Content and news by Rob Williams

At IFA, Qualcomm announced a new platform that makes us question: “What took so long?” You might recall that last fall, the company announced a reference platform for drones, called Snapdragon Flight. That was a good launch, but it definitely made us question where a VR reference platform was; after all, Qualcomm’s…..

It might be obvious from the title that this is going to be a little bit of a rant – and that’d be accurate. I have never liked Microsoft’s or Sony’s requirement for paid subscriptions in order for gamers to play with their friends online, but Sony’s brand-new price hike for PlayStation…..

Acronis has just launched the latest iteration of its popular backup solution True Image, with version 2017. This year’s release proves to be a feature-packed one, with a bunch of useful tools added, along with a good helping of fine-tuning and general polish. If you haven’t upgraded your True Image license in…..

Logitech’s G Pro Gaming Mouse might have a simple name, and it might look simple, but it’s far from being a bland product. The company targets this mouse at the eSports crowd and says that it includes the best features from its popular G100s and G303 mice. It’s also been developed with…..

A brand-new project on Google’s Git website has surfaced, and for a number of different reasons, it’s extremely notable. First, it’s an operating system, called Fuchsia. Second, it’s not based on Linux, as Google’s other OS, Android, is. This is going to be interesting. Inside the project’s main readme file is a…..

In advance of the fifth anniversary of his role as CEO at Apple, Tim Cook gave The Washington Post a huge interview where he talks about a slew of different topics – from his job being a ‘lonely’ one to the importance of augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) going forward.…..

As with every year, this past weekend’s Defcon event had its fair share of interesting revelations – but none quite holds a candle to this one. Check Point Software Technologies revealed that hundreds of millions of Android devices are susceptible to one of four vulnerabilities that could lead to privilege escalation. The…..

AMD’s second Polaris graphics card has arrived, and it comes to us in the form of the Radeon RX 470. As its name implies, AMD’s latest model slots in just under the RX 480 – really close. The SRP difference between these two cards is a mere $20, so let’s dive in and see what you can expect from either one.

Bethesda has just released its first gameplay trailer for the upcoming Quake Champions, and wow, does it look amazing. As one YouTube commenter put it, it’s best to look at this one with cautious optimism, because we all know how these things can go. But still, based on what’s seen here, this…..

At this point in time, it’s almost expected that any large corporation that produces software would have a bug bounty program. Google has one, and so does Microsoft. Even Mozilla has one. Who hasn’t? Apple. That changes today, and as if it wants to prove that it’s serious about it, the company…..

Considering the fact that it’s 2016, it might be easy to assume that most people out there understand the basics of PC security, such as: don’t pick up a random flash drive and plug it in. That has been an established issue, but it hasn’t been that common in the real-world. Google…..

Would you pay more for increased privacy? What if it includes information that you probably never knew was recorded or being sold in the first place? Enter Comcast. Hot on the heels of an entire state suing Comcast for its deceptive practices, we learn of the company’s goal of persuading the FCC to allow…..

It appears that OnePlus’ latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 3, is selling a little too well in select countries. “Too well” isn’t a bad thing, of course, but when it results in inventory depletion, it’s not great for those who’ve been holding out for one. On its official forums, OnePlus co-founder Carl…..

Want to go the ultrawide route for gaming but can’t splurge on either a top-end monitor or graphics card? This article exists to help, with a look at two ~$250 graphics cards running at the “budget” resolution of 2560×1080: AMD’s Radeon RX 480 8GB, and NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

Well, this was unexpected. In mid-June, Intel’s Basis received complaints of its Peak watch overheating, at which time the company immediately asked owners to stop wearing it until an updated firmware was released. Fast-forward to today, and the company admits that it couldn’t fix the issue. And, as it appears, Basis as…..

I might not use Backblaze’s cloud storage service, but I sure do love the company’s transparency when it comes to hard drive reliability. I’ve reported on the company a couple of times before, and always look forward to its latest reports to see which vendor’s doing well, and which vendor’s not. This…..

If you’ve been miffed at the lack of stability in Mozilla’s Firefox browser, the most important thing you could do in the next few minutes is update. Well, that, and hope that you’re one of the lucky few who get to take advantage of the browser’s new multi-process architecture, called Electrolysis. The Electrolysis project…..

Yes: this is real. China has just performed its first official test of a ‘straddling bus’ that rides on rails on the side of the road and doesn’t impede the flow of normal traffic. If it sounds too bizarre to be true, this image should help clear things up: The test run…..

It appears that Linux gamers running AMD Radeon graphics cards could soon be treated to long-awaited FreeSync support. Some eagle-eyed folks at reddit spotted interesting Kernel patches submitted yesterday that both requests the addition of a FreeSync ioctl device, and also the mechanism for activating and deactivating FreeSync with full-screen apps. Because…..

Have you ever wanted to climb the “ultimate” mountain, and without dying? If so, and you happen to be equipped with an HTC Vive, then you’re in for a real treat: Everest VR has arrived on Steam, for a price of $24.99 ($22.49 until August 9). Everest VR has what it takes to…..