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Worldline to buy Ingenico for $8.6B in major payments consolidation play
Some consolidation is afoot among the payments behemoths of Europe, as they continue to go head-to-head with smaller, newer fintech companies eating into their market dominance by adapting faster to changing spending habits, while also looking to capitalise on economies of scale. Today Worldline, a financial services company that provides…
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Steam has more users than ever, despite Epic Games Store exclusives
Steam just recorded a new all-time high for the number of concurrent users, with Valve’s service hitting 18,801,944 in terms of the amount of gamers online simultaneously. As highlighted by Steam Database, this happened on Sunday, February 2, and comfortably exceeded the previous record set in January 2018 which stood…
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X apparently crushes $20,000 Intel dual Xeon Platinum 8280 CPUs
New benchmarks for AMD’s upcoming 64-core Threadripper 3990X CPU apparently show it outperforming Intel’s much more expensive Xeon Platinum 8280 processors. We certainly have high hopes for the upcoming AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-core processor (which launches February 7) , and new benchmarks have just been leaked that have made…
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Brexit may restore EU roaming charges, Government confirms
The UK government has confirmed that mobile users could be subject to roaming charges within the European Union from January 2021. All roaming fees were abolished across the EU in June 2017 following several years of price cuts, as per European law. These regulations will remain in place for the…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 range leaked prices rival the iPhone 11 Pro range
It’s a generally accepted fact that Apple’s top-end phones are more expensive than top-end Android handsets, but Samsung could be looking to close the gap if leaked prices for the Samsung Galaxy S20 range are to be believed. Shared on Twitter by Max Weinbach (a leaker with a good track…
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Microsoft cancels Surface Hub 2X launch, promises ‘major’ software update instead
Microsoft is no longer planning to release its special Surface Hub 2X processor upgrade cartridge this year. The software giant was planning to allow Surface Hub 2S owners to upgrade to this cartridge, improving the processor and GPU inside. It was also part of how Microsoft would enable tiling and…
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