Who would want to spend thousands of dollars to try out some extreme sports in the mountains when video games let us do that – without any of its hazards like breaking our necks – for a much lower cost. To emphasize this point, Ubisoft’s snowy extreme sports game, Steep, …
Read More »Microsoft partners with Qualcomm, will use ARM Server chips for its cloud services
In an announcement that could prove to be a big blow for Intel, Microsoft committed itself to using ARM processors by Qualcomm for its cloud services. This announcement is not only a shining example of the paradigm shift but also has the potential to imperil Intel’s dominance in server technology. …
Read More »Middle Earth Shadow of War gets its first gameplay trailer
Monolith Productions is taking us back to Mordor to massacre some more orcs, now in even more outlandish ways. The new gameplay trailer shows off Shadow of War’s new and improved nemesis system and plenty of high-octane action. Following the announcement of the game from last week with a cinematic …
Read More »SanDisk launches its 420MB/s Extreme Pro and Go flash drives in India
At the CES 2017 in January, SanDisk revealed its fastest-ever USB flash drive. The ‘SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive’ isn’t the world’s catchiest name, but that doesn’t matter once you look at what it can do. Today, at an event in New Delhi, SanDisk launched the …
Read More »Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio for Mac Preview 4, and .NET Core 1.0
It’s a great day for developers who build for Microsoft’s platforms or rely on Microsoft’s development environment. The Redmond giant announced in January that Visual Studio 2017 would release on the 7th of March. It’s now 8th of March, and Microsoft delivered a lot more. Visual Studio 2017 Microsoft’s incredible …
Read More »Russia to continue its LinkedIn blockade as LinkedIn refuses to budge
The Russian Federation isn’t willing to make an exception for Microsoft’s professional social network. Last year, in November, a Russian court ordered a ban on LinkedIn because the company refused to abide by Russian laws. The problem is quite a simple one: Russia requires Internet companies to store any and …
Read More »Gears of War 4 March update includes two new maps and ranked lobbies
Continuing their free monthly multiplayer updates to Gears of War 4, The Coalition is back with the new March update. The update is bringing a new ranked lobby system, two new maps, and fixes up the Gnasher’s close range inconsistencies. The previous month’s update added a couple of familiar maps …
Read More »Mozilla dropping support for Windows XP and Vista with Firefox 52
Mozilla’s Firefox browser today hit version 52, and a lot is changing. This is the last major release of Firefox with support for Windows XP and Vista. Firefox versions published after this will require Windows 7. Since that marks a significant milestone, Mozilla is making Firefox 52 an Extended Support …
Read More »The Division year two of support with two free expansions confirmed
Tom Clancy’s The Division, Ubisoft’s RPG third-person shooter is now on its way to receive another year of updates. Following the three premium expansions from its first year, the second year is bringing two expansions, free to all players. The report comes through GameRant, where the good people published an …
Read More »Windows Insider program to expand and improve; new Fast Ring build delayed
The Windows Insider program helped pour the foundation of today’s Microsoft. The program is open, transparent, allowing anyone to participate, and relies on user feedback significantly. It’s a middle ground between the lock-down of macOS and the open-source of Linux distributions. Since its introduction, it has inspired other Insider programs …
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