Cooler Master reveals new cooling solutions at CES 2018

Derek Strickland | Cases, Cooling & PSU | Jan 10, 2018 1:48 PM CST

CES 2018 - Cooler Master shows off its new range of thermal solutions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Cooler Master reveals new cooling solutions at CES 2018

The latest coolers from Cooler Master include the MasterAir G100M air cooler, which uses the company's unified Heat Column design to ensure your CPU stays nice and cool while under load. The G100M is a low-profile cooler that also features smart add-ons like thermal detection and RGB lighting.

Cooler Master with 25 years of innovation in thermal design and production, unveils a wide range of cooling products that is set to redefine liquid and air cooling. There is the revolutionary design in heat transfer with the Heat Column that allows exceptional performance in low-profile coolers. Smart features such as thermal detection and addressable RGB LED in liquid and air coolers offer users many options from Cooler Master. And increase co-development cooling products, puts Cooler Master at the forefront of thermal design.

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Intel's CEO flies in autonomous manned multicopter

Jak Connor | Electric Vehicles & Cars | Jan 10, 2018 11:33 AM CST

CES 2018 - Volocopter has designed the worlds first fully electric autonomously manned multicopter which with the use of artificial intelligence can carry people from one location to another in cities.

Intel's CEO flies in autonomous manned multicopter

Volocopters X2 has a very unique design and even appears to be quite confusing at first glance, but rather you should know it is just one large drone with comfortable seats. As you can imagine how an autonomous car ride would work, hop in, choose the destination via an app and enjoy a relaxing ride from point A to B; the X2 model has the very same principal.

Instead, a choice will be made from what can be assumed is a selection of designated landing spots.

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Call of Duty: WWII nazi zombies The Darkest Shore trailer

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jan 10, 2018 10:47 AM CST

The first DLC to hit Call of Duty: WWII is about to be here, with The Darkest Shore continuing the very popular zombie storyline, this time according to Activision, the zombies will be "more cunning, quick, and even more bloodthirsty than before."

Call of Duty: WWII nazi zombies The Darkest Shore trailer

As seen in the video, the new map allows for players to make use of various traps that are located around the area, to make things harder it seems that that there is thick fog effects surrounding the entire island which would not only add to the atmospheric feel of the game, but also hinder line of sight.

The Darkest Shore is set to be only days after the last disaster at Mittelburg, as the main antagonist Doktor Straub is found to be on The Darkest Shore island. Players will have to endure zombies coming fourth from the surrounding seas while they traverse the island in hopes to uncover "mysteries hidden within The Darkest Shore."

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New PUBG patch hits test servers, improvements all round

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jan 10, 2018 9:06 AM CST

PUBG Corp seem to be smashing out the updates for their game, just recently the Xbox One version received its first person servers . Now, the PC version has had a new patch pushed out the test servers, which includes a reduced view distance when parachuting, an in-game report within the replay option, and also more cover in the city La Bendita.

New PUBG patch hits test servers, improvements all round

According to the release notes, the patch will help stem the big problem with hackers, as it lets Battlegrounds' players to report players directly from replays, meaning that players will not have to die to a suspected hacker for them to report them.

Also included in this patch is the reduced visible view distance while parachuting down into the map, this was implemented in order to help client performance and add to optimization of the server in the early stages of the game. Other content added to the game is more cover in the deathtrap we call La Bendita and two new crates. PUBG Corp has given players the ability to fully preview the crates contents and the percentage chances of receiving each of the items, a full list of the clothes and patch notes can be found here.

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PUBG announce Xbox One first person servers opening

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jan 10, 2018 7:47 AM CST

PUBG Corp. has taken to their forums to announce that Battlegrounds on the Xbox One will be receiving first-person servers in North America and Europe.

PUBG announce Xbox One first person servers opening

The update will be pushed out today at 2PM KST/7PM PST/ 4AM CET and will feature duo and squad servers for gamers to experience as PUBG Cor.p keep an eye on player data before they decide to add any more game modes to the console version of the game.

