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• Xbox One S requires day one updates to play 4K videoThe new smaller Xbox One S may need two separate day one updates in order to play 4K UHD Blu-rays.Jul 28, 2016 6:10 AM CDT
• Apple sold less iPhones this quarter, revenues are also downApple sold less iPhones this quarter than the same three-month period in 2015.Jul 27, 2016 8:34 PM CDT
• Life is Strange getting a live-action episodic seriesLife gets even more strange with a new live-action adaptation.Jul 27, 2016 7:20 PM CDT
• Nintendo financials plunge, even with Pokemon GO's immense successNintendo's financial report for the quarter is down 31% compared to the same quarter of last year.Jul 27, 2016 6:25 PM CDT
• Crucial expands its affordable MX300 SSD range with 3 new drivesCrucial's affordable MX300 SSD range receives 3 new models with 275GB, 525GB and 1TB.Jul 27, 2016 5:14 PM CDT
• AMD Radeon Pro graphics card powers 16K display, or 15,360 x 864016K display? 15,360 x 8640 becomes possible thanks to AMD's new Radeon Pro graphics card.Jul 27, 2016 4:30 PM CDT
• Microsoft will use Windows 10 to sabotage Steam, says Epic Games bossTim Sweeney warns that Microsoft will pull 'sneaky maneuvers' and use Windows 10's UWP to slowly sabotage Steam from the inside out.Jul 27, 2016 4:14 PM CDT
• Vizio acquired by LeEco, a Chinese electronics giant for $2 billionVizio acquired for $2 billion, with Chinese electronics giant LeEco letting Vizio continue its day-to-day operations.Jul 27, 2016 3:36 PM CDT
• LG confirms $1.75 billion investment in flexible OLED displaysLG doubles down on flexible OLED display investment as new era approaches.Jul 27, 2016 2:07 PM CDT
• $299 Xbox One S bundled with free copy of Halo 5, launches Aug 23If you're a Halo fan and want to pick up an Xbox One S, Microsoft has a great deal just for you.Jul 27, 2016 1:25 PM CDT
• Burnout creators begin work on new driving game with VR supportBurnout creators begin work on a 'spiritual successor to one of the Burnout' games.Jul 27, 2016 12:48 PM CDT
• Jon Rettinger: Apple is 'boring', 'stopped innovating years ago'Apple 'stopped innovating years ago' is 'really boring', says Jon Rettinger.Jul 27, 2016 11:23 AM CDT
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance games now on PC, overpriced, poorly portedMarvel: Ultimate Alliance and its sequel make their way to Steam, price and port issues marr release.Jul 27, 2016 9:56 AM CDT
• Nintendo NX might be transforming hybrid handheld, not a consoleNintendo's NX will be a transforming mobile-based tablet handheld with no backward compatibility, sources say.Jul 27, 2016 8:33 AM CDT
• The World of 'Warcraft' comes to Blu-ray, 4K in SeptemberAzeroth comes home in 2K, 4K and 3D releases.Jul 26, 2016 6:13 PM CDT
• American Crime Story will stream exclusively on NetflixThe People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story to debut on Netflix next year, future seasons will follow.Jul 26, 2016 9:20 AM CDT
• Free Xbox LIVE games for August leakedXbox's free Xbox LIVE Gold games for August have been leaked ahead of schedule.Jul 25, 2016 10:27 PM CDT
• AMD's Radeon Pro SSG handles 8K 96FPS, thanks to an on-board M.2 SSDAMD's new Radeon Pro SSG has M.2-based storage on-board, can scale into terabytes of framebuffer.Jul 25, 2016 9:30 PM CDT
• AMD introduces Radeon Pro WX series, Polaris-based workstation cardsAMD announces its new Radeon Pro series of professional graphics cards, replacing the FirePro branding.Jul 25, 2016 8:30 PM CDT
• Grand Theft Auto V's new mod pushes close to photo-realistic graphicsThe latest mod for Grand Theft Auto V has some incredible photo realistic graphics.Jul 25, 2016 7:34 PM CDT
• Rare Boba Fett 'Star Wars' action figure sells for $34k at auctionFan favourite bounty hunter fetches mega bucks.Jul 25, 2016 7:12 PM CDT
• Nintendo NX will reportedly be unveiled soon, 'sounds' expensiveNintendo's next-gen NX console 'sounds' expensive, should be revealed very soon.Jul 25, 2016 6:53 PM CDT
• Sega making Mega Drive Mini console with 80 games, plays cartridgesThose old-school days of Sega vs Nintendo are back!Jul 25, 2016 5:03 PM CDT
• No Man's Sky on PC might release three days later than PS4 versionHas No Man's Sky been pushed back three days for PC players, or is it a simple mix up?Jul 25, 2016 3:33 PM CDT
