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Microsoft Voices Hopes and Concerns Over Brexit

While physical industries are no doubt bracing for the implications of Brexit, tech companies have also weighed in on their concerns. The latest comes from Microsoft which is expressing a cautious approach to Brexit. So far, the ...

7 years ago

Chinese Tsinghua Unigroup Plans $30 Billion DRAM and NAND Fab Investment

From a quick look at the world's semiconductor fabs, you might notice that they are all either American, Taiwanese, Japanese or Korean. As a rising consumer of semiconductor products, China has long wanted to invest in the ...

7 years ago

XFX Gives Away RX 480 Patriot Edition to Make Gaming Great Again

Often times, companies will have giveaways set to coincide with special events like New Years or CES. In a surprising move, XFX has also started a new giveaway to coincide with the United States Presidential Inauguration. Taking ...

7 years ago

Intel Coffee Lake Mainstream 6 Core CPUs Reportedly Set for Early 2018

Last year, a set of interesting Intel slides leaked out. Looking past Kaby Lake and into Coffee Lake, the slides purportedly showed 6 cores CPUs entering the mainstream Intel lineup. Since the beginning of the Core series, 4 cores ...

7 years ago

Android Pattern Lock Can be Cracked in Under Five Attempts

The Pattern Lock method of securing an Android device – one of the most popular methods amongst users, which involves connecting dots with straight lines in a pattern devised by the user – can be cracked in just five attempts, ...

7 years ago

“Tesla-Killer” Faraday Future on Verge of Bankruptcy

Faraday Future, an electric car start-up launched in the US and funded by a Chinese billionaire, was seriously considered to be a major rival-in-the-making for Elon Musk’s Telsa Motors – with some even so bold as to dub the ...

7 years ago

Star Wars Episode VIII Gets Title

Now we emerging from the wake of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – the prequel to the very first Star Wars movie from 1977, which follows an intrepid team of misfits as they try to steal to plans to the Empire’s most deadly ...

7 years ago

South Korea Launching Near-Supersonic Hyperloop Rival

South Korea is launching a new initiative to develop a near-supersonic public transport system, capable of speeds of almost 1,000km/h, faster than a maglev train (pictured above), which is capable of 500km/h, and making it the ...

7 years ago

Top London University Admits to Monitoring Student E-mails

King's College London has posted a notice on their e-mail login page warning members that emails can be "monitored and recorded", apparently under the UK Government's controversial anti-terror strategy Prevent.  Students are also ...

7 years ago

Halo Wars 2 PC Requirements Revealed!

Microsoft has just revealed the official PC system requirements for their upcoming game, Halo Wars 2. With the game set to release on February 21st, it's the perfect time to make sure your system is up to speed to get the best from ...

7 years ago

Netis WF2375 AC600 Wireless Outdoor AP Router Review

Introduction There are times when everyone screws up, and it was me doing so this time. I'm planning a location move during this calendar year and have as such already started sorting things out. While doing so, I ...

7 years ago

Intel Skylake X and Kaby Lake X Details Leaked

With Kaby Lake desktop CPUs out now, the focus now turns to Intel's other launches for the year. Following up on the X99 platform, we have Skylake X and Kaby Lake X HEDT CPUs arriving on the new X299 chipset. From earlier reports, ...

7 years ago

Researchers Claim Anonymized Web History Not So Anonymous

Researchers from Standford and Princeton University have released a study showing that anonymized web behaviour can still be identified via social media profiles. Google and Facebook for example, are able to track users and know ...

7 years ago

Intel Unveils Slim Compute Card To Replace Compute Stick

Intel has unveiled the slim Compute Card measuring only 94.5 x 55 x 5mm and is meant to replace Compute Sticks which are the size of a large thumb drive.  The slim design makes the Intel Compute Card very portable and is quite close ...

7 years ago

Asus Unveils ROG GR8 II Console-Sized Gaming PC

Asus has revealed the console-sized ROG GR8 II gaming PC, which is the latest hardware in its Republic of Gamers (ROG) range. The GR8 II is designed to be plug-and-play and supports VR gaming. Inside the slim, 4kg case, the GR8 II ...

