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CES 2024: everything you need to know about this year's huge tech event
With virtual events a now-distant memory, CES 2024 is set to be a massive consumer electronics show at full strength. The CTA, which organizes the Las Vegas, Nevada, expo, is expecting over 3,500 exhibitors spread across 2.4 million square feet of exhibit space. There should be a betting pool on how many tech companies will leverage the eye-popping Sphere's insane display capabilities. Attendees… → Read More
ICYMI: the 8 biggest tech stories of the week, from iPhone 15 to iRobot Roombas
Missed the week's big tech news? Here's your firmware update → Read More
Whoops! Google doesn’t know how to repair your broken Pixel Watch screen
Watch out Google Pixel Watch owners, Google has revealed that it can’t repair your Pixel Watch screen if it breaks. If yours gets a crack, you’re going to be stuck with it – unless you get a whole new watch. What’s more, there’s a good chance that damage to your Pixel Watch isn’t covered by the gadget’s limited warranty – which has exemptions for damage caused by “normal wear and tear”,… → Read More
What is "Double Tap" on the Apple Watch 9? The gesture controls explained
Here's what the new Double Tap Apple Watch 9 feature can do → Read More
iPhone 15 colors: every shade, including the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max
There are a lot of factors for you to consider when you’re buying a new iPhone 15. Should you go for the base model, the larger iPhone 15 Plus, the more powerful iPhone 15 Pro, or the bigger and better iPhone 15 Pro Max? How much storage should you opt for? Do you need Apple Care? And, perhaps most importantly, what iPhone 15 color should you go for? To help you make a decision on that last one,… → Read More
iRobot’s new Roomba might fix some of the biggest issues with robot vacuums
Better cleaning, better design, better robot vacuum → Read More
Best of IFA 2023 awards – meet the 13 coolest products of the show
But what's the really good stuff – the practical gadgets and tech upgrades that will be available in the future, that you should be be keeping your eyes on? That's where our Best of IFA 2023 awards come in! Chosen by our editors based on their hands-on experience with what we found at the show, these are our picks of the year. Some are products available imminently, while others are tech… → Read More
Samsung Galaxy Ring: the smart ring is now official, here's everything we know
It's now official, but there's a lot we don't know → Read More
How to use Threads: get to grips with Instagram’s Twitter rival
Meta has launched its Twitter competitor Threads, a spin-off of Instagram that prioritizes text over images. Predictably, many of us are already hooked. The new platform arrives amidst Twitter’s latest controversy; this time it’s about how the social media platform is limiting how many posts its users can read, with paying subscribers able to see 10,000 posts while unpaying ones are limited to… → Read More
Twitter explains why it sabotaged your feed without notice – but no end is in sight
On July 1, with no warning and little reason why, Elon Musk – the CEO of Twitter – said that Twitter would be imposing strict rate limits on how many posts users could view. Now we have an official reason why, but it's still unclear how long this will last. When Musk put out his tweet he said that Verified accounts would be limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, unverified users to 600, and new… → Read More
Apple’s Vision Pro might be impossible to buy – and not just because of its price
We knew that getting our hands on the Apple Vision Pro would be a challenge – unless you happen to have a spare $3,499 (around £2,800 / AU$5,300) lying around that is. But even if you're able to afford the super-expensive VR headset you might still be out of luck, as new reports suggest Apple will produce limited numbers this year. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg, which cites a… → Read More
A Song of Ice and Fire and Bowling: the VR games and apps I played in June 2023
This month I’ve used VR to become an action movie star in Pistol Whip, explore the new Polus Point map in Among Us, and entered a VR bowling tournament in ForeVR Bowl. June has been a jam-packed month for VR – what with Apple announcing its brand new Apple Vision Pro at WWDC 2023 just days after Meta officially announced the Meta Quest 3. But when I’m not writing news and features about the… → Read More
Watching Netflix on your Google TV just got a long-awaited upgrade to match Apple TV
Netflix is finally getting an upgrade for Google TVs running Android TV OS 12 that’s been a long time coming: frame rate matching, with it being the most notable platform so far to support the feature. Framerate matching was introduced when Android TV OS 12 launched back in October 2022, but it has felt like something of a work in progress because none of the best streaming services supported… → Read More
Motorola's iPhone 14-beating comms tech turns any phone into a satellite phone, and you can buy it now
Motorola's Defy Smartphone Satellite Link could be a lifesaver → Read More
Save your My Photo Stream pictures before Apple shuts it down
Apple’s My Photo Stream is set to be shut down in less than a month on July 26, 2023, so if you want to locally save any images from the service you don’t have long left. My Photo Stream was a limited-space cloud storage system that could give you a free taste of what iCloud has to offer you. Your 1,000 most recent snaps would be stored in the cloud for 30 days, allowing you to easily move them… → Read More
Baffled by laundry symbols? This iOS 17 feature is coming to rescue you
Visual Search can help you identify laundry and car symbols → Read More
Check your emails Oculus Quest 2 owners, Meta might be giving you a free upgrade
If you own an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset then go and check your emails, as Meta might be trying to give you a free Elite Strap accessory for it. User u/claimingmarrow7 took to Reddit to show off an email they claim to have received from Meta. In it they’re told they’ve been sent a unique code they can redeem to be sent a Quest 2 Elite Strap with “no string attached” – all they have to do is take… → Read More
Amazon Prime Day fan deals 2023: what to expect
Everything you need to know about the Amazon Prime Day fan deals we expect to see in 2023. → Read More
ChatGPT is adding Bing access on iPhone, but only if you pay up
ChatGPT Plus subscribers will get Bing search access in the iPhone app → Read More
Amazon Prime Day vacuum deals 2023: what to expect
Everything you need to know about the Amazon Prime Day vacuum deals we expect to see in 2023. → Read More