• SAPPHIRE announces its new NITRO+ Radeon RX 480 graphics cardSAPPHIRE unveils its new NITRO+ Radeon RX 480 graphics card, with a dual-fan cooler.Jul 25, 2016 1:28 PM CDT
• See Star Citizen's current biggest flyable ship in 4KStar Citizen's fuel transporter shown off in glorious 4K footage.Jul 25, 2016 12:41 PM CDT
• NVIDIA's new Pascal-based Quadro P6000 rocks 24GB of GDDR5XNVIDIA unveils its new Pascal-based Quadro P6000 and P5000 graphics cards.Jul 25, 2016 12:22 PM CDT
• Gears of War 4 has unlocked frame rate on PCGears of War 4 has a ton of PC-specific features, including 4K textures, unlocked frame rates, ultra-wide support and more.Jul 24, 2016 9:45 PM CDT
• Kojima Productions' opening title sequence is weird, but awesomeKojima Productions uses a whale on the moon as their title sequence.Jul 24, 2016 8:36 PM CDT
• When 'Supergirl' flies to Blu-ray, you can win Season One on us!Go into the running to win your own Blu-ray now.Jul 24, 2016 7:43 PM CDT
• Lost 'Star Trek: Original Series' 35mm footage located, Blu-ray comingAfter 50 years, hours of never before seen 'Star Trek' footage is revealed.Jul 24, 2016 7:24 PM CDT
• Xbox One 500GB price cut to $249 ahead of Xbox One S launchXbox One 500GB costs $249 'for a limited time' ahead of the Xbox One S launch.Jul 24, 2016 6:29 PM CDT
• Verizon reportedly buying Yahoo for $5 billionVerizon will reportedly soon announce its acquiring Yahoo for $5 billion.Jul 24, 2016 5:00 PM CDT
• Apple's new iPhone 7 to be unveiled in early SeptemberApple will unveil the new iPhone in the first week of September, begin shipping on September 16.Jul 24, 2016 3:37 PM CDT
• Watch all of the best Comic-Con trailers right hereSo many trailers from Comic-Con, and now you have a single spot to watch them all.Jul 24, 2016 2:27 PM CDT
• NVIDIA's next-gen Volta architecture could arrive in May 2017NVIDIA is reportedly preparing its next-gen Volta architecture in May 2017.Jul 24, 2016 1:49 PM CDT
• SAPPHIRE's new Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 leaked photos surfaceSAPPHIRE's upcoming Radeon RX 470 and Radeon RX 460 graphics cards spotted.Jul 24, 2016 12:47 PM CDT
• Rise for 'Kong' in first 'Skull Island' trailerWarner's monster mash feature gets first look teaser.Jul 24, 2016 1:29 AM CDT
• 'Justice League' and 'Wonder Woman' teaser trailers revealed at SDCC2017's DC comics films granted fan-pleasing introductions.Jul 23, 2016 7:47 PM CDT
• 7-Eleven makes its first drone delivery, with a SlurpeeSlurpee's delivered by drones? Sign me up, 7-Eleven.Jul 23, 2016 7:37 PM CDT
• James Cameron talks 'The Abyss' 4K Blu-ray remasterThe 1989 sci-fi classic finally coming to Blu-ray and 4K next year.Jul 23, 2016 7:18 PM CDT
• AMC reveals The Walking Dead season 7 trailer at SDCCThe Walking Dead Season 7 is shaping up beautifully, with the introduction of King Ezekiel.Jul 23, 2016 6:08 PM CDT
• No Man's Sky doesn't use patented Superformula, says devNo Man's Sky doesn't infringe on any patents, and likely won't be delayed according to Hello Games boss Sean Murray.Jul 23, 2016 5:10 PM CDT
• Blair Witch sequel announced, hits theaters on September 16Surprise! The Blair Witch is coming back, directed by the guys who were behind V/H/S.Jul 23, 2016 4:23 PM CDT
• Project Sonic announced for PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo NXSonic is back! SEGA teases Project Sonic with a 2017 release, and it'll even reach Nintendo's next-gen NX console.Jul 23, 2016 3:04 PM CDT
• AMD to have a massive volume launch of next-gen Zen CPUs in early 2017AMD will reportedly have a limited run of next-gen Zen CPUs later this year, with the full consumer push promised for early 2017.Jul 23, 2016 1:32 PM CDT
• Facebook CEO says 'AR will be where VR' is today in 5-10 yearsMark Zuckerberg says it'll be 5-10 years until AR is where VR is today.Jul 23, 2016 12:10 PM CDT
• Microsoft 'couldn't focus' enough in order to make a portable XboxXbox Portable didn't materialize because Microsoft 'couldn't focus'Jul 22, 2016 8:29 PM CDT
• Witcher 3 first person mod released, looking goodWitcher 3 first person mod launches, shows promise in gameplay footage.Jul 22, 2016 6:54 PM CDT
• Razer opens up the pre-order floodgates for its OSVR headsetWant to pre-order the Razer OSVR headset? Now you can.Jul 22, 2016 6:35 PM CDT
• Samsung reportedly working on higher-end 'Odyssey' VR headsetSamsung's purported 'Odyssey' VR headset could directly compete against the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive.Jul 22, 2016 5:28 PM CDT
