Tech News

Patriot's latest SSD comes with a massive heatsink installed - but is the drive actually any good?

Back in February, Google employees took a stand against forced arbitration, successfully prompting the company to change its policies. Now, the group is rallying together for International Workers’ Day to try and get US Congress to ban the practice nationwide. Forced arbitration strong-arms workers to sign a contract that prevents …

We’ve known for quite some time that Motorola is set to enter the foldable smartphone market, taking a radically different approach than competition. Purported images of the revived Razr brand have begun leaking online, giving us our first potential look at a finalised design. Samsung, Huawei and Royole have all …

Thanks to the strict definitions of US copyright law, Epic Games managed to temporarily dodge multiple infringement lawsuits surrounding the emotes within Fortnite: Battle Royale. That hasn’t stopped yet another artist from coming forward with a new twist on the case, this time claiming misappropriation of identity. Cases including Alfonso …

Fractal Design makes some of the sleekest PC cases around and this week, the company is revamping one of its best offerings. The Define S2 Vision is a modified version of the popular S2 chassis with some key material and visual upgrades, including dark tempered glass. The Define S2 Vision …

This year, AMD is celebrating its 50th year in business. To celebrate the milestone, AMD is releasing ‘Gold Edition' versions of the Ryzen 7 2700x CPU and Radeon VII graphics card. These Gold Edition releases don't appear to come with any particular performance benefits like higher clock speeds. Instead, AMD …

OnePlus has been hard at work with its upcoming flagship smartphones set to debut May 14, with CEO Pete Lau drumming up excitement for the company’s display technology in particular. The OnePlus 7 Pro has already topped expectations, receiving an A+ certification from video diagnostic experts at DisplayMate. Rumours surrounding …

Apple has identified a safety risk with some of its three-pronged AC adapters, warning owners that there is a chance they could cause an electric shock. The company has therefore issued a voluntary recall and exchange for affected plugs in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and their travel counterparts. …

Apple has dabbled in gaming over the years but has never really put much investment into helping developers or obtaining exclusive content. That is going to change later this year with the launch of Apple Arcade, a subscription service that aims to curate iOS titles into a library of impressive …

While multiplayer access has been available on the Nintendo Switch since its launch, it only transitioned into a paid service around six months ago. During that time, nearly one third of Switch owners have subscribed, with 9.8 million active, non-trial accounts paying out. Nintendo hasn't had the best track record …

Curved, 2,560 x 1,440 resolution and 144hz refresh. What is there not to like ?

Earlier this month, Sony began openly talking about its plans for the next-generation PlayStation console. We've heard some of the key specs and learned a surprising amount about the console well ahead of time. While there were rumours that Sony could have the PlayStation 5 ready to go in early …

Talking about media is just as ingrained in contemporary culture as consuming the content itself, whether its movies, television or the vastly growing industry of video games. This makes the internet an unforgiving space when it comes to spoilers, but at what point do people feel it’s acceptable to divulge …

Earlier this week, Nvidia officially launched the GTX 1660Ti and GTX 1650 graphics chips for laptops. We've already seen several models sporting these new GPUs from the likes of MSI, ASUS and Acer. Now, GIGABYTE is joining the club with two new laptop launches, the AERO 15 Classic and the …

With the discontinuation of the Shield Tablet last year and Shield Portable seemingly no longer on sale, Nvidia looked to have given up its portable gaming efforts. This could change in the near future, as code within the Shield Experience software suggests that Nvidia could be planning to re-enter the …

Shortly after Samsung announced the delay of its Galaxy Fold handset in light of display issues, teardown experts at iFixit explained that the problems might be a result of the design itself. Samsung is understandably unhappy with its faults being put on public display while it’s trying to fix the …

Only £1 more expensive than the NH-U12S TR4. Is the Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 a bargain?

Intel has lowered its annual revenue estimation following Q1 financial results.

This week, CORSAIR is expanding on its range of gaming mice with two new additions, the Ironclaw RGB wireless and the Glaive RGB Pro. The Ironclaw wireless uses Corsair's new Slipstream technology to unlock new levels of wireless performance, meanwhile the Glaive RGB Pro focuses on customisability, with three interchangeable …

Coming off of news surrounding Apex Legends and its waning popularity amongst streamers, Respawn has begun discussing its update rollout plans going forward. There is some good news, more of the studio is going to be working on Apex to keep it consistently fresh. The downside is that this does …

We all got a good look at Cyberpunk 2077 last year when CD Projekt Red released a lengthy gameplay demo, showing off some of the different in-game mechanics across a full mission. As always though, game development involves a lot of experimentation and iteration, with that in mind, the version …

Nvidia's latest Turing-based graphics card arrives in the form of GTX 1650 - but is it worth buying?

Over the last few months, Epic Games has been poaching plenty of games from Steam for its own store with timed exclusivity deals. In some examples, Epic Games has thrown so much money at developers that their games are profitable before they even launch. This strategy won't remain in place …

Last year, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices, hoping to determine whether or not the social network violated a 2011 agreement. The company isn’t holding its breath for the verdict however, as its first quarter financial reports earmark $3 billion for a potential …

Microsoft has managed to join Apple and Amazon as the third company to reach $1 trillion market value in the United States. Although its valuation has since fallen back below the milestone, Microsoft could once again climb past the barrier in the near future. In a heated race, Apple managed …

Since Samsung Electronics got a taste of what it’s like to be the world’s largest chipmaker last year, the company has understandably been yearning for more. The South Korean company has announced that it will be investing $115 billion (133 trillion won) over the next 12 years in hopes of …

Originally meant to launch in February, Nintendo delayed Mario Kart Tour to better improve quality and content. The company is now gearing up to test the game, as Android owners in North America and Japan receive a closed beta trial starting May 22nd. Nintendo is currently accepting applications from now …

Anthem may not have launched to positive reception but it still went on to be BioWare's biggest game launch ever. Since then though, the game has been slipping in the charts. Beyond that, the latest stats for March video game sales show Ubisoft's The Division 2 earning the top spot, …

Epic Games has found great success over the last year with Fortnite's Battle Royale mode. The game has managed to keep players interested with frequent updates and in-game events but all of that content comes at a cost. This week, an investigative report came out surrounding Epic Games and its …

Samsung might have some trouble fixing issues with the Galaxy Fold, as boffins determine it could be a problem with the design itself.