Nvidia has announced its full-year financial results for the 2015/2016 fiscal year, showing that the GPU business is going strong and seeing growth while also setting company records. Revenue for the fiscal year topped the $5.01 billion mark, with $1.4 billion of that being made per quarter. This is up …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is bringing back Nuke, adds 50 missions
One of the older maps to make its way into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was Nuke, which also appeared in Counter-Strike: Source. It was recently taken out of the competitive rotation but it will soon be making a return in the Operation Wildfire update, introducing a spruced up version of the …
Read More »Microsoft launches new wireless display adapter
Back in 2014, Microsoft first introduced a brand-new accessory, allowing users to project anything with Miracast enabled to another screen without the need for long cables. The Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter is about 18 months old now, which means it is due an update, so Microsoft will be bringing out …
Read More »Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone will use the A9 chip
Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone next month, renewing the 4-inch form factor and beefing up the specifications a bit in order to replace the iPhone 5S entirely. While we have been hearing for a while that the new 4-inch iPhone will come equipped with the A9 chip, …
Read More »LA hospital pays Bitcoin ransom to hackers
Recently, a hospital in LA was hacked, with the attackers locking up work systems and likely getting away with private information regarding patients. Now in an effort to try and protect their privacy, the hospital has given in to a $17,000 Bitcoin demand in hopes that the attackers won't do anything …
Read More »Need for Speed PC requirements released
While Need for Speed launched on consoles late last year, it is only just making its way round to the PC platform next month and now we have the minimum and recommended system requirements for the game. The minimum specification will allow you to run the game at 720p and …
Read More »Nvidia is bringing Square Enix titles to Nvidia Shield streaming
Nvidia's game streaming service, GeForce Now, has been around for about a year now, in fact, we did a write up on it back in its early days. Since then, the service has gained some high-profile support, with games like The Witcher 3 being available to stream but now, more …
Read More »Nvidia Pascal GP100 GPU targeting 12 TFLOPS of Single Precision performance
Some new details surrounding Nvidia's GP100 Pascal-based GPU have been uncovered this week, revealing that it is targeting some pretty high-performance numbers with 4 TFLOPS of double precision compute performance and three times that in single precision performance. This information dates back to a presentation given by Spanish university professor, …
Read More »Toshiba launches 1TB SSD using TLC flash
Toshiba has unveiled its 1TB SSD this week, built using 15nm cell lithography as well as TLC flash. The SG5 SSD comes in the form of a 2.5-inch drive as well as an M.2 drive, this is part of Toshiba's switch over from 19nm SSD devices to denser 15nm NAND …
Read More »New Android SMS malware surfaces
A new virus has begun doing the rounds on Android smartphones here in Europe. It is called the Mazar virus and it spreads to devices via text messages but once installed, it can forward all of your web traffic through a proxy and allow attackers to get a hold of …
Read More »Khronos has officially launched Vulkan 1.0
The Khronos Group is once again pushing open-API standards this week with the official launch of the cross-platform graphics API, Vulkan. The API just hit version 1.0 and is now ready for developers to make full use of and implement into games. Many of you will know of the Kronos …
Read More »Capcom has detailed the first Street Fighter V fixes
Capcom officially launched Street Fighter V on the PC and PlayStation 4 this week but unfortunately, the game has run into some issues, mostly stemming from online connectivity. However, Capcom has said that it is actively working on getting fixes out ASAP and has detailed the first changes to be …
Read More »Nvidia officially announces The Division GPU bundle
While news of this may have been circulating for a few days already, Nvidia has officially announced today that it has once again partnered up with Ubisoft this month in order to bundle free copies of The Division with graphics cards. Starting from today, those who buy a GTX 970 …
Read More »Apple to fight US order to build iPhone encryption backdoor
Earlier this morning, news spread that the FBI has given Apple a court order to help them break the security on the iPhone previously owned by the deceased gunman behind the San Bernardino attacks last year. Now, Apple is formally contesting the order and has said that it will fight the …
Read More »VAIO, Toshiba and Fujitsu to merge in to PC super group
It seems that Japan could have a new PC giant on the block as word has it that VAIO, Toshiba and Fujitsu are currently planning a huge merger in order to form a new PC-focussed company to rival the likes of Lenovo, the biggest PC maker operating in Japan. This …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Note 6 to come with 6GB of RAM
