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Yahoo said to confirm major security breach this week

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It looks like Yahoo may have suffered a massive security breach recently, which could impact millions of users. So far, Yahoo has yet to publicly confirm the data leak but according to sources close to the situation, the breach is ‘widespread and serious', we should also be getting confirmation from …

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Windows 10 upgrade ads now removed from 7 and 8.1

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Microsoft's ‘free upgrade' period for Windows 10 ended some time ago and while Microsoft did promise to stop nagging Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users about upgrades after July, the ‘Get Windows 10' app had yet to be removed from many machines. However, it looks like Microsoft is finally ready …

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Blizzard is ditching the ‘Battle.net’ name

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Blizzard first launched Battle.net around twenty years ago and over the years, the platform has grown to encompass more games. However, it looks like it is time for change, which is why Blizzard announced today that it will be transitioning away from the Battle.net name, with plans to replace it …

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Nvidia Game Ready driver released for Forza Horizon 3

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Microsoft officially kicked off its big push for PC gaming this month with the launch of the Xbox Play Anywhere program and it looks like Nvidia is prepared for all of the new exclusives. Today, Nvidia launched its new GeForce Game Ready Driver for Forza Horizon 3, which is coming …

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The Oculus Touch controllers will be £190 in UK

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The Oculus Rift may have been the first major VR headset to hit the market, but since then it seems that the HTC Vive has found stronger footing in the market, with many preferring the motion controls and room-scale capabilities. Oculus has a plan to combat that, with Oculus Touch, …

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Pokemon Company CEO talks about Nintendo NX hybrid console

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While Nintendo is keeping quiet on exactly what its next console is, other companies are being a little bit more open with what they know.  More specifically, the CEO of the Pokemon Company recently had some interesting things to say about the Nintendo NX, while also promising to release games …

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Leak claims specs and release dates for Vega GPUs

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While AMD has been focussing on the mid-range graphics card market this year with Polaris, next year we will see the launch of Vega GPUs, AMD's next batch of high-end cards to take on the likes of Nvidia's GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. We haven't heard much about Vega but …

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GlobalFoundries to skip 10nm, will focus on 7nm by 2018

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While Intel is gearing up to launch its first 10nm processors in the second half of next year, Globalfoundries has decided to go in a different direction, skipping the 10nm entirely and instead choosing to focus on 7nm FinFET production instead. Globalfoundries explained its reasoning behind this in a statement, …

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Two people charged over videogame gambling in UK

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Gambling has been a big subject in the videogame world recently after it was discovered that a few large YouTubers were leveraging their influence to promote betting sites to a young, impressionable audience. Since then, authorities in the UK have been digging around and now, the first prosecutions have been …

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We may see FreeSync technology come to TVs

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Since launch, variable refresh rate technologies like FreeSync and G-Sync have gone on to become staple features for PC gamers, removing things like screen tearing while making games feel smoother by letting the GPU control the monitor's refresh rate so that it matches your frame rate. However, there are plenty …

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macOS Sierra GM Build launches

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If you have been trying out the macOS Sierra beta builds ahead of the update's official launch on the 20th of September, then you can actually get your hands on the release version now as the Gold Master build has been released for all testers. macOS Sierra (formerly known as …

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11,000 CS:GO cheaters were banned today

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive can quickly become a frustrating game if you encounter cheaters, especially in a competitive match. However, today it looks like someone revved up the Valve Anti-Cheat engine as more than 11,000 players were hit with the ban hammer in one of the largest ban waves of the …

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