https://www.techspot.comTechSpot News - All Storieshttps://www.techspot.com/images/techspot-rss-logo-small2.pnghttps://www.techspot.comen-usCopyright 2019 TechSpot, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:18 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79345-oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-rift-s-only-suitable.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79345-oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-rift-s-only-suitable.html
The Oculus Rift CV1 offered mechanical IPD adjustment with a supported range of about 58mm to 72mm. IPD is interpupillary distance, or the distance between your eyes. Having the IPD at the correct distance helps match the field curvature on the focal plane, corrects geometric distortion, ensures proper world scaling...



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:41 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79344-detroit-become-human-coming-epic-games-store-gtx.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79344-detroit-become-human-coming-epic-games-store-gtx.html
Like Journey, the trio are expanding from PlayStation exclusives to the PC via the Epic Games Store. While we still don’t know their release dates, the store pages have revealed the minimum and recommended PC specs.



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 07:55 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79343-mortal-kombat-movie-actor-reprise-shang-tsung-role.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79343-mortal-kombat-movie-actor-reprise-shang-tsung-role.html
The history of video game movies is filled with crap such as the atrocious Alone in the Dark by Uwe Boll and the God-awful House of the Dead by, errmm… Uwe Boll. But Mortal Kombat is a rare exception to the rule.



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 07:14 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79341-man-admits-conning-facebook-google-out-122-million.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79341-man-admits-conning-facebook-google-out-122-million.html
According to prosecutors, Rimasauskas and his conspirators sent emails to the two firms between 2013 and 2015, in which they claimed to be real Taiwanese laptop maker Quanta Computer.



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:20 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79342-gmail-api-changes-causing-ifttt-drop-support-all.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79342-gmail-api-changes-causing-ifttt-drop-support-all.html
As of March 31 this year, Google is altering available Gmail API services that will severely restrict integration with If This Then That. IFTTT is used by many home automation enthusiasts for creating actions that would otherwise be difficult to implement across different platforms.



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 05:25 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79340-nintendo-reportedly-releasing-two-new-switch-models-year.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79340-nintendo-reportedly-releasing-two-new-switch-models-year.html
We heard rumors back in January that a cheaper, more portable Switch was in the works. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that in addition to that smaller device, an enhanced version aimed at more hardcore gamers will also be arriving.



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:40 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79339-microsoft-chromium-based-edge-browser-leaks-online-can.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79339-microsoft-chromium-based-edge-browser-leaks-online-can.html
Back in December last year, Microsoft confirmed it would be moving the default Windows 10 browser’s rendering engine from EdgeHTML to the open source Chromium base used by the likes of Google Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi.



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:06 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/1618-ryzen-2600x-vs-2600/https://www.techspot.com/article/1618-ryzen-2600x-vs-2600/
If you've got some $200 to spend on a new CPU and you want something that can handle any and all tasks you throw at it with maximum efficiency, the Ryzen 5 2600 series is a must-have. But should you buy the Ryzen 5 2600X or the non-X 2600?



]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:31 -0500https://www.techspot.com/bestof/cpu/https://www.techspot.com/bestof/cpu/
All in all, while Intel does offer some interesting choices at certain price points, AMD remains king across our recommendations. After all the extensive testing you are familiar with, we've come up with this concise guide on the best CPU choices available right now.



]]>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:51 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79336-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-prefers-apple-products.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79336-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-prefers-apple-products.html
When your own executives can’t be bothered to use your products, you know something must be wrong. Or at least that’s probably what Meng’s father and Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, is thinking right now.



]]>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:02 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79337-hackers-expose-tesla-vulnerability-win-car.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79337-hackers-expose-tesla-vulnerability-win-car.html
Tesla has a fairly positive history when it comes to interacting with the hacking community. Last year they increased their maximum payout for any reported vulnerabilities to $15,000. This week at the Pwn2Own hacking event they took things even further, giving away a Tesla Model 3 to anyone who was...



]]>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 05:39 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79335-ryzen-7-2700-drops-220-amazon-new-x570.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79335-ryzen-7-2700-drops-220-amazon-new-x570.html
It's not unusual for manufacturers to slash prices of their current generation products a few months ahead of their next big releases. This helps clearing stock and drives interest in the company, but it also saves customers the anguish of buying expensive full-priced parts right before the next generation is...



]]>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:10 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79334-sekiro-shadows-die-twice-has-best-steam-launch.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79334-sekiro-shadows-die-twice-has-best-steam-launch.html
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has only been out for a day and it’s already off to a great start. The critical response and players’ reactions seem to be universally positive, and that’s translated nicely into sales for FromSoftware’s latest title.



]]>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 12:06 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79331-tesla-autopilot-steering-towards-lane-dividers-again.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79331-tesla-autopilot-steering-towards-lane-dividers-again.html
Reddit user Beastpilot drives down a freeway in Seattle as part of his afternoon commute. Last year, only days after a fatal accident in similar circumstances, BP noticed that his own Model X was steering towards the lane divider separating the freeway from a carpool lane that veers off to...



]]>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 10:49 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79333-streaming-subscriptions-surpassed-cable-worldwide-2018.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79333-streaming-subscriptions-surpassed-cable-worldwide-2018.html
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) puts out an annual report, the ‘theatrical and home entertainment market environment’, or ‘THEME Report.’ Among the many topics covered, there’s an interesting section on in-home entertainment figures that illustrate how people worldwide are watching their favorite shows.



