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Taco Bell giving away Xbox One X consoles to taco loversTaco Bell is giving away a bunch of new Xbox One X consoles via a new promo.Aug 1, 2017 6:32 PM CDT
PS4 shipments reach 63.3 million worldwideSony's PS4 reaches 63.3 million units sold-in to retailers around the globe.Aug 1, 2017 9:15 AM CDT
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy first launch planned for NovemberThe company has big plans for this rocket, which should play a major role in the human mission to the Moon and Mars.Jul 31, 2017 7:03 PM CDT
Only 17% of Nintendo Switch owners use phone chat appA huge portion of Nintendo Switch owners aren't downloading or using the company's awkward smartphone chat app.Jul 31, 2017 10:14 AM CDT
EA confirms BioWare Montreal moved to EA MotiveBioWare's Montreal team has been integrated with EA's new-ish Motive studio, the company confirms.Jul 29, 2017 12:15 PM CDT
Capcom misses sales targets for its major gamesCapcom misses its sales targets for big games like Dead Rising 4 and Resident Evil 7.Jul 29, 2017 4:15 AM CDT
EA: AR is 'more interesting', VR isn't ready just yetEA says that VR is a couple of years away from being 'truly a mass market consumer opportunity'Jul 28, 2017 10:37 PM CDT
Samsung overtakes Intel as biggest chip makerPart of that reason has to do with the fact that Samsung has been expanding their chip manufacturing business and doing so at a rapid pace.Jul 28, 2017 3:53 PM CDT
Meizu unveils Pro 7: Dual camera, secondary displayThe duo has already managed to gather over 100,000 registrations in the first 24 hours since the launch.Jul 28, 2017 11:42 AM CDT
AMD Vega 20 with 32GB of HBM2 teased with Vega 10/11/12EEC confirms AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20.Jul 28, 2017 9:12 AM CDT
Full PC with AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper starts at just $1699AMD's new Ryzen ThreadRipper with a full PC is cheaper than just the Intel's Core i9-7960X on its own.Jul 27, 2017 11:38 PM CDT
Xiaomi Mi 6 special edition available in only 100 unitsThe company didn't announce the exact launch date, but the Mercury Silver edition will certainly disappear in seconds.Jul 27, 2017 6:35 PM CDT
Musk shows The Boring Company's 1st working car elevatorMusk has revealed the first working car elevator which should lower the cars into underground tunnels.Jul 27, 2017 2:36 PM CDT
Huawei Kirin 970 goes into mass production in SeptemberHuawei's Mate 10 should be the company's first device to feature Kirin 970.Jul 27, 2017 10:31 AM CDT
HTC Standalone VR headset launches in ChinaIt was only a matter of time until they announced their own mobile VR headset.Jul 26, 2017 8:00 PM CDT
Huawei launches overpriced Porsche Design Watch 2The Huawei Watch 2 Porsche Design has the same specs as the Watch 2, it only differs from the standard variant in terms of looks.Jul 26, 2017 5:33 PM CDT
iPhone 8 prices to allegedly start from $1,100 to $1,200Apple's iPhone 8 should be the most expensive iPhone so far.Jul 26, 2017 1:22 PM CDT
Nokia's flagship will be announced on August 16thThe Nokia 8 should be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 and come with either 4GB or 6GB of RAM.Jul 26, 2017 9:32 AM CDT
AMD shares rise 8% riding Ryzen and GPU excitementAMD shares rise 8% to $15.27, above analysts' expectations.Jul 26, 2017 5:25 AM CDT
Colorful iGame GTX 1080 Ti Kudan rocks MASSIVE coolerColorful throws a massive cooler on its next-gen iGame GTX 1080 Ti Kudan graphics card.Jul 25, 2017 11:28 PM CDT
Motorola announces its flagship priced at $800The phone has full support for Moto Mods, including all of last year's models and the new ones.Jul 25, 2017 6:26 PM CDT
Musk says Zuckerberg has limited understanding of AIWhile Zuckerberg believes that AI will deliver many improvements to our lives, Musk warns that humanity should be concerned about AI.Jul 25, 2017 2:26 PM CDT
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 explodes and catches fireThankfully, no one was injured in the incident.Jul 25, 2017 9:12 AM CDT
Battlegrounds made more than Overwatch on PC last monthTop 10 grossing PC games includes Battlegrounds, in the list with World of Warcraft and League of Legends.Jul 25, 2017 2:46 AM CDT
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds continues titanic growthPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds breaks the 5 million copies sold barrier and continues to grow; here are insights on the game's mounting success.Jul 24, 2017 6:44 PM CDT

