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- February 28
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- Survios Announces ‘Sprint Vector,’ Introduces New VR Locomotion Technique
- AMD Ryzen Motherboards Could Pose Heatsink Pressure Problem
- Unity Unveils Version 5.6, Unity 2017 Engines, Adds XR Foundation Toolkit For VR Development
- CloudPets Teddy Bears Leaked Private Data, Voice Recordings
- LiquidSky Desktop Hosting Service Adopting AMD’s Upcoming Vega Architecture
- Graphics Rendering Technology Comes Full Circle: AMD Introduces Forward Rendering Path For Unreal (Updated)
- Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass, The Latest 'Netflix For Games'
- Corsair Greets AMD Ryzen With Compatible DDR4, Coolers, PSUs
- Rebellion Announces 'Rogue Trooper: Redux' For PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC
- Epic Games Woos Devs At GDC 2017 With Unreal Engine Trailer
- The 10nm Helio X30 May Be MediaTek’s First Truly Competitive High-End Chip
- Exploring Robot-Plagued Bases In 'From Other Suns' For The Oculus Rift
- Fighting Miniatures: 'Blade And Soul' For Oculus Rift, Hands On
- 'Brass Tactics' Brings Tabletop RTS Gaming To VR Battlefield
- Second Oculus Software Update (1.12) Is Out, Improves Tracking, Introduces New Features
- February 27
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- Don't Worry, GameStop Will Sell You A Nintendo Switch (Updated)
- Improbable's SpatialOS Heads To Open Beta, Integrates Unreal Engine
- Speedlink Releases Nintendo Switch Chargers, Screen Protectors, And More
- HTC Offers Vive Financing, Expands Availability To 9 More Countries
- LG Is Making A ‘Next-Gen’ VR HMD, Details At 11
- Twitch Plans To Take On Steam With Twitch Games Commerce
- HTC Announces Release Dates, Pricing For Vive Tracker, Deluxe Head Strap
- SilverStone Announces LED Light Strip Control Box
- Windows 10 To Adopt macOS-Like Security Preferences, Allow Users To Block Win32 Apps
- CCP Games Announces 'Sparc' Full-Body Virtual Sport
- Khronos Bolsters VR, AR, MR Markets With OpenXR Working Group, API Updates, More
- 'Middle-earth: Shadow Of War' Officially Announced, Arrives August 22
- Google Abandons 'End-To-End' Email Encryption Project, Invites Community To Take It Over
- Sony Nears 1 Million PSVR Headsets Sold After Just Four Months
- Exclusive: Valve, SMI Bring Eye Tracking To OpenVR
- Samsung's Next Gear VR HMD Includes A Tracked Controller
- February 25
- February 24
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- Get Ready For 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' With The PC Requirements
- Ignore That Fishy Email From Razer
- Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15042
- Colorful Launches 'Advanced' GTX 1080 With 150MHz Overclock
- In VR, 'The Blind Gamer' Sees Without Glasses For The First Time
- Samsung 'Secure Folder' Brings Enterprise-Class Security To Consumers
- FSP's CMT210: An Entry-Level Case For The Entry-Level DIYer
- Watch Us Play 'Astroneer' On Twitch At 1pm PST
- CloudFlare Bug Put Sensitive Data At Risk
- Upcoming DLC For 'Civilization VI' Adds Australia, Summer Update Brings Steam Workshop Support (Now Available)
- Zenimax Seeks To Block Sales Of Oculus Rift, Gear VR
- February 23
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- Fruits Of Valve’s Impulsonic Acquisition Appear: Steam Audio Beta Launched
- HTC Reveals Winners Of The Viveport Developer Awards
- AOC's Bringing Five New Agon Gaming Monitors To The US
- Nvidia's GeForce Page Counts Down To Potential GTX 1080 Ti Reveal At GDC
- Learn About Classes And Teamwork In 'Mass Effect: Andromeda'
- Razer Announces 12,800mAh Power Bank
- Samsung's Exynos 8895 To Be First 10nm Chip On The Market
- Nintendo Switch Won't Have Virtual Console At Launch
- Google Breaks SHA-1, And Not A Moment Too Soon
- 'Obduction' Getting Oculus Touch, HTC Vive Support On March 22
- Preorder Asrock, Gigabyte, And MSI AMD AM4 Motherboards For Ryzen
- NOLO Motion Controllers Get Desktop VR Support, Starting With PiMAX 4K
