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After being previously reported earlier this year that the UltraViolet cloud movie locker service would be closing, the day is nearly upon us and tomorrow the UltraViolet digital rights movie cloud service will close. If you haven’t as yet logged into your UltraViolet account now would be a good … [Read more...] about UltraViolet movie cloud shuts tomorrow

October 2019 will be officially the open hardware month this year and the official website is now taking applications from event organisers. “October is Open Hardware Month! We are providing resources and asking you, the community, to host small, local events in the name of open source hardware. … [Read more...] about October is Open Hardware month 2019

Oculus Quest Virtual reality headset owners will be pleased to know that the Firefox Reality VR web browser is now available on the new VR headset offering an easy way to search and browse the Internet within a virtual reality environment. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the … [Read more...] about Firefox Reality VR web browser lands on the Oculus Quest

Oculus CTO John Carmack Has confirmed that the new Oculus Quest will start supporting Oculus Go applications before the start of 2020. By using a “compatibility layer that makes Quest report as a Go and emulate the Go controller for old apps.” “We will be working with developers to test against the … [Read more...] about Oculus Quest to support Oculus Go apps before 2020

Today hardware manufacturer Corsair has announced that it has acquired Origin PC a leader in the hand-built custom gaming PC market. Origin PC specialises in creating personalised PCs to provide gamers the best possible performance for their money. The cost of the acquisition was not revealed by … [Read more...] about Corsair buys Origin PC

We recently heard a rumor that the FTC would be fining Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, this is now official and the FTC has announced that it will fine FaceBook $5 billion. As part of the agreement between Facebook and the FTC, the FTC are imposing some new privacy restrictions on … [Read more...] about FTC announces $5 billion fine for Facebook, stronger regulation

Netflix has launched its cheapest monthly plan to date, a new mobile online subscription plan in India which costs just RS199, this is about $2.89 at the current exchange rate. This new plan is the cheapest Netflix subscription plan worldwide, the service does have some restrictions though, video … [Read more...] about Netflix launches mobile only subscription plan in India

Virtual reality hardware manufacturer Oculus has announced this month that they will be rolling out a new firmware update to their Quest and Rift S systems bringing improvements to controller tracking. In the company’s July update Oculus explains : “We’ve fine-tuned our Oculus Touch controller … [Read more...] about Quest and Rift S firmware update improves tracking, Oculus Venues launches