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Call of Duty will return to the Black Ops well in 2024 with a new instalment based upon the first G…

YouTube's clampdown on ad-blockers is taking a new twist, with the company now delaying the commenc…

Amid all of the Microsoft/OpenAI/Sam Altman drama this week, Google is quietly getting on with making its lower-key Bard assistant more useful. Google has published its latest Bard updates, and one of them will analyse YouTube videos for you and pull out key bits of information. Unfortunately for the person who made the video, the […]

After launching a couple of music streamers in 2023, WiiM has turned its attention to launching a brand new product in the Amp, its first streaming amplifier.

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Sonos' long awaited arrival in the headphones market could be accompanied by a media streaming devi…

The Samsung Galaxy S-Series release often takes centre stage as the first major smartphone launch of any year, and 2024 won’t be any different. In fact, this year the launch could come a fortnight early. According to a new report, Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy S24 series of phones on January 17, during an […]

Apple likes to take its time with integrating long-established technologies into its products. Take…

Apple caving into adopting the RCS messaging standard for iPhone to Android text conversations doesn’t mean the fabled green bubbles are going anywhere. While confirming that the RCS Universal Profile will be replace SMS and MMS messages for cross-platform conversations in 2024, Apple also said those texts will be represented by green bubbles in chat […]

How to watch England vs Malta: The Three Lions continue their preparation for next summer’s European Championships with a home game against Malta. Here’s how to tune in for free. England have already booked their place in Germany for next summer’s Euro 2024 Finals, so tonight’s qualifier against Malta is a tune-up game, of sorts. […]

How Huawei is chasing innovation in health and fitness

Deezer has launched a new feature in Shaker that allows users to share music with others across dif…

Microsoft will allow users to ditch homegrown apps – like the Edge browser and Bing search – from Windows 11 PCs, in order to comply with new laws in the European Union. Due to the new Digital Markets Act, Microsoft is preparing issue a Windows 11 update that’ll finally allow PC owners to purge a […]

Microsoft has launched a new 'Windows App' that'll enable users on a wide range of devices to strea…

Apple will adopt the RCS messaging standard in late 2024, the company has surprisingly revealed. In news that’ll delight competitors like Google, which has long campaigned for Apple to adapt RCS to level the messaging playing field, Apple says the move will unlock better interoperability between iPhone and Android users. In a statement, the Apple […]

The race F1 has been waiting years for has arrived. Formula One is back racing in Las Vegas! Wit…

Comments made by Sonos and a recently leaked internal email suggest that Sonos is almost ready to enter the headphones market. The multi-room audio specialist held its latest earnings call yesterday, revealing a troubling 5.5% drop in revenue. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence said that the company’s big hope for turning things around will be “entry […]

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has announced that the Qi2 wireless charging standard is just a…

Are you one of those folks afflicted by your partner’s desire to take 100 of versions the same photo until they find one they’re happy enough to share on social media. The Instagram husband/wife phenomenon is real and it doesn’t half clog up the photo library on your smartphone. Luckily, Google Photos has a new […]

If you’ve paid attention to any of the media coverage and subsequent reviews of the PlayStation Portal handheld, it’s mostly critical of the basic functionality that focuses only on Remote Play from a PS5 console. Many have wondered why Sony isn’t using this as an opportunity to make a deeper push into dedicated cloud gaming […]

Amid the constant incursion of AI into Google Search, the company is bringing back the human element with a new feature called Notes. The addition seeks to pair a Google Search user with an oddly specific request, with a user person who knows the answer but hasn’t yet shared it with the world. Notes will […]

Look out Oura! Smart ring rival Circular is back with what it attests isn’t just the world’s thinnest and lightest health ring, but the slimmest and lightest wearable per se. The follow-up to the Circular Ring Pro enters an increasingly competitive smart ring market, but distinguishes itself at just 2.2mm thick and weighs just 2 […]

Apple has extended its offer of free access to the Emergency SOS via satellite service for iPhone 14 users. When Apple launched the iPhone 14 range in late 2022, one of the main new features was the ability to contact emergency services when there’s no mobile or Wi-Fi signal, courtesy of satellite connectivity. While this […]

Amazon has begun replacing Android on its smart devices with an all-new custom OS. It might not seem like it, but Amazon devices in the Fire HD tablet, Fire TV, and Echo Show lines run on a heavily forked version of Android. You’dthink that Amazon would be keen to purge one of its biggest tech […]

Sorry, we may have got your hopes up by sharing rumours of a mid-range Samsung foldable phone, last week. Because, apparently, Samsung has no interest in making one right now. Following a widely-shared report from TrendForce, suggesting a much more affordable version of a Z Fold or Z Flip phone may arrive in 2024, Samsung […]

The makers of the Nothing Phone have announced a new Nothing Chats app, which it claims brings iMessage to Android… sort of. Weighting in on the blue bubble vs green bubble war, Nothing says it has developed a first of its kind solution. Nothing Chats effectively enables Nothing Phone (2) owners to exchange iMessage messages […]

It's emerged that Google pays Apple a massive chunk of its advertising revenue from Safari web sear…

Apple has been tipped to give its often-bashed Siri personal assistant a huge AI upgrade at WWDC 2024. According to tipster @Tech_Reve, Apple has been using a large language model (LLM) to “completely revamp Siri into the ultimate virtual assistant”. They go on to predict that the development of this new smarter Siri is well […]

Apple is preparing a bounty of big iPad updates for 2024, which will make up for the complete absence of new hardware in 2023, according to one in-the-know analyst. The often-reliable Ming-Chi Kuo reckons Apple isn’t just planning the long awaited iPad Pro with OLED display technology, but also an iPad Air with the largest […]

Apple is relying on an “ambitious” iOS 18 release to lift up what could be an underwhelming series of hardware updates for next-year’s iPhone 16. That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who provides more details on why Apple briefly shut down feature development in order to deal with a larger number […]