Destiny 2's monetization plan remains unclearDestiny 2 releases in little over a month, but Bungie nor Activision have discussed microtransaction plans.Aug 1, 2017 3:25 PM CDT
Sony buys majority stake in Funimation for $143 millionSony Pictures acquires 95% of Funimation's equity assets in new deal.Aug 1, 2017 6:10 AM CDT
Capcom doubles down on Switch game supportBig Street Fighter II sales instill Capcom's confidence in Nintendo's new handheld-hybrid console.Jul 31, 2017 4:26 PM CDT
GTA V goes to the stars in new space modThanks to the ambition and talent of modders, GTA V boldly goes where no Grand Theft Auto has gone before.Jul 31, 2017 7:14 AM CDT
Mass Effect: Andromeda helped EA pull in record Q1 salesDespite its shortcomings, Mass Effect: Andromeda strongly contributed to EA's digital net sales for fiscal Q1'18.Jul 29, 2017 9:20 AM CDT
Accept your Fate in our 'Fast & Furious' giveawayTake home the latest instalment in the franchise on us.Jul 29, 2017 2:25 AM CDT
Intel Core i9-7980XE full specs: 18C/36T @ 4.4GHz, $1999Intel's fight against Ryzen ThreadRipper will up the ante, double the price.Jul 28, 2017 7:34 PM CDT
PlayStation Plus price climbs to Â£49.99 in EuropeSony is raising the price of its PlayStation Plus service in Europe.Jul 28, 2017 2:21 PM CDT
Visceral's Star Wars game on schedule for 2018 releaseEA reconfirms Visceral Games' new untitled Star Wars game will release in its Fiscal Year 2019 timeline.Jul 28, 2017 10:21 AM CDT
Intel hits record $14.8 billion second quarter earningsIntel records record revenues for the second quarter in a row, causing the company to raise its total fiscal year earnings forecast.Jul 28, 2017 3:17 AM CDT
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U spotted, new APU rocks Vega GPU techAMD's next-gen Raven Ridge APU rocks Vega GPU tech, benchmarks spotted.Jul 27, 2017 10:53 PM CDT
Samsung to launch Note8 Emperor Edition with 8GB/256GB?The Galaxy Note8 Emperor Edition should come with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage, expandable up to 512GB with a microSD card.Jul 27, 2017 4:28 PM CDT
Toshiba brings 64-layer 3D flash to retail SATA SSDsToshiba announces its new 3D NAND-powered line of retail TR200 SATA SSDs.Jul 27, 2017 1:45 PM CDT
Xiaomi announces Mi AI Speaker priced at mere $45The speaker works like Amazon Echo, meaning you can ask it questions, play music, or set reminders.Jul 27, 2017 8:19 AM CDT
GTA V tops June console earnings with new monthly highGTA V on consoles climbs to the top spot in June thanks to strong GTA Online earnings.Jul 26, 2017 7:22 PM CDT
Xiaomi's Mi 5X offers dual camera at an affordable priceThe phone was subject to numerous leaks in the previous weeks, and most of the rumors were true.Jul 26, 2017 4:36 PM CDT
Corsair majority stake bought for $525 millionCorsair's Francisco Partners hands off ownership to investment firm EagleTree Capital.Jul 26, 2017 12:22 PM CDT
Nintendo hits $1.37 billion in net sales in Q1 earningsNintendo's Q1'17 earnings are way up thanks to strong 3DS and Switch hardware/software sales and mobile segment earnings.Jul 26, 2017 8:24 AM CDT
USB 3.2 announced, packs double the bandwidth of USB 3.1USB 3.2 standard teases 20Gbps of bandwidth, double that of USB 3.1.Jul 26, 2017 2:48 AM CDT
EVGA announces $999 price on GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|NEVGA announces its new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N, priced at $999.Jul 25, 2017 10:26 PM CDT
Huawei to launch Honor Note 9 with Infinity DisplayThe device is expected to sport a massive 6.6-inch display and a 5,000 mAh battery.Jul 25, 2017 4:55 PM CDT
New iPhone 8 leaked renders allegedly show final designThe render of the bottom edge confirms that the 3.5 mm headphone jack won't make a return.Jul 25, 2017 1:10 PM CDT
NVIDIA CEO hands out first Tesla V100s to AI researchersThe very first Tesla V100 accelerators were handed to AI researchers by Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and founder of NVIDIA.Jul 25, 2017 5:33 AM CDT
Intel Core i9-7920X: 12C/24T @ 4GHz, 140W TDP, and $1199Intel's new 12C/24T processor costs $1199, features 2.9GHz base clock, 4GHz boost clock.Jul 25, 2017 12:22 AM CDT
Next-gen Hololens to have custom AI chipMicrosoft's next Hololens iteration will have a specialized AI chip to recognize real-world interactions.Jul 24, 2017 5:27 PM CDT

