Will there be an E3 2020? For now, it seems so, with event organizer ESA assuring attendees that the year’s biggest gaming event in still going ahead. The ESA, which runs the annual E3 gaming event in Los Angeles every June, has had to quell fears of an E3 2020 cancellation, while not taking the idea off the table entirely – given how much could change in the coming months. “Given what we know at this time, we are moving ahead full speed with E3 2020 planning. The show must go onE3 2020 not goin

Facebook has launched a completely rewritten version of its Messenger app for iPhone, promising that it is faster, small and simpler than before. It goes without saying that this makes the app smaller, but also helps to noticeably speed things up. In terms of raw number, Facebook says that Messenger is now a quarter of a previous size and twice as fast. A smaller app needs smaller updates, meaning faster updating using less data. You can download the update version of Facebook Messenger from the

No conversation of new flagships phones is complete without mentioning OnePlus, and it seems like we won’t have to wait long for the launch of the OnePlus 8 series. Considering that OnePlus confirmed last year that all its future devices will sport high refresh rates, we are expecting the OnePlus 8 Lite to have a 90Hz refresh rate. The renders reveal a triple camera setup, with a high-resolution primary camera, an ultrawide lens and a ToF depth sensor. While the resolution will still be Full HD+

The Samsung Galaxy S20 US release date is March 6, just a few days away at the time of writing, but it seems some people who have pre-ordered the phones might not have to wait that long. Some lucky Samsung phone fans, then, are going to be able to play with their new devices before they’re officially supposed to. These are all pre-orders for the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20 Plus, and it seems no pre-order units for the Galaxy S20 Ultra are getting shipped early. Seemingly ready for this news, Veriz

A new leak has appeared online that apparently shows what the new Windows 10 Start menu will look like. We’ve suspected for a while now that Microsoft will be removing Live Tiles from Windows 10’s Start menu, and the leaked image, posted on Twitter, appears to confirm that. The next big update to Windows 10, Windows 10 20H1 (also known as Windows 10 version 2004), is already with early testers. So, the look of the Start menu could be further refined in that time. Hopefully we’ll get a further lo

If you’ve been hankering after the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, you’re not the only one. Speaking to Japanese gaming site 4Gamer, game director Tetsuya Nomura confirmed that the remake had wrapped up production, and was now working on final improvements and fixes before the game’s planned April 2020 release. “We had some time to improve the quality of the final product,” he said, “but we have already mastered it, so there is no further delay.” Twiddling thumbsFor those who had been hoping to play the

The average price of solid state drives (SSD) have been slowly creeping up and yet there are bargains to be had – but perhaps not quite what you would expect them to be… A high-end, enterprise storage solid state drive happens to be the cheapest large capacity SSD on the market. The Micron 5210 Ion is a 3.84TB solid state drive costs $406 (around £317, AU$622) at PCNation (although you should be able to get it shipped globally) with a five year warranty. Micron 5210 Ion 3.84TB SSD – $406 at PC

In the lead up to the March 23 release of its highly-anticipated VR game Half-Life: Alyx, developer Valve Corporation has dropped a series of new videos which showcase the different styles of VR movement that will be available to players. The different styles are designed to help ensure every player can find an option that’s comfortable – and doesn’t cause any motion sickness. You can check out this kind of movement in the video below. The next video focuses on the Continuous locomotion movement

Over the weekend AT&T unleashed its new streaming service called AT&T TV that will rival the likes of YouTube TV, Sling TV and Hulu. Unlike the services already on the market, though, AT&T TV is both a streaming service and the name of the Android TV hardware that AT&T sells you with each subscription. The service allows you to stream more than 170 channels of TV with 40,000 on-demand titles and 500 hours of DVR storage space, making it probably the most robust live TV streaming service on the m

Towards the end of 2017, Apple fessed up, admitting that it had been deliberately and secretly slowing older models of iPhone in order to eke out extra life from their aging batteries. Now, the Cupertino firm has filed a settlement in a California court, agreeing to pay up to $500 million (with a minimum of $310 million) in the form of payments to affected US customers. These amounts will vary depending on how many people claim, as individual payouts will decrease if they exceed the maximum tota

