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AMD hasn't had a good few months with the limped release of the Radeon RX Vega family of graphics card products, with RTG boss Raja Koduri jumping ship for Intel and the Radeon team virtually disbanded in the aftermath.

We're now seeing the first Intel processor with Radeon RX Vega M graphics in the wild, with a listing on Intel's official website. Intel's upcoming Core i7-8809G is a 4C/8T processor at 3.1GHz, 8MB of cache, 100W TDP, dual-channel DDR4 support, and Radeon RX Vega M GH Graphics... as well as Intel HD Graphics 630, which is... strange.

Intel's upcoming Core i7-8809G processor is the fastest of three CPUs that Intel will offer with Radeon RX Vega M graphics, with the other two chips being the Core i7-8705G and Core i7-8706G.

CES 2018 - Every year LG blows our minds by pushing the boundaries of what is possible with TV technology at the Consumer Electronics Show, and CES 2018 will be no different as the South Korean giant is teasing an incredible 88-inch OLED TV with a native 8K resolution.

8K pushes an eye-watering amount of pixels with a native 7680 x 4320 resolution, and as an 8K monitor owner myself (Dell UP3218K) as well as a 65-inch 4K OLED TV from LG, the mere tease of a massive 88-inch 8K OLED blows my mind.

LG's previous flagship TV was a 77-inch 4K unit, so this 88-inch 8K is absolutely massive (in both size and resolution) compared to the 77-inch 4K OLED. Fellow South Korean electronics rival Samsung has an 88-inch TV, but it's both just 4K and QLED technology (OLED is better).

There are many survival horror games to choose from but another has surfaced, it is called Agony and is powered by Unreal Engine 4.

The setting for this game is quite unique, located in Hell, players will begin as a tortured soul with no memories of their previous life. Stuck in a maze and accompanied by simple minded demons players will have to traverse the complex map while using abilities such as possession to control demons on the way.

Deeper into the game players get, the quicker they will realize that for them to escape Hell there is only one way and that is to meet with Hells queen, the Red Goddess. The trailer showcases what the Red Goddess looks like and also gives more a view of the demons surrounding her.

Rockstar's highly acclaimed Red Dead Redemption series has got fans hyped and ready for the next instalment in the series. So far, Rockstar has given no specific information regarding the sequels release date but a Danish retailer may have just leaked the date online.

According to Coolshop, a Danish retail site, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be launching on June 8, 2018 even though this could be a mistake for the retail website the date coincides with that of the last piece of information Rockstar gave its fans regarding the date.

For those that remember the second trailer of the game back in September, Rockstar said at the end of the video that the game was due for release sometime in the Spring of 2018, which makes the date that Coolshop has posted to be very close.

Facebook has over 2 billion users and is slowly growing as the titan company extends its reach to other countries that are not yet connected to the network. Having so many people connected to the same network provides a difficult task of regulating the information that is circling on the site, and now Facebook has now openly apologized for its poor efforts of failing to maintain their high standards of regulation.

According to ProPublica, a non-profit site, Facebook was sent 49 items which each contained hate speech and few containing acceptable expressions. From the crowd sourced pool of 900 items, Facebook has openly admitted that 22 of the cases that were sent and regulated by the companies reviewers were incorrectly monitored.

"We're sorry for the mistakes we have made, we must do better." said Facebook VP Justin Osofsky in a statement.

As we get closer to the next Olympics, Japan is searching for new ways to beef up the security of their facilities but at the same time make sure that the increase of security doesn't hinder the process of getting inside of the Olympic venues.

The Japan Times has reported that sources close to the Olympic committee have said that there is speculation of facial recognition type technology to be used as security for the expected 300,000 to 400,000 attendees. If chosen as the select approach it has been said that it will not be used on spectators but instead could reduce the wait time of attendees such as officials and coaches.

There has been no official confirmation of if this technology will be implemented, so all concerns revolving around privacy have not been addressed yet. As we move closer to the beginning of the 2020 Olympics it is assumed that we will be updated with a confirmation announcement for if facial recognition is go or not.

Amazon have been at constant battle with titan companies such as Google but now the tech giant Amazon wants to expand its online ad business by joining up with mobile ad houses.

Primordially an internet retailer, Amazon has ideas to link up promotions of their products with advertisements on TV. An example of this is if Amazon were releasing a new product a viewer would watch the ad on television first, then only to check their phone and have another related ad present there as well.

Amazon not only want to implement this new strategy of advertising but also want to expand other ways of advertising as well. Video ads are also in the pipeline for an increase in production, as well as creating what is known as "branded" videos with celebrities as hosts.

