Posts tagged as: UK

UK Follows US in Restricting Larger Electronics from the Cabin for Middle East and North Africa Flights

The UK government announced a ban on electronic devices being carried in cabins on some flights into the country on Tuesday afternoon. The exact details are different from those included the similar electronics ban issued by the Department of Homeland Security in the US late Monday. If you did not already know, US authorities have […]

Apple Files Another Lawsuit Against Qualcomm

Apple is taking Qualcomm to court in the U.K. over patent-licensing fees. Apple filed a similar lawsuit against Qualcomm in the U.S. Apple alleges that Qualcomm using unfair practices to license its chips and technology. At the heart of the matter is how Qualcomm works its contracts. It charges companies to use its chips, including […]

Nissan Is Testing an Autonomous Leaf on UK Streets for First Time

  A self-driving Nissan Leaf car took to the streets of London on Monday for the imprint’s first European tests of an autonomous vehicle. the UK has been wooing developers of autonomous vehicles, hoping to grab a slice of an industry it estimates could be worth 900 billion pounds ($1.1 trillion) worldwide by 2025. It also […]

Wii U Only 2.1 Percent of the UK Games Market in 2016

The UK physical games market fell 15.8 percent to £1.78bn in 2016, according to the latest figures from GfK. Sales of PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS and older systems suffered a considerable drop, falling by 27 percent. Home consoles generated £503m of revenue in 2016 compared to £689.5m in 2015. The only exception was […]

Jeremy Irons Wants The Apple Of Eden In New Assassin’s Creed Trailer

In a new Assassin’s Creed international trailer, Jeremy Irons tell us why he wants the Apple Of Eden, Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and […]

Samsung Pay for the UK Pushed Out Until 2017

Six months ago Samsung started rolling out its mobile-based payment system in Europe starting with Spain. At the time, the company did plan to bring Samsung Pay to the UK but according to several sources, it appears that the service won’t be arriving until next year… One reason for the delay could be the fact that […]

ASA Clears No Man’s Sky of False Advertising

No Man’s Sky faced a huge amount of criticism from the moment it launched, mainly because the game didn’t live up to the hype that preceded it. Such was the disparity, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK received 23 complaints regarding the promotional assets used on the game’s Steam page. As Eurogamer explains, […]

World of Tanks Is One of the Games Championing War Child’ Armistice Day Fundraiser

War Child is a UK-founded charity that provides assistance to children in the aftermath of conflict, whose latest fundraising drive targets videogames and Armistice Day (November 11 for us yanks!)—which you may better know as Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. The charity’s ‘Armistice’ campaign encourages peaceful play to support children affected by war and is […]

UK Plans to Spend 1.9B Pounds on Cybersecurity

The UK revealed a plan (PDF) to spend 1.9 billion pounds (roughly $2.3 billion USD) between 2016 and 2021 to bolster its cybersecurity. This National Cyber Security Strategy is meant to help defend the UK from the growing threat of hacks, mass surveillance, and other digital mayhem. The strategy is supposed to be comprehensive: Its authors said […]

Logan UK Trailer Features R-Rated Scene

In case you had any doubts that the movie would be rated R, goto the 1:27 mark in the Logan international trailer! It features an R-rated scene that was left out of the first domestic trailer for the film. Check it out in the player below! Starring Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart, Logan is coming to […]

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