We learned late last year that Riot Games was working on new projects, with some focus on expanding the League of Legends universe. Now, Riot Games has given the world a first look at the game, which is officially named Valorant. Riot Games is already stressing the serious competitive nature of the game. On the official Valorant website, Riot Games details how it plans to use 128-tick servers spread out globally to achieve latency below 35ms in major cities around the world. Riot Games plans to

A new listing for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition recently appeared on the Microsoft Store. This listing comes after Halo Waypoint released another MCC development update in February, wrapping up the test flight of Halo Anniversary on PC. A new teaser trailerUnfortunately, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition won’t be available as a standalone game. Following the listing is a new teaser trailer for Halo: Combat Evolved joining the MCC for PC, which 343 Industries released on Twitter

We learned late last year that Death Stranding was officially coming to PC, and now a proper release date has been offered that lines up with the earlier window we’d learned. Curiously, Death Stranding for PC will launch with some special Valve content, as it’s pulling parts of the Half-Life world. The product listing for Death Stranding on the Epic Game Store also mentions the Half-Life content. Beyond the crossover content, Death Stranding for PC will bring a number of other improvements. Of c

Archive.org, a non-profit digital library that preserves web pages, has announced extensions for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers. The organisation’s Internet archive (or Wayback Machine, as it is popularly called) indexes over 400 million deleted websites and makes them available to the public. To access old or deleted website iterations, users previously had to visit Archive.org directly. But Chrome and Firefox will now automatically prompt users to consult the archive when they

Apple HomePod deals are back and you can once again save $100 / £80 on the powerful smart speaker. In fact, the Apple HomePod works damn hard to justify its usual $300 price tag, making that $100 saving all the better this week. This is a smart speaker some hefty power, and currently sitting at $199 it’s an excellent Apple HomePod deal. Today’s best Apple HomePod dealsApple HomePod | $299.99 $199.99 at Best BuyApple’s answer to the smart speaker market currently booming with digital assistants,

Google has finally acknowledged an issue with its smart speakers that has apparently been plaguing some customers for over a year – and a fix could be on the way soon. It’s not clear whether the issue affects all Google speakers, including the newer Google Nest Hub Max and Google Nest Mini. Despite users reporting the problem for over a year, Google has only just admitted to its Home speakers having a Bluetooth issue at all. Most Google Home users don’t use their speakers and smart displays as B

Microsoft has yet to announce when this will begin rolling out, but we’re expecting it to be within the next few months. The update will also put strict limitations on who can use Cortana, so only users who are logged into a Microsoft online account, or a school or work account will have access. If you only use a local Windows 10 account, you’ll be out of luck. “The new Cortana experience in Windows 10 features a chat-based UI that gives you the ability to interact with Cortana using your voice

The Beats Powerbeats 3 are among the best running headphones you can buy, and they could be getting a follow-up in the form of the hotly-anticipated Powerbeats 4 wireless earbuds. New Beats wireless earphones, known as the Beats PowerBeats 4. New Beats wireless earphones, known as the Beats PowerBeats 4. An even quicker turnaround was seen with Beats’ true wireless earbuds, the Powerbeats Pro. That’s in contrast to the true wireless Powerbeats Pro, which addressed many of the limitations of the

Facebook advises trying not to include long, thin objects in the foreground, and avoiding reflective surfaces. However, that’s all changed thanks to developers at Facebook Artificial Intelligence, who have created a system that uses machine learning to infer the 3D shape of an object from a 2D photo, making 3D images possible using a basic single-camera phone. The neural network was trained using a large set of public 3D photos, enabling it to estimate depth with surprising accuracy. “Improved u

These are the best Wear OS appsThis Easter egg is a drum machine hidden in the user interface. If this applies to you, we’ll run you through the few steps required to test this Google Wear OS Easter egg out. Been playing with the recently-discovered #WearOS drum machine Easter egg. pic.twitter.com/xcL2jm9PUOMarch 2, 2020Find the Wear OS drum machine Easter eggOn your Wear OS smartwatch, first find the app menu – this can easily be accessed on most devices by pressing the crown. We didn’t have th