Software & Gaming

Earlier this month a bug was discovered in Netgear Nighthawk routers that left them vulnerable to hacks. While there was much concern about how widespread the vulnerability was, Netgear has now addressed the problem and is rolling out a firmware update worldwide. Models that were confirmed to be affected by the …

The use of virtual private networks (VPNs) has increased dramatically in the UK as the controversial Digital Economy Bill and Investigatory Powers Bill have progressed through parliament. In the case of some VPNs, UK customers have more than doubled, with many concerned for their privacy and access to content. The …

Do you know Hearthstone like the back of your hand? Can you and a pal talk your friends' ears off with endless chatter of which card trumps which and what the best deck building strategy is? Can you top it all off with a winning personality? Then you might be …

Terry Crews has been getting more involved in the gaming world this year after embarking on a mission to build his first PC. Since then he has dabbled in Twitch streaming, virtual reality and now, it looks like he might appear in Overwatch as a character, as the actor recently …

While Nintendo has already announced the Nintendo Switch at this point, there are still several unanswered questions on the hardware side of things. However, this week, reports have revealed the CPU and GPU clock speeds of the Switch while in mobile mode and while docked. We also know a little …

Star Citizen's first-person shooter game mode, ‘Star Marine' was announced back in 2014 and since then, we have seen some impressive demos but delays have kept it out of the hands of backers for quite some time. However, this week with Star Citizen's ‘Alpha Patch 2.6.0', players will get their …

The Resident Evil franchise is looking to make a big return in 2017 with the launch of Resident Evil VII in January and while many PS4 players have already had the chance to test out a slice of the game, PC players can now join them. The demo is available on …

Nintendo officially brought Super Mario to mobile last night with the launch of Super Mario Run on iOS and while we have known that the game will cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of $10 for quite some time, it looks like some investors only figured that out today, as shares …

Football fan app-maker, GameOn, has announced a partnership with Sky Sports, to bring an interactive chat and commentary bot to a number of social networking messaging platforms. Able to understand natural language requests from users, GameOn's bot can provide commentary on ongoing games, answer questions and can provide news and …

Nintendo's newly released NES Classic Mini has sold close to 200,000 units in the U.S. alone, making it an impressively hot seller in a short period of time. So much so in fact that it has outsold the Wii U, not just during the same period, but even when you …

ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to virtual reality, but not in the exact same guise as its original release. This isn't some Survival of the Fittest game mode either, but an educational, open world of dinosaurs and environments to explore. Coming in 2017, virtual reality is getting tickets to Ark …

If you haven't updated your graphics drivers in a while, then Nvidia users may want to this week as the latest WHQL driver, version 376.33 contains some very important fixes that address security vulnerabilities and kernel faults. These issues were reported via Google's Project Zero and Nvidia has been working …

Arizona Sunshine was one of the most exciting games releasing for virtual reality this year. However, the game swiftly began drowning in controversy upon release after certain parts of the game were found to be exclusive to Intel Core i7 owners. This led to quite the outcry upon the game's …

Yahoo is facing a lot of scrutiny right now after the company revealed yet another massive hack to its customers. Earlier this year, Yahoo finally admitted to having 500 million user accounts compromised during an attack back in 2014 but it turns out that wasn't even the worst of it. …

Ubisoft is back on its feet with The Division following the hugely successful system overhauls that came with patch 1.4. Since then, players have been returning to the game but if you haven't given it a chance yet, then you will get the opportunity this weekend as the game will …

If it seems like every online entity is looking to employ digital assistants to help improve their customer's experience, that's because they are. Everyone from Twitch, to Facebook are now looking to algorithms to help them out and it turns out pornography streaming site, Pornhub, is no different. It's just …

If you have a favourite mod of 2016, or if your choice last year didn't quite make the grade and is still going strong, ModDB wants to hear about it. As it has every year for the past decade and a half, ModDB is looking to crown its Mod of …

If you had a Yahoo account at any point before 2013, then there's a chance that some of your details have been copied away by hackers. Yahoo has admitted that as many as one billion user accounts may have been affected in a hack which dates back to 2013. Everything …

The automated moderation algorithm introduced by gaming streaming site, Twitch, earlier this week, is already paying dividends. According to a number of streamers who traditionally have to deal with abuse or fighting in their attached chat, the number of people saying mean stuff has fallen dramatically. Traditionally, viewing any popular …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Logitech has enhanced its Circle Home security cameras with proprietary artificial intelligence, that allows them to use facial recognition to determine who people are. When combined with ‘Motion Zones,' it should make the system much more capable of detecting intruders, or letting you know when specific people enter your home. …

Gaming streaming site, Twitch, has announced the introduction of new automated moderation tools, which will try to analyse the intent of messages and block those it deems hateful or abusive. Designed to do what no team of human moderators could achieve, Twitch claims AutoMod will become more effective over time, …

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 …

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 …