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By Kevin Lee Just when we thought Nvidia was out of new graphics cards to introduce, we’ve gotten a late-year surprise in the form of the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. As with previous Ti cards, Nvidia’s latest GPU adds more CUDA cores and higher-frequency performance to improve upon the already-spectacular GeForce GTX 1070. While we’ve…

By Mike Williams Founded in 1995, Easynews is an interesting Usenet service which comes with a very unusual feature. It allows you to search, download and unpack newsgroup files direct from your favorite browser. This has some important benefits. You don’t have to find, install and set up a news client, for instance. And you’re…

By Ian Dransfield By staying true to the series’ heritage, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus has ended up offering a stronger, more timely social commentary than pretty much any game released in 2017. Or ever, for that matter. And how has the third Wolfenstein from developer MachineGames done that? Why, by letting you shoot a…

By Gerald Lynch EA Access, the subscription-based gaming service, may be about to expand to “other platforms” having previously been an Xbox One exclusive. EA CEO Andrew Wilson, speaking during an earnings call, revealed that EA Access has been such a success that it’s now being considered for further expansion. “Our subscription services like EA…

By Emma Boyle Korg, the company behind electronic musical instruments and software, has announced that it’s bringing a new music production game to the Nintendo Switch in Spring 2018. At the moment, there’s not much information available on the title but given that it’s titled “Korg Gadget for Nintendo Switch. Music Production Software” we have…

By Jon Porter Of all the Microsoft games receiving Xbox One X patches, Halo 5 is the one we’ve heard the least about recently. However that hasn’t prevented the patch from coming out in time for the new console’s launch. 343 Industries has confirmed that the patch will be launching later today at 9:00 PT…

By Jason Cipriani With Nvidia’s Max-Q design shrinking down the amount of space required for a powerful GPU, thinner and lighter gaming laptops are slowly growing more commonplace. The MSI GS63VR 7RG is one of those ultra-thin and super-powerful laptops, weighing just over 4 pounds and not even an inch thick. The likes of the…

By Lucas Matney While many were hoping that GoPro’s efforts to turn the company around would continue with its Q3 earnings release today, Wall Street did not like what they saw, sending GoPro’s stock diving 11 percent after-hours. GoPro beat expectations handily on both revenue and earnings per share, but it was the company’s poor…

By Nick Pino,Marc Chacksfield Update: The Amazon Echo has a new look for 2017. Check out our new Amazon Echo review. But the Amazon Echo 2017 isn’t the only new device in town: there’s also the Amazon Echo Plus and Amazon Echo Spot, an alarm clock-sized Amazon Echo meant for a nightstand. The devices are…

By Darrell Etherington The Google Pixelbook is a bit of an odd duck among notebooks, or among tablets – or even among notebook/tablet hybrids. It’s a Chromebook, which by now is an established category, though one with very specific appeal; and it runs Android apps, which makes it feel very much like an iPad competitor.…

By Emma Boyle The PlayStation store’s Halloween sale period has barely ended, but it’s already discounting more titles with the launch of its Double Discounts promotion. Though everyone will be able to pick up games for cheaper, this sale will particularly appeal to PlayStation Plus subscribers as they’ll get, funnily enough, double the discounts. So,…

By Darrell Etherington The Essential Phone has come a long way since launch in one key area: Photography. When it first hit the market a few months ago, the camera had a nasty tendency to crash and was a bit slow to load and process photos. But Essential has stayed true to its promise of…

By Samuel Horti After more than 12 years in hibernation, the Age of Empires series is back for its fourth outing. In August, publisher Microsoft Studios announced that Age of Empires 4 was alive and kicking, and that it was being developed by Relic Entertainment, the team behind Homeworld and Company of Heroes (which is…

By Natasha Lomas The rumors had it right: Sony is rebooting its robot dog, Aibo, announcing a new four-legged companion AI-powered bot incoming with the same brand name but more rounded corners and visible facial features for extra kawaii, including a pair of expressive, puppy-dog eyes. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Ingrid Lunden Nearly three years on from Microsoft unveiling its HoloLens augmented reality headsets, the company today announced a major expansion of its availability: 29 more markets in Europe, nearly tripling the total number of countries where you can buy the device up to 39. The news shows that while we don’t have a…