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Microsoft has launched the preview of the Project xCloud game streaming service. The xCloud preview opened yesterday afternoon and is available for gamers in the U.S., U.K., and Korea. The caveat is that players must be invited to the beta, and invites are going out now. The xCloud beta kicks...

Well that didn't last long. Less than two days after being hit by a massive asteroid and enveloped in a black hole, Fortnite is back online. Season 11 - or Chapter 2 - is now live, with gamers getting used to a whole new map and updated gameplay. Since Sunday...

14in laptops quite simply don't come smaller than the Acer Swift 7. At 10mm thin it's almost as svelte as a smartphone, and it's noticeably short too: just 192mm from front to back. Add the fact that the whole thing weighs a mere 890g, and the Swift 7 already looks...

Harley-Davidson has halted production of its first electric motorbike after finding a glitch in its charging system. The company began shipping the £28,995 105-horsepower LiveWire bikes to dealers in the US last month. It says existing bikes are safe but must be charged at dealerships, which will take an hour...

A woman has received death threats after speaking out about an international cryptocurrency "scam". Jen McAdam, from Glasgow, has been leading a band of investors who believe they have been duped by the OneCoin digital currency. OneCoin is said to have raised as much as £4bn around the world in...

Plastic in waste electronics (e-waste) is an environmental time bomb that has been overlooked, say campaigners. Plastic accounts for about 20% of the 50 million tonnes of e-waste produced each year, which is expected to more than double to 110m tonnes by 2050. A UN-supported campaign is calling on consumers...

The number of malicious Android apps that make it to the Google Play store continues to grow at an alarming rate. Sophos has issued a new report regarding 15 apps on Google Play that are abusive and designed to do nothing but serve ads to smartphone users. On top of...

Earlier today, we reported that Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 1 is set to kick off tomorrow morning, aka Taco Tuesday. We’ve previously seen a few grainy images concerning what to expect from this new chapter including an all-new map and boats for players to ride in. Now, we’re getting a relatively...

Netgear’s Orbi family of mesh Wi-Fi routers took the market by storm a few years ago, providing excellent coverage for larger homes, built-in GbE ports for connected wired devices, and a dedicated backhaul connection for communicating between the router and its satellite(s). However, those Orbi systems can be quite expensive...

As part of the built-in protection in Safari to keep iOS users safe from malicious websites, Apple sends to browsing data to Tencent, a technology firm in China. This is revealed in an updated privacy notice, in which Apple says Tencent "may also log your IP address" in addition to...