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Corsair confirms $525 million acquisition deal

Last week, we began hearing whispers of a potential Corsair buyout, with sources coming forward to claim that a company known as ‘EagleTree’ was looking to acquire Corsair for as much as $500 million. Today, the acquisition was confirmed, with EagleTree Capital buying up a majority stake in the company in a deal valued at $525 million.

So what does this mean? Well essentially, EagleTree Capital, a private equity firm, now holds the majority of shares but is not the sole owner of the entire company. There are still some minority shareholders on board and Corsair’s founder and CEO, Andy Paul will remain at the company with a sizeable stake.
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by V_R, Jul 27, 2017 at 5:55 PM

Ransomware Here to Stay

Google have been conducting research in to the recent ransomware epidemic by creating thousands of virtual machines and exposing them to sources of malware. These virtual victims were then monitored to understand more about the threat:

Cyber-thieves have made at least $25m (£19m) from ransomware in the last two years, suggests research by Google.

The search giant created thousands of virtual victims of ransomware to expose the payment ecosystem surrounding the malware type.

Most of the money was made in 2016 as gangs realised how lucrative it was, revealed a talk at Black Hat.

Two types of ransomware made most of the money, it said, but other variants are starting to emerge.
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Read more at the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40737060
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by Ian, Jul 27, 2017 at 5:44 PM

UK Drone Registration

The UK Government has announced plans to introduce the requirement for UAV drone registration for owners of aircraft weighing > 250g. There have been an increasing number of problems with drone owners operating aircraft unsafely, such as very close to airport runways or flying them at high speed in public places.

There is no time frame or firm plans as to how the new rules will be enforced and the Department of Transport admitted that "the nuts and bolts still have to be ironed out".

The drone safety awareness test will involve potential flyers having to "prove that they understand UK safety, security and privacy regulations", it said.

The plans also include the extension of geo-fencing, in which no-fly zones are programmed into drones using GPS co-ordinates, around areas such as prisons and airports.
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The BBC have more details here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40684581
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by Ian, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:50 AM

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-7800X: 30 Game Battle!

TechSpot have a very detailed comparison of the Ryzen 5 1600 vs the Intel i7-7800x. 30 games are tested and benchmarked, and there is a reasonably wide range of results:

If you care at all about value, the Ryzen 5 1600 is clearly the way to go. This is why we recently named it the best value performance desktop CPU. It was unlikely that the Core i7-7800X was going to change that, but we hoped the performance would at least be a compelling reason to buy Intel's new six-core processor.

Ryzen will hit 4GHz with the box cooler but it will be a more mild experience with a $20 aftermarket cooler like the Cooler Master 212, so keep that in mind. The 7800X on the other hand cannot be overclocked to 4.7GHz using a 240mm AIO closed loop solution. Instead, it required a $380 custom loop setup to achieve that result.
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Read the review here:
https://www.techspot.com/review/1450-core-i7-vs-ryzen-5-hexa-core/

If you were building a budget gaming PC, which CPU would you choose?
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by Ian, Jul 21, 2017

Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse and Keyboard

Legit Reviews check out the Logitech P Pro keyboard and mouse, designed for gamers. It comes with RBG backlighting and mechanical keys:

The folks over at Logitech have been in the mouse and keyboard business for a long time and have essentially dominated the marketplace when it comes to those aforementioned peripherals for business and general computing use. If you’ve used computers for any length of time at all, odds are good you’ve used at least one of their products. However, on the gaming side of things they aren’t typically the first brand that comes to mind even though they’ve been doing gaming hardware since the 90’s. In recent years, Logitech has made a concerted effort to better delineate their gaming hardware by aligning them under their G brand name which covers entry to professional level products. In fact, I’ll be honest – I’ve used a lot of Logitech products over the years for both gaming and business applications and I never really thought of them as a gaming powerhouse even though upon reflection, they’ve been there every step of the way in terms of gaming peripherals for both PC and console gaming. I think it’s a smart move to continue to nurture their G gaming brand to ensure they stay in the forefront of customers’ minds in this respect.
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Read more at: http://www.legitreviews.com/logitech-g-pro-gaming-mouse-keyboard-review_196014
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by Ian, Jul 18, 2017

Google Deepmind AI learns how to walk

Google have released a very interesting (and amusing) video of the Deepmind AI learning how to walk in a virtual environment:

As impressive as this is, it's worth watching for a laugh, as some of the "walks" are quite unique!
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by Ian, Jul 14, 2017

Net Neutrality Protest

You may have noticed websites displaying protests against the rolling back of "net neutrality" rules within the United States. These rules mean that all web traffic must be treated equally - i.e. an ISP can't charge more to allow priority access to streaming services, etc... Although these rules don't cover the UK/EU, it could set a precedent.

The sites will display a variety of messages, or simulate the potential effects of losing the basic principle of all internet traffic being treated equally.

The US communications regulator earlier this year voted to remove an Obama-era rule that would prevent the prioritisation - or "throttling" - of data, as well as other measures campaigners consider to be detrimental to the internet.

Opponents to net neutrality say it stifles innovation and discourages investment in telecoms infrastructure.
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Read the rest on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40575882
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by Ian, Jul 13, 2017

Final "bug bash" before Windows 10 Autumn Creators Update

Microsoft are getting closer to releasing a large Windows 10 update (sometime in Autumn), as a "bug bash" has been announced to try and reduce the number of problems in the latest Windows Insider build. Windows Central have a sneak peak at new features we can expect to see:

While Microsoft were unable to commit to a release timeframe for the Fall Creators Update, Microsoft recently announced that Windows 10 was moving to a two-per-year upgrade schedule, where Windows 10 updates are scheduled to launch in March/April and September/October every year. Considering we already had our March/April release for 2017 with the Creators Update, it makes sense to assume the Fall Creators Update will be launching in September/October.

If we had to put money on it, we'd say October is when the Fall Creators Update will be released. We suspect Microsoft will sign off on the Fall Creators Update sometime in September allowing Insiders to test the final bits for a couple of weeks before beginning a public rollout in October.
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Read the rest here: https://www.windowscentral.com/fall-creators-update
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by Ian, Jul 10, 2017

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