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By Paul Taylor With less than a week until the Xbox One X hits stores, we’ve finally got our hands on a final retail review unit and have duly unboxed this beauty to get a closer look at the world’s most powerful console. In the video below, we dig out what’s inside the Xbox One…

By Leif Johnson Rocket League was the talk of the gaming scene two years ago, and it may be about to enjoy a fresh boost of interest soon. Just in time for the Christmas holiday, developer Psyonix announced the scrappy game about soccer with cars will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on November 14.…

By Leif Johnson The shift to a digital marketplace hasn’t been too kind to GameStop, so now the brick-and-mortar video game outlet is attempting to focus on rentals in addition to its usual sales of new and used boxed games. As Mashable reports, GameStop is introducing a subscription-based model called “PowerPass” that will let subscribers…

By Emma Boyle Sony’s Paris Games Week conference has come and gone, bringing with it a glut of new trailers for us to feast on. There were trailers for brand new games as well as confirmed upcoming titles from both first and third-party studios across the PlayStation VR and PS4 platforms. To make your feasting…

By Anthony Ha Square is expanding its hardware lineup with a new point-of-sale device called the Square Register. Square’s Head of Software Jesse Dorogusker explained that while the company’s existing products incorporate existing hardware (the Square Stand, for example, turns an iPad into a POS stand), the Square Register is “totally integrated — our hardware,…

By Jon Porter At its Paris Games Week keynote, Sony began strong by announcing a brand new PS4 game from Infamous developer Sucker Punch. Titled Ghost of Tsushima, the new game appears to be set in a Samurai-inspired setting. Aside from a title and setting, details of the new game were pretty scarce. Given that…

The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have a mini-game Easter egg related to Active Edge. From the look of things, Google wants you to have fun giving your phone a good squeeze. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Matt Burns Here’s the skinny: This computer is skinny. The MSI Trident 3 Artic is a gaming rig in a surprisingly small package. During testing the found the computer capable of running the latest VR hardware and games even though the tiny computer lacks the traditional cooling found on standard cases. The MSI Trident…

By Gerald Lynch The gorgeous new open-world Assassin’s Creed Origins, set in a beautifully realised ancient Egypt, would be a demanding game for PC hardware to run at the best of times. But it seems that stringent anti-piracy measures may be adding an additional, substantial strain on machines. Following reports of excessive CPU load from…

By Mark Wycislik-Wilson The main function of Dashlane is to offer secure storage for your passwords, and to automatically enter them into logon pages to save you having to type anything. But Dashlane goes beyond this. Even the way passwords are stored is different to the vast majority of other similar programs. As well as…

By Jon Russell The Switch is beginning to pay off for Nintendo. The new console is selling so well that the Japanese firm said today it is likely to outsell the Wii U, its predecessor, within one year of its release. Today Nintendo raised its prediction for total Switch sales over its financial year —…

Owners of Amazon’s cheapest Kindle will soon be able to enjoy audiobooks on their device. Amazon has now confirmed that Audible support will arrive for its entry-level e-reader in the coming months. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Emma Boyle Like an exceptionally under-achieving older sibling, the Wii U continues to make the Nintendo Switch look like a child prodigy – in just six months the Switch has managed to sell half the number of consoles the Wii U did in its five year lifetime. According to Reuters, the Switch has at…

By Mike Williams Established way back in 1999, Newshosting has grown into a popular Usenet provider which offers a strong set of features for a very reasonable price. The service claims 3,357 days retention over more than 100,000 uncensored newsgroups. That’s around 9 years, way more than you’ll get with competitors like Giganews, Easynews and…

The Essential PH-1 or Essential Phone is available for just $299, but you’re going to have to jump through a few hoops to get it at that price. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones