By Guy Cocker Release date, consoles and characters Update: Star Wars Battlefront will get a technical beta on PS4 and Xbox One in early October. The beta will feature the Walker Assault on Hoth map from The Empire Strikes Back and will support matches of up to 40 players. Also part of the beta will…

By Nick Pino It’s official: Sony’s PS4 will be the first console to support Twitch’s all-new game streaming rival, YouTube Gaming, as soon as software 3.0 (codenamed: Kenshin) comes out. Sony made the announcement on the PlayStation Blog Tuesday afternoon in a post that details what features users can look forward to in the next…

By Chuong Nguyen Skylake performance With more than half of the PCs in the world more now five years or older, Intel says that this is the time to upgrade to a new desktop, laptop or tablet. At IFA 2015, Intel officially took the wraps off of its sixth generation processor, known as Skylake, and…

By Chuong Nguyen Skylake performance With more than half of the PCs in the world more now five years or older, Intel says that this is the time to upgrade to a new desktop, laptop or tablet. At IFA 2015, Intel officially took the wraps off of its sixth generation processor, known as Skylake, and…

By Juan Martinez If the rumors are true and Microsoft is readying a Surface Pro 4 for October, then Lenovo just beat it to the punch with its own nifty convertible laptop. The Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 700 (starting at $699, £453, AU$979) is a gorgeous 2-in-1 designed for the on-the-go consumer who demands hardware that…

By Juan Martinez If the rumors are true and Microsoft is readying a Surface Pro 4 for October, then Lenovo just beat it to the punch with its own nifty convertible laptop. The Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 700 (starting at $699, £453, AU$979) is a gorgeous 2-in-1 designed for the on-the-go consumer who demands hardware that…

By Dave Rudden A packed PAX Because major names like Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo dominate E3, GamesCom and the Tokyo Game Show, many smaller firms set their sights on the fan-first PAX event to get big news in front of as many eyes as possible. The news at PAX runs the gamut from eccentric DLC…

By Juan Martinez Hate how small your smartphone screen is? Have you sworn off giant phablets? Lenovo may be in the process of inventing the perfect technology for you. The Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone enables you to project images and video onto tabletops and walls. This means you may someday be able to turn any…

By Farrha Khan With the Mad Max game released this week, Steam will also give users the option to stream all the Mad Max movies, including this year’s big release, Mad Max: Fury Road. Steam has so far only carried indie film titles, and before the Mad Max films, Indie Game: The Movie was one…

By Guy Cocker Release date, story and performance Update: A new gorgeous, action packed trailer has been released for Halo 5: Guardians. It’s specifically the opening cinematic showing Spartan Locke and the rest of Fireteam Osiris, including Nathan Fillion, heading out on a mission. For fans of Mass Effect (and practically every video game out…

By Raja Koduri The experience of “reality” is a result of our sensory organs delivering information about the external world to our brains via electrical stimulus. The brain interprets this input and creates our reality. The ultimate goal of virtual reality (VR) is to achieve a true replacement for the external world as the source…

By Jordan Crook Kinsa, the maker of a smart thermometer that tracks the spread of illness, has today announced their second product in the form of the Kinsa in-ear thermometer. Unlike the first thermometer, which was a standard (though smart) stick thermometer, the new in-ear thermometer is completely wireless, and connects to the smartphone app…

By Josh Constine The mad scientist who started Hoverboard Technologies calls his vehicle an “earned experience.” That means it’s hard to ride. Despite the name, this hoverboard* doesn’t levitate. Instead, it uses gyroscopes like a Segway to help you balance with your feet on either side of one giant rollerblade-style wheel in the center. Read…

By Dave James The new Xbox One Elite wireless controller isn’t the only new gamepad Microsoft is bringing out this year, it’s also set to drop the Lunar White wireless controller too. Rocking the same updated functions as the new standard controller – namely that 3.5mm headphone jack in the front and upgraded bumper buttons…

By Orestis Bastounis Introduction and design Not to be outdone by arch-rival storage company Western Digital, the Personal Cloud is Seagate’s answer to the WD MyCloud, a NAS that makes it as simple as possible to access your stored movies, pictures, music and documents remotely. The Personal Cloud can be used to stream video or…