A father of two was killed by police after a disgruntled idiot made a fraudulent 911 call, which resulted in a SWAT team turning up to the doorstep of the man.

The LAPD has since arrested a 25-year-old man that made the call, sending the SWAT team to a 28-year-old man's houe that ended up with the father-of-two shot and killed. The LAPD arrested Tyler Barriss on Friday after he made the 911 call to Andrew Finch's house in Wichita, Kansas.

It gets worse, as the call made by the 25-year-old idiot was over a $1.50 wager in the game, to which Barriss got pissed off with another Call of Duty player and then gave the police Finch's address in Kansas, who wasn't involved in the COD match whatsoever.

Apple has been experiencing massive global backlash over its deliberate slowing down of older iPhones, with their $29 battery replacement program kicking off immediately instead of early 2018.

Apple confirmed the news with TechCrunch, where they said: "We expected to need more time to be ready, but we are happy to offer our customers the lower pricing right away. Initial supplies of some replacement batteries may be limited".

The company normally charges $79 to replace out-of-warranty iPhone batteries, but the company has reduced this cost by $50 down to $29 after massive controversy of lowering iPhone performance in the excuse of stopping unexpected shutdowns.

We all know about the Nigerian prince email scams that have been around for what feels like the beginning of time, and now a 67-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the scam, except he's shockingly not Nigerian royalty.

Michael Neu, a 67-year-old man in Slidell, Louisiana was arrested after an 18-month investigation in connection with Nigerian prince email scams. Neu is suspected of being a middle-man for a group in Nigeria that used the scam to make money from unsuspecting people (I still don't know how anyone could be stupid enough, but there's obviously a lot of them).

The Federal Trade Commission has a page dedicated to the Nigerian prince scam, describing the scam as a common phishing scam that cons people out of their money. FTC explains: "These messages are the butt of late night jokes, but people still respond to them. The people behind these messages claim to be officials, businesspeople, or the surviving spouses of former government honchos in Nigeria or another country whose money is tied up temporarily".

Pavel Lerner was kidnapped earlier this week, with a gang wearing ski masks taking the cryptocurrency expert near his office in the Ukraine.

Lerner was held against his will, with the kidnappers demanding he pay them $1 million in Bitcoin as ransom. Lerner is a big Bitcoin expert in his country, doubling as an executive at Exmo, a large cryptocurrency exchange.

We don't know if Lerner transferred the $1 million in BTC himself, but he was released in the end. Exmo has said that the kidnappers didn't breach their network, and that the cryptocurrency exchange and their coins are "absolutely safe.

Japanese engineers have created two humanoid robots that are designed to study the mechanics of muscle control and how the brain interacts with the body, they are named Kengoro and Kenshiro.

Kengoro and Kenshiro can perform a number of different activities that us humans take completely for granted. The robots humanoid abilities range from doing push-ups, sit-ups and other exercises to playing badminton poorly. It is believed through the robots doing these actions that a better understanding of the "human body in movement" will be achieved.

"We believe that the proposed human mimetic humanoid can be used to provide new opportunities in science, the team's research states. "For instance, to quantitatively analyse the internal data of a human body in movement."

Microsoft has posted a tweet that was an ad for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on the Xbox One X which has caused much controversy surrounding the image, as it appears to be stolen, or at least heavily influenced from a Redditor's concept art.

The company is currently being accused by many people for 'stealing' Redditor Macsterrs concept art as his own image is almost identical to that of the one posted by Microsoft. As seen in the above image we can see that there is very strong resemblance between the two pictures, as both consist of an Xbox One X with a Battlegrounds character placed in the middle huddling in some grass.

The only differences or changes that Microsoft have done to the image is that they have changed the camera view of the image as well as added an Xbox One X controller and a small loot crate located to the right of the character. These small additions to the already highly popular image circling Reddit had has caused people to say that even if Microsoft did steal the image that they should of at least given credit to the artist that designed the idea.

Just over a week ago now, Instagram rolled out a new update that allowed for its users easily comment on videos/photos throughout their main feed. To accompany this update, Instagram has decided to implement their 'recommended' posts into users' main feeds in hopes of attracting a more widespread option of what you might like.

The 'recommended' section into Instagram's main feed will show posts of accounts that users do not follow but instead show accounts/posts that Instagram thinks you might like. It has been made explicit that this section will be different from that of the typical main feed, by doing this, it gives users the visual option of disregarding these posts.

Unfortunately for those that desire to remove this option entirely this is not going to be possible but instead when users come across one of these 'recommended' posts they can locate the three dots and choose the 'hide' option. 'Hiding' the posts will not permanently remove them from the main feed but it will hide them until the user has gone through all of the posts from accounts they are actually following.

