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Netflix Finally Axes the ‘Basic’ Ad-Free Tier
In July last year, Netflix officially confirmed that it had ended the option for new subscribers to sign-up for its ‘basic’ tier. So, if you were not a current subscriber, the original entry-level tier that the platform launched with (back in the day when they didn’t even entertain the idea…
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AMD 5600X to 5800X3D – I Upgraded So You (Maybe) Don’t Have To!
I will officially be middle-aged by the end of this week. Yes, I’m turning 40! – In fairness, given that I went bald at 24 and have had very little interest in music since 1989, I suspect that I’ve been middle-aged (at heart at least) for quite some time now.…
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LotR Gollum is So Bad its Developer is Quitting the Industry (Sort Of)
Having been a gamer for thirty-something years, I’ve had my fingers burned more than a few times when it has come to buying titles on the exact day of their release. – With so much time passed, and so so many mistakes having been made on my part over the…
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Gaming Remakes/Remasters are a Growing Problem – And Everyone is to Blame!
Gaming has always typically fallen into generally defined “ages” as consumer trends (and mostly developers/publishers) try to find the next big craze. For the last 10 years, however, I think it would be fair to summarise the current period as the age of the remake and remaster. We have seen…
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Google – We Need to Have a Talk Because I Don’t Think I Love You Anymore!
While Google was originally just a search engine, it has since evolved into more of an umbrella term expanding way beyond the limitations of merely being just another online organisational brand. How prevalent are they? Well, given that the mere instance of searching for something online has seen ‘google’ or…
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ESA Winter 2023 – eTeknix Has a Speedrunner and He’d Like Your Support!
I have always been a huge fan of speedrunning. I can’t honestly remember when I first got into it, but I have some vague recollection of it being something to do with Dark Souls. Likely the fact that I was impressed that some people out there were capable of beating…
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GELID Launch its New IceCap Pro M.2 SSD Cooler
GELID Solutions has announced the launch of its brand new IceCap Pro M.2 SSD Cooling Kit as a product of its highly-popular GAMER line-up. The IceCap Pro is designed to increase the performance of your solid state drive, lengthen its overall Storage lifespan, and keep your M.2 SSD nice and…
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Internet Explorer Takes Another Step Closer to Death!
Internet Explorer has been experiencing its death rattle for more than a few years now. And death rattle is an appropriate term as while it has been on the verge of dying for years Microsoft has always seemed a little reluctant to finally pull the plug on its once near-total…
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EU Finally Approves Law Seeing New Fossil-Fuel Car Sales Banned By 2035
For more than a few years now, the EU (European Union) has been making more and more overtures towards the total ban of new fossil-fuel-powered car sales. When would this happen? Well, in this regard, while a lot of regions and countries seemingly want to make this (so-called) commitment to…
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Microsoft is Now Trying Windows 11 Reverse Psychology Nagware!
Microsoft wants us all to make the transition to Windows 11. The only problem they have is a lot of people would rather downgrade to Windows XP than make the move to their latest operating system. – Yep, it’s hard to deny (even as an exceptionally early adopter) that Microsoft…
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Motherboard Sales Dropped by 10 Million in 2022!
Earlier this week information appeared online showing that processor sales throughout the last quarter of 2022 hit an all-time low. The second time, incidentally, this had happened during the year since records were initially started in 1994. – While this was undoubtedly quite shocking news (especially for AMD and Intel)…
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Corsair Launch its New HS65 and HS55 Wireless Gaming Headsets
CORSAIR has announced the launch of new a new entry in its acclaimed HS gaming headset lineup: the HS65 WIRELESS. This fashionably lightweight headset boasts two ways to connect to your games via low-latency 2.4 GHz wireless or Bluetooth, giving you the versatility to listen across all your systems and…
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AOC Unveils its New AGON PRO AG274QZM Gaming Monitor
AGON by AOC has announced the launch of its brand new 27″ (68.58 cm) AGON PRO AG274QZM, a super-fast 240 Hz gaming monitor with QHD resolution and a breathtaking Mini LED IPS panel. The AG274QZM beautifully matches the punchy and accurate colours of the IPS panel with a Mini LED…
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Dead Island 2 Hasn’t Just Gone Gold – Its Release Date Has Been Moved Up Too!
It’s no secret that the development of Dead Island 2 has been nothing short of hell. In fact, there have been many instances over the last several years where it appeared that the game itself was more dead than its zombie antagonists. Over the last year, however, things do appear…
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AMD Locks Down the Entire Top 15 in Processor Search Engine Requests!
Since the release of the original Ryzen series in 2017, AMD has been making massive strides in winning people over (and in some cases, back to) the Red side of the processor fence. Yes, admittedly, Intel still has the overall market fairly well secured with a circa 65-70% market share…
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