7 years ago

Snowden’s Favourite Encrypted E-Mail Service Returns

Lavabit, the encrypted e-mail service that was favoured by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden before it closed down, has returned after three years in the wilderness. Back in 2013, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison closed the service ...

7 years ago

Artificial Intelligence Growing Surprisingly Faster Than Expected

While speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Google co-founder Sergey Brin noted that artificial intelligence is growing at a much faster rate than even he expected. Brin is also the president of Alphabet Inc, ...

7 years ago

University Students Study if Beer Can Be Brewed on the Moon

A team of University of California San Diego engineering students are studying the viability of yeast on the moon and whether beer can be freshly brewed with it. If the idea sounds like a joke, that is because it started as one.  ...

7 years ago

Has LG Gone Too Far With Latest Smart Fridges?

We're big fans of smart home tech here at eTeknix, and having recently invested in WiFi connected lighting, Amazon Alexa and various voice controlled heating technologies myself, I'm eager to see more tech like this in my home. ...

7 years ago

Steam Update Adds Steam Controller Mapping to X-Input Devices

The latest client update for Steam is here at last, and with it comes the option to take full advantage of the Steam controller mapping features! That means you'll find Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Generic X-Input controller support in ...

7 years ago

PC Gaming Hardware Market Passes $30 Billion

For the longest time, analysts have been predicting the decline and death of the PC market. Along with the supposed death of PC hardware, we 've also been occasionally told that the PC gaming market was in dire straits as well. In ...

7 years ago

be quiet! Pure Base 600 Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Introduction be quiet! are one of the leading names in the PC component market. Not only do they make some of the best power supplies on the market, but they've also got many award-winning CPU coolers, fans, and in recent ...

7 years ago

Apple Files $1B Lawsuit Against iPhone Partner Qualcomm

Apple has filed a $1 Billion lawsuit against Qualcomm, the company who makes iPhone's baseband processor, claiming that they were pressured to exclusively use Qualcomm's modem technology exclusively for a five year period ending in ...

7 years ago

ASUS Tinker Board to Compete Against Raspberry Pi 3

Motherboard giant ASUS is taking aim directly against Raspberry PI 3 for dominance in the DIY computing market with their newly announced Tinker Board. Equipped with a Rockchip RK3288 System-on-chip running at 1.8GHz with 2GB of RAM, ...

7 years ago

Google Penalizing Mobile Websites with Intrusive Pop-up Ads

Traffic from mobile internet browsing has increased significantly over the past few years due to more and more people using their smartphone to access websites but this has also resulted in more and more mobile-tailored ads that ...

7 years ago

MMOne VR Chair Can Simulate 360 Gaming Motion

The official trailer for the commercial version of Ukraine based MM-Company's MMOne VR chair has gone online, showing the latest development and the fully interactive virtual-reality chair in action as it plays games. Unlike most VR ...

7 years ago

Patch Details Released for Tom Clancy’s The Division 1.6

Have you been enjoying Tom Clancy's The Division recently? Then you'll be eager to check out the latest changes from today's update. Ubisoft has released the details of the new update, which launches alongside the new Expansion ...

7 years ago

PC System Requirements Released for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Are you looking forward to playing Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3? I know I am! The developers at CI Games have just revealed the game's official PC system requirements, so the question is, can you run it? While the game does use the ...

7 years ago

Super Flower Announce Double Forward Platform for PSUs

Super Flower has just revealed their latest series of power supplies, which are the companies first to introduce the new Double Forward Platform. Today, they revealed their new double forward 80+ Bronze range, which features two ...

7 years ago

For Honor System Requirements Released – Can You Run It?

Ubisoft is preparing to release For Honor to the masses, and in preparation for that day, they've released the official PC requirements for it. Good news is, the minimum requirements don't seem too drastic for those on a budget, ...

7 years ago

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