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These are Batman: Arkham Knight's punishing PC system requirements

Nvidia has lifted the curtain on what you’ll need to run the upcoming PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight – and like the angsty caped crusader himself the requirements are fairly demanding. A scan of the recommended system requirements reveals that you’ll need at least an Intel Core i7-3370 CPU/AMD FX-8350, 8GB of RAM and at least an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 to play the game as its maker intended.

LG G4 price is set to topple the LG G3

Details of the LG G4 have been leaking out left, right and center – today we managed to get our first inkling of the price, and it’s not good news. According to South Korean carriers SK Telecom and T World Direct it’s going to cost around the $825 mark – in the US that’s in between the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge It gets a little more complicated for

As YouTube marks tenth year, Facebook emerges as video threat

It’s 10 years to the day since the first clip (“Me at the Zoo”) was uploaded on YouTube, and the service – now owned by Google Inc – has dominated online video-sharing ever since. Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that its users were watching 4 billion videos a day, compared with 3 billion in January and just 1 billion in September. Almost all analysts saw video advertising as one of

Cost of Galaxy's battle against iPhone on the rise

By Se Young Lee SEOUL, (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics has pulled out all the stops on its new Galaxy smartphones, but their modest prices compared to the latest iPhones throw an uneasy spotlight on the long-term cost of fighting Apple’s premium branding. The 64-gigabyte model of the Galaxy S6 edge costs $290.45 to make, according to IHS Technology. For the price of producing 100 sets of this S6 edge model,

Nasdaq sets aside $31 million for ongoing Facebook IPO claims

Nasdaq OMX Group said on Thursday it set aside $31 million for ongoing litigation arising from the bungled $16 billion initial public offering of Facebook Inc on its U.S. stock exchange in May 2012. The reserve is intended to cover the estimated amount of a settlement of class-action litigation initiated on behalf of investors in Facebook common stock on the date of its IPO, the company said in a filing

Pentagon's new cyber strategy cites U.S. ability to retaliate

By Phil Stewart REDWOOD CITY, California (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to unveil an updated cyber strategy on Thursday that will stress the military’s ability to retaliate with cyber weapons, a capability he hopes will help deter attacks. The strategy presents a potentially far more muscular role for the U.S. military’s cyber warriors than the Pentagon was willing to acknowledge in its last strategy rollout in

German engineers need software to head off technology firms

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – If customers of Germany’s Harting Group, a maker of industrial plugs and sockets, want bespoke products, they can buy them — if they’re prepared to assemble them from a kit themselves. Volker Franke, the head of Harting’s assembly systems and machine tools business, is working hard to change that. Harting is one of a growing number of German firms investing in software, fearing their

Wi-Fi tech makes public hotspots usable with 10x speed boost

We all know the drill. Settle down to watch the latest episode of House of Cards on Netflix in the local coffee shop, and it ends up taking twice as long due to endless buffering. Thankfully there’s a solution round the corner Oregon State University researchers have invented new LED lightning technology that delivers up to 10 times more Wi-Fi bandwidth, whether it is implemented at crowded stadiums, huge conference

7 days in Phones: Huawei uses Tom Hanks' back catalogue for new phone inspiration

Tom Hanks’ film in the headline? Big It’s that time of the week again. You know, the time of the week when a column that was meant to be published on Friday was accidentally missed and arrived on the following Wednesday. We can’t tell you what happened for legal reasons. Let’s just say that a certain unicorn was [Snip! Ed] and then the owl said [Snip!] and then they both

Review: Boxx Apexx 2

Introduction, design and specs The Boxx company offers many different high performance and rendering systems that include workstations, virtual solutions, server-based rendering solutions, and simulation solutions. The Boxx team builds custom machines that focus on AutoCad, 3D, VFX, animation, multimedia, video editing, video game creation, and more. The Boxx Apexx 2 workstation (starting at $2,086.00, £1399.43, AU$2739.58) is a wonderful purchase for anyone who is looking for a computer that

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