Like previous Windows versions before it, Microsoft has committed to a ten-year support lifecycle for Windows 10. The company confirmed the news just days before the OS is scheduled to arrive on July 29. According to the Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet, the end of mainstream support for Windows 10 will come on October 14, 2020. Extended support, meanwhile, will come …

Here’s a crazy story – this morning in Korea, the electronics giant LG was forced to officially deny rumors that Google will be investing north of $2 billion in the conglomerate. Wait, what, there has been a rumor about Google buying a majority stake in LG, sending the G4 maker’s stock 14% higher? Apparently so, but LG has evidently denied …

The PC version of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will not launch on the same day as the Xbox One iteration. Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed the details on Twitter recently. “Gears on Windows 10 is later than Xbox One version,” he said in response to questions from fans. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for PC was announced at E3 …

Remember a few months ago when it was discovered that Apple is looking to integrate fingerprint readers in the display, somewhere between the touch panel and the display glass? Well, it turns out that another, much smaller company, claims to have beaten Apple to the punch. Sonovation, a company that specializes in ultrasound biometrics, has just announced that it has …

Microsoft has outed the minimum required specs for Windows 10 Mobile, and those will really surprise you. The new mobile OS edition is really scraping the bottom of the low-end barrel here, and the required specs are even lower in some aspects than what Windows Phone 8.1 demanded. For starters, Windows 10 Mobile will be able to run on devices …

Retailer GameStop has launched a new limited-time promotion called “Cash for Games.” Now through July 26, GameStop will pay more than ever in cash values for select items, including PlayStation 4 consoles and high-profile Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Wii U games. For example, GameStop will pay you $200 cash for a standard PS4. This is the regular figure for …

Ubisoft Montreal director and scriptwriter Corey May has left the company, taking a new job as narrative director at independent game studio Certain Affinity, the Austin, Texas-based company announced today. May spent close to a decade at Ubisoft Montreal, where he oversaw the narrative direction for all of the developer’s projects. This includes the original Assassin’s Creed and its sequels, as …

A teaser posted by Huawei lists September 2nd as the date when it will “bring you a taste of the flagship flagship.” According to those in the know, the manufacturer is referring to the Huawei Mate 8. The event taking place on that date in early September will be held in Berlin. There is plenty of interest in the Mate …

We don’t know if it’s Apple’s iPhone popularity as a take-anywhere camera to blame, or people simply don’t care, but there’s hardly been a more annoying trend in this digital age than vertical videos. The smallish iPhones before the 6 and 6 Plus were so conducive to hold and operate with one hand, that the majority of amateur video was …

The Apple iPhone 6 Plus is the first iPhone to come with optical image stabilization (OIS), and this feature brings quite the noticeable difference when you compare images between the iPhone 6 Plus and the iPhone 6, which lacks optical stabilization. The effect OIS has is of less blur and a sharper, better-looking image – something particularly well noticeable in …