Month: October 2015
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New Lithium-Air Battery Could Improve the Range of Electric Vehicles
We’d all like to be able to charge our cars in a few hours and then go across the country on a single charge, but that’s not exactly possible right now, unfortunately. Still, this doesn’t mean that it won’t be possible in the future, as researchers and scientists are constantly…
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Scientists Create Glass That’s Almost as Strong as Steel
Glass That’s Almost as Strong as Steel Glass, by its very nature, is known to be quite easy to break. Of course, this much can be changed by altering the thickness of it, as we’ve seen with everything from bullet-proof glass to bridges being made from it. Now, a team…
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First In-Game Screenshots of Retail Fallout 4 Leak Online
Fallout 4 is almost here and that means that leaks are starting to slip through the net. The first in-game screenshots from the PlayStation 4 retail (final) version of the game have been leaked online, showing us a bit of what we can expect from the latest Bethesda epic. I…
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Ditch Batman – Enjoy This Epic GTA V Batmobile Mod Instead
Batman has been facing his toughest enemy to date this year, poor gaming performance! The devs may be working overtime to fix their mistakes, but if you’re wanting to enjoy a batman experience that is free from the issues of Arkham Knight, then you’ll want to fire up this awesome…
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Sony Unveils November PlayStation Plus Line-Up
Sony’s PlayStation Plus service was originally devised as an optional extra which bundles a decent quantity of captivating games together in a monthly package. However, the PlayStation 4’s launch changed Sony’s attitude towards online play and forced users to become PlayStation Plus subscribers to access multiplayer gaming with friends. Arguably, this…
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Harrison Ford Originally Wanted Han Solo to be Killed Off
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is tantalizingly close and only 49 days until it’s finally seen by record audiences across the world. As a huge fan of the original trilogy, I’m intrigued by the complete lack of information regarding the main story. This means, the plot is a complete mystery…
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Kojima Calls MGSV Ending “A Blank Space” That “Won’t be Filled”
While Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has garnered near-universal acclaim for its gameplay, ardent Metal Gear fans – myself included – were disappointed by a polarising conclusion and the lack of both a coherent story arc and the connective tissue that was expected to tie the modern Metal…
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QNAP Announces Fanless HS-251+ 2-Bay NAS
QNAP is ready with another NAS in their stylish and fanless series called the Silent NAS HS-251+. It features a quad-core Intel Celeron Processor with 2GHz and comes with 2GB DDR3L memory. The fanless and stylish design makes it perfect as a living room NAS which is further aided by…
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Torrent Favourites YIFY and YTS Are Permanently Shut Down
YIFY, one of the most popular torrent uploaders in the world, and its respective website YTS have been permanently shut down, according to TorrentFreak. YTS has been down for over a week, sparking concerns that it may not return, and trusted sources close to the matter have informed TorrentFreak that,…
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Uber Shuts Down in Three Important German Cities
Remember when Uber got banned by a German court because it was using unlicensed taxi drivers? Well, even though the company eventually made things right with Germany and was allowed to operate within some of its most important cities, recent reports point out that things are not looking good at…
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US Army Tests New Drone Swarm
The latest drone test exercise run by the US Army was different to most, in that instead of showcasing a brand new multi-million-dollar aircraft, it instead used a swarm of standard off-the-shelf consumer drones. The objects of these exercises were twofold. Firstly, deploying the drones as a swarm to simulate…
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UK Police to be Granted Powers to View Your Internet History
UK Police will be granted the power to view the internet history of every person in the country under new plans proposed by Tory Home Secretary Theresa May. On Wednesday, May will announce the Conservative Government’s new surveillance bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday (4th November), and the…
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Twitch Will Install Arch Linux Later Today
Despite being a video streaming service, Twitch has gained fame through a series of “Twitch Plays” events. While those have all revolved around games like Metal Gear and Pokémon, a more ambitious project will start in about 12 hours. Using the same chat-based collaboration, Twitch will attempt to install Arch Linux on…
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XFX Brings Back Blower Style R9 390X
When AMD first launched their R9 290 and 290X GPUs back in 2013, many had mixed feelings for the blower style cooler. While the cooler was one of the best efforts yet from AMD, it was not enough for the hot Hawaii chips, leading to high temperature, throttling and noisy…
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WD Purple 6TB Surveillance Hard Drive RAID Review
Introduction We have already had the pleasure to see how WD’s 6TB Purple surveillance hard disk performed in our previous review, but WD was kind enough to provide us with two of these drives and thereby allowing us to test them in a RAID environment too. A surveillance setup will…
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