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    The Xbox One, S, and Xbox One X are unaffected by the Spectre and Meltdown chip issues

    Recently, chip vendors were rocked by security revelations about their processors, by which malicious actors could gain information directly from data currently being processed. It appears that Intel, ARM, and AMD chips were all impacted, and since the Xbox One family is powered by AMD's...
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    Intel CEO sold $39 million in company shares prior to disclosure of CPU security flaws

    A security flaw in Intel CPUs recently came to light that the company did its best to downplay, even as it put off releasing a comprehensive statement amid rising concerns about the possible performance impact of a fix. It's impossible to quantify how bad the situation actually is at this early...
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    Microsoft stops selling the Xbox One Kinect adapter

    You knew Kinect peripherals weren't long for this world when Microsoft stopped producing the Kinect in October, but it's still a sad day. The company has stopped making the Xbox Kinect Adapter that lets Xbox One S, Xbox One X and Windows PC users attach the depth-sensing camera without the...
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    The latest Nintendo Switch hack paves the way for homebrew software

    Back in March following on from the Switch’s launch, hackers immediately found a browser exploit that allowed them to dig deeper into the console’s inner workings. Now, right at the start of the year, hackers have managed to figure out how to get access to the Switch’s kernel, paving the...
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    Intel Core i7-8809G with RX Vega on board graphics appears online

    Last year, Intel and AMD made its long rumored collaboration official, with Intel announcing that its new Core-H series processors would use on-board graphics from AMD’s Radeon team. Since then, things have grown quiet, but this week, Intel began listing the specs for its Core i7-8809G CPU...
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    Microsoft pulls PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ad which ripped off fan

    Microsoft has pulled a PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds advert after a fan complained the company had copied their art. Reddit user macsterr noticed similiarities between Microsoft's new advert and the concept they had created and posted online two months earlier. Macsterr's image shows a PUBG...
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    China’s economic regulator is investigating DRAM and NAND price fixing

    Over the last year, we’ve been encountering increased reports of DRAM and NAND flash price increases. Each time, this has been chocked up to high demand and factories not being able to supply enough. However, it looks like China’s economic regulator may think there’s more to it, as a price...
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    Denuvo readies itself for 2018 titles with extra layers of DRM protection

    With controversial DRM like Denuvo constantly slipping throughout the latter half of 2017, many thought this spelled the end of current anti-piracy measures as we knew it. It seems that news of its death has been greatly exaggerated, however, as Denuvo the added layer of VMProtect has made life...
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    Resident Evil 7 has had a permanent price cut

    2017 started off on the right foot with the release of Resident Evil 7. Not only did the game reinvigorate the franchise, but it set the standard for what turned out to be a great year for games all around. If you happened to miss out on Resident Evil 7 over the course of the year, then now...
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    Man Loses Switch, Meets Person Who Found It Via Reddit

    A Frankfurt, Germany man who lost his Nintendo Switch at one of the busiest airports in the world was reunited with his console in mere hours after posting about it on Reddit. Juan, who asked that we not use his last name, was looking forward to whiling away the time on his flight with Floor...
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    Valve loses appeal over Steam refund policy in Australia

    Valve will have to pay the piper over its former Steam refund policy. Australia's Full Court of the Federal Court has dismissed Valve's appeals of a ruling and accompanying fine (worth $2.2 million US) over its allegedly misleading Steam customer guarantees. As the company conducts business in...
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    Microsoft accused of stealing fan’s concept art for PUBG advertisement

    With PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being just over two weeks old, Microsoft is understandably marketing it as much as possible. One of its latest ads, however, seems to have stolen another artist’s concept art in a rather obvious way. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Microsoft posted...
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    Wolfenstein 2 being converted to Switch by the talented Doom port team

    The Nintendo Switch port of Doom was remarkable (although not perfect) and the good news this morning is the team responsible for it, Panic Button, appears to be handling the Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Switch conversion as well. "It's the same as the Doom studio," MachineGames' Tommy...
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    Sakura and Sagat headline Street Fighter 5 season three DLC characters

    Capcom has announced all six DLC characters coming to fighting game Street Fighter 5 in 2018. First up is fan-favourite Sakura, who comes out on 16th January, the same day as Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition. Circa Street Fighter 5, Sakura works part-time at an arcade (hence her mic), "but...
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    Nintendo Switch hits 10m sales in nine months

    Nintendo has now sold more than 10m Switch consoles worldwide in just nine months. It's an impressive total, and one which will only rise higher as the Christmas sales season continues. For comparison, Wii U sold just 13.56m in five years - although that figure shows how much of a flop the...
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    Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch

    Capcom has announced Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, which bundles all of the Street Fighter games from the original to 3: Third Strike. The Collection, due out May 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, includes 12 fighting games. They are: Street Fighter...
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    AMD has developed a GDDR6 memory controller for next-gen GPUs

    It looks like AMD’s next generation graphics cards will be getting a memory boost, as the company has begun work on a GDDR6 memory controller. We already know that companies like Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix have begun work on GDDR6. Now we know that AMD has its hands on it. Over on Linkedin...
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    Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Has Over 200 Different Endings

    Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will include over 200 different arcade endings, classic bonus rounds and 6 arcade battle paths. Street Fighter V will continue its path to becoming the game long-term fans expected with a huge Arcade Edition update (and standalone release) on January 16, 2018...
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    Google’s AI successfully creates a record-breaking AI of its own

    Along with many other companies, Google has been developing its own artificial intelligence for quite some time. This is, of course, a slow process due to the early stages of the technology, but what if AI could create better AI, faster? Google asked the very same question, prompting its own...
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    AMD has quietly released a cut down RX 560

    It looks like choosing a budget-friendly graphics card just got a bit more confusing on the AMD side of things. This week, AMD and some board partners began quietly selling a new SKU of the RX 560, which unfortunately comes with fewer compute units and stream processors compared to the original...
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