- Qualcomm Launches VR HMD Accelerator Program, Offers Dev Kits
- February 22
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- Asus Reveals Four New AMD AM4 Motherboards For Ryzen
- CCP Games' Second 'Project Discovery' Aims To Find Exoplanets
- Surprise! Microsoft Releases Critical Flash Patch
- Google Outs Windows Vulnerability After Missed Deadline
- You Can Preorder AMD Ryzen CPUs Now
- Amazon Adds Cloud Gems Framework To Lumberyard, GameLift Service Now Available With Any Game Engine
- Qualcomm And ODG: A VR Dark Horse And Its Rider
- Google 'Headset Removal' Brings Your Face Into Mixed Reality Recordings
- Watch The First Gameplay Trailer For 'The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind'
- Announcing The Tom's Hardware Best PC Builds 2017 Update
- Apple's Futuristic Campus Opens To Employees In April
- AMD Announces Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X, 1700 And Pricing, Pre-Orders Begin Today
- Immersion Brings Haptics To Console, VR Markets With TouchSense
- Valve Drops Mandatory Training For SteamVR Tracking Licensing; Certification Now Available For Free
- February 21
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- 'Darknet' Heads To PSVR On March 7
- Samsung To Show Off New VR Projects At MWC 2017
- AltspaceVR Is Coming To Daydream View On February 23
- 3dRudder VR Unleashed Mode Emulates Room-Scale VR
- Google's Tilt Brush Heads To Oculus Rift
- 'Landfall' Touches Down On Oculus Rift
- Baidu's 'Ring Allreduce' Library Increases Machine Learning Efficiency Across Many GPU Nodes
- HoloLens Heads To The Operating Room
- In 90 Minutes, Humble Bundle Raises $300,000 For Rights Groups (Updated)
- Latest 'For Honor' PC Patch Fixes Issues With Easy AntiCheat, Steam Controller
- 'Ultrawings' Evokes Fond Memories Of 'Pilot Wings,' Available Today On Oculus Rift
- February 19
- February 18
- February 17
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- Visiting Phison's Headquarters In Zhunan, Taiwan
- Biostar Prepares For Ryzen With New AM4 Motherboards (Updated)
- 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' Gameplay Video Shows Off Combat, Weapons, Skills
- Watch Us Play 'Halo Wars 2' On Twitch Today At 1PM PST
- Nvidia To Power Japan's 'Fastest AI Supercomputer' This Summer
- Car Makers Haven’t Learned: Insecure Apps Expose Millions Of Connected Cars To Theft, Risks
- Tackling The High-Res Display Needs Of VR: Kopin's Lightning OLED Microdisplay
- February 16
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- Russian WWII Flight Simulator 'IL-2 Sturmovik' Getting VR Support In March
- Demand For Vive Trackers Outweighs Supply, But HTC Still Accepting Submissions
- 'Cities: Skylines' Heads To Xbox One This Spring
- Microsoft’s Delay Of This Month’s Security Patch Bundle Makes Little Sense
- PlayStation Now Will Be Exclusive To PS4 And Windows Later This Year (Updated)
- 'Ghost Recon: Wildlands' PC Requirements Are Here, Open Beta Set For February 23-27
- Try To Survive A Doomed Space Flight In ‘Homebound’
- Indie Puzzler 'Where Cards Fall' Gets Release Trailer
- GPS Act Aims To Stop Warrantless Smartphone Tracking Done With Cell-Site Simulators
- Valve Bets Big On VR's Future: Still Innovating Hardware, Preparing To Launch Software
- February 15
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- Twitch's 2016 Year In Review Is A 'Game'
- Unreal Engine 4.15 Provides Early Support For Nintendo Switch
- ASLR Apocalypse: ‘AnC’ Attack Bypasses ASLR On At Least 22 CPU Microarchitectures
- Palo Alto Networks Discovers MacOS Trojan 'XAgentOSX'
- 'Rasputin' Hacks 60 Universities And Government Agencies
- 'Prey' By Arkane Studios: Gameplay Footage And Preview
- Signal Update Brings (Beta) Video-Calling Capability, Backend Improvements
- VRBackupper Helps You Backup, Restore, And Move Oculus Rift Software
- February 14
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- Nintendo Reveals 'Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild' DLC Plans
- The Joshua Bell VR Experience On PSVR Features Spatial Audio, Positional Tracking
