EA DOWN – Server status latest for FIFA 18, Battlefield 1 and Star Wars Battlefront 2

EA servers are down for thousands of gamers today with FIFA 18, Battlefield 1 and Star Wars Battlefront 2 players among those heaviest hit. Independent website Down Detector has registered thousands of EA down reports today. The site’s outage map shows EA gamers in the UK, Europe and US hit by the server issues today. […]

Fortnite COUNTDOWN – Teams of 20 release date, start time, PS4 and Xbox One server status

Fortnite players will soon be able to jump into a new LTM, with Epic Games today revealing the Teams of 20 mode for Battle Royale. The upcoming Fortnite mode will see five teams of 20 battle it out for Victory Royale in the completely free Battle Royale mode. The official Fortnite Twitter account revealed the […]

PSN Down: PlayStation Network status reveals server trouble for PS4 gamers

The PSN is Down for many gamers tonight trying to use core services on their PS4 console. The official PlayStation Network status page confirms as much, revealing that both gaming and social are currently the worst affected. “You may have some difficulty launching games, applications, or online features,” the official PSN message reads. “Our engineers […]

Microsoft doesn’t want to turn over foreign server data, SCOTUS to weigh in

Enlarge / Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft Corp., right, speaks to the media while his attorney, Joshua Rosenkranz, listens outside the US Supreme Court on Feb. 27, 2018. (credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg via Getty Images) On Tuesday morning, the nine justices of the Supreme Court put a legal theory from Microsoft […]

Find out if your password has been pwned—without sending it to a server

Enlarge / Key on digital display (credit: Getty Images | D3Damon) A new system that securely checks whether your passwords have been made public in known data breaches has been integrated into the widely used password manager, 1Password. This new tool lets customers find out if their passwords have been leaked without ever transmitting full […]

PUBG server status: How long is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds down tonight on PC?

Bluehole Inc has confirmed that the PUBG server status will be down tonight for around three hours. The new maintenance has been scheduled so that a new build of the game can be deployed. WILL PUBG ON XBOX ONE BE AFFECTED? Bluehole have not said anything about a new PUBG Xbox One update being launch […]

PUBG Servers DOWN: Busy server status and maintenance errors hit Battle Royale game

Busy server errors are being confirmed tonight by players trying to login into PUBG. PUBG servers are reportedly down for a wide range of players, based around the world. It’s unclear what is causing the current outage, with no known Battlegrounds maintenance planned for tonight. Bluehole Inc. just released a statement confirming that there are […]

Why Renee James is challenging Intel with ARM-based server chips

I met Renee James more than a couple of decades ago, when she was the technical assistant to then Intel CEO Andy Grove, one of the legendary leaders of Silicon Valley. She kept notes on what she learned from Grove, and she rose through the ranks to become president of the world’s biggest chip maker. […]

Fortnite Battle Royale news: Epic reveal PS4 and Xbox One freebies for Server issues

Fortnite Battle Royale is proving very popular with fans on PC, Xbox One and PS4. And this is what led in part to the game becoming unplayable over various days last week. This included problems with the game’s new update, as well as a surge of new players knocking the servers offline. Now Epic Games […]

PSN down AGAIN – PS4 server status latest as PlayStation Network completely ‘unavailable’

PSN DOWN UPDATE TWO: The issues affecting PSN have now been resolved. The official PlayStation UK Twitter account tweeted to say the server problems that hit PS4 fans has now been fixed. The PlayStation Network Service Status page, which previously showed all features as not working, also says “all services are up and running”. The official […]