]]>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 07:06 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/1814-sotr-ray-tracing/https://www.techspot.com/article/1814-sotr-ray-tracing/
Critically-acclaimed game Shadow of the Tomb Raider has been updated to receive support for both DirectX ray tracing shadows and Nvidia's DLSS upscaling technology. It's been seven months since ray tracing was shown off in this title and a good six months since the game was released, but hey, the...



]]>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 06:07 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79329-att-5g-e-slightly-slower-than-competitor-4g.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79329-att-5g-e-slightly-slower-than-competitor-4g.html
5G E is what AT&T calls Gigabit LTE, which is an array of technologies that work together to make 4G networks faster. LAA lets signals jump between bands to avoid traffic, 256-bit QAM boosts a signal’s efficiency by 30%, and 4x4 MIMO doubles the number of antennas connecting a phone...



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:13 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79326-intel-quietly-posted-details-gen-11-graphics-architecture.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79326-intel-quietly-posted-details-gen-11-graphics-architecture.html
The new architecture will make its first appearance in Intel’s upcoming 10nm Ice Lake processors. The chip maker indicated that it would be aiming to reach one teraflop of 32-bit and two teraflops of 16-bit floating point performance with the new engine.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:35 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79328-apex-legends-earned-ea-92-million-february-market.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79328-apex-legends-earned-ea-92-million-february-market.html
Epic may still be raking in the big bucks from the wild success of Fortnite, but they may not remain the king of the battle royale genre for long.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:34 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79327-irdeto-sets-sights-multiplayer-hacking-denuvo-anti-cheat.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79327-irdeto-sets-sights-multiplayer-hacking-denuvo-anti-cheat.html
Irdeto -- the company who now owns the controversial (but effective) anti-piracy software known as Denuvo -- has turned its sights toward the world of cheating; specifically, cheating in competitive multiplayer titles.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:48 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79325-control-remedy-supernatural-action-adventure-game-gets-summer.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79325-control-remedy-supernatural-action-adventure-game-gets-summer.html
Control, the next game from the studio that brought you Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break, now has a confirmed launch date for this summer.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:14 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79323-sony-launches-state-play-livestream-news-upcoming-games.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79323-sony-launches-state-play-livestream-news-upcoming-games.html
Sony revealed on Friday that it would be hosting a “State of Play” livestream next week. The show will have trailers, gameplay footage, and announcements for upcoming titles.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:54 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79324-thinking-outside-box-watercooling-air-cooler.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79324-thinking-outside-box-watercooling-air-cooler.html
Deciding between a traditional heatsink and fan combo or a watercooling setup to keep CPU temperatures under control is no easy task. Each method has its own pros and cons that must be weighed, including but not limited to cost, noise, performance and risk.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:27 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/78628-long-term-impressions-jabra-elite-65t-wireless-earbuds.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/78628-long-term-impressions-jabra-elite-65t-wireless-earbuds.html
Change is tough for most people, but there comes a time when dated technology deserves to be relegated to the back of the closet. After several years with a pair of Klipsch S4 earbuds and then around two years with various pairs of Audio-Technica earbuds that did not hold up...



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:26 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79322-get-ready-battlefield-v-take-battle-royale-new.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79322-get-ready-battlefield-v-take-battle-royale-new.html
It’s been a long time coming – Battlefield V launched on November 20, 2018, after all – but the game’s hyped battle royale mode is nearly ready.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:34 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79321-intel-abandons-compute-card-modular-platform.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79321-intel-abandons-compute-card-modular-platform.html
Intel has confirmed that it will no longer develop new Compute Card products. The chipmaker will continue to sell and support current Compute Card products through 2019, an Intel spokesperson told Tom’s Hardware, but the future essentially ends here.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:39 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79320-world-video-game-hall-fame-2019-finalists-announced.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79320-world-video-game-hall-fame-2019-finalists-announced.html
Thousands of nominations from over 100 countries have now been narrowed down to just 12 finalists:



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:17 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79319-walmart-rumored-building-own-game-streaming-service.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79319-walmart-rumored-building-own-game-streaming-service.html
The surprising news comes from US Gamer, whose anonymous sources say Walmart is “exploring” entering what is quickly becoming a packed and competitive market. The retailer is said to have been speaking to developers and publishers about the project throughout 2019 and during the same Game Developers Conference where Google...



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:32 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79315-paradox-announces-vampire-masquerade-bloodlines-2-gdc-2019.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79315-paradox-announces-vampire-masquerade-bloodlines-2-gdc-2019.html
Fans of high-quality singleplayer RPGs certainly have a lot to look forward to over the next couple years. CD Projekt Red is planning to launch Cyberpunk 2077 and another unknown title before 2021, and Bethesda still has both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 in their development pipeline.



]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:27 -0500https://www.techspot.com/news/79318-vulnerability-thousands-medtronic-implantable-defibrillators-could-hackers-control.htmlhttps://www.techspot.com/news/79318-vulnerability-thousands-medtronic-implantable-defibrillators-could-hackers-control.html
The implanted defibrillators are designed to treat potentially deadly heart problems. They are placed beneath the skin and deliver electric shocks if an irregular heartbeat is detected.



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