While the Galaxy S7 is set to be announced this week, that doesn't mean that we should forget about what's ahead. This week, rumors surrounding the Galaxy Note 6 began to circulate, suggesting that it might just be the first smartphone in the world to pack in a massive 6GB …
Read More »Nvidia launches new Game Ready driver for Street Fighter and more
Nvidia has gone ahead and launched the new GeForce Game Ready 361.91 WHQL driver for Street Fighter V this week. The new driver is available to download via the GeForce Experience software and contains new optimizations for Arma 3, the Hitman Beta, Monster Hunter Online as well as Street Fighter …
Read More »Fallout 4’s season pass is getting a price increase, DLC announced
Last week, Bethesda revealed that it would soon be ready to talk about upcoming DLC for Fallout 4 and now, we know exactly what is coming for season pass owners. Three new DLCs have been announced for Fallout 4 but Bethesda will also be increasing the price of its season …
Read More »AMD is bundling Hitman with its graphics cards
While Nvidia is apparently set to offer up The Division to its GPU buyers, AMD has a deal of its own up its sleeve. Starting from today, qualifying purchases of some of AMD's graphics cards or even FX-CPUs will come bundled with the latest Hitman game from IO Interactive, which …
Read More »Apple to issue fix for date change bug that is bricking iPhones
Over the last few days, a new iOS bug has emerged that would brick iPhones should the date be set back to May 1970 or earlier. This ended up becoming a prank that spread across the internet but now Apple has addressed the issue and has promised a fix will …
Read More »PlayStation VR to release in Autumn
Sony is set to bring Virtual Reality to consoles this year with the launch of PlayStation VR and while Sony has been pretty tight-lipped on things like pricing and a release date, GameStop's CEO, Paul Raines has jumped the gun and said that the PS4 headset will be launching in …
Read More »AMD lists its ‘Oculus Ready’ processors
Virtual reality is getting a huge push this year with plenty of VR or Oculus-ready PCs hitting the market over the next few months. While we have known the recommended specification for gaming on an Oculus Rift for a while, most places have been listing Intel CPUs. So now, AMD …
Read More »Kodi to take legal action to combat links to piracy
Kodi is a pretty well-known media player, used by millions across the world to view content. However, it also doubles as a popular tool for piracy, with many third-party packs available that grant access to streaming sites, torrent trackers as well as streams to live TV channels like Sky Sports. …
Read More »A team is remaking Knights of the Old Republic in Unreal Engine 4
It has been close to 13 years since Bioware launched Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the series still remains popular today. So much so that a group of budding enthusiasts have got together to reboot the game in its entirety and bring it to the Unreal Engine …
Read More »OCUK announces ‘Tomorrow’s Office’ event
Overclockers UK is holding an event later this month known as ‘Tomorrow's Office', this is a free to attend, local business event put in place to help local businesses who want to improve their IT set-up. There will be showcases from the likes of Intel, Microsoft and ASUS but there …
Read More »Microsoft patents modular PC design with stackable components
Microsoft appears to be experimenting with how we build and upgrade computers as the company has patented a new modular PC design, which would be upgraded by ‘stackable' components. Microsoft is describing this as a “modular computing device” and the patent actually dates quite far back, with it being applied …
Read More »Quantum Break won’t be landing on Steam
There has been a lot of drama surrounding Quantum Break over the last week or so. Microsoft made the surprise announcement that the game would be coming to Windows 10 alongside the Xbox One launch with support for cross-saves and cross-buy, something that some Xbox owners weren't too happy about. …
Read More »The Division to be offered up with Nvidia GPUs
Ubisoft and Nvidia have had a pretty long-running partnership. We have seen plenty of high-profile games from the publisher bundled in with Nvidia graphics cards including titles like Watch Dogs, Far Cry and Assassin's Creed. This will apparently continue with upcoming title ‘Tom Clancy's The Division', which launches on the …
Read More »Apple is recalling dodgy USB Type-C cables
Following on from reports of a Google engineer's Chromebook Pixel dying after using a dodgy USB Type-C cable, Apple has announced that it is recalling and replacing a number of USB Type-C charging cables that it sold last year due to a “design issue”. We already know that using an …
Read More »Android 6.0 Marshmallow now rolling out to Galaxy S6
Just ahead of the announcement of the Galaxy S7 this month, Samsung has begun rolling out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OTA update for those using the Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge. The update has officially landed in the UK this week and while it is currently limited to two …
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