Month: December 2017
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PlayStation 4 On Track to Reach 100 Million Units Sold by 2019
Sony‘s PlayStation 4 console is still doing well despite its age. In fact, they it has sold more than 70 million units since its 2013 launch up until early December 2017. According to analyst Lewis Ward of IDC, he believes it is can actually hit the 100 million milestone by…
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Mass Effect 2 and 3 DLCs Now Available Without Bioware Points
Up until now, if you wanted to buy DLCs for Mass Effect 2 and 3 via EA’s Origin is through the purchase of Bioware points. Basically you have to buy a special currency which can only be spent on Bioware products. It is the equivalent of a store requiring customers…
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Iran Blocks Internet Access in Bid To Quash Protests
Blocking internet access seems to be the go-to move for any government trying to wrestle control. Now Iran is doing it in an effort to thwart protests. Protests which started over economic concerns. These have since grown to extend into resistance of clerical and government rule. The access appears to…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Crosses $1B Box Office Mark
Many fans are split between what they think of the latest installment in the Star Wars franchise. One thing is undeniable however, the movie is now a certified box office success. Crossing the $1.04B mark worldwide through Sunday’s estimates makes it the 4th movie to do so in 2017. It…
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Security Minister to Social Media: “Fight Extremism or Face Tax Penalties”
UK Security Minister Ben Wallace is lashing out at tech giants and social media platforms Facebook, Google and YouTube. Not mincing any words, he called them “Ruthless profiteers” in an interview with The Sunday Times. That is for what he says is a failure to address the danger of the…
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Worlds Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Given The OK To Switch On
World Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Generating power for the future is definitely a serious matter. It, therefore, might surprise you that the world biggest power plant has, since it’s completion nearly 7 years ago, still not been turned on. The plant, however, located in Kashiwazaki-kaniwa in Japan has finally been given the…
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Calls For Tech Companies To Pay ‘Terrorism Taxes’
Uk Security Minister Proposes ‘Terrorism Tax’ The role that technology giants play in enabling terrorism is certainly one of concern for many. The utilisation, particularly of social media websites to spread terrorism is certainly one of the main key highlights. So much so that the UK security Minister Ben Wallace…
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ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Review
ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 1070 Ti With every GPU launch, there are a few particular cards that we’re always eager to see come to the market. Of course, the STRIX is one of them, and we’re super excited to have it on our test benches this week. Pretty much every…
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Russia Has ‘Lost’ A $33m Satelite Due To A Programming Error
Russia Loses Satellite We all occasionally lose things. Car keys, remote controls or even occasionally (and far worse) a game progress save. I daresay though that most of us have not lost a satellite. That is, however, exactly what Russia has done. In a report via Sky News, Russia has…
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The JuPPITA Kebab Gets Launched Into Space
JuPITTA Kebab I daresay that over the course of the next 24 hours many kebabs will be consumed. Particularly at the early hours of 2018 from roadside kiosks. The ones where exactly what meat you might be getting is a matter of speculation rather than fact. One place, however, you may…
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SuperMicro C7Z370-CG-IW Mini-ITX Motherboard Review
SuperMicro C7Z370-CG-IW With an impeccable history of creating many of the most trusted and reliable motherboards in the world, we’ve been super excited to check out the C7Z370-CG-IW from SuperMicro. Forget crazy fins and aesthetics, tacked on RGB lighting, and funky graphics, because that’s not the SuperMicro way. Function over…
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MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon Mini-ITX Motherboard Review
MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon Ready to invest in the latest Intel 8th Gen CPUs and also eager to build a mini-ITX gaming system? MSI think they have the perfect solution for you! Their new Gaming Pro Carbon Mini-ITX motherboard comes crammed full of features for the compact gaming market…
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ECS Durathon2 A320AM4-M3 Ryzen Motherboard Review
ECS Durathon2 A320AM4-M3 Building a new PC can be a costly endeavour, but for “cheap” components isn’t exactly inspiring, even if it is kind to your wallet. However, as most of you will know, the high-end motherboards come with RGB lighting and a whole lot of bells and whistles. Of…
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Britain To Be Fully Mapped in 3D by 2020
Britain in 3D When Google Maps launched, it was certainly an ambitious task and once completed, particularly at the street view level, it was highly impressive. A new project, however, has been announced which is set to cover the entirety of Britain in a 3D map. Before the end of…
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John McAfee Confirms His Twitter Account Got Hacked
John McAfee Gets Hacked John McAfee is certainly an unusual fellow. Before I continue I should note that that could possibly be one the biggest understatements of the year, but I’ll be charitable for now because it gets worse. The founder of the McAfee security company, he shot to fame…
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