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Google Nest Hub (2021) review: Sweet dreams are made of this

(Pocket-lint) – The Google Nest Hub (second gen) updates Google’s first smart display, which originally launched as the Google Home Hub. Sporting a 7-inch display, it rivals Amazon’s Echo Show models, looking to bring a visual experience to Google Assistant, and slot the Mountain View company into the centre of your home. This time around,… Read more

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra vs Mi 11 Pro vs Mi 11 vs Mi 11i vs Mi 11 Lite: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has five phones within its Mi 11 range. Not all are available in all markets, but with so many options, it’s good to know how they all compare. Here is how the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra stacks up against the Mi 11 Pro, Mi 11, Mi 11i and Mi 11… Read more

Pixio PXC327 Review: Affordable 165Hz Curves

Our Verdict It’s hard to fault a 32-inch VA 1440p monitor with 165 Hz that sells for so little. There are a few flaws, but taken purely as a gaming display, the Pixio PXC327 delivers excellent performance where it counts. With excellent SDR picture quality and smooth video processing, it’s a great way to put… Read more

Apple iPhone SE (2020) vs iPhone XR vs iPhone 11: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – The iPhone SE (second generation) is essentially an iPhone 8 externally but with the innards from the iPhone 11. It’s the natural successor to the long-discontinued but very popular iPhone SE from 2016. squirrel_widget_167218 That means you’re getting some flagship features for a mid-range price. Wireless charging and waterproofing stick around, plus the single-camera… Read more

Best games to buy in the Steam sales: Our favourite PC gaming bargains

(Pocket-lint) – The Steam sales are a great way to blow your hard-earned cash on awesome games you’ve been mulling over purchasing for a while but have been putting off. Steam is currently running a sale specific for the Remote Play Together launch. From now until 29 March you can grab discounts on a multitude… Read more

It Takes Two is Josef Fares’ latest attempt to show the power of co-op gaming

Josef Fares has strong opinions. The director of Hazelight Studio — whose latest co-op game, It Takes Two, is out today — rocketed into the spotlight at The Game Awards in 2017 with an off-the-cuff, impassioned speech about the joys of interactive video games that culminated in his meme-worthy “Fuck the Oscars!” line. Years later,… Read more

Competitively priced Motorola G100 and G50 offer 90Hz screens and 5,000mAh batteries

Motorola has unveiled the G100 and G50, two midrange phones headed first for European and Latin American markets. Both offer displays with fast 90Hz refresh rates for smooth scrolling and animations, 5G connectivity, and they embrace Motorola’s ethos of “more battery, more better” with huge 5,000mAh cells. The higher-end G100 is poised to compete with… Read more

Oculus Quest 2 vs Oculus Quest: What’s the difference between these VR headsets?

(Pocket-lint) – The Oculus Quest 2 is an updated version of Oculus’ wireless virtual reality headset, but what makes it different to the original? Buy the Oculus Quest 2 Well, there are a number of both aesthetic and technical changes that make the Quest 2 worth considering. It might well be a brilliant purchase for… Read more

Moto G100 review: A new dawn for the G series

(Pocket-lint) – Motorola’s Moto G100 marks a big occasion for the brand. Why? Because it’s a G series phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor inside. That, on the face of it, contradicts what a G series is supposed to be all about: affordability. Which, in turn, would typically mean entry-level specification – not a… Read more

Five-year-old Fairphone 2 getting updated to almost three-year-old Android 9

Sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone has gotten Google’s certification for its Android 9 update for the Fairphone 2. Getting certification for a nearly three-year-old version of Android doesn’t sound that impressive until you realize that it’s running on a phone originally released five years ago when it ran Android 5. The roll-out of the software starts… Read more

OnePlus 9 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – OnePlus announced the OnePlus 9 and the 9 Pro during an event on 23 March. You can read how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to each other in our separate feature, but here we are looking at how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to the Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+… Read more

OnePlus 9 initial review: Two steps forward one step back?

(Pocket-lint) – It’s safe to say OnePlus has been on something of a journey over the past few years. It lifted itself out of that initial ‘plucky upstart’ role and started to become a real smartphone company. It’s gone from being a company that launched one or two new phones a year to launching six… Read more

OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 HDR10+ phones go official

Home News (Image credit: OnePlus) The wraps are finally off the OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 smartphones and the features are very much what we would expect of a pair of 5G flagship Android handsets seeking to impress on the audio and video front. The more premium OnePlus 9 Pro looks to be the… Read more

Here’s how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to Samsung and Apple’s flagships

OnePlus has released its new batch of phones, the OnePlus 9 and the 9 Pro. As is the tradition with OnePlus, the phones are equipped with the latest high-end Snapdragon chips and are priced lower than most of the competition. Both phones also include charging features that Apple and Samsung don’t match: they wirelessly charge… Read more

Google expands cloud chip design efforts with veteran Intel hire

Google is expanding efforts to design its own chips with the hiring of Uri Frank, an Intel veteran with over two decades of experience in custom CPU design, the company has announced. Frank will head up a new Isreal-based team for Google, and will serve as the company’s VP of Engineering for server chip design…. Read more