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Apple exec suggested cutting App Store commission to 20 percent as early as 2011

Phil Schiller, the Apple executive in charge of the App Store, raised the possibility of the company cutting its 30 percent commission rate to 25 or even 20 percent back in 2011 in response to competition. Schiller floated the idea in an email to then Apple CEO Steve Jobs and head of Apple services Eddy… Read more

Kroger begins testing drone deliveries for baby products and s’mores

Kroger is joining rival Walmart by launching a drone delivery pilot program for groceries later this spring. The supermarket chain is partnering with Drone Express to deliver items like baby products, over-the-counter medications, and picnic supplies weighing up to about five pounds from a test store in Centerville, Ohio. A landing page for the Kroger… Read more

Monster Hunter Rise has outsold Street Fighter V in just one month

Mustafa Mahmoud 12 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming For most of its history, the Monster Hunter franchise had seen support from a select and dedicated number of fans, with the series existing within its own moderately-sized niche. With Monster Hunter World exploding into popularity and becoming the best selling Capcom game… Read more

Starfield reportedly targeting 2021 release; will be Xbox exclusive

Mustafa Mahmoud 13 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Starfield is the next big game from Bethesda Game Studios. Teased all the way back in 2018, nothing else has been shown from the game, leading many fans to assume it to be a long ways away. According to one leaker however, Microsoft… Read more

Predator: Hunting Grounds launches on Steam with crossplay

Home / Software & Gaming / Predator: Hunting Grounds launches on Steam with crossplay Matthew Wilson 13 hours ago Software & Gaming It has been a full year since Predator: Hunting Grounds first released on PS4 and PC. The Sony-published title has been exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC since launch, but that… Read more

Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver preps for Metro, Resident Evil and Mass Effect

Home / Software & Gaming / Drivers / Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver preps for Metro, Resident Evil and Mass Effect Matthew Wilson 14 hours ago Drivers, Featured Tech News There are several big games coming to PC in May, including the likes of Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, Resident Evil Village and the Mass Effect Legendary… Read more

The Nioh series has surpassed 5 million copies sold

Mustafa Mahmoud 14 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming When the soulsborne genre was first introduced in 2009 with Demon’s Souls, it was nothing more than a niche interpretation of the action-RPG genre. Since then, not only has the gameplay stylings expanded outwards into its own genre, but souls-like games are competing on… Read more

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is getting upgraded for Xbox Series X/S and PS5

Home / Software & Gaming / Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is getting upgraded for Xbox Series X/S and PS5 Matthew Wilson 15 hours ago Software & Gaming Back in 2019, EA finally broke its Star Wars curse with the release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, an excellent single-player adventure set between Revenge of… Read more

Battlefield V is free on PlayStation Plus in May

Mustafa Mahmoud 15 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming Each month, Sony offers a number of titles for free to all of those who are subscribed to its PlayStation Plus service. For the Month of May, subscribers can get their hands on Battlefield V, the next-gen version of Wreckfest and more…. Read more

GeForce Now adds Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition and six other titles

Home / Software & Gaming / GeForce Now adds Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition and six other titles Matthew Wilson 16 hours ago Software & Gaming Earlier this month, Nvidia announced plans to bring 34 more games to GeForce Now throughout April. We’re now down to the last week of the month, with the remaining seven titles… Read more

Fortnite is not on Xbox Cloud Gaming due to competition with Epic PC offerings

Home / Software & Gaming / Fortnite is not on Xbox Cloud Gaming due to competition with Epic PC offerings Matthew Wilson 16 hours ago Software & Gaming With the Epic Games V Apple trial set to get underway in just a matter of days, court documents are starting to reveal some interesting facts about… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey is the first laptop to feature the RTX 3050 Ti GPU

João Silva 18 hours ago Featured Tech News, Laptop / Mobile Samsung Unpacked just took place this week and this time around, Samsung introduced a new gaming laptop – the Galaxy Book Odyssey. While we have seen listings and rumours about laptops equipped with an RTX 3050 Ti GPU, the Galaxy Book Odyssey is the… Read more

Revised RTX 30 series GPUs with mining limiter reportedly shipping next month

João Silva 19 hours ago Featured Tech News, Graphics Nvidia AIB partners have reportedly been informed about the GAxx2 GPUs with new anti-mining capabilities and Resizable BAR support enabled by default. Named LHR (Lite Hash Rate), the revised RTX 30 GPUs should start shipping in the middle of May. We’ve already shared that Nvidia was… Read more

AMD is ramping up GPU production to fight shortage

João Silva 20 hours ago Featured Tech News, Graphics The current GPU shortage has been quite troublesome – it’s really hard to buy a GPU nowadays, especially if you’re trying to buy it at MSRP. However, AMD wants to change that in the coming months. According to AMD’s Q1 2021 earnings call transcript, AMD CEO,… Read more

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition arrives next week with extensive graphical enhancements

Home / Tech News / Featured Tech News / Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition arrives next week with extensive graphical enhancements Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Back in February, 4A Games announced that it would be releasing an Enhanced Edition of Metro Exodus, complete with a ton of graphical upgrades…. Read more