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Chinese metro experiments with facial recognition for fare payment

By Craig Risi
March 14, 2019 - 7 years ago

Soon waiting in queues and needing to carry your card on you will be a thing of the past as a Chinese subway company is experimenting with facial recognition to process payments and alleviate these challenges.

Technology

Facebook services still appear to be down in many countries

By Craig Risi
March 14, 2019 - 7 years ago

Countries from around the world have reported a series of outages on Facebook applications.

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US Spotify Premium subscribers can now get ad-supported Hulu for free

By Craig Risi
March 13, 2019 - 7 years ago

US Spotify Premium Subscribers are getting an early Christmas today as they will now be able to get Hulu's ad-supported subscription for free.

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YouTube changed its search algorithm for “Brie Larson” in a way that sidelines internet trolls

By Craig Risi
March 12, 2019 - 7 years ago

YouTube has taken an unusual move to treat searches on Brie Larson very differently in the wake of the negative conspiracy theories she has been a victim of.

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Nvidia purchases chip-maker Mellanox for $6.9 billion

By Sam Spiller
March 12, 2019 - 7 years ago

Nvidia has gone and bought tech company and fellow chip-manufacturer Mellanox. The deal will see the conglomerate acquire all of the Israeli chip-maker’s issued and outstanding common shares for $125 each, a share portion to amounts to around $6.9 billion. While the acquisition had been in the rumour mill for some time, the purchase comes a few months after Intel …

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Capcom cracked Devil May Cry 5 by accident

By Wesley Fick
March 12, 2019 - 7 years ago

Now imagine you’re a Capcom, right? It’s the weekend, your game has shipped, and your staff are off celebrating the rave reviews. But someone (probably dimwit Bob in the back office) forget to delete the shipping executable for Devil May Cry 5 that doesn’t have DRM on it from the Steam repository. Someone has now discovered that executable, and copies …

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Uninstall this Windows Update if you’re experiencing game slowdowns

By Wesley Fick
March 11, 2019 - 7 years ago

Windows 10 is a bit of a headache, isn’t it? It works just fine for the most part, and the ecosystem is tied together well, but it’s still a little odd. And gaming on Windows 10 has always been a little odd because of the changes Microsoft has made the operating system over the years. If you felt recently that …

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DDR4 chip prices dropped 30% this past quarter

By Wesley Fick
March 8, 2019 - 7 years ago

You know that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you go to price out a new build just for kicks, and the 16GB of DDR4 RAM you were looking at took up as much as 30% of the budget? Well, hopefully that’s a thing of the past, as reports from industry analysts keeping track of the price of …

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The new Corsair K83 Wireless keyboard is aimed at living room gaming

By Sam Spiller
March 8, 2019 - 7 years ago

In the age of Smart TVs, it makes sense to have some kind of typing or scrolling interface at hand. Rii has a selection of convenient devices for non-gamers, while gaming accessory companies have taken several stabs at getting you to use a keyboard and mouse in the living room. There’s the Razer Turret, and Corsair offers a lapboard in …

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AMD announces 3rd gen Threadripper for mid 2019

By Wesley Fick
March 8, 2019 - 7 years ago

AMD has just released their Investor Presentation for 2019, detailing what the company will be working on in the coming months. Most of the presentation was old information, but a few slides are worth mentioning for the AMD fans in Critical Hit’s audience. One is a slight clarification on the GPU roadmap, and the other pertains to the Zen 2-based …

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Acer’s Predator Thronos is a ridiculous R250 000 gaming chair

By Geoffrey Tim
March 8, 2019 - 7 years ago

Acer’s Predator Thronos gaming Chair is the perfect pick for ostentatious gamers with a little too much money.

Technology

Huawei is suing the US government for its ban on their equipment

By Craig Risi
March 8, 2019 - 7 years ago

In its ugly feud with the US government, it appears Huawei is hitting back with a lawsuit of their own to try and get themselves back into the US market.

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