Month: September 2018
- News
Kentucky Fried Chicken Launches New ‘KFC Gaming’ Brand
What the Finger Lickin’ Cluck?! The gaming industry is worth billions of dollars, so naturally companies are expanding their brands to this market. One particular company however, seems to be an unlikely fit. Especially since they specialize in fried chickens rather than anything gaming related. However, it is now official.…
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LG Announces the 32UK550 31.5″ 4K HDR10 FreeSync Monitor
Gaming and Work Monitor LG has a new 31.5″ monitor for users who want to game and work on the same display. This is the new 32UK550-B and it is targeted for the mainstream market. The large monitor offers plenty of features for a reasonable price. This includes having a…
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Former Facebook Content Moderator Files Lawsuit for PTSD
Screening “Highly Toxic” Content To a big company like Facebook, a lawsuit is just part of doing business. However, the charges often come from outside the company. The latest class action lawsuit brought to their doors this time come from a former employee. Specifically, a former content moderator by the…
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Mojang is Developing a Minecraft Dungeon-Crawler Spin-off
Say Hello to Minecraft: Dungeons Minecraft developer Mojang recently announced a new game at Minecon, and unsurprisingly, it is Minecraft-related. The game title is Minecraft: Dungeons and it is a dungeon-crawler style game. Naturally, it also retains the same blocky voxel style graphics which made the series endearing. According to…
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Upcoming Microsoft Surface Devices Rumoured to Ditch USB-C
Proprietary Connector vs Wider Compatibility In a few short days, Microsoft is set to unveil their new Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6. However, rumours have been leaking out regarding what these would bring. While some of these point to good updates, some are very disappointing. One rumour…
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Cooler Master CM310 RGB Gaming Mouse Review
Cooler Master CM310 Tired of fighting between the choice of feature and your budget? Then enter the new Cooler Master CM310 optical gaming mouse. Not only is it one of the most affordable gaming mice that Cooler Master produces. It’s also equipped with a decent range of features that should…
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Lenovo Unveils the Titanium Enterprise NCC-1701A Star Trek PC
High End Custom Star Trek PC Lenovo recently held their Tech World Conference 2018 in Beijing. While there were many PCs and laptops on display, one particular PC stole the show. It is a custom mainframe PC designed in the shape of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701A from Star Trek. Even…
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Discord Unveils Initial ‘First on Discord’ Line of Exclusive Games
Exclusive Titles Available on the Discord Store Discord announced their game and app store two months ago. Just like Valve‘s Steam, the new platform is also getting their own launcher so users can access their collection directly from the desktop. The move follows Steam’s effort to copy Discord’s chat and incorporate…
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- Graphics Cards
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Graphics Card Review
RTX 2080 Founders Edition The RTX cards have been smashing benchmarks here at eTeknix HQ all week. The flagship RTX 2080 Ti is certainly the jewel in the Nvidia crown with its ferocious performance figures. However, the RTX 2080 Founders Edition is one of the ones I’m more excited about,…
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Bupa Fined After Employee Sold Customer Data On Dark Web
Bupa Fined After Employee Sold Customer Data On Dark Web Bupa is, if not the largest, then certainly one of the best-known private healthcare companies in the world. For those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to afford it, it can provide a much more expedient (and…
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Amazon Opens 4-Star Retail Store In New York
Amazon Opens 4-Star Retail Store In New York Over the last year, we’ve seen online retailing giant Amazon make more and more tentative steps into the world of high-street retail. There is, of course, some irony in the fact that Amazon’s success led to many of the existing high-street brands…
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Microsoft Invite Sony To Make Minecraft Cross-Platform
Microsoft Invite Sony To Make Minecraft Cross-Platform Earlier this week a major obstacle in terms of cross-platform gaming was overcome. Sony, who have been largely against working with PC and Xbox, finally decided to allow Fortnite to be crossplay. The decision came after much pressure was put on them by…
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Require 105GB Of Space
Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Require 105GB Of Space Well, it’s the game that we’ve all been waiting for and fortunately it’s release is only a month away! Yes, I know it seems like we’ve been waiting forever, but October 26th will (finally) see the release of Red Dead Redemption…
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Oculus Quest Will Have Perform Similar To PS3/Xbox 360
Oculus Quest Will Have Perform Similar To PS3/Xbox 360 Earlier this week Oculus announced a new upcoming release that would form the final part of their ‘1st-generation’ VR headsets. Namely, the Oculus Quest. The Quest represents something of a unique product in terms of VR headsets as Oculus are marketing it…
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Sims Community Manager Asks Fans To Stop Attacking The Staff
Sims Community Manager Asks Fans To Stop Attacking The Staff The Sims 4 has had a bit of a bumpy road since it launched. To me, it epitomised everything that was going wrong with EA. When the game initially launched, it had neither pools nor babies. In the game series,…
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