General Tech

Last week, authorities apprehended a suspect that was believed to have stolen confidential data pertaining to Apple’s autonomous cars. It was reported that the former employee supposedly admitted the crimes when taken into custody, but has since pleaded ‘not guilty’ during Monday’s trial. Ex-Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang was formally charged …

Back in 2008, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that ISPs could brand their services as ‘fibre' even when copper cables were being used in parts of the infrastructure. Most big UK ISPs utilise these ‘hybrid-Fibre' lines but these services don't match the full speeds of a true fibre …

Video games and technology are usually announced well in advance of a cemented release date, often hitting online stores with a pre-purchase option despite customers not knowing when they will receive the item. German courts have now ruled that paying customers are entitled to know when they will be receiving …

Google Chrome is already rather infamous for eating up a lot of RAM. Last year, we saw Google begin to take steps to tackle the issue, but thanks to Spectre, those efforts are now in-vain. This week, Google announced that Chrome would be getting a Site Isolation feature, which will …

Samsung helped to pioneer the modern-day smartwatch as we know it, releasing products under its ‘Gear’ brand since 2014. Although Samsung’s efforts in the market have diminished in recent years, this could all be about to change, as the company is said to bring its renowned Galaxy branding into the …

Back in May, Cambridge Analytica buckled under the pressure of its Facebook scandal becoming public, with many of its members shuffling over to Emerdata Limited. It turns out that Emerdata is not the only company sharing the ideals of its predecessor, as many Cambridge Analytica alumni have gone on to …

GeForce Now has been around for a while, we even covered its initial launch on the Nvidia Shield Tablet several years ago. Since then, Nvidia's cloud gaming ambitions have grown, and the service has ended up with an odd divide. Currently, the PC and Mac version of GeForce Now has …

Over the years, the UK has really cracked down on the use of mobile phones while driving. Last year in an effort to further discourage driving while on the phone, fines and penalty points increased. Now, the UK Gov is trialling a new program that will see mobile phone warning …

There has been a big push in the UK to roll out fibre to every home, but unless you have access to the likes of Virgin Media, you are lucky to get the 80Mbps offered via the current OpenReach infrastructure. Despite average speeds increasing in the past year, the UK …

It’s hard to argue against the convenience of technology such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. Whipping out your phone and paying for your lunch without having to waste time fiddling around in your wallet for a card, and then entering a pin is a godsend. Google Pay is looking …

When the Russian government first passed its new data retention law, it was with the goal of only using Russian made hardware. The law came into effect on the 1st of July, but no Russian telecoms firm were ready to start storing the data required. Due to this, Russia has …

It is safe to say that Skype hasn't exactly been on the bleeding edge of technology following from its initial launch all those years ago. This year, Skype is playing catch up with competitors once again, as the app will finally implement the option for read receipts. In Skype's latest …

Every so often, we'll be notified of a sale going on elsewhere. Over the last couple of weeks, AquaTuning has been sending out discount codes to celebrate the summer season and by extension, the world cup. For the next couple of days, anyone interested in picking up some water cooling …

Two weeks ago, European Parliament sent the media world into a frenzy by pushing legislation that threatened to dismantle the internet as we currently know it. Fortunately, the all-important vote has seen both Article 11 and 13 thrown out, meaning copyright laws are to remain as they are for the …

With Facebook being the giant power house that it is, the company has acquired its fair share of competing social media platforms in its time. From Instagram to WhatsApp, and to a lesser extent, Oculus. Now, Facebook has announced that it will actually be trimming some fat, with plans to …

Samsung first showed off its 8K TVs at CES earlier this year, asserting the company's desire to make the resolution mainstream, despite 4K just starting to break ground. At the recent QLED & Advanced Displays summit in Los Angeles, Samsung once again spoke about its desire to get 8K TVs …

Back in September 2017, HTC began to reshape itself by selling off its smartphone team to Google for $1.1 billion and doubling down on its VR projects. Unfortunately, it looks like HTC is in fact still struggling, with the firm announcing today that it will be laying off 1,500 employees, …

OverclockersUK has announced its brand new 8Pack-inspired INFIN8 range of desktop solutions, collectively worth a whopping £31,000. Of course, OCUK doesn’t skimp on the components, packing custom acrylic pass through plates, dual loop hard pipe water cooling and dual GTX 1080 Tis into the most premium cases on the market. …

At Google I/O earlier this year, we got our first look at Google Duplex, the companies new AI calling service. It was met with both awe and criticism in terms of validity and ethics. Since then, Google has reworked a few things to address concerns, and is now pushing Duplex …

SD cards are always fascinating. With every year that goes by they somehow manage to cram more space into the same form factor, at an affordable price too. The SD Association is taking that one step further with their new SD Ultra Capacity cards, with a storage limit of 128TB. …

Corsair has its fingers in a lot of pies, pushing out an overwhelming range of peripherals and components each year. It’s not surprising that the next target for the gaming giant is the increasingly popular world of streaming, and what better way to tackle the new field than absorbing the …

Back in the 1980’s, the BBC was at the forefront of bringing computing to the masses. The Computer Literacy Project was a huge undertaking that saw the BBC release its own computer, the BBC Micro, as well as teaching viewers how to program. The BBC is now releasing every single …

Facebook banned all adverts for cryptocurrencies, binary options and initial coin offerings (ICO) at the beginning of the year in an attempt to protect its users from potential scams. While binary options and ICO adverts are still being kept on ice, it looks like the social media platform will once …

The Microsoft Surface Pro is a great little piece of kit, but it has several glaring omissions. The chief of which is the lack of USB Type-C or Thunderbolt 3 support. Back in 2017, Microsoft said it would be shipping a dongle out to add compatibility, but nothing materialised until …

It wasn’t too long ago that the KRACK Attack essentially rendered every single WPA2 network insecure. Since then, the Wi-Fi Alliance has been working on the successor, and today they finally launched WPA3, which is fully immune from the KRACK Attack. The Wi-Fi Alliance announced the launch of WPA3 via …

Elgato might have beaten its rivals to the punch on launching a 4K-capable capture card, AVerMedia has finally caught up by bolstering its Live Gamer line of capture cards. It’s Live Gamer 4K is a PCIe-based capture card that bests the Elgato 4K60 in price and features, while the Live …

The beginning of this year marked the opening of Pandora’s box for Facebook, revealing a plethora of botched data handling practices that began with Cambridge Analytica. The latest in the long line of privacy concerns comes from the social media platform accidentally leaking sensitive analytical reports to app testers instead …

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are the organisation behind keeping track of UK citizens and their taxes. It turns out that HMRC has been storing taxpayers audio signatures after a default opt-in of a new Voice ID system that allowed taxpayers to use their voices as their password. Big …

Windows 10 on ARM isn’t really all that popular. There isn’t any hardware that can really run the operating system to the level that x86 CPUs can. Qualcomm is looking to change that with the Snapdragon 1000, a 12W SoC aimed at competing with Intel. Arstechnica reports that the SDM1000 …

Whilst some cars can be unlocked via a smartphone, these models are few and far between and are often very pricey additions. The Car Connectivity Consortium is looking to change this, by creating a standard so that more manufacturers can easily implement a Digital Key system that works no matter …