More than seven months after it was unveiled, the world’s first 1.5TB microSD card, Micron’s MTSD1T5ANC8MS-1WT, has landed, well almost. A handful of tech wholesalers have listed the card otherwise known as the i400 on their website and depending on how many you need and which territory you are buying from, customers may have to wait for at least four months. Mouser, Arrow and Avnet (plus its subsidiaries Farnell, Newark, Element14) have already listed it with Newark being the cheapest at Newark
While Arkane’s games, as the Dishonored developer is fast to admit, are hard to define, made up as they are of a blend of genres and an overlapping mass of systems, its co-op vampire hunting game Redfall is, at last, coming into focus. It even has a release date: May 2, 2023. In previous live streams about Redfall, Arkane has focused on the moment-to-moment gameplay, how the guns work, some of the skills you can unlock, and how you can collaborate with other players to combine abilities against
Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within series, has revealed its new game – and it's a far cry from the studio's usual offerings. During the Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct showcase, the developer revealed Hi-Fi Rush, a stylish rhythm-action game that feels somewhat Scott Pilgrim-esque and will be available on January 25 for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. With a comic-book art style reminiscent of Jet Set Radio, Hi-FI Rush sees you step into the sneakers of Chai, a wannabe rock
South Korean RAM gianty SK hynix has unveiled “the world’s fastest mobile DRAM”, samples of which it has already delivered to prospective customers. It’s dubbed LPDDR5T (Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo), and is a follow-up to the LPDDR5X (Low Power Double Data Rate 5X) chip it unveiled late last year rather than a brand-new generation, which it will call LPDDR6. This latest Turbo model promises to be quicker and more efficient than ever as the company hopes to see it use in more mobile applic
I shouldn’t be this excited by the words “dirt accumulation is more realistic” but here I am, positively thrilled about the idea of my car in Forza Motorsport becoming a mucky pup over the course of a race. In Xbox and Bethesda’s Developer Direct, Forza Motorsport creator Turn 10 went into the finer detail of its upcoming Xbox Series X racer. The team threw out big numbers, like how you will have 500 cars to play with at launch, that there are more than 800 upgrades you can fit into your vehicle
The default file system for Windows 11 may soon be changing to a new offering designed with high-end servers in mind, but there’s still a long way to go yet. For more than three decades, Windows machines have used NTFS for all things storage, including internal drives as well as external drives such as USB sticks. However release notes for the latest build of Windows 11 (version 25276), detail support for the Resilient File System (ReFS).
Windows ReFS vs NTFS
ReFS was first introduced with Win
Virtualization giant VMware has released patches for four vulnerabilities in its vRealize Log Insight product, two of which have a “critical” severity rating. The critical pair are CVE-2022-31703 and CVE-2022-31704. The former is a directory traversal vulnerability, while the latter is a broken access control vulnerability. Both were given a 9.8 severity score, and both allow threat actors to access resources that should otherwise be inaccessible. "An unauthenticated, malicious actor can inject
A new trailer has dropped for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition’s controller-friendly port, ahead of the iconic real-time strategy classic landing on Xbox consoles and Game Pass later this month. This incarnation of Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition not only packs in all the bells and whistles found in the existing remaster, but also includes a control scheme specially optimized for gamepads. This means that you will soon be able to enjoy Age of Empires 2 on your Xbox Series X|S or Xbox On
A new trailer has dropped for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition’s controller-friendly port, ahead of the iconic real-time strategy classic landing on Xbox consoles and Game Pass later this month. This incarnation of Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition not only packs in all the bells and whistles found in the existing remaster, but also includes a control scheme specially optimized for gamepads. This means that you will soon be able to enjoy Age of Empires 2 on your Xbox Series X|S or Xbox On
Sony has sent PlayStation employees a custom PlayStation 5 DualSense controller as a gift to mark the end of 2022 – and I can’t help but be jealous Insomniac Games’ senior manager, Aaron Jason Espinoza, tweeted pictures of the redesigned DualSense controller, explaining that it was a “holiday gift” from Sony to “celebrate a fantastic 2022”. This stunning ‘Play Has No Limits’ controller has PlayStation’s iconic button shapes, with faint, geometric gray lines connecting them, across its touchpad
