, including some performance demos putting Ryzen up against an …
Read More »Samsung may spin-off its foundry business after losing Apple to TSMC
Samsung is well-regarded in the chip manufacturing business but this year, the company suffered a bit of a loss as Apple chose to go with TSMC for the creation of the iPhone 7's A10 processor. This has been quite the blow to Samsung's foundry division so going forward, Samsung may …
Read More »Corsair’s Force MP500 is its fastest SSD ever
Corsair is revamping its SSD line-up with its fastest SSD ever- the Force MP500. This is an enthusiast-grade M.2 drive that offers performance up to five times faster than traditional SATA 6Gbps SSDs by using an NVMe controller and a high-bandwidth PCIe Gen 3 M.2 2280 interface. In total this …
Read More »Netgear is working to patch critical security flaw in Nighthawk routers
Last week, it was discovered that Netgear routers were suffering from an unpatched security flaw that left them vulnerable to hacks. The vulnerability was made public by a security researcher late last week, claiming that many models from Netgear's Nighthawk series are affected. Now that the issue is public, Netgear …
Read More »Google reportedly set to ‘scale back’ self-driving car plans
Google's self-driving cars have been in the public eye for a couple of years now and have been tested on public roads for quite some time. However, it looks like the company may no longer be interested in developing its own completely autonomous cars as a report this week claims …
Read More »The European Union wants to stop browser cookie pop-ups
Back in 2012, the European Union passed a law requiring websites to give visitors a warning regarding browser cookies. These pop-ups or banner warnings are now common place across the web and were initially intended to protect user privacy but for the most part, they are just seen as an …
Read More »Turtle Rock Studios is taking another crack at Co-Op FPS
Turtle Rock Studios has one huge success and one huge failure under its belt at this point, Left 4 Dead went on to be huge but unfortunately, things didn't go quite as well for Evolve, which is no longer being worked on despite going free to play earlier this year. …
Read More »Apple’s AirPods are finally ready to start shipping
Over the last few weeks, there have been plenty of reports claiming that Apple has been struggling to get its new wireless headphones working, with some claiming manufacturing struggles, while others believed the AirPods had Bluetooth struggles. However, today Apple put an end to the speculation by announcing that the …
Read More »Oculus almost matched the Gears of War budget for Robo Recall
While not everyone is particularly pleased about Oculus VR's game funding strategy, which has led to plenty of timed exclusives for the Rift, there is no question that the company is sparing no expense to ensure that quality games are hitting the market during VR's early years. One big example …
Read More »AMD’s Vega GPU will feature 8GB of HBM2, DOOM performance leaked
We aren't expecting to see AMD's first gaming-focused Vega graphics card until January but it looks like someone attending the Radeon Vega Tech Day was willing to break NDA as footage of a consumer Vega GPU with 8GB of HBM running DOOM at 4K has been posted online. The Vega …
Read More »AMD pushes further into Deep Learning with Radeon Instinct
Last month, AMD took its first steps into the AI/Deep Learning world by teaming up with Google to supply GPUs for the Google Compute Engine. Following that news, AMD stock began to rise but the company isn't done just yet as today, AMD unveiled the Radeon Instinct, a GPU for …
Read More »Nvidia’s self-driving car will hit public roads soon
Giant tech firms have been working on self-driving cars for quite some time now and while we have already seen the likes of Google and Tesla hit the public testing stage, others are starting to join the fun, including Nvidia which was just granted permission to begin testing self-driving cars …
Read More »Leak gives first look at HTC 11 specs and design
HTC's place in the Android smartphone market has been slipping over the last couple of years but perhaps the company's next flagship will help turn things around. A leak this week has revealed what appear to be the final specifications for the HTC 11, which will be HTC's 2017 flagship …
Read More »Twitch’s AutoMod uses machine learning to help police chat
Plenty of Twitch streamers have built up solid, friendly communities for their respective channels but a lot of that comes down to active moderation within the chat itself. The larger the streamer, the more moderation required to keep the channel's chat in accordance with the rules. Now it looks like …
Read More »The Xbox One to Oculus Rift streaming app is now available
Last month, Oculus and Microsoft announced that their Xbox One VR streaming app would finally be coming to the Oculus Rift. This streaming app allows console owners to stream their Xbox One games directly to the Oculus Rift to be played in a virtual cinema environment. It has taken quite …
Read More »Activision shares fall as Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare undersells
The deck has been stacked against Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare since its unveiling earlier this year. The game's first trailer went on to become one of the most disliked videos on all of YouTube and this eventually led to fans of the series making the jump to Battlefield this …
Read More »Microsoft continues to tempt Mac users with Surface devices
It seems like things are looking good for Microsoft and its Surface line-up as the company revealed this week that more people are switching to Surface than ever before. The company also claims that it is snapping up a lot of former Apple customers specifically, following the “disappointment of the …
Read More »Source: Crytek is sinking, wages are unpaid, talent leaving on a daily basis
Overnight word began spreading that perhaps Crytek was in a spot of financial trouble once again, after an anonymous post appeared online from someone claiming to be an employee who had not been paid properly for six months. After publishing our original coverage of this story, a Crytek employee at …
Read More »Problems continue to prevent launch of Apple’s AirPods
Back when Apple launched the iPhone 7, the company created a unique problem for itself, with the headphone jack now gone, there needed to be new options for those who like to listen to music from their phones. Apple's solution was a pair of very expensive wireless in-ear headphones and …
Read More »Crytek has reportedly not been paying its devs for months, again
Update: After the publication of our original story, a Crytek employee reached out to us to explain a bit more about what has been going on behind the scenes at the company over the last six months. You can find the new story with more inside information, HERE. Original Story: …
Read More »Intel and AMD are teaming up for a CPU/GPU bundle
It looks like Intel and AMD are getting into the holiday spirit with a new CPU/GPU/Game bundle for Christmas, before January hits and the two have to become rivals once again. This month, AMD Radeon is joining forces with Intel to offer a bundle that includes a Core i5 6600K, …
Read More »Windows 10 VR now has minimum system requirements
Microsoft is set to get into the Virtual Reality space next year with new Windows 10 based headsets that are geared towards creative use. The most exciting part about Microsoft's plan was the low $299 price tag but as it turns out, the minimum system requirements are also helping keep …
Read More »Ubisoft executives fined €1.2 million for insider trading
Back in mid-November, we heard that the French finance regulator had accused five Ubisoft executives of insider trading, including the head of Ubisoft Montreal. The issue arose back when five executives sold shares in Ubisoft prior to the announcement that Watch Dogs would be delayed, after which Ubisoft's shares dropped …
Read More »An update for those who entered our Gladiator PC giveaway
Back in late November, we organised a ‘spec and win' competition, calling all KitGuru readers to put together the best £800-£1200 build possible and in exchange, the best entry would be rewarded with a brand new PC, built by Gladiator. The winner of this competition was set to be announced …
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