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It looks like Apple's long-rumored dual-display Macbook Pro could be heading our way as soon as next month. A few months back, reports began suggesting that Apple's next Macbook Pro would feature a touch-sensitive display bar above the keyboard to display various shortcuts and bits of information and now this …

Ubisoft is in a tough position right now, with Vivendi buying up shares in the build-up to what seems like a forceful takeover of the games publisher. This has caused a lot of concern amongst Ubisoft executives but it will all come to a head at the company's annual board …

The Mozilla Foundation has tried to branch out numerous times over the past decade, with varying levels of success. One area where it really didn't do as well as it hoped though, was in the creation of Firefox OS powered Mozilla smartphones. Less than a year on from discontinuing the …

Youtube has acquired the former Warner Music executive, Lyor Cohen to be its new global head of music, with hopes that he will help strengthen ties with the music industry. Although still a dominant force in online music, Youtube has a lot of competition these days, so no doubt hopes that …

If the robots ever do decide to take over, at least we'll have plenty of people to blame. Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and IBM have all formed a partnership to help further the cause of AI development and acceptance the world over. It's not a lobby group, we're told, but …

As part of the Battersea Power Station restoration and refitting that's been ongoing for a number of years, Apple plans to become the largest commercial resident, by relocating its British headquarters there. Over 1,400 staff will be relocated to what was once the central boiler house in the derelict power station, …

Using a similar technique to Google when it taught its Deepmind network to play Atari games, two researchers from Carnegie Mellon university have created a self-taught Doom bot which became the most efficient killer at a recent competition. Known affectionately as Arnold, the bot placed second in the end, though it …

NZXT has released plenty of great cases over the years but with the S340 Elite, the company is thinking ahead, designing a clean case with tempered glass windows an I/O panel designed to make hooking up your VR more convenient, while also providing cable management and a place to store …

How will the world change as motherboard vendors move from 1Gb Ethernet ports to 2.5Gb or even 5Gb as standard? Can the major hard drive manufacturers stay ahead of the SSD curve simply by launching 20TB units for the 3.5″ form factor? Will Apple's imminent launch of a Thunderbolt 3 …

Samsung has been quick to make a name for itself in the Virtual Reality market with the GearVR headset but the Oculus-powered device does have one drawback- it currently requires a high-end Galaxy Smartphone to run. This has led to whispers of a standalone VR headset from Samsung but it …

Ever since Destiny first launched, there have been whispers of a PC version but for whatever reason, Bungie decided to stick to its guns and keep the first game exclusive to consoles through the base game and its four subsequent expansions. However, that will be changing next year with Destiny …

No Man's Sky didn't end up being the game many had hoped it would be and to make matters worse, in many ways, it didn't turn out to be the game promised either. As a result of this, it looks like the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched an …

Blackberry's position in the smartphone market has been sinking for some time now and  despite efforts to climb back up the ladder with new devices and even a switch to Android, the situation hasn't really improved. As a result, Blackberry has announced today that it is done making hardware altogether …

For the past near five years, Kim Dotcom has been embroiled in one legal battle or another, but we may finally be close to learning whether he's going to be extradited or not. Today marked the final day of his appeal process and thanks to his petition to live stream …

Whether you're downloading something legally or illegally, peer to peer sharing etiquette dictates that you upload more than you download – it helps files disseminate and counters those who only leech. To help encourage that behaviour, the Utorrent client now has an “Altruistic Mode,” which only downloads half as much …

The celebrity nude picture leaks of 2014, colloquially known as “The Fappening,” now have a patient zero, as 29 year old Edward Majerczyk from Iowa, U.S., has plead guilty to hacking email accounts to obtain the images. While his lawyer denies that Majerczyk disseminated the images. Although sentencing has yet to take place, …

Late last night, Elon Musk addressed attendees at the International Astronautical Congress and outlined his plans for Mars colonisation. He believes that Space X can get human boots on Mars by 2022, reduce costs to as little as $100,000 per person to travel to the red planet before long, and by …

Although streaming games from a console to a PC, or phone to a TV and any other combination of local connections, have become far more common place over the past couple of years, streaming games remotely – as promised by OnLive and Gaikai – still isn't that prevalent. But the idea …

If you have been waiting for a reason to log back in to Grand Theft Auto: Online, then you may want to check out the upcoming Bikers expansion. Rockstar announced its latest content drop for GTA Online recently, paving the way for players to create their own biker gangs, while …

The Razer Deathadder first launched ten years ago and over time, it has gone on to become one of the most popular gaming mice around. However, there is always room for improvement, which has pushed Razer to create the Deathadder Elite, a new version of the mouse with all new …

It has been around 14 months since Windows 10 first launched and despite the free upgrade offer being taken off the table, it looks like people are still switching over to the new operating system at a fast rate, with over 400 million PCs now running it. In-fact, so far, …

Earlier this month,the UK TV License rules changed, making it so that if you want to stream BBC iPlayer shows, then you need to have a valid TV license, even if you don't use a TV at all. We weren't sure how the BBC was going to enforce this at …

One of the great things about the original Dishonored was its replay value, with different powers and play styles encouraging multiple playthroughs. Now, it looks like that aspect has been amped up in Dishonored 2, with the sequel's co-director claiming that you may need to play the game twice just …

Vivendi has been aggressively attempting to take over French publishing giant Ubisoft for the best part of a year, but its original founders have been fighting back. In a recent attempt to prevent Vivendi from becoming its new boss, Ubisoft has spent over £100 million to buy up a further …

Disney may add Twitter to its list of acquisitions in recent years, joining the likes of Marvel and Star Wars, though if it did buy the social network, it would be a substantial purchase. Valued currently at $20 billion, such a buy would represent multiple years of net income, even …

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been left dead in the water, after most European ministers expressed doubt over it being enacted any time soon. While a major victory for privacy and personal freedom advocates, a similar trade deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) …

Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge is the next big update coming to Windows 10 and it's going to encapsulate the Edge browser inside a virtual machine, making it much harder for hackers and malware to attack your machine through a browser exploit. Essentially, it will isolate the browser …

Parent company of Riot Games, Tencent, has launched a new piece of hardware called the TGP (Tencent Games Platform) box. Acting a little like a Steam machine that runs Windows 10, the system offers Chinese gamers the chance to play popular games like League of Legends, without requiring a gaming …

AMD is gearing up to launch the Zen architecture next year and while plenty of PC enthusiasts have their eyes peeled to see what AMD brings to the table, it looks like Apple may also want in on the action. This week, rumours came to light claiming that the Apple's …

As we started hearing earlier this month, Nvidia is apparently set to fill out the low-end of its Pascal line-up quite soon with a GTX 1050. However, it turns out that there may also be a GTX 1050Ti on the cards, as new reports claim that Nvidia is planning on …