Taken from the patch notes that were released yesterday, we saw that PUBG Corp. rolled out the servers to NA/EU but were not available to play as the servers were closed as the Battle royal shooter waited for gamers to download the update as well as monitor player feedback.

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Gravel's weather effects showcased in new gameplay video

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jan 10, 2018 6:11 AM CST

A new gameplay video has been released by Milestone showcasing the weather effects as well as a Wild Rush mode for their upcoming off-road racer Gravel.

Gravel's weather effects showcased in new gameplay video

Gravel is powered by Epic Games's Unreal Engine 4 and will be the first four-wheeled racing game released from Milestone. The use of UE4 has provided quite a significant increase in the games graphics as from the above video you can see that the snow environment shown is quite visually aesthetic.

Not only does the video show off the beautiful snow environments but also the Wild Rush mode is being played throughout the video so fans of the upcoming game can get a quick taste of what the game mode has to offer in terms of intensity.

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PowerWatch X: a new smartwatch powered by your body heat

Jak Connor | Wearable Computing & Fashion | Jan 10, 2018 4:49 AM CST

CES 2018 - In 2016, Matrix Industries announced a smartwatch that they claimed could be powered from just the heat radiating from your body. The watch used a thermoelectric energy converter that powered the clock-piece, but due to technology limitations the PowerWatch X didn't live up to the full claims the company made, but this year the watch has been upgraded.

PowerWatch X: a new smartwatch powered by your body heat

The first generation of the watch was basically limited to only fitness tracking but to be fair was still quite the achievement to have it powered merely from just body heat. An updated version of the watch has been showcased by Matrix at CES 2018, and this second generation of watch can has had support added for smartphone notifications over Bluetooth, as well as the standard fitness tracking.

From the below image we can see that the PowerWatch X is quite chunky but according to The Verge the watch was actually quite light and comfortable once attached to the wrist.

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GALAX preparing GeForce GTX 1070 Ti HOF graphics card

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Jan 10, 2018 3:16 AM CST

GALAX has surprised with a quick tease of its upcoming GeForce GTX 1070 Ti HOF graphics card, which will include its unique one-click button to increase the OC on the card.

GALAX preparing GeForce GTX 1070 Ti HOF graphics card

GALAX will be deploying its chunky-but-cool triple-fan RGB cooling solution, with 8+8-pin PCIe power connectors (down from the 8+8+8-pin PCIe connector rig on the GTX 1080 Ti HOF variant).

The company even teased the card in SLI with Hyper Boost OC enabled, which is very impressive - and that SLI bridge, wow.

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Ethereum pricing goes nuts, reaches yet another high: $1417

Anthony Garreffa | Cryptocurrency & Mining | Jan 10, 2018 1:59 AM CST

Ethereum has truly exploded in the last month or so, breaking down every single wall it has reached: $1000, $1250 and now it has reached a peak of $1417.

Ethereum pricing goes nuts, reaches yet another high: $1417

Putting this into comparison, Bitcoin is worth $14,395 at the time of writing, down 5.68%. Ethereum is like a wrecking ball right now, and so it deserves to be. Bitcoin's network can't handle the pressure, and people are beginning to see the future of blockchain technology and Ethereum, so the money is flooding in.

I think we'll see Ethereum at $8000-$10,000 before the end of the year, and at this rate that number could be much higher. Except, I won't eat my own d*ck if it doesn't, sorry John.

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MAINGEAR's new F131 gaming PC: handles dual TITAN V cards

Anthony Garreffa | Computer Systems | Jan 10, 2018 12:04 AM CST

CES 2018 - MAINGEAR has unveiled their beautiful and beyond beasty new F131 Gaming Desktop with exclusive APEX Cooling, which looks absolutely delicious.

MAINGEAR's new F131 gaming PC: handles dual TITAN V cards

The company has packed the new F131 gaming PC with some of the latest and greatest technology from Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and others. MAINGEAR has included support for the latest GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA, while supporting AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper (up to 16C/32T) and Intel's best Core i9-7980XE with 18C/36T.

Don't worry if you're a multi-tasker or serious workstation user, MAINGEAR provides plenty of storage options alongside up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM.

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