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Sonos gets hi-res audio with Qobuz first to enable 24-bit streaming

Home News (Image credit: Sonos) Qobuz has beaten Tidal to become the first music service to bring 24-bit hi-res audio streaming to Sonos speakers. It’s quite a coup for Qobuz – and welcome news for Sonos owners who have been waiting patiently for the chance to stream higher quality audio. You’ll need a subscription to… Read more

Marvel couldn’t wait any longer to kick off its next phase of movies and shows

Disney is debuting Black Widow as a Disney Plus Premier Access title alongside its theatrical release this summer, sacrificing one of its biggest potential summer blockbusters to its streaming service and forgoing what would almost certainly have been hundreds of millions (or even billions) of dollars at the box office in the process. In a… Read more

Formula 1 to test HDR broadcasts this year

Home News (Image credit: Mercedes AMG F1 / LAT Images) If pre-season testing in Bahrain and the return of Drive to Survive this week weren’t enough excitement for autosport fans, Motorport.com reports that Formula 1 will be carrying out its first HDR (High Dynamic Range) test broadcasts later this year. The revelation came courtesy of… Read more

Supermicro 1023US-TR4 Review: Powerful Performance in a Slim 1U Package

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Supermicro’s 1023US-TR4 is a slim 1U dual-socket server designed for high-density compute environments in high-end cloud computing, virtualization, and enterprise applications. With support for AMD’s EPYC 7001 and 7002 processors, this high-end server packs up to two 64-core Eypc Rome processors, allowing it to cram 128 cores and 256… Read more

PNY Lists Mini-ITX GeForce RTX 3060 With an Incredibly Long Name

Home News (Image credit: PNY) Not a lot of companies have announced Mini-ITX versions of their Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060-based graphics cards so far, but among them is PNY, one of Nvidia’s premier partners. One store in Germany claims to have stock of PNY’s GeForce RTX 3060 board designed for compact machines, and there are… Read more

Are The Office and Friends bets paying off for Peacock and HBO Max?

In mid-2020, Friends moved to HBO Max exclusively. On January 1st, 2021, The Office made a similar move, leaving Netflix to stream solely on Peacock. The shows, whose moves cost a combined $1 billion roughly, were designed as anchors for the new streaming platforms: they would bring subscribers in and keep them subscribed. Neither WarnerMedia… Read more

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s new UK update