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MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC: all the audio file formats explained

Home Advice Organising your digital music collection, you might be struck by the number of different audio file formats in your library. Almost everyone’s heard of MP3, but what about OGG, AIFF, MQA or DSD? If the list leaves you wondering whether all those songs studied at different universities to get such official-looking letters after… Read more

CES will return to Las Vegas for live in-person event in 2022, CTA confirms

Home News (Image credit: Consumer Trade Association) How to fill the shiny new product void left by another cancelled High End Munich? North America’s largest tech trade alliance, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has the answer. Following a successful (though all-digital and socially distanced) CES 2021, the CTA has announced that its huge consumer electronics show will head back… Read more

Klipsch The Fives

Our Verdict The Fives offer sonic performance to match their lengthy feature list, if not exactly their ambitious moniker For Punchy presentation Good features set Versatile nature Against Uneven tonality Not the most organised presentation It’s not often we are presented with a product such as the Klipsch The Fives. They’re clearly a pair of… Read more

Apple adds a way to speed up searches on the App Store by suggesting words

Apple has added a new App Store search suggestions feature in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK, that might make it easier to find apps. Now, after typing in a search term, the App Store will attempt to predict what you’re looking for and offer suggested words that, when tapped, will further narrow down… Read more

Corsair RM750x (2021) Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The new Corsair RM750x (2021) achieves top performance, isn’t noisy, and is equipped with a top-notch ML fan. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + Silent at low and mid loads + Fully compliant with ATX v2.52 + Highly efficient at light loads + Long hold-up time… Read more

Robert Koda Takumi K-15 EX preamp joins Absolute Sounds’ lavish Ten hi-fi series

Home News (Image credit: Robert Koda (Absolute Sounds) ) How do you get your aspirational audio fix when High End Munich is cancelled (again)? Absolute Sounds has the answer. Having brought some of the world’s finest audio equipment to the UK for over 40 years, the firm launched a new distribution concept called Ten at… Read more

Motorola Moto G Play (2021) review: a fairly good phone for a very good price

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The Moto G Play is the least expensive of four phones that Motorola introduced for the US market earlier this year. Introduced at $169, it’s already enjoying an apparently permanent $10 mark down, placing it firmly in… Read more

Crucial’s DDR5 RAM Is Ready For Retail

Home News Crucial DDR5 (Image credit: XFastest) It looks like DDR5 RAM is almost ready for purchase. Chinese news outlet XFastest this week shared photographs of the first retail DDR5 memory modules from Crucial, showing the components in retail packaging, just aching to hit shelves. As seen in the images, the publication blocked out the… Read more

Uber will let you book a vaccine appointment through its app

You can now book a vaccine appointment — and a ride to that appointment — in the Uber app. The new feature is part of a host of product news that Uber announced today under the rubric “go anywhere, get anything.” With more people getting vaccinated, the company is banking on a big comeback to… Read more

ZTE is selling a $200 phone with wireless charging through Visible and Yahoo Mobile

ZTE is offering a feature rarely seen in the budget class of phones: wireless charging. The Blade 11 Prime is on sale now in the US for $192 through Visible and Yahoo Mobile, two MVNOs that use Verizon’s network. It’s an otherwise fairly unremarkable budget device, with a 6.5-inch 720p display shipping with Android 11…. Read more

Crytek reportedly working on a sequel to Ryse Son of Rome

Matthew Wilson 1 day ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Back when the Xbox One launched in 2013, one of Microsoft’s big exclusives, Ryse Son of Rome, released to middling critical reception. As the years have gone on though, the game has developed a cult following and soon, those long-time fans may have a… Read more

Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite vs Fire TV Stick (3rd Generation) vs Fire TV Stick 4K: which is better?

Home Advice (Image credit: Amazon) If you want to add video streaming services to your TV, an Amazon Fire TV Stick is a great option. But which one do you go for? The standard option, aka the Amazon Fire TV Stick (3rd Gen)? The Ultra HD-toting Fire TV Stick 4K? Or should you save some… Read more

Arm Details Neoverse V1 and N2 Platforms, New Mesh Design

Home News (Image credit: Arm) Yesterday marked the 36th anniversary of the first power-on of an Arm processor. Today, the company announced the deep-dive details of its Neoverse V1 and N2 platforms that will power the future of its data center processor designs and span up to a whopping 192 cores and 350W TDP. Naturally,… Read more

ID-Cooling SE-207-XT Review: Big Air on a Budget

Our Verdict The ID-Cooling SE-207-XT is a great option for builders looking for the performance of larger-air cooling on a budget. It isn’t going to perform like a $100 premium air cooler, particularly in the highest-end CPUs, but it does provide enticing performance for a lot less. For + Budget pricing + Easy to install… Read more

Razer’s Orochi V2 wireless gaming mouse has astoundingly long battery life

Razer’s new $69.99 Orochi V2 is a wireless gaming mouse that promises extremely long battery life. It can apparently last up to 950 hours on a single AA battery when it’s in Bluetooth mode or up to 425 hours if you toggle its wireless switch to use the 2.4GHz Hyperspeed mode that can deliver lower-latency… Read more