With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) coming into effect today a number of tech companies have been quick to abandon older versions of the software, discontinue services entirely or just simply block EU users from accessing their websites. Perhaps the company in the hottest water right now is Razer, maker of LCD infused Keyboard / Mice and really expensive light-up gaming notebooks. See, Razer’s terms of service when it comes to data collection currently allows them to collect,...
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A Eulogy To The Future That Kinect Promised But Never Delivered
Kinect version 1.0 arrived hot off the heels of the motion control craze sparked by the Nintendo Wii with the marketing tagline “You Are The Controller”. Promising players a mixture of easy to understand motion based controls using their own bodies and a dash of science fiction, with almost Minority Report-like gesture control – it seemed like Microsoft had stumbled upon an easily understandable control scheme for those with the mobility to enjoy it. As Kinect is thrown into the technology wastebasket of products past their prime, where...
Continue reading...LiquidSky’s New Free Tier Offers Cutting Edge Gaming Performance To All
Playing the latest AAA games like DOOM, Battlefield 1 and Tom Clancy’s The Division at high or ultra setting can be a daunting task even for some top-end rigs. Trying to play the latest games on PC at the best graphical fidelity while on a budget can be a literal give & take scenario – sacrificing some graphic options for others in order to maintain stability. Cloud gaming provider LiquidSky aims to make these sacrifices a thing...
Continue reading...AMD Announces New Processors & Motherboards To Exist Alongside Current Offerings
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced new entries in its existing line of “A Series” APUs and “Athlon” brand processors that will co-exist alongside existing offerings. They have also announced that they will begin producing motherboards for their current AM3+/FMS2+ socket types that will feature more modern connectivity options such as USB 3.1 with the C-type connector. In terms of new processor AMD will roll out the A10-7860K, the A6-7470K and the Athlon X4 845. The A10...
Continue reading...Does AMD’s Crimson Driver Suite Really Increase Performance By 20%?
As we reported earlier this week AMD has released an elaborate overhaul of both it’s Windows 10 / 8 / 7 drivers for AMD Radeon Cards that support the Graphics Card Next (GCN) architecture. In the interest of performance, I’ve decided to test the performance of the last AMD Catalyst Software / Driver versus the newly released AMD Crimson. Check out my testing methodology, suite of games and results after the jump!
Continue reading...Twitter To Layoff 4000 Staff
Reports have surfaced that Twitter is planning to layoff over 4,000 staff members and cancel a major expansion to their San Fransisco headquarters. The reason behind these cuts – spearheaded by the company’s new CEO – are an effort to curb rising operating costs and a lower stock price. How will this affect users of the popular social media site and its plan to move beyond the 140 character limit is unclear at this time. Recently Twitter...
Continue reading...Microsoft Details DirectX 11.2
Microsoft released a blog post today urging Developers across the board to make use of their new Direct3D 11.2, which is set to ship with Windows 8.1 as well as have a superset that will feature on the Xbox One.
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