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Compulab Airtop2 Inferno fanless gaming PC detailed

15 February 2018, 11:14

Wields an Intel Core-i7 7700K CPU and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 in a compact chassis.

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Intel roadmap includes hexa-core laptop processors

15 February 2018, 10:12

There are Coffee Lake-E and Cascade Lake-SP chips listed too.

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UK Home Office wants to use AI to block terrorist propaganda

13 February 2018, 12:11

Tool developed with ASI Data Science detected 94 per cent of such media content in tests.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 benchmarked

12 February 2018, 13:31

SoC which will power Samsung Galaxy S9 phones put through 12 performance tests.

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Thousands of government websites crypto-jacker infected

12 February 2018, 10:12

Sites including the UK NHS and US courts were running Coinhive's Monero miner.

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Nvidia reports record quarterly and full year revenue

9 February 2018, 10:11

Beats expectations and shares climb as much as 11 per cent in afterhours trading.

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AMD opens new HQ in Santa Clara, California

8 February 2018, 12:31

The development of its six-story upgraded offices was announced back in August 2016.

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Google working on ‘Yeti’ game streaming service, says report

8 February 2018, 11:31

Early version used Chromecast but now a dedicated streamer and controller is on the way.

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Intel launches Xeon D-2100 processor family

8 February 2018, 10:31

These Skylake-server generation SoCs yield up to 18 cores and 36 threads.

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UK smartphone maker Wileyfox goes into administration

7 February 2018, 20:01

Firm closes just three years after its debut. Russian backers collapsed in Dec 2017.

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SK hynix sampling 4TB enterprise 2.5-inch SATA SSD

6 February 2018, 11:11

These drives use the firm’s 72-Layer 512Gb 3D NAND Flash with in-house controller.

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Lloyds Bank first in UK to stop credit card Bitcoin purchases

5 February 2018, 12:11

Worries that customers may suffer from a precipitous drop in cryprocurrency values.

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Windows 10 finally overtakes Windows 7 says Statcounter

2 February 2018, 11:10

It has taken 29 months to eclipse the 2009 vintage OS, by gaining 42.78 per cent share.

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Apple sells fewer iPhones but revenue and eps break records

2 February 2018, 10:11

ASPs rocket due to iPhone X being the top selling phone every week since November.

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Amazon patents hand tracking wristbands for its workers

1 February 2018, 11:31

However, Amazon hasn’t made any statement about implementing such devices.

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AMD Raven Ridge APU packaging photos and benchmarks leak

31 January 2018, 12:11

3DMark 11 P have been benchmarks shared for six Ryzen/Vega APU models.

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AMD’s latest financials beat forecasts with $61m profits

31 January 2018, 10:11

And the CEO reveals that Zen 2 will have silicon-based Spectre mitigations.

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Lenovo Fingerprint Manager has a serious security flaw

30 January 2018, 12:31

Accessory software on Win 7, 8 and 8.1 PCs (not Windows 10) requires updating.

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GAME loyalty card points are now twice as hard to earn

29 January 2018, 13:11

New T&Cs mean that you get just £1 worth of reward points on every £100 spent.

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UK achieves Superfast Broadband coverage goal

29 January 2018, 10:11

More than 19 out of 20 UK homes and businesses can now get >24Mbps speeds.

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TSMC has started construction of its 5nm ‘Fab 18’ in Taiwan

26 January 2018, 12:11

It is the firm’s fourth 12-inch gigafab. Volume production is scheduled for early 2020.

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Intel Meltdown and Spectre-proof CPUs to launch this year

26 January 2018, 10:11

Confirms CEO in an earnings call, following record quarterly and yearly revenue figures.

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Sky TV launches NOW TV Smart Stick, with voice, at £14.99

25 January 2018, 14:01

Available from late Feb, it is again based upon Roku streaming hardware.

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Imagination launches PowerVR Series8XT GT8540

25 January 2018, 12:01

Furian architecture GPU can drive up to six 4K screens, with complex UIs, at 60fps.

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Two industry veterans join AMD Radeon Technologies Group

24 January 2018, 12:11

Mike Rayfield is SVP and general manager, David Wang becomes SVP graphics engineering.

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Nvidia encourages retailers to look after gamers

22 January 2018, 12:11

Meanwhile many graphics cards are selling for more than double their MSRP.

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Samsung announces 16Gb GDDR6 mass production

18 January 2018, 11:31

It is "twice the speed and density of currently available GDDR5," crows Samsung.

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Surface Book 2 (15-inch) coming to all current Surface markets

17 January 2018, 10:01

Pre-orders for the Surface Book 2 (15-inch) begin in 17 new markets today, including the UK.

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BT launches 152Mbps and 314Mbps ultrafast fibre packages

16 January 2018, 11:11

BT Ultrafast 1 and 2 include a unique 100Mbps speed guarantee.

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45 startups now working on AI computer chips

15 January 2018, 13:31

And at least five of them have raised over $100 million from investors.

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Cherry announces MX Low Profile RGB key switches

15 January 2018, 11:11

Said to be a no-compromise design for laptops and thin high-end keyboards.

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Samsung starts mass production of 8GB HBM2 'Aquabolt'

11 January 2018, 17:31

This 2nd gen advanced memory can deliver 2.4Gbps data transfer speed per pin.

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Acer reclaims world’s thinnest laptop crown with the Swift 7

8 January 2018, 16:31

The 14-inch Acer Swift 7 is just 8.98 mm thick, packs a 7th gen Intel Core i7 processor.

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