It's not just Facebook that want to show you what you've done over the course of 2017, but now social media powerhouse Snapchat has their own 'Your 2017 Story'.

Snapchat being one of the largest social media platforms on the planet has a very wide-spread audience, most users utilizing and enjoying the predominantly visual platform will now be rewarded through what is called "Your 2017 Story."

Snapchat has given its users the option of viewing a story which ranges the entirety of 2017's best moments. Snapchat has done this by accessing saved memories across users phones and uploaded them into one video that summarizes the 'best moments' of 2017.

A San Jose-based startup named Energous, has announced that it has been granted approval by the FCC for their power-at-a-distance wireless charger that uses the WattUp Mid Field transmitter.

WattUp Mid Field transmitter converts electricity to radio frequencies which then are beamed to nearby devices that support wireless charging and have a corresponding receiver. This new technology brings forth a new wave of wireless charging, as previous generations of the idea required physical contact with the wireless charging device, Energous' product can be used in a 15 feet radius from the station.

The WattUp will have the ability to be able to charge multiple devices at once, from phones to tablets, keyboards and any other piece of technology that is fitted with a corresponding charging receiver. Just like Wi-Fi, the WattUp is manufacturer-agnostic meaning that no matter what brand receiver users may have the wireless charging will still be available to use.

Qualcomm blew me away with their announcement of their next-gen Snapdragon 845 processor, which is like a technology beast wrapped up in a beautiful 10nm FinFET chip.

But it looks like we can expect the new Snapdragon 845 processor to power some of the best 2018 flagship smartphones, including Samsung's much-touted Galaxy S9/S9+, LG's next-gen G7/G7+ smartphones (and their V40 handset), HTC's upcoming U12/U12+, the Google Pixel 3 (XL, too), and even Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Note 9 smartphone.

The new tease is coming from a leaked image from China, which shows what smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 845. It could be fake, but we know the Snapdragon 845 is real - and we also know most of these smartphone are coming out next year. Now I want all of them, gosh.

Apple has found itself in hot water after being busted slowing down previous-gen iPhones in the grand gesture of helping the batteries inside of their smartphones, but now main competitors in Samsung and LG are trolling Apple.

First, Samsung came out and said: "We ensure extended battery life of Samsung mobile devices through multi-layer safety measures, which include software algorithms that govern the battery charging current and charging duration. We do not reduce CPU performance through software updates over the lifecycles of the phone".

Now remember, Samsung isn't innocent when it comes to battery-related drama as they went through explosive times in 2016 with a global recall of their flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. I personally purchased one and regrettable returned it after Note 7s around the world were exploding.

DEEPCOOL has unveiled what they're heralding as the world-first smart PC case that allows gamers to customize RGB lighting and heat dissipation systems through an app you can load on your smartphone.

The new QUADSTELLAR case not only rocks a super-stylish design, but it can house some of the highest-end PC compeonts in the world, including a huge E-ATX motherboard and multi-GPU set ups. It'll also handle high-end PSUs for all those graphics cards and cooling components, with four independent compartments to "eliminate inter-compartment heat dissipation interference to achieve maximum cooling efficiency".

DEEPCOOL built the next-gen QUADSTELLAR gaming PC case for enthusiasts, with their new app letting people enjoy dynamic management of the lighting inside of the case, heat dissipation, and active thermal control components.

Just like last year, Blizzard is giving away five free lootboxes for just signing into Overwatch...and here's why that's a big deal in the gaming realm.

For service games, engagement is a major driver for success. Big-name publishers like Take-Two Interactive, EA, Ubisoft, Activision and, of course, Blizzard, all have nearly mastered the art of engaging players with a number of multi-faceted plans. One of the main strategies used to achieve this is giving away free in-game content to stimulate--and ideally grow--the playerbase. This content varies widely from huge free patches that add loads of new quests, items, characters and most importantly, new optional content to buy. These updates are extremely strategic and the publishers will typically roll them out every two months or when the playerbase dips--new content will almost always push lapsed players to jump back in.

So what better way to get Overwatch players back into the mix, outside of new maps and characters? Give them a smattering of "free" lootboxes that will likely fuel their progression grind, and thus keep them playing. And that's just what Blizzard is doing: the games-maker is giving away five free lootboxes to everyone who signs into Overwatch as part of its Winter Wonderland event, which ends on January 1. This limited timeline is also strategic and prompts players to jump in and grab their items, and once doing so, they're likely to keep playing to show off their skins if they get something they want (or something they like).