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That Was Then… NAD 3020

Home Features (Image credit: NAD) If we were to make a list of the most important stereo amplifiers of all time, there’s every chance that NAD’s original 3020 would feature. It is widely claimed to be the best selling integrated amplifier ever, which would be reason enough for it to rate highly on our list,… Read more

Call of Duty: Warzone pulls a Fortnite with the launch of its new map

After launching a little over a year ago, Call of Duty: Warzone is one of the most popular free-to-play titles right now, with 100 million people playing the battle royale shooter. Following a nuclear missile that destroyed the game’s map, the in-game city of Verdansk is back with a new map set in the year… Read more

College student sues Proctorio after source code copyright claim

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the remote testing company Proctorio on behalf of Miami University student Erik Johnson. The lawsuit is intended to “quash a campaign of harassment designed to undermine important concerns” about the company’s remote test-proctoring software, according to the EFF. It’s the latest legal battle for the… Read more

Sony is testing a PlayStation video streaming service in Poland

Following a leak yesterday, Sony confirmed that it is testing out a service called PlayStation Plus Video Pass, with a one-year trial in Poland that will allow subscribers to stream movies and TV shows, as the company looks at ways to expand its online subscription, Video Game Chronicle reports. Speaking with Polish website Spider’s Web,… Read more

Congress is diving into the App Store fight

For years, tech companies like Facebook and Amazon have faced the brunt of antitrust criticism by Congress, and Apple has gotten far fewer questions. But that changed on Wednesday, when Congress finally sunk its teeth into Apple as part of a hearing titled “Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores.” The hearing brought in representatives… Read more

Ryzen 5000 Mobile RAM Guide: The Best RAM For AMD Ryzen Laptops

Home News AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile Memory Scaling (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’ll dive in deep on the best memory settings for your Ryzen mobile laptop. Sequels don’t always live up to the originals, and that’s true even in the processor world. In AMD’s case, however, it’s the complete opposite. The Zen microarchitecture has… Read more

Legendary Technics SL-1200 deck gets its MK7 release next month

Home News (Image credit: Technics) Technics will next month release the SL-1200MK7, the silver finish of its legendary DJ turntable with specs matching those of the SL-1210MK7 released two years ago. A club staple since being adopted by disco DJs soon after the deck’s initial release in 1972, the SL-1200 is one of those rare… Read more

Technics has a new entry-level turntable, the SL-100C

Home News (Image credit: Technics) Technics is adding an affordable turntable to its legendary SL range of decks, and it’s called the SL-100C. The new model inherits many features of the popular (not to mention five-star) Technics SL-1500C. It has the same iron-coreless direct-drive motor designed to avoid issues such as clogging and speed control,… Read more

Instagram is rolling out a new tool to automatically filter out abusive DMs

Instagram announced a new tool today that will allow users to automatically filter out direct message requests containing offensive words, phrases, and emojis. The tool is targeted at celebrities and public figures who receive a large number of unwanted, harmful DMs. The update builds on Instagram’s work to combat hate speech on the platform. In… Read more

Bowers & Wilkins PI5 and PI7 true wireless earbuds officially unveiled

Home News (Image credit: Bowers & Wilkins ) Bowers & Wilkins isn’t always first to the party but, when it does arrive, it certainly likes to make an entrance. Today, the company launches not one but two debut sets of true wireless headphones, the PI5 and PI7. The latter are the more premium of the… Read more

Alexa can now tell you where to find a COVID-19 vaccine

Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices can now help direct customers to COVID-19 vaccination sites, the company announced today. Users can ask, “Alexa, where can I get a COVID vaccine?” and hear a list of nearby places to get a shot. After hearing the list, users can also ask Alexa to call a vaccination site, which the company… Read more

VanMoof’s PowerBank is a range extender and problem solver

VanMoof S3 with PowerBank arriving at Castricum aan Zee from Amsterdam.Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge We put a new 2021 S3 model to the test on a three-hour ride VanMoof, maker of some of our favorite electric bikes, just announced the PowerBank, a range extender that also charges the internal battery of the… Read more

EIZO FlexScan EV2795 Review

Introduction Back in 2018, I reviewed the EIZO FlexScan EV2785, a 27-inch office monitor equipped with a high-quality 4K IPS panel and a nice set of productivity-oriented features. Judging by the model number, you’d expect the FlexScan EV2795 to be its direct successor, but this is a completely different beast in more ways than one…. Read more

Facebook’s Clubhouse competitor is coming this summer

Facebook is going all in on audio. The company announced multiple products on Monday that emphasize voice content over text, images, or video. The products will be released over the next few months and, in some cases, will start with a limited set of people. Most notably, Facebook is indeed launching a competitor to the… Read more

Raspberry Pi Turbo Boosts Amiga 500 Retro Computer

Home News (Image credit: Claude Schwarz) In the 1980s the home computer market was dominated by the likes of Atari, IBM, Tandy and Commodore and one of the most popular machines was the Amiga. The most popular of the range was the Amiga 500 and with Claude Schwarz’s Raspberry Pi Amiga PCB known as PiStorm… Read more