Technology

BMW has updated its smallest two-door model for the 2018 model year. The 2018 BMW 2 Series coupe and convertible gain a revised front end and new exterior lighting as well as revised wheel choices. Drivetrain: 248-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder (230i); 335-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder (M240i); 365-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder (M2); eight-speed automatic, six-speed manual or seven-speed automatic ... Read More »

China has a new rule that forces game creators to publish the drop rates for items in randomized loot boxes, and now we know a bit more about how a game like Overwatch works in that country. Divided into four different levels of rarity — Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary — with drop rates that reflect levels, every loot box ... Read More »

After many rumors and much speculation, the existence of Call of Duty: WWII was revealed yesterday with a countdown page leading to its official announcement . Following last year’s Infinite Warfare, a game set far in the future, it’s now known that, like the first three games in the series, WWII will be the setting for the new edition of ... Read More »

The YouTube website’s abundance of white light doesn’t make for the most comfortable for viewing at night. However, it turns out there’s a Dark Mode the company wasn’t telling anyone about. The built-in mode was discovered on Thursday and shared in a Reddit post, and while the setting doesn’t appear by default, a quick command in the developer console is ... Read More »

After Apple hit Qualcomm with a barrage of lawsuits earlier this year, the chip maker is countersuing Apple right back. Qualcomm today filed its Answers and Counterclaims to Apple’s January lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of California. The full details of the suit can be read in a 139-page document (PDF) released by Qualcomm, but the company has five ... Read More »

Nvidia, a company that design and develops graphics processing units has just launched its flagship product called the TITAN Xp. A version of the Titan X which comes with a fully-enabled GP102 Pascal GPU for a total of 3840 CUDA cores. Sharing the same DNA as the earlier available Titan X, the new Titan Xp Uses a slightly beefier fully-enabled ... Read More »

Microsoft has revealed the final specs of its upcoming Project Scorpio console, promising true 4K gaming at 60 frames per second. Project Scorpio has a custom x86 Jaguar Evolved for its architecture and has a frequency of 2.3GHz, 0.55GHz higher than the Xbox One. The console also boasts 12 gigabytes (GB) GDDR5 RAM, which is 4GB higher than the Xbox ... Read More »

YouTube will no longer place ads on videos will less than 10,000 total views, the company told the Wall Street Journal. YouTube is changing how its partner program operates. Previously, anyone could sign up for the platform, create videos and share them with the world in the hopes that views would make money as a result of ad revenue. Unfortunately, ... Read More »

It seems like Apple has not forgotten about its Mac Pro user base. The iPhone makers assured them in a round table discussion on Monday that a brand-new Mac Pro will be getting launched in 2018. Apple’s SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller revealed that Apple would be “completely rethinking the Mac Pro”, as quoted by Buzzfeed. Schiller continued: “Since ... Read More »

President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a controversial measure repealing online privacy protections established by the Federal Communications Commission under the Obama Administration. The now-reversed law would have limited what ISPs like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T could do with sensitive customer data like location, browsing history, and other personal information like Social Security numbers. Under the law, which ... Read More »

Good news… for, eh, everyone else. We’re not saying you do, dear reader, but the millions of people who do watch porn online around the world will be glad to know that it’s about to become a more secure experience. In March 2016 a hacker gained access to a porn website called, Team Skeet, and was able to steal data ... Read More »