Month: January 2015
WATCH: Crossrail has NEARLY finished digging
Check out this movie trailer type video created by Crossrail to promote the fact that after years of digging, the new tunnels under London are nearly finished - and judging by the dramatic music and lights, will be directed by Christopher Nolan. With the rest of the tunnel boring machines finished, the final TBM has…
PLAY: IKEA furniture frustration simulator
I know what you're thinking: "If only there was a game which captured the joy of wanting to murder your loved ones after an hour together trying to assemble furniture". Well today is your lucky day! Stork Burnt Down Games has come up with a game it calls Home Improvisation, which it created for the…
Is Microsoft making a back-up plan by investing in Cyanogen?
Perhaps the most intriguing news of the day is that Microsoft has bought a minority investment in Cyanogen Inc - the company that is behind the popular Android "fork" CyanogenMod. CyanogenMod doesn't come as standard on normal Android phones - instead it is an open source alternative to Google's version of Android that can be…
Battlefield Hardline Open Beta launches next week
EA has announced that an open beta of Battlefield Hardline will be available from February 3rd. The hugely anticipated Cops 'n' Robbers 'em up will come with three playable maps - Dustbowl (which supports up to 64 players!), Downtown and a Bank Job - the latter enabling players to try out heist mode. (Who'd have…
The first Surface Pro 4 rumours emerge – two screen sizes?
When Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3 last summer, it was a breath of fresh air - and was perhaps the first decent attempt at a laptop/tablet hybrid (the first two Surface devices weren't great). Six months on though and we're hearing rumours of what we can expect from the Surface Pro 4. According to…
BT planning to launch 1000Mbps broadband in 2016 or 2017
BT has announced plans to roll out its "G.Fast" broadband technology, which could see speeds rocket up to 1000Mbps - up from a maximum of about 80Mbps now. According to ISP Review, the new service will be faster as it will replace the current "Fibre to the cabinet" technology - in that your connection is…
Huawei Ascend P8 coming in April
Huawei will be launching a new flagship smartphone in April - the Ascend P8 - and it will be makings its debut in London. According to Gizmodo UK, the company won't be announcing this year's iteration at Mobile World Congress, which is being held a month earlier in March because there the focus will be…
Definitive proof that The Simpsons is getting worse
It's almost a law of the internet that any discussion about The Simpsons will inevitably turn into a discussion of when The Simpsons stopped being good. For the first decade, it was some of the finest television ever made - and yet now, 25 years on each new episode feels more and more like they're…
Game preview: Life Is Strange
Meet Maxine Caulfield. She's 18, a bit shy, awkward and geeky, has just moved back home to the small town of Arcadia Bay in Oregon after five years in Seattle, and is studying photography at the Blackwell Academy - a high school that is well regarded for its strength in the arts. Oh, and she…
WATCH: People reacting to “insane mode” on the Tesla P85D
So it turns out that electric cars can go pretty fast - with the new Tesla P85D capable of reaching 60mph in about 3 seconds - in what the company calls "insane mode". Check out this video of unsuspecting members of the public experiencing this without warning... and then get depressed that you probably can't…
