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MSI, a world leader in gaming hardware, received the distinction of an International CES 2018 Best of Innovation at Gaming Award for its powerful, small form factor Trident 3 Arctic gaming desktop. In addition, other MSI products, including the high-performance Z370 GODLIKE GAMING motherboard, cutting-edge GTX 1080Ti Lightning graphics card, innovative Optix MPG27CQ curved gaming monitor and the next generation
Twitter has expanded the number of characters that can fit into a single tweet from 140 to 280. This change is being rolled out “to languages where cramming was an issue.” Twitter points out that “Japanese, Korean, and Chinese will continue to have 140 characters because cramming is not an issue in these languages. In fact, these languages have always
Razer is the world's leading lifestyle brand for gamers. Blizzard is the creator of the popular Overwatch video game. The two companies have partnered in order to create gaming peripherals based on D.Va, a character from Overwatch. The Razer Abyssus Elite is a mouse that comes with true 7,200 DPI and tracking at 220 inches per second (IPS) as well as
In not-entirely-unexpected news, OnePlus have announced the 5T's launch event in Brooklyn, New York for 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET, 11am Eastern) on 16 August. Availability will follow on 21 August from oneplus.net. The new Android smartphone comes five months after the original 5, which was shown off for the first time on 20 June. While differences between the 5 and
There's a WhatsApp phishing scam doing the rounds here in the UK based on free gift vouchers from big supermarket retailers. It's doing well because (a) people are receiving the links from friends and (b) they're disguising the false links with foreign letters. Here's two that I received in the last few days. Check the subtle dot over the
Well the studio just about got gutted this past weekend and I had some fun at the beginning of the show. Things will get back to normal at the beginning of next week. For now though the studio upgrade process is going well. You have heard me talk about proximity beacons. I know now how to do it with minimal
In the past couple of weeks I've received three notifications from haveibeenpwnd informing me that a couple of organisations didn't do a good enough job keeping my info secure. While it's always going to be a good idea to change your login and password, any sites that use 2FA significantly reduce the value of stolen credentials (as long as you've
Evertoon was created to democratize storytelling. Their mission was to enable video creation for anyone with stories to tell, regardless of their looks, race, or age. Evertoon announced that it has been acquired by Niantic, the company that makes Pokémon GO. Evertoon posted a blog in which they announced they had been acquired by Niantic. They also explained what happens
Runic Games is the creator of Torchlight, Torchlight II, and Hob. On November 3, 2017, Runic games announced in a tweet that linked to a blog post that they had closed. The post was written by Studio Head Marsh Lefler. It's been over nine years since a rag-tag team of 17 developers helped open Runic Games. We've been so lucky
Among the many things announced at BlizzCon 2017 is the addition of a new character to Overwatch. Moira is not in the game just yet, but will be added “soon”. It is not clear exactly when she will become a playable character in Overwatch. Moira O'Deorain is a geneticist who started out in Blackwatch (Overwatch's covert ops division). Things didn't
The newest expansion for Hearthstone, Blizzard's popular online card game, was announced at BlizzCon 2017. It is called Kobolds & Catacombs. The expansion can be preordered now for $49.99. The exact release date is unclear, but it will be sometime in December of this year. Glorious, glorious loot is a huge part of the Kobolds & Catacombs story. Join us
Blizzard announced the newest World of Warcraft expansion during BlizzCon 2017. It is called World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth. The beta test is coming soon, and you can opt-in to it now if you are interested in being selected to participate. It is very clear that this expansion is very much focused on the ongoing battle between the Horde and
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