• Pokemon GO broke iTunes record for most downloads in its first weekApple confirms Pokemon GO broke iTunes records for the most downloads in its first week.Jul 22, 2016 3:17 PM CDT
• AVADirect joins Intel Extreme Rig Challenge, with a PC to giveaway!AVADirect is competing with 11 other custom PC manufacturers in the Intel Extreme Rig Challenge.Jul 22, 2016 1:02 PM CDT
• AMD's new Zen engineering samples arrive, with up to 32 coresZen engineering samples teased, with 4/8/24/32-core models on the way.Jul 22, 2016 12:08 PM CDT
• AMD reports better-than-expected earnings and revenues for Q2 2016AMD revenues are up 9% year-over-year, with Zen on the way to increase that.Jul 22, 2016 11:26 AM CDT
• AMD powers Battlefield 1 at NerdHQ with the Radeon R9 Fury XAMD's Radeon R9 Fury X powers Battlefield 1 at NerdHQ, running at 1440p and 144FPS.Jul 22, 2016 3:19 AM CDT
• NVIDIA unveils its next-gen Titan X, priced at $1200, available Aug 2NVIDIA announces its new Pascal-based Titan X with 12GB of GDDR5X, priced at $1200.Jul 22, 2016 2:56 AM CDT
• Win 'Orphan Black: Season Four' in our latest Blu-ray giveawayTake home the latest season of the acclaimed sci-fi thriller on us!Jul 21, 2016 8:53 PM CDT
• Facebook's solar plane takes off, beams internet to remote locationsFacebook's solar plane has resounding success in first test flight, will beam internet to remote parts of Africa.Jul 21, 2016 4:28 PM CDT
• Nintendo reconfirms March 2017 release for next-gen NX consoleNintendo NX console will be released in March 2017, according to Nintendo.Jul 21, 2016 3:30 PM CDT
• PowerColor's Red Devil Radeon RX 480 costs $269, available July 29PowerColor summons the hellmouth with its Red Devil Radeon RX 480, at just $269.Jul 21, 2016 2:31 PM CDT
• Gorilla Glass 5 is on the way, survives drops of up to 6 feetCorning is working on Gorilla Glass 5, its best mobile device screen protection ever.Jul 21, 2016 1:22 PM CDT
• Tesla wants your car to make money for you when you're not using itTesla Motors' new master plan revealed, will see you making money off your car and able to summon it at will.Jul 21, 2016 12:12 PM CDT
• Valve sends out cease and desist orders to Steam gambling sitesValve makes good on its promise to shut down CS:GO skin gambling sites.Jul 20, 2016 7:44 PM CDT
• System Shock remake now coming to PS4 and Xbox OneSystem Shock remake is coming to consoles as well as PC in 'early 2018'Jul 20, 2016 6:31 PM CDT
• No Man's Sky devs accused of patent infringement, could lead to delayDutch company Genicap claims No Man's Sky uses its patented 'Superformula' world-building technology, and Hello Games basically admits it did.Jul 20, 2016 5:30 PM CDT
• Battlefield 4 Naval Strike DLC is free for a little whileNaval Strike latest Battlefield 4 DLC to go free on Origin.Jul 20, 2016 3:06 PM CDT
• French court rules Google, Bing don't have to censor torrent searchesHigh Court of Paris rules against music industry organization, says Google and Microsoft not required to censor 'torrent' search results.Jul 20, 2016 12:11 PM CDT
• Ubisoft says 85% of Watch Dogs players are interested in the sequel85% of Watch Dogs gamers are interested in Watch Dogs 2, according to Ubisoft.Jul 20, 2016 10:35 AM CDT
• Pokemon GO helps Nintendo become worth more than SonyNintendo is now worth more than Sony, thanks to the success of Pokemon GO.Jul 20, 2016 8:38 AM CDT
• US government requests for user data from Google reaches a new highGoogle received an all-time high of US government requests for user data in the second half of 2015.Jul 20, 2016 4:37 AM CDT
• Bandai Namco teases new IP reveal for Gamescom 2016 Tekken developer Bandai Namco says it will be unveiling new IP for western audiences at Gamescom 2016.Jul 20, 2016 3:21 AM CDT
• Ubisoft boss says Nintendo NX will help the industry growNintendo NX will help the industry grow, according to Ubisoft.Jul 20, 2016 2:01 AM CDT
• Netflix is home to 83 million subscribers, growth is slowing thoughNetflix growth is slowing, but it's still home to a huge 83 million subscribers.Jul 19, 2016 9:40 PM CDT
• Google working on a headset that 'blurs the line' between VR and ARGoogle is reportedly working on a new headset that 'blurs the line' between VR and AR headsets.Jul 19, 2016 8:39 PM CDT

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