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Nvidia launches another GeForce driver for GTX 1080 and VRWorks

Nvidia has been on a roll recently with their driver updates, today pushing out version 368.25 with WHQL-certified support for the company's latest graphics card: the GeForce GTX 1080. If you're looking for game optimizations or perfor...

By Tim Schiesser, 27 May 2016, 06:45 Comments

The Web

Social media has become the top destination for news in the US

Nearly two-thirds of adults in the US now get their news on social media with 18 percent doing so “often” according to a new study from Pew Research Center. In a study involving nine of the top social networks, Reddit had the largest n...

By Shawn Knight, 27 May 2016, 05:45 Comments

Software

Crytek opens up, releases CryEngine source code on GitHub

Crytek has recently released the full source code for CryEngine on version control system GitHub. Only last March the company had released the latest version of its game engine under a "pay-what-you-want" scheme, meaning developers can ...

By Pierre Fouquet, 27 May 2016, 04:30 Comments

News

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel secretly funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker

Earlier this year, a jury in Florida found gossip blog Gawker liable for violating the privacy and publicity rights of well-known wrestler Hulk Hogan (whose real name is Terry Gene Bollea) by posting an amateur sex tape involving Bollea...

By Shawn Knight, 27 May 2016, 03:45 Comments

Gaming

PlayStation 4 sales soar past 40 million as Sony heads into E3

It’s nothing but smiles over at Sony as the Japanese company said on Thursday that it has sold more than 40 million PlayStation 4 consoles since launch. That’s a healthy increase from the 30 million units sold milestone it crossed just ...

By Shawn Knight, 27 May 2016, 03:15 Comments

Mobile Computing

Queen guitarist Brian May shows off his plastic VR viewer that works with any smartphone

While the idea of a rock star being behind a virtual reality viewer sounds like a gimmick put together to generate publicity, this isn’t the case with Brian May and his device. Not only is the Queen guitarist an astrophysicist and forme...

By Rob Thubron, 27 May 2016, 02:30 Comments

Industry News

Facebook and Microsoft join forces to lay massive undersea cable across the Atlantic

Microsoft and Facebook are joining forces to build a state-of-the-art undersea data cable that’ll stretch across the Atlantic Ocean. In a joint press release, the companies said the cable will help meet the growing customer demand for ...

By Shawn Knight, 27 May 2016, 01:30 Comments

Mobile Computing

ZTE Axon 7 packs high-end specs, all-metal design for $450

The Chinese smartphone market is getting increasingly competitive with aggressively priced devices featuring high end specs and looks. Today ZTE announced the Axon 7, the successor to last year's Axon flagship, and keeping with the tren...

By Jose Vilches, 27 May 2016, 01:00 Comments

Gaming

Minecraft is adding a new PvP multiplayer mode called Battle

Mojang, makers of the wildly popular sandbox building game Minecraft, announced on Thursday a new multiplayer game mode set to arrive next month. The first of a number of planned mini games, Battle is described as a last-minecrafter-st...

By Shawn Knight, 27 May 2016, 00:30 Comments

Mobile Computing

PayPal will kill off its BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Amazon Fire apps next month

The last few months have a seen some big companies announce that their apps will no longer be supported on BlackBerry devices. Now, another tech giant – PayPal – has joined the exodus, but it’s not just BlackBerry's platform it’s leavin...

By Rob Thubron, 26 May 2016, 23:45 Comments

The Web

Reddit ditches Imgur, rolls out native image hosting

Big changes are taking place over at Reddit, the self-professed front page of the Internet. The popular portal is in the process of rolling out an in-house image hosting service, effectively cutting ties with Imgur, the third-party image ...

By Shawn Knight, 26 May 2016, 23:00 Comments

Security

Microsoft bans stupid passwords in wake of LinkedIn leak

Microsoft has reacted to last week’s LinkedIn leak that saw the details of over 167 million users appear online. In an attempt to improve security, the Redmond company is banning the use of easy (i.e. stupid) passwords. The LinkedIn br...

By Rob Thubron, 26 May 2016, 22:15 Comments

The Web

Chrome 51 features new APIs, more efficient page rendering and plenty of security fixes

The Chrome team has pushed the latest version of Google’s popular web browser, Chrome 51, to the public channel. While it may not come with the same level of fanfare its predecessor enjoyed (the 50th release is a pretty significant mile...

By Shawn Knight, 26 May 2016, 21:33 Comments

Mobile Computing

Google may publicly 'shame' slow-to-update Android partners

Android device manufacturers and carriers have notoriously dragged their feet when it comes to delivering system updates, leading to fragmentation within the Android ecosystem and users being exposed to security vulnerabilities for way lo...

By Jose Vilches, 26 May 2016, 20:45 Comments

Industry News

US agencies still using ancient technology, including 8-inch floppy disks for nuclear weapon systems

Despite cutbacks and conflicts that have stretched resources, the US is still ranked as the undisputed world leader when it comes to military strength and technology. So it comes as quite a surprise to learn that the Pentagon still uses...

By Rob Thubron, 26 May 2016, 20:00 Comments

Hardware

HP's new Omen gaming laptops feature great looks at an affordable price

HP has completely refreshed their Omen gaming laptops with a fantastic array of modern hardware, while retaining the slim, portable and generally attractive aesthetic of previous models. There are two models of the new HP Omen availabl...

By Tim Schiesser, 26 May 2016, 19:00 Comments

Hardware

The Raspberry Pi 3 may soon officially support Android

There’s no shortage of operating systems for Raspberry Pi 3 owners to choose from including multiple Linux distributions and even Windows 10 IoT Core. In the near future, the popular hobby board may add Android to its growing list of su...

By Shawn Knight, 26 May 2016, 18:00 Comments

The Web

Report shows 50% of misogynistic tweets come from women

For as long as there has been an internet, there has been online abuse. While this covers everything from racism, anti-Semitism, and general cyberbullying, one area that has come under the spotlight in recent years is sexism, especially...

By Rob Thubron, 26 May 2016, 16:45 Comments

Smartphones

LG G5 Review

By Tim Schiesser, 26 May 2016, 10:30 Comments

Apple

Apple said to be exploring charging stations for electric vehicles

Apple may be exploring the technology behind charging stations for electric vehicles and hiring engineers with expertise in the area. The company is widely believed to have an interest in the electric car market, and according to this lat...

By Jose Vilches, 26 May 2016, 06:45 Comments

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Nvidia launches another GeForce driver for GTX 1080 and VRWorks

Social media has become the top destination for news in the US

Crytek opens up, releases CryEngine source code on GitHub

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel secretly funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker

PlayStation 4 sales soar past 40 million as Sony heads into E3

Queen guitarist Brian May shows off his plastic VR viewer that works with any smartphone

Facebook and Microsoft join forces to lay massive undersea cable across the Atlantic

ZTE Axon 7 packs high-end specs, all-metal design for $450

Minecraft is adding a new PvP multiplayer mode called Battle

PayPal will kill off its BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Amazon Fire apps next month

Reddit ditches Imgur, rolls out native image hosting

Microsoft bans stupid passwords in wake of LinkedIn leak

Chrome 51 features new APIs, more efficient page rendering and plenty of security fixes

Google may publicly 'shame' slow-to-update Android partners

US agencies still using ancient technology, including 8-inch floppy disks for nuclear weapon systems

HP's new Omen gaming laptops feature great looks at an affordable price

The Raspberry Pi 3 may soon officially support Android

Report shows 50% of misogynistic tweets come from women

LG G5 Review

Apple said to be exploring charging stations for electric vehicles

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