Opinion

OPINION: Black Friday is a few weeks away but as is the case with this massive sales promotion, deals have already begun in earnest. Back in ye olde days of Black Friday, deals were around for the actual Friday, the weekend was left to mop up items that weren’t snatched off the shelves beforehand. These […]

Compared to all of the Apple announcements made last week, this week has remained quiet. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to discuss.

The rumoured next-gen iPad Air's 90Hz screen could point towards a long-awaited iPhone upgrade.

Dashcams have, for the most part, been designed to record footage as we drive around, capturing anything important that might help with an insurance claim. Accidents and incidents can happen when we’re not in the car, so shouldn’t dashcams also come to the rescue then? That’s what the Nextbase Piqo aims to do. That’s not […]

OPINION: There’s been a kerfuffle in the last few months in the TV world and it’s about the one thing I think most people would unite and band together against – the scourge of advertisements. A while ago I wrote about how TV interfaces were going to grow in importance for TV brands. It serves […]

Our winner this week is Apple thanks to a new AirPods feature. Nintendo is our loser as it continued to launch anything but the Switch 2.

There’s usually a bit of a lull in the smartphone market at this time of year, but someone must've forgotten to tell Chinese manufacturers

OPNION: If it’s taking this long for Microsoft to feel confident about even previewing Recall among its most loyal users, it gives me no confidence the feature can ever fully be relied upon to safeguard your security and privacy. The optics are so bad, Microsoft should totally cancel Recall. Microsoft has confirmed it is once […]

OPINION: Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft is now on sale, and it’s the biggest shakeup of the e-reader in a decade. Announced alongside new versions of the Scribe, Paperwhite and the basic, entry-level Kindle, the Colorsoft – as the name suggests – is the first Kindle e-reader with a colour display. It’s not like one of the […]

OPINION: The Apple MacBook Pro and Mac Mini leaks were rarer than rocking horse poop. A coincidence or a sign that Apple’s culture of secrecy is slipping? Either way, it’s an issue Apple must address. The culture of secrecy is part of Apple’s allure. It’s one reasons there’s so much pre-release speculation. You hardly ever […]

The big OxygenOS 15 update coming to devices including the OnePlus 12 in a few days, and it includes one of my all-time favourite foldable features.

With so many tools available, it can be daunting to know where to start with Apple Intelligence on iPhone.

OPINION: L Acoustics is an audio company you’re probably unfamiliar with, but its reach extends far. At most live concerts held around the world, you’ve probably heard the sound of your favourite musician through its line array speakers. Those pops up in central London – the one that’s opposite Tottenham Court Road Station? Its speakers […]

It’s the last Sunday of October, meaning it’s time for us to recount our winners and losers from the past week. 

The Snapdragon 8 Elite is a totally new top-end chipset headed to flagship smartphones in the coming months – and it’s a big deal.

Google continues to introduce imaging tools that warp the idea of what a photograph is – a single frame that captures a moment in time, as the image sensor saw it. Through Magic Eraser, you can remove items and people from the frame and AI will fill in the space it leaks. Magic Editor will […]

They're not quite ready for consumers just yet, but Snap Inc's Spectacles offer an impressive AR experience.

OPINION: The long-awaited Apple Mail revamp in iOS 18.2 will match Gmail’s most redeeming feature with smart categorisation. If it works well, it’s bye-bye Gmail app. I’m not the biggest fan of the Gmail app for iPhone, but it does a couple of important things Apple’s native mail app doesn’t – like weed out out […]

Snapdragon Summit has been packed with smartphone teasers - way more than usual.

OPINION: To say Sonos hasn’t enjoyed the best 2024 would be an understatement. This time last year everyone was looking forward to a new soundbar, and the expectation that, finally, a headphone was on its way, plus new speakers, and those continuing rumours about a set-top box. From the outside it looked like Sonos was […]

We’re in the tech release busy season now, and things don’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. This week we’ve seen Apple drop a surprise Ai-infused iPad Mini, Google unleash Android 15 to the masses (of Pixel users) and Oppo confirm its upcoming Find X8 will have a camera button similar to the one […]

OnePlus' early release of OxygenOS 15 based on Android 15 is a refreshing change

Remember that scene in The Sopranos where Tony struts out on to the driveway to remonstrate with Ca…

OPINION: The iPad mini didn’t need a revolution or reinvention. So what’s wrong with just upgrading the components for a better experience all round? Apple quietly updated the iPad mini for the first time in three years. It’s a modest update, but the lack of fanfare emanating from Cupertino on Tuesday morning suggested nothing else. […]

OPINION: I’ve got to say that this one leaves me a little confused. Netflix has cancelled (or should that be kancelled?) Kaos, and it’s a decision that makes me wonder (again) about the state of the streaming industry. A few weeks back I wrote about the 20th anniversary of Lost, and about how more TV […]

It’s Sunday, meaning it's time to recap our winner and loser from the last week. This week its Whoop vs Google.

MediaTek's new Dimensity 9400 chipset is a processing powerhouse, but it doesn't quite compete with leaked Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 benchmarks.

OPINION: AI inherently lacks empathy and humanity, but some examples are more startling and depressing than others. Beware: Bad news summarised by AI is in your future. One of the key Apple Intelligence tools coming this autumn is the ability to summarise your notifications. In most cases, the ability to separate the wheat from the […]

(OPINION) Until recently, I believe I sided with a fair amount of gamers in my disdain for remakes. Even though recent examples like The Last of Us Part I and Resident Evil 4 Remake have been fun to play, I hadn’t been able to shake the feeling that this console generation in particular is becoming […]

OPINION: Apple TV+ is sorely underrated in my opinion. Unlike other streamers which rely on a library of titles, or license content from other studios. It’s a bastion or original content, and long may that continue. It doesn’t get everything right. There are plenty of misfires to go with the successes. One of its biggest […]