Opinion

OPINION: Anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to the news from the last year would have noticed the commotion surrounding AI. From media, finance, e-commerce, to smart homes, artificial intelligence is having a disruptive impact on many industries. And another industry it has its sights trained on is music. One of the concerns surrounding […]

It’s time for another Winners and Losers to keep you up to date on the latest happenings in tech over the bank holiday weekend.  We’ve got Computex to look forward to in the coming week, followed by the highly-anticipated iOS 17 reveal at WWDC the week after, but what about this past week?  Keep reading […]

OPINION: It’s expected that Apple will soon unleash its AR/VR headset, with WWDC coming on June 5th. Rumours point to a largely mobile/iOS-flavoured experience, but it could have an exciting impact on Macs down the line. It isn’t every day (or, even, year) that Apple enters a new category, when it does it’s worth taking […]

Apple's decision to exclude a rumoured iOS 17 feature from the iPad is a significant misstep.

OPINION: Sony revealed the Project Q handheld yesterday, but it left more questions than answers. S…

OPINION: It’s been two and a half years since the PS5 launched. With PlayStation taking great pride in the number of high-quality first-party games it delivers, you’d expect the PS5 library to be packed to the brim with gems at this stage – but that isn’t the case.  So far, the only high profile PS5 […]

OPINION: PlayStation has rightfully been lauded for its excellent game library in recent years. The likes of Uncharted, Horizon, The Last of Us, Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man, God of War and more have helped ensure a steady flow of top-notch first party games on PlayStation’s consoles. Most people would agree that this is the core […]

OPINION: It’s safe to say that the launch of the PSVR 2 hasn’t pulled up any trees, at least in the sales department. The PlayStation Showcase is Sony’s chase to turn things around, but will it? Sony isn’t giving up on the PSVR 2 and, admittedly, it’d be too early to do so. Sony Interactive […]

Is the hi-fi industry doing enough to appeal to younger generations? This is something I’ve been pondering on and off, and the return Munich High End Show brought this feeling into greater clarity.

The biggest announcement this week went to Amazon as the company showcased its latest array of Alexa-powered speakers and smart displays, including an update to the Echo Show 5 and the vibrant Echo Pop.  This week also saw a new pair of Beats Studio Buds+ with a transparent design, the final version of iOS 16 […]

OPINION: If you and your mates are gamers, you’ve probably had endless conversations on Xbox vs PlayStation, console vs PC and the like. And I’m sure someone has said, “Yeah but PC is too expensive”. Well, the budget PC gaming seen is looking better than ever. I’m not saying there has been a massive explosion […]

Gimmicky features are going to be a lot more common going forward

OPINION: If YouTube TV is going to keep raising prices, it can’t fail sports fans as it did on Wednesday night when NBA coverage crapped out at the critical juncture. NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Game 1. Heat at Celtics. Crunch time. We’re deep in the fourth quarter with the Heat up 7 points with under […]

OPINION: You can now train an iPhone and iPad to speak for you, in your own voice. The feature coul…

OPINION: The immediate success of the Breath of the Wild sequel has helped hammer home that power isn’t necessarily what handhelds need to be popular. Handheld consoles are getting more accepted every year. While the Nintendo Switch family was arguably the first handheld to make a splash in the contemporary market, more brands have followed […]

Having been late to the party in testing the Sony A95K QD-OLED, I'm impressed at how good it's picture quality is and can't wait to see what Sony can do with the 2nd-gen A95L

OPINION: It’s been quite a week, full of new tech to drool over – but, as ever, we’re here to crown our winners and losers of the last seven days. It might have been a short week here in the UK, but it’s been one of the busiest in terms of launches of 2023 so […]

OPINION: The ROG Ally has launched and reviews are out. To varying degrees, Windows is a key target for criticism. Microsoft is both the problem and the solution. It’s time for an Xbox handheld. Admittedly, our 4-star review of the Asus ROG Ally wasn’t as harsh on the use of Windows 11 as some other […]

If Google can't get developers on board with the Pixel Fold, it could be dead in the water

Elon Musk has lived up to his word to appoint a new Twitter CEO, with the social network owner confirming ad executive Linda Yaccarino will take over as chief exec. Yaccarino is the outgoing head of advertising at NBCU Universal and will start the new job in around six weeks, according to Musk. The new […]

OPINION: Google’s shift change to AI in search could forever change the online economy. Right now few can predict the consequences. Regardless, Google won’t care. Google this week revealed the biggest change to its core Search platform since its inception. Pretty soon, the web’s vast archive of knowledge on the user’s query will be distilled […]

It’s been a busy week in tech with a handful of big companies unveiling their latest devices over the last seven days.  It started with Xiaomi showcasing its new camera-focused Xiaomi 13 Ultra smartphone. The phone was followed by Acer’s Predator Triton 14 (2023) and Swift X 16 laptops and Asus’ new 1kg Zenbook S […]

OPINION: Google’s I/O event was mostly comprised of AI-dominated presentations, but in amongst the discussions about Google Bard and the future of artificial intelligence, the company dropped a brief update surrounding Wear OS 4 that points towards a brighter future for wearables. It’s no secret that Wear OS was a stagnant platform for the longest […]

OPINION: Google just had its first I/O event of 2023, unveiling a bevy of new software features and…

OPINION: Apple made the surprise announcement today that Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro will be making their way to iPads later this month, and while there’s a lot to get excited about, it seems as though Apple has dropped the ball in a few key areas. As someone who’s been using LumaFusion – one […]

OPINION: Most of the iPhone 15 rumours so far are focused on one singular feature and it’s nothing to get excited about. But what else is there? So desperate are fans for iPhone 15 nuggets that the ‘will it won’t it’ for this year isn’t focused on the display, the design, or the cameras. It’s all […]

If Apple and Samsung run the smartphone industry then Wacom is king in the graphics tablet market. The brand is a popular choice for artists and designers that work on pen displays with its biggest competitors up until this point being names like Huion and XP-Pen.  However, that might not be the case for much […]

OPINION: This five-star TCL Roku is an example to other brands of how to do a really good budget TV

OPINION: Goodbye, i3, i5, i7 and i9 – we hardly knew you. An intriguing benchmark and a tweet from a senior Intel employee suggest “Ultra” is on the way. The reason for the rebrand isn’t immediately clear and clearing up your chip choice confusion doesn’t appear to be the priority. If you’re not a tech […]

OPINION: It’s expensive being a football fan. Even ignoring the price of a season ticket, the cost of a subscription to the likes of Sky Sports and BT Sports is ridiculously high and needlessly exploitative.  It currently costs £22 a month on top of your standard Sky package to gain access to the football-centric Sky […]