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14% of American Gamers Still Play on Consoles Released Before 2000, Survey Reveals
The retro gaming industry is now well-established and continues to grow every year. The ways to play classic titles have increased over time, with many options available today. These include official outlets such as classic games sold in digital stores (think of the variety available for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation…
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US to Join EU With New Mandated USB-C Charging Standard?!
Earlier this month the European Union officially voted to bring in a new law that would officially require all portable tech products sold in the region to offer a mandated USB-C charging standard. – In other words, if it had a battery that could be charged, it had to be…
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Gaming PCs at Risk Due to New California Power Law?
EDIT – Since the below article was written, more detailed information has started to be revealed surrounding the ‘California’s Energy Consumption Tier 2’ – We will be looking to update this accordingly as this does appear to be quite a complicated set of requirements that nobody seems to quite understand…
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NZXT Issues US/Canada Recall For H1 Case Fire Risk
You may recall that last year, significant safety concerns were raised over a potential fire risk posed with the (relatively) NZXT H1 case. Specifically, some of the screws located within the chassis design (located in the PCI-e riser) could potentially allow for a short circuit and, by proxy, cause the…
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Trump Orders Billy Mitchell Statue – No, Not THAT Guy!
Well, it’s official. After four amazingly ‘interesting’ years, Donald Trump has finally stepped down as US President. It seems, however, that as one of his final acts in office, he has still managed to cause a minor stir on the internet. – Specifically, that when he confirmed the creation of…
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John McAfee Has Been Arrested for Tax Evasion
Since the start of the year, news surrounding tech giant (and possible madman) John McAfee has been more than a little quiet. As you might have guessed though, his wacky adventures are far from being over just yet! – If you do, incidentally, want some kind of idea what kind…
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Bald Eagle Takes Out a $1,000 Drone!
If you live in Michigan (USA), or specifically somewhere near Lake Michigan, then you might be curious to know that somewhere under the water lies a $1,000 government drone. How did it get there? Well, no, it didn’t run out of batteries! In a report via NBCNews, state officials have…
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Was America Just Hit With a Huge DDOS Attack?
There are always groups around the world looking to push the limits of online security systems. Unfortunately, in many cases, some of these organizations are government backed allowing them to effectively make it a full-time 24/7 occupation. It seems, however, that overnight America may have been subjected to one of…
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UK Government Reviews Huawei’s 5G Involvement – Again!
Since the initial rollout of 5G networks across the UK (admittedly, currently in very localized areas) there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the use of Huawei technology in this expansion. Largely due to fears of the Chinese manufacturer allowing ‘security backdoors’ that could potentially allow for network usage…
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Konami Confirms TurboGrafx-16 Mini US Release Date
We’ve certainly seen a solid trend in the last few years for old-school console manufacturers to launch new ‘mini’ versions of their classic systems. For example, we’ve already seen Sony’s (bloody awful) PS1 mini, the Nintendo NES and SNES classic as well as Sega’s Megadrive. In terms of Konami’s TurboGrafx,…
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TSMC Confirms 5nm Semiconductor Fab to be Built in America
For the last few weeks, we’ve heard more than a few rumblings that the US government was rather keen to help secure a deal, in so much as it could, to see the construction of a TSMC fabrication plant in America. Largely, we suspect, because America didn’t necessarily want to…
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Super Flower Power Supplies Are Officially Coming to America
If you were to ask me who one of the best power supply manufacturers in the world was, while I’d likely list off a few brands, Super Flower would almost certainly be among them. Admittedly, depending on who was asking, their response to that might be ‘who?’. In a report…
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Trade Agreement Removes Fear of Next-Gen Console Price Hike
When Donald Trump announced plans to place a 25% import tax on products produced in China, one of the biggest concerns from the gaming community was how this would affect the upcoming prices of the next-generation console releases. With all three major companies writing to the US government urging a…
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Two YouTubers Arrested Attempting to ‘Storm Area 51’
With it being just under a week now until the ‘Storm Area 51’ social media group supposedly attempts a mass raid on the highly-secure military site, it’s going to be more than interesting to see how many turn up and what the aftermath may be. In a report via Mashable,…
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GameStop Confirms Upcoming Closure of 180-200 Stores
It’s hardly any secret that as gaming consumers, we’re all (mostly) starting to transition towards digital rather than physical purchases. As such, for high street retailers, times are getting hard and that’s no more prevalent than within the US retailer GameStop. The companies decline over the last 2 years has…
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