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Apple might be interested in buying Time Warner

A while back, it was revealed that Apple has put plans for its TV streaming service on hold after failing to get all networks to agree on packages, pricing and their respective revenue cuts. However, now it looks like Apple might be interested in kickstarting things by buying assets of …

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The Division beta to arrive this month

Ubisoft is gearing up to finally launch The Division in just a couple of months time but you will be able to get your hands on it a bit early with the beta, which is tipped to kick off at the end of this month. While Ubisoft hasn't officially announced …

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Seagate is releasing an 8TB NAS drive

Seagate has announced that it will be launching its largest ever capacity NAS hard drive, offering up 8TB of space. Being a NAS drive, it is primarily aimed for those wanting to set up a personal cloud or for mass multimedia storage. The drive comes rated for an 180TB/year workload …

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Google is now getting serious about VR

Google is looking to get involved in the Virtual Reality space as well, following on from the likes of Facebook/Oculus, Sony and HTC/Valve, Google will now be stepping up its efforts with a dedicated VR division, headed by the boss behind the Google Cardboard headset, which was the company's first …

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Google’s self-driving car has had some issues

Google's self-driving car technology is impressive and has been interesting to follow but it has had its fair share of problems according to Google's latest report. Between November 2014 and September 2015, Google's self-driving car experienced a total of 272 technical failures and was almost involved in 13 accidents. According …

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Gears of War 4 gets its release date moved

It looks like development on Gears of War 4 is going well as the game will now be releasing slightly earlier than expected. During a live stream this week, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox One exclusive would now be launching in ‘Fall 2016', rather than the holiday season. This means …

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EA Access is expanding from Xbox One to PC

EA Access is finally branching out from the Xbox One and will launch on the PC soon though under the slightly different name ‘Origin Access'. There will be 15 games in ‘The Vault' at launch for subscribers with more to be added over time. Origin Access is a subscription service …

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Apple patents design for super thin iPhone speakers

We have been hearing a lot about the iPhone 7 these last few weeks along with Apple's future plans for audio on its flagship smartphone. Following on from reports that Apple is set to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack to save space, a patent has been uncovered showing off …

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EVGA SuperNova T2 Titanium Power Supplies announced

EVGA is launching a new load of SuperNova power supplies this year, with an ultra-efficient 80Plus Titanium rating available in 750W, 850W and 1000W flavours. These units feature a 94%+ efficiency rating, along with EVGA's ECO mode to minimize fan noise during low to medium load operations. Aside from the …

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The Witcher 3 patch 1.12 is now live

CD Projekt Red may have shut down talk of an upcoming Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition but that doesn't mean it is finished with the game. This week, the studio went live with patch 1.12, which aims to tidy things up a bit more in both the base game and the …

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Asus shows off ROG Claymore RGB Mechanical keyboard

Asus is well known for its republic of gamer line, which spans across not just hardware and monitors but peripherals as well. This year, Asus is set to launch its first RGB mechanical keyboard featuring Cherry mechanical switches as well as a unique feature that allows the numpad to be …

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Apple Music reportedly has 10 million subscribers

Apple Music seems to be doing quite well for itself according to new reports, with sources claiming that the service has already managed to garner up ten million subscribers. This is half that of Spotify, which is reported to have around 20 million paying subscribers though it has been around …

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Apple’s 4-inch iPhone may have a different name

Over the last few months, we have been hearing rumours of Apple's upcoming 4-inch iPhone, which is set to release in the first half of the year. However, we have all been working under the assumption that the device will be called the iPhone 6C- until now. New reports coming …

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AMD cuts the price of the R9 Nano GPU

The AMD R9 Nano is an impressive graphics card in many ways, it was the first Fiji card to be shrunk down to a Mini-ITX form-factor, it is very power efficient and now, it is getting a pretty nice price cut. AMD announced today that the R9 Nano will now …

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HTC Vive pre-orders to open up next month

Just last week Oculus began gearing up for the launch of the Rift with pre-orders opening up and shipments due out in March. However, there is another big VR launch on the way in the next few months- the HTC Vive, which will also have its price and ship date …

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EVGA to launch GTX 980Ti ‘VR Edition’

EVGA came to CES this year armed with a new GTX 980TI to show off. This time, EVGA is gearing up to launch a ‘VR Edition' GPU, featuring the tried and true ACX cooler along with some extras aimed specifically at those looking to upgrade their rig for virtual reality …

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Fake Minecraft 2 taken down from App Store

Earlier on in the week, people became largely aware of a fake Minecraft sequel doing the rounds on iOS. This app claimed to be Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2 and actually managed to hit the top ten on the App Store's top-selling chart. However, after awareness of this scam app was …

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Asus launches new TUF Sabertooth Z170S motherboard

ASUS has even more announcements in store for us today with the announcement of the new TUF Sabertooth Z170S Motherboard, which Asus says is designed tough and built to last. The ATX board  features an arctic-white digital camouflage finish and has plenty of high-end features to boot. The Asus TUF …

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Microsoft is building its own SIM card for Windows 10

It looks like we are set to gain yet another SIM card standard, this time, courtesy of Microsoft, which wants to build its own SIM for new Windows 10 smartphones and LTE-enabled tablets. While Microsoft's SIM card may not be a different size to the current Nano SIMs, it is …

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