- Fall Of Oriath Expansion Coming To 'Path Of Exile' With Six New Acts, 24 Bosses
- Cyber Threat Alliance Names Former White House Cybersecurity Head As President
- Toshiba Might Sell Majority Of Semiconductor Business Following $6.3 Billion Nuclear Loss
- University Learns About IoT Insecurity The Hard Way
- CableMod WideBeam Hybrid LED Strips Offer Both RGB And White LEDs
- 'Everest VR' Gets Oculus Touch Support, Additional Content
- 'Battlefield 1' Winter Update Adds Ribbons, Elite Codices, Increases Class Rank Cap
- Intel Dives Further Into IoT, Announces Cyclone 10 FPGAs
- Nvidia Releases New Game Ready Driver For ‘Sniper Elite 4,’ ‘For Honor,’ ‘Halo Wars 2’
- February 13
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- VR Desktop Brings MacOS To Oculus Rift (Kind Of)
- Seagate Partners With Fornetix To Secure Government Drives
- Apple Joins Wireless Power Consortium, Hinting At Future iPhones With Qi Wireless Charging Support
- Microsoft's HoloLens Gets Jerry-Rigged 'Spectator View'
- Kaby Lake, 4K Touchscreen Come To 14-Inch Razer Blade Gaming Laptop
- February 12
- February 10
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- 'Star Trek: Bridge Crew' Delayed Again, But Original Series Fans Should Be Happy
- Microsoft Gets NSA Approval For Windows 10 And Surface
- Valve Replaces Greenlight With Steam Direct
- Watch Us Play The 'For Honor' Open Beta On Twitch At 1PM PST
- 'FTL' Devs Announce New Game, 'Into The Breach'
- WhatsApp Enables Two-Step Verification To Protect Users Against Impersonation Attacks
- EVGA's iCX Technology Provides An Updated Approach To Temperature Monitoring
- Testing EVGA's GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 With New iCX Cooler
- February 9
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- Oculus Glove Peripheral Prototype Appears On Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page
- Oculus Pulls Rift Demos From Many Best Buy Stores
- 'John Wick Chronicles' Now Available For HTC Vive
- Google Chrome Gets Virtual Reality Support
- EKWB Lights Up Gigabyte Z270 Boards With RGB Monoblock
- Microsoft's Cortana Will Make You Keep Your Emailed Promises
- The Wait For 'Robinson: The Journey' On Oculus Rift Is Over
- ElcomSoft Grabs 'Deleted' Safari History From iCloud
- Nvidia Shield Tablet Update Brings Android Nougat, Other Features
- Try Out 'For Honor' In The Open Beta, February 9-12 (Updated)
- Secure All The Things: AT&T, IBM, Others Form IoT Cybersecurity Alliance
- Intel's 3D XPoint-Powered Optane DC P4800X 'Cold Stream' NVMe SSD Leaks
- Wire End-To-End Encrypted App Gets An Audit, Passing Grade
- MSI Announces Four 'Chill' Arctic Motherboards: Z270, H270, H270M, B250M Chipsets
- The Razer Yellow Mechanical Keyboard Switch, Hands On
- February 8
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- Intel To Produce 7nm Node At Fab 42, Announces $7 Billion Investment To Finish Construction
- Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15031 Features Picture-In-Picture, Game Bar Improvements
- Eurocom Launches 780W AC/DC Adapter For High Performance Laptops
- 'Serious Sam' Developer Croteam Has Three More VR Titles On The Way
- NEC Announces MultiSync EX341R Curved Ultrawide QHD Display
- 'Darkest Dungeon' Gets Beta 'Radiant Mode' Update
- Duo Beyond Helps Other Companies Be As Secure As Google
- Fourth 'EVE: Valkyrie' Update Brings Wormholes To The Battlegrounds
- A Look At The Enemies In 'The Ringed City' DLC For 'Dark Souls III'
- 'Project Cars 2' Trailer Surfaces, Release Date Set For Late 2017
- Corsair Teases Foray Into Desktop PC Market With The ONE
- Tom's Hardware Steam Giveaway: 'Stellaris'
- HyperX Expands Keyboard Lineup With Alloy RGB, Adds Red And Brown Switch Options
- Lian Li's Dual-Chamber PC-O11 Case, Available At Last
- February 7
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- 'Starship Commander' Leverages Microsoft Cognitive Services For Voice Command Recognition
- Xbox Head Phil Spencer Open To Idea Of Xbox 360 Games On PC Via Backwards Compatibility
- XMIT Hall Effect Keyboard Delayed By Manufacturing Issues
