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Ever since it was first announced, fans have been eagerly anticipating the opening of Nintendo’s first theme park, dubbed ‘Super Nintendo World’. Despite the current global circumstances, it would seem that the theme park is now complete and ready to open, as it has been announced that Super Nintendo World …

Apple is no stranger to fines here in Europe. This week, the tech giant was hit with another one, this time over supposedly dubious claims about how waterproof iPhones are. The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), Italy's competition regulator, announced today that it is issuing a €10 …

Leo recently sat through an Intel briefing relating to benchmarking laptops and focusing on performance both with and without the power adapter connected. Throughout, Intel was keen to highlight the AMD drops performance by a higher percentage in their own testing. Luke and Leo discuss this briefing and wonder why Intel is so keen to publicise AMD's weaknesses rather than focusing on its own strengths.

Black Friday has officially arrived and with it, there are a ton of new deals floating around, making this weekend a great time to pick up a laptop. We've been on the lookout for the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals in the UK.  Gaming Laptops: If you are in …

With tech giants such as Facebook and Google having billions of consumers use their services, an argument has been made that firms such as these have in many ways stifled competition due both to their sheer size as well as their wealth of consumer data. The UK government has now …

Minecraft is the best selling video game on the planet. With over 200 million copies sold, the open sandbox game is far ahead of all other competitors in this regard. These figures only account for paid copies sold however. In mainland China, where the game is free-to-play, Minecraft has surpassed …

Until now, QHD high refresh rate displays were usually associated with desktop PCs, but it seems Eluktronics is about to change that. The company has announced the world's first QHD 165Hz laptops, offering "the most crisp and snappy experience out of any laptop on the market".

While the iPhone made the jump to OLED a few years ago now, Apple has been sticking with LCD and Mini-LED displays for its iPad Pro line-up. That could change soon though, as Apple has been tipped to release an OLED-equipped iPad Pro in 2021.  As spotted by 9to5Mac, Korean …

The Xbox Series X/S have been out for almost two weeks now and with that, there are plenty of new Xbox controllers in the wild. At the moment, these controllers won't work with iOS or iPadOS, unlike the older Xbox One controllers, but support is on the way.  Last week, …

Back in 2017, Apple found itself in a controversial position, after it became public that Apple had been quietly throttling the speed of older iPhones. While this was done in order to slow the effects of battery ageing, Apple still found itself in the middle of a class action lawsuit, …

We're all well aware of Apple's usual iOS App Store revenue cut, which has been the centre of plenty of legal complaints in recent years. This week, Apple is reassessing its position, halving its revenue cut for smaller app developers.  Starting on January 1st 2021, Apple is introducing the App …

Apple officially began rolling out macOS 11.0, otherwise known as Big Sur, just last week but unfortunately, a chunk of MacBook owners are having issues. According to recent complaints, the update is causing a black screen bug on some older MacBook Pro models.  The Big Sur update was announced during …

While there exists many competing online cloud storage solutions, one of the most consumer friendly was Google’s which offered free unlimited photo and video storage with only a few caveats. It would seem this is no longer the case however, as come June 2021, all free users will be limited …

If you are looking to pick up a new laptop at the moment, then it is worth shopping around as many retailers and laptop makers are doing early Black Friday deals this year. MSI is one of them, with five popular laptop models discounted early for November.

Today during Apple's ‘one more thing' event, the first ARM-powered MacBook was officially announced. Apple is officially moving on from Intel CPUs for macOS, starting with the 2020 MacBook Air.  The MacBook Air is shipping with an Apple Silicon M1 processor, which is built on TSMC's 5nm process. It eight …

In order to ensure maximum value for money, Microsoft consistently adds new games to its Game Pass subscription Service. For the month of November, subscribers can look forward to a number of exciting titles including Tetris Effect: Connected, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, and more. Making the …

AMD's next-gen laptop processors aren't expected until early 2021, but listings for them are already popping up in the wild.

Apple has had two events over the last couple of months, announcing new iPads, iPhones and other accessories. The company isn't done yet though, as another ‘One More Thing' event has been announced for next week.  Today, Apple began teasing that it has ‘one more thing' up its sleeve for …

Corsair is continuing its recent acquisition spree, this time with the acquisition of EpocCam – an app that lets you use your smartphone as a webcam for video calls. EpocCam is currently an iPhone and iPad app with over 5 million downloads, allowing users to turn their iOS devices into …

In an effort to keep pushing its Game Pass service, Microsoft continually adds new titles to its game subscription service. For the remainder of October, and the first half of November, Microsoft has announced that over a dozen games are set to join the service, including PUBG and Five Nights …

We check out Razer's 2020 iteration of the Blade 15 Advanced, priced at over £3000

In the leadup to the launch of the PlayStation 5 next month, Sony has slowly been drip feeding fans new information on its much anticipated next gen console. Though the console exists primarily to facilitate the playing of games, modern consoles can also play content from a number of services …

Looking for a new gaming laptop? How about one with a low-profile mechanical keyboard too?

Last month, an independent developer discovered a way to get Google Stadia working on iOS devices. The workaround was achieved by using a custom web browser and shipping that on the App Store. It took a while, but Apple has seemingly caught on. Stadium is a full screen browser on …

Typically, Samsung announces its Galaxy flagship smartphones in February, followed by a worldwide launch in March. The timing could shift a bit in 2021, as tipsters are anticipating a January announcement for the Galaxy S30.  Given that the device isn't official yet, we are unsure if this will be the …

The iPhone had a bit of a down year in 2019-2020 but things are quickly turning around with the iPhone 12. Pre-orders for Apple's latest iOS line-up went live last week and already, orders seem to be double that of the iPhone 11.  According to Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo (via …

Asus has revealed its first laptop featuring an Intel Tiger Lake CPU and the “first Intel Discrete Graphics”. On the VivoBook 14 Flip product page, Asus hasn't named the Intel discrete graphics card specifically, but the webpage description referred to it as “Iris Xe Max”. As found by @momomo_us, the …

One day following Apple's iPhone 12 announcement, OnePlus has also unveiled its latest competitor. The OnePlus 8T has been officially announced today, including a 120Hz display, a quad-camera setup and new fast charging technology.  The OnePlus 8T ships with a 6.55-inch ‘Fluid AMOLED' display with a 120Hz refresh rate and …

After a one month delay, today Apple officially announced the iPhone 12, featuring a 6.1-inch OLED display and a new design that takes inspiration from the iPhone 4 and the newer iPad Pro.  The iPhone 12 is the first 5G iPhone, capable of gigabit download speeds and 200MB/s upload speeds …

This past weekend, Razer announced multiple new products during RazerCon 2020. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan took the stage to introduce what Razer has been working to over 1M concurrent viewers, totalling over 250000 hours viewed and generating 175M impressions over social networks. Some new product include cases, a gaming chair, …