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23 of the best vocal tracks to test your system

The vocal: often the official moment that gets a gig under way, the determiner of the direction your eyebrows go when first listening to a new artist. The vocal has enabled ‘one-man bands’ to play to rooms of thousands of people with only a guitar in their hand or a piano at their fingertips. The… Read more

Best smart fridges 2021: Keep your food cool with added smarts

(Pocket-lint) – When they first came onto the scene, it’s fair to say people were pretty sceptical of smart fridges. The question of why you’d need to be able to look at a screen on your fridge or give it voice commands came up often. The best new Alexa devices: AI-powered TVs, fridges, mirrors and… Read more

Citroën ë-C4 review: Crossover coupe that’s comfortable to the core

(Pocket-lint) – There’s a little thing in the car world called CMP – Common Modular Platform. While you won’t see it, it’s underpinning a number of cars coming from the PSA group – Citroën, Peugeot, Vauxhall, DS Automobiles, and for those in Europe, Opel. That’s why you’ll find a number of cars with what look… Read more

AMD X570S Motherboard Pops Up With a Ryzen 7 5700G CPU

Home News Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WiFi (Image credit: Gigabyte) Hardware detective Tum_Apisak has uncovered a CPU-Z validation that exposes Gigabyte’s X570S Aorus Pro AX motherboard, lending credence to the rumor that AMD is preparing a chipset refresh. Gigabyte has already registered various X570S motherboards with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). It’s never a sure-thing… Read more

AMD’s 4700S May Be CPU That Gave Life to the Xbox Series X

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Twitter user InstLatX64 has discovered a mysterious AMD 4700S processor that’s evidently part of an AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. It’s plausible that the developer kit is the same one that Microsoft was utilizing to develop one of its Xbox consoles. Although not officially a member of the Ryzen family, we… Read more

Luigi is joining Lego’s interactive Mario sets

Luigi — everyone’s favorite also-ran brother of the most famous mushroom-stomping plumber — is joining Lego’s interactive Super Mario collection of sets in a new starter kit (creatively titled the LEGO Super Mario Adventures with Luigi Starter Course.) The new Luigi figure is technologically similar to the Mario one, with a built-in display that animates… Read more

Audi teases the future of its electric sedans with the A6 E-Tron concept

Audi has debuted a concept version of an all-electric A6 sedan, which is coming to all major global markets and will be built on a new EV platform the company is co-developing with Porsche. A production version won’t be revealed until at least the second half of 2022, but the German automaker is targeting around… Read more

Fantasian isn’t just charming; it’s the most approachable JRPG I’ve ever played

Before Fantasian launched on Apple Arcade, most of the discussion centered on how it looked. There was a good reason for that. Mistwalker, the studio helmed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, pioneered a new technique that involved crafting more than 150 incredible, charming dioramas, which were then photographed to become the locations you explore… Read more

Soon, the internet will make its own cat photos and then it won’t need us

This cat doesn’t exist: AI-made cat. This one doesn’t either: Fake cat. These are computer-generated images from This Cat Does Not Exist, and folks: I think we are in trouble. I understand this is going to sound crackpot, but hear me out. What if our computers are already smarter than us, and the only reason… Read more

How tech companies are ignoring the pandemic’s mental health crisis

There is plenty that scientists don’t understand about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on society. But a year in, at least one thing seems clear: the pandemic has been terrible for our collective mental health — and a surprising number of tech platforms seem to have given the issue very little thought. First, the numbers…. Read more

I’m salivating over this new four-volume Philip K. Dick collection by the Folio Society

The Folio Society has released a limited-edition, four-volume set of Philip K. Dick’s collected short stories and I am seriously considering selling my plasma to buy a copy. Each volume is bound in fluorescent colors, with 2,560 pages of text containing some 118 stories. There are 24 illustrations by 24 different artists, and the set… Read more

Outriders review: A lootin’ shootin’ good time

(Pocket-lint) – If you were to pick out a gaming genre that’s hard to break into right now, online looter-shooters would be high up on the list. High-profile attempts like Anthem have shown how difficult it can be to upset the hierarchy. That’s just what developer People Can Fly is trying to do with Outriders…. Read more

Ikea is working with Sonos on a hidden speaker built into art you hang on the wall

Ikea and Sonos are starting to tease the next products that the two companies have collaborated on. The furniture giant today posted an Instagram story that directly mentions the “Symfonisk” line and flashes the Sonos logo at the end, so there’s little doubt that new hardware is coming soon. Two fresh filings have also just… Read more

Thermaltake Divider 300TG Review: Dividing Opinions

Our Verdict Thermaltake’s Divider 300TG is attractive, but lacks the quality and performance needed to stand out in today’s market. It didn’t perform well thermally or acoustically in our testing, making it tough to recommend. For + Unusual, but fresh design + Complete front IO Against – Thermally disappointing – Intake fans have little effect… Read more

Louqe Raw S1 Review: the Future of Minimal Mini-ITX

Our Verdict Although Louqe’s Raw S1 lacks a few basic amenities, it’s a stunning display of ITX minimalism, design, and craftsmanship. For + Stunning minimalist design + Excellent Thermal Performance + Very compact, even by Mini-ITX standards + Oozes quality from every corner + Easy Mini-ITX + PCIe 4.0-Capable Riser Cable + No RGB Against… Read more