Sony profits spike with strong segment growthSony enjoys a big 200% profit spike as all segments rake in strong first quarter earnings.Aug 1, 2017 12:30 PM CDT
Samsung increases Exynos modem to 1.2 GbpsThis would bring Samsung up to par with where Qualcomm has been with their latest modems since last year.Jul 31, 2017 8:07 PM CDT
Capcom's Q1 games operating income spikes by 2,080%What's Capcom up to? Our comprehensive report analyzes Capcom's Q1 earnings and fiscal year guidance to paint a better picture of future moves.Jul 31, 2017 12:15 PM CDT
EA recommits to Frostbite-powered action genre focusEA strongly indicates its new games will be action-based first and foremost--but what about the new Dragon Age?Jul 29, 2017 3:20 PM CDT
Battlefield 1 has 21 million users, eSports mode comingEA's engagement strategies continue paying off as Battlefield 1's community continues to grow.Jul 29, 2017 6:20 AM CDT
Battlegrounds creator doesn't consider himself a gamerBattlegrounds creator says he doesn't consider himself as a gamer.Jul 28, 2017 11:50 PM CDT
Samsung's new mobile chips leak again: Cortex-A73 coresThere's going to be a 9800 series class Exynos coming soon for the Samsung Galaxy S9 for next year which could be 7nm.Jul 28, 2017 6:19 PM CDT
New Google Pixel 2 leak: The headphone jack is goneThe Google Pixel pair of devices should be announced sometime in October this year.Jul 28, 2017 12:48 PM CDT
The first official pictures of Radeon RX Vega leakedAMD Radeon RX Vega 64, Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition smile for the leaked camera.Jul 28, 2017 9:24 AM CDT
Battlegrounds on Xbox One X: 30-40FPS with 100 in serverXbox One X handles PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds at 30-40FPS with 100-player servers.Jul 28, 2017 12:48 AM CDT
EA made more on live services than games in Q1'17EA starts off its fiscal year with titanic digital growth, and lays forecasts for another big year of live services and game sales.Jul 27, 2017 7:28 PM CDT
GTA 6 motion capture possibly underway - UPDATEUPDATE: The report has been debunked, and the resume was fake.Jul 27, 2017 3:26 PM CDT
Apple will make its own OLED screens for 2018 iPhonesApple's move would grant them independence from Samsung which is currently supplying them with OLED displays.Jul 27, 2017 12:27 PM CDT
AMD's new 17.7.2 drivers include Enhanced Sync, and moreAMD's latest 17.7.2 drivers add support for Enhanced Sync, ReLive @ 100MB/sec, and more.Jul 26, 2017 8:33 PM CDT
Nintendo Switch hits 4.7 million install baseNintendo's new Switch console rises to 4.7 million units sold worldwide, but first quarter console sales are down 30%Jul 26, 2017 6:30 PM CDT
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds gets temporary paid cratesBluehole will temporarily sell special $2.50 loot crates to help fund Gamescom tournaments and test its post-release cosmetic microtransactions system.Jul 26, 2017 3:23 PM CDT
Google Daydream to have 11 devices by the end of 2017Right now, Samsung and Facebook appear to be eating Google's lunch in VR.Jul 26, 2017 11:26 AM CDT
Splatoon 2 sells 670,995 copies in 3 days in JapanSplatoon 2 is now the Nintendo Switch's biggest software launch in Japan, breaking.Jul 26, 2017 6:32 AM CDT
India bans autonomous cars to protect against job lossesIndia protects massive job losses by banning autonomous car technology in the country.Jul 26, 2017 1:36 AM CDT
Kingdom Hearts III on the PS4 has CG-level graphicsToy Story level graphics on the PS4 and Xbox One... but not the PC, because reasons.Jul 25, 2017 10:09 PM CDT
Sharp to launch new high-end TV brand in USSharp will return to North American markets with a new brand of premium HD and UHD television sets.Jul 25, 2017 3:30 PM CDT
Note8 to have better optical zoom than iPhone 7?A well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that the Note8 should have a dual camera with a 3x telephoto lens.Jul 25, 2017 11:05 AM CDT
ADATA's new XPG SPECTRIC D40: RGB DDR4 for X299ADATA unveils its new XPG SPECTRIX D40 RGB DDR4 RAM, ready for X299.Jul 25, 2017 4:27 AM CDT
AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper features next-gen packagingAMD's upcoming Ryzen ThreadRipper comes in an amazingly seductive package.Jul 24, 2017 10:34 PM CDT
The OnePlus 5 8GB now available for immediate dispatchThis means that if you place your order, the company will ship the device within hours after receiving it.Jul 24, 2017 4:48 PM CDT

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