Redfall, the upcoming co-op FPS from the studio that brought us Prey and Dishonored, is on track to release this year – so have your garlic at the ready. Arkane Austin's new IP sees you battling vampires in an open-world post-apocalyptic town setting that has been delightfully doused in a retro horror aesthetic. But you don't have to take on these vamps alone (unless you want to), as Redfall will allow you to squad up with up to three other players as you aim to unravel exactly why these toothy
Tens of thousands of WordPress websites are vulnerable to multiple high-severity flaws found in a popular plug-in, security researchers have claimed. Experts at PatchStack discovered three vulnerabilities in LearnPress, a learning management system plugin that enables people with almost no coding knowledge to sell online courses and lessons through their WordPress websites. The patch for the flaws in the website builder has been available for more than a month, but the researchers warn that only
Nearly half (47%) of UK businesses aren’t confident in their website’s ability to impress clients, while 92% of UK business leaders think theirs costs them up to £100,000 in sales annually. That’s according to a new study from content management system (CMS) provider Storyblok, which surveyed 500 business leaders at “mid-sized” ecommerce companies across the US and Europe on their website’s costs and revenue performance. With businesses preferring, on average, to spend £336,500 on marketing over
Google will end its Gmail spam filtering pilot program in the US amid continuing threats from Republicans. According to The Washington Post,a recent court filing saw Google lawyers detail the plan to end the pilot program at the end of January 2023, instead of continuing with its testing and development. Google’s filing also asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of California to dismiss the case, implying that “Gmail’s spam filtering policies apply equally to emails from all sende
If you’re considering picking up one of the newly-released MacBook Pro M2 models, watch out: it looks like Apple has cut some corners (presumably in the name of keeping manufacturing costs down) when it comes to the SSD found in the entry-level iterations of the new laptop. As spotted by @ZONEofTECH on Twitter, the 512GB drive found in the base configuration of the 2023 MacBook Pro is significantly slower than the SSD used in the previous M1-powered model. It’s a fairly major drop; over 400MB/s
UPDATE: The outage now appears to be over, with Microsoft's status page no longer showing any issues. However we will keep monitoring for any further updates. Top video conferencing service Microsoft Teams has suffered a significant outage that affected users across the world logging on for work. Data from DownDetector showed that issues began at roughly 7am GMT/11pm ET, preventing users from logging in and causing a big spike in complaints. The outage appeared to be part of a wider issue affect
Hogwarts Legacy is shaping up to be the Harry Potter game that fans have been clamoring for. For years, fans have been crying out for a full-fledged RPG set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and now that we're into 2023, they don't have long to wait. Recently, we had the chance to go hands-on with Hogwarts Legacy, you can read more in our Hogwarts Legacy preview. From what we played, the magic dueling is challenging, but offers plenty of depth for players to experiment. Even though we are
BioShock 4 is officially in the works, having been announced back in 2019. Unfortunately, there's been very little revealed about the upcoming FPS since then. In fact, we still don't even have an official title, or any idea as to when it's coming out. What we do know is that the game has been in active development for a while now, and will be then next mainline entry into the BioShock franchise. Without much official info to go on, there's been a handful of rumors that could point to a setting f
Epic Games Store free games refresh weekly, giving you the opportunity to build up a solid collection of games at no extra cost. It's usually a varied offering, with everything from AAA blockbusters to indie darlings often included. Make sure to check back in to grab these free games, even if you don't plan on playing them right away. Epic Games and participating developers are giving away free games each week, then, and we're rounding up all the freebies below so you don't miss out. Each week,
The Witcher 4 is officially in the works, though it probably won't be called that when it eventually launches. In fact, the next mainline entry into the beloved RPG series is currently called 'Polaris,' a sort of codename while it's being worked on. CD Projekt Red announced The Witcher 4 in a blog post early last year, alongside several other projects related to The Witcher and Cyberpunk. The first The Witcher game is being remade, and there’s even some multiplayer projects in the works. In term
