Easily the worst kept secret in the run up to E3 2017, the new Assassin’s Creed has finally been officially unveiled at it’s taking the series back to its roots with an Ancient Egyptian soft reboot. Playing as Bayek, a roving guardian who helps found the Assassin’s Brotherhood, we’ll explore Ancient Egypt at its height. […]
Accidentally invented battery has the power to keep working forever
A team of researchers working at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has accidentally invented a laptop battery that has the power to seemingly last forever, and it could change the landscape of commercial computing forever. Usually, laptop batteries have a charge cycle that supports between 300 and 500 uses, from zero battery to full […]
Track your waistline (and your steps) with this Samsung-powered smart belt
Rising out of Samsung’s experimental Creative Lab (and shown off at CES earlier in the year), the design has now been picked up sports tech company Welt and its taken to Kickstarter to get the funding it needs to bring the design to the masses. That design uses a magnetic sensor which tracks where on […]
Google pulls the plug on its still-in-development modular smartphone, Project Ara
Google has revealed its plans for introducing a modular smartphone to the market have been canned, as the firm realigns its intentions to work on other hardware such as tablets and regular-phone projects. Originally announced in 2013, Project Arya was created to give users the ultimate level of customisation. Rather than buying a single model, […]
Hail a taxi in Singapore and it might just end up being a self-driving one
Planning to make to trip to Singapore anytime soon? Then there’s a good chance the next time you hail a cab you might be slipping into a driverless taxi. Starting today, nuTonomy will offer rides to Singapore residents in specially equipped Mitsubishi i-MiEV or Renault Zoe electric vehicles. Much like previous tests conducted by Uber […]
System Shock remake smashes its Kickstarter goal with two weeks to spare
With 16 days still left on its Kickstarter-based crowdfunding campaign, System Shock Remastered as steamed past its original $900,000 goal. So that means the already positively received remake will make its way to PC and consoles in the near future. The campaign, launched by Canadian developer Nightdive Studios, was launched just over two weeks ago […]
What these leaked iPhone 7 spy shots tell us about the new smartphone from Apple
As the days begin to countdown to the expected reveal of the iPhone 7 in September, we’re getting rumours and speculation popping up at a rate of knots – from the size of the device, to the style of camera, to the inclusion/exclusion of a headphone jack, it’s proof positive we’re all hungry for a […]
Ubisoft confirms Watch Dogs 2 ahead of E3 2016 conference
Ahh, early June – that wonderful time just before E3 – the gaming community’s biggest and most prestigious expo – where almost every single secret game and reveal are unceremoniously spoiled and leaked. Today, it’s the turn of Ubisoft’s once hyped but ultimately shamed hacking sim, Watch Dogs, whose sequel was leaked by a YouTuber […]
HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR can turn your next workout into a tropical VR adventure
Shown off at Computex 2016, the idea is to make those boring trips to the gym (or a session at home on your personal rowing machine or elliptical trainer) a bit more interesting by transporting you to another world or setting. The startup has used a number of different over the years, including Samsung’s Gear […]