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Google is going to war with sites that autoplay media with sound

Activision is hoping for a resurgence in popularity for Call of Duty this year, as the series heads back to the past to explore World War II. Those of you who are intrigued by a ‘back to basics' Call of Duty title will get the chance to try it out …

Every time a new competitive game hits the market, cheaters are going to find exploits they can take advantage of. Squashing cheaters in itself can be a challenge for many developers but it seems that Bluehole is up to the challenge with PUBG as over 150,000 cheaters have been banned …

DDR4 RAM speeds continue to rise this week as Corsair has announced its fastest ever Vengeance LPX 16GB kit ever. The latest kit was co-developed with ASRock's X299 OC Formula motherboard in mind, allowing the modules to hit 4600MHz. The 2x8GB Vengeance LPX kit takes advantage of Intel XMP 2.0, …

After months of leaks and rumours, today Google officially confirmed that it will be launching its next smartphone on the 4th of October. The Google Pixel 2 is currently being manufactured by HTC, meanwhile the larger XL version will be made by LG. Google's confirmation comes just two days after …

With the RX Vega now out in the wild and Nvidia remaining tight lipped about Volta, there has been a lack of graphics card news recently. However, one new rumour did pop up this week, pointing towards the existence of a GTX 1070Ti, presumably to combat against the RX Vega …

On Tuesday, during Apple's big iPhone X and iPhone 8 launch event, the company suffered an embarrassing moment when a live demo of the iPhone X's new Face ID tech did not go as planned. This has spread across the web like wildfire but as it turns out, the issue …

The Nintendo Switch's Year One game library just got a bit stronger as last night, Bethesda surprisingly announced that it would be bringing both DOOM and Wolfenstein 2 to the console. DOOM will be arriving this year and is the surprise game release Bethesda alluded to last week.  DOOM Switch …

Feature-packed and rammed with connectivity, the X299 Aorus Gaming 7 isn't even Gigabyte's flagship board!

Its an SFX L design and its actually very capable indeed. Worth the £115 asking price?

With the RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 now out and in the hands of consumers, it looks like it is time for Radeon Technologies Group head, Raja Koduri, to take a break and catch up on family time. Koduri will be taking a three month sabbatical from RTG, …

David Vaughan won an MSI GTX 1080Ti from us a couple of months back. Now after plenty of hard work, he has shared with us his review!

This evening, Tim Cook and several other heads over at Apple all took to the stage at the Steve Jobs Theatre to formally show off a new batch of iPhones to the world. There are three iPhones on the way, the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone …

It looks like Samsung won't be the only company jumping in to the mega-wide 32:9 monitor market as Philips has revealed plans to launch its own. Similar to Samsung's CHG90 monitor, the Philips 492P8 will go a step further over 21:9, with a 32:9 aspect ratio and 3840×1080 resolution with …

Andyson have finally created an excellent power supply for Aerocool. Thanks to Techpowerup.

This week, the PC gaming service ‘Raptr' announced that it would be shutting down at the end of this month, just one year after AMD officially dropped support for the app. Raptr has been around for close to ten years and for a while, it also came bundled with Radeon …

Game Max has launched a £60 240mm liquid cooler - bargain of the year?

Over the last few months, the team behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been teasing a new vaulting mechanic, which will finally make climbing objects in the game world possible. It's a big change and could have a big impact on how the game is played. Because of this, a lot of …

If you've been on the edge about upgrading your rig so far this year, then this might finally be the time to take the leap!

DICE's Star Wars: Battlefront II is heading our way in just a couple of months time and as with most major games from EA these days, there will be a beta test. This week, details about the Battlefront II beta came to light, with dates for the PC, PS4 and …

The leaks are continuing to roll in for Intel's upcoming 8th generation desktop processors. Last week word of an October 5th launch date began circulating and now, the first Core i7-8700K benchmark scores have leaked, giving us a good idea of the performance to expect from Intel's first 6-core CPU …

If you've ever wanted to revisit Super Mario 64 with a group of friends then it is now easier than ever. This week, a new fan project called SM64 launched, allowing PC owners to play Super Mario 64 online with up to 24 other people. SM64 is a modded version …

Since its introduction with the Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft’s new Game Mode hasn’t fared well with all users, with many reporting problems such as frame drops and stuttering in game. Microsoft has since responded to these issues, promising that they will be addressed. Microsoft teased its new Game Mode …

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It looks like Intel is putting an end to its wireless laptop docks as reports this week show that the company has discontinued the current ‘WiGig' line of products. These wireless docks used video out, USB and ethernet ports and could offer close to 4.7Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth. Unfortunately, this …

Sean Vanaman, the lead developer behind Firewatch, has revealed his plans to issue DMCA Takedown notices against PewDiePie's videos following a new controversy surrounding the YouTuber. Going forward, Vanaman says the studio plans to take down any PewDiePie video featuring a Campo Santo game after the video maker blurted out …

After several months of hype building Bungie's Destiny 2 launched in the middle of last week. Things seem to have been going very well so far too, as over the weekend more than 1.2 million guardians were logged in to Destiny playing at once. With 1.2 million concurrent players, Destiny …

The new T5 is available in four capacities; 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and the flagship 2TB which is the version Samsung supplied for this review.

Roccat is back with a new wireless 12,000 dpi RGB mouse, the Leadr. Worth £130?

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't as Android experiences hiccups as of late. Those running Oreo face data bugs while those that aren't risk an "overlay attack."