- Valve Quickly Fixes Steam Profile Exploit
- Researcher: Finance And Health Apps Vulnerable To MITM Attacks
- ‘Email Privacy Act’ Passes The House Unanimously For The Second Time
- 3dRudder Releases Overhauled Dashboard Software, Adds Mouse Mode
- Bethesda Adds High Resolution Pack To PC, PS4 Pro Support For 'Fallout 4' (Updated)
- Google Celebrates Safer Internet Day With Security Overview
- Xbox Software Preview Adds Automatic Updates, Improves Achievement Tracker
- Blue Light Special: Rosewill RK-9300 Keyboard With Cherry MX Blue Or Brown Switches
- Hanging Out With The VRChat Devs, In VRChat
- Logitech's $199 4K Pro Webcam Packs HDR, 5x Zoom, IR Facial Recognition
- Developers Are Experimenting With HoloLens Game Concepts
- February 6
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- Homestead Update For 'Elder Scrolls Online' Now Live
- 'Rock Band VR' Will Debut March 23
- Google-Supported Web Bluetooth And WebUSB APIs May Make The Internet Less Secure
- Lenovo Announces Three New Mobile Workstations, One VR-Ready Model
- Vizio Settles With FTC For $2.2 Million Over TV Snooping Claims
- Intel, Microsoft, 95 Other Tech Companies Sign Brief Challenging Immigration Ban
- WD Announces First 64-Layer 512Gb TLC NAND Die Amidst Toshiba Turmoil
- Firefox To Drop Most NPAPI Plugins, Focus On Rust Code, In Future Versions
- Micron 64 Layer NAND Coming To Market; GDDR6, Next-Gen 3D XPoint, QLC NAND In Development
- Sneak Peek: Palit's Passively-Cooled GTX 1050 Ti KalmX 4GB
- Six New Pascal-Based Quadro Cards Released, One With HBM2
- February 4
- February 3
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- Watch Us Play The Closed Beta Of 'Ghost Recon: Wildlands' At 1pm PST
- Microsoft Holds Windows 10 Creators Update Bug Bash
- 'Sniper Elite 4' Gets DirectX 12, PlayStation 4 Pro Support
- Gmail's Finally Giving Windows XP And Vista The Boot
- Symantec Finds New Ad Malware In Play Store
- PS4 'Sasuke' Update Will Bring 3D Blu-Ray Support To PSVR, Other Goodies
- Carmack Takes Exception To ZeniMax Expert Witness' 'Absolute Certainty'
- February 2
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- Ubisoft Reveals 'For Honor' Season Pass, Post-Launch Content
- Snap Files For IPO While Twitter Struggles
- A Sneak Peek At Utopia, The First Expansion For 'Stellaris'
- Crusade Expansion Coming For 'Galactic Civilizations III' This Spring
- Another Mouse From Biostar, The GM5, Is Not So Cheap
- EPIC Asks Congress To Secure The Internet Of Things
- Devolver Digital Offers Support To Game Devs Affected By Immigration Ban
- Upcoming 'Titanfall 2' Update Adds New Game Mode, Maps, Custom Playlist (Updated)
- Nvidia’s Game Code Redemption Process Checks Hardware, Stifles Reselling/Sharing
- 'Rec Room' Developer Secures $5 Million In Funding, Pledges To Keep The Game Free
- WordPress Silently Fixes Severe Vulnerability
- Acer’s XR382CQK Curved Ultrawide QHD Display Now Available In The US (Updated)
- Google Announces Security Key-Enforced Two-Step Verification For G Suite
- Share A Mixed Reality Space Between HoloLens, Vive With HoloViveObserver
- February 1
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- Jury Delivers Judgement On Oculus Vs. ZeniMax Lawsuit, Awards ZeniMax $500 Million
- Virtuix Releases 'Omni Arena' FPS Shooter, All Backers/Pre-Orders To Receive A Copy
- EVGA’s CLC 120/280 Liquid Coolers Arrive With New Company-Branded Fans
- Noctua Preps For AMD Ryzen With Three New Coolers
- Season Pass Content For 'Sniper Ghost Warrior 3' Revealed, Available For Free With Pre-Order
- AMD Confirms Ryzen And Vega Launch Schedule, Developing 7nm Zen Products
- 'VRChat' Is A Social Platform, A Dev Sandbox, And A Step In The Right Direction
- Steam Update Enables Native Analog Input For Aimpad R5
- Oculus Will Host A 'Landfall' Open Beta From February 2-6
- ZeniMax Acquires Escalation Studios As Oculus Fight Continues
- 'Knockout League' Hands-On: It's Like 'Punch-Out' In VR
- Apple's Tim Cook: Qualcomm Lawsuits Were A Last Resort
- Zimperium To Buy ‘N-Day’ Vulnerabilities To Improve Security Faster