Intel challenges Raspberry Pi 3 with tricked-out Joule board

From PC World: Intel has unleashed a new competitor to Raspberry Pi 3 with its new Joule development board, which packs in superior graphics and wireless connectivity.

The chipmaker has loaded the development board with technology found in regular PCs: a 64-bit quad-core Atom processor, 4K graphics...

Apple to boost investment in China, report says

From CNET: Apple is ramping up its investment in China, building a new facility in the country, according to reports concerning the tech-maker's plans for the region.

CEO Tim Cook is said to have revealed the plans -- which reportedly include building a research and development centre -- in a...

Oculus Rift on sale in Europe and Canada from 20 September

From CNET: Tech fans in Europe and Canada only have to put up with boring regular reality for another month or so, as Oculus has confirmed its Rift headset will be hitting those regions on 20 September.

Preorders in those regions kick off from today, following on from a US release earlier this year...

End to free upgrade halts rapid Windows 10 growth

From InfoWorld: As expected, Windows 10's usage share growth sank after Microsoft ended the free upgrade it had offered customers for the past year.

According to analytics vendor StatCounter, Windows 10's week-over-week gains in the first two weeks of August were 0.13 and 0.15 percentage points...

AZIO MGK L80 (Kailh Brown) Review

When I was still young and ignorant, I thought I had all the answers. I thought there were no questions left to be answered, especially because all the tiny questions I had were so easily answered by the help of Google, my older brothers, or my parents. For quite a while, I thought to myself what more can there be to be found out. Other than the philosophical questions of "Why am I here?" or other such idea, I did not really aspire to answer any...

Meet Fuchsia, a new operating system in the works at Google

From PC World: For years, Google has developed two operating systems side-by-side in Android for mobile devices and Chrome OS for laptops and desktops. But it looks as though Google now has a third operating system project underway known as Fuchsia.

Although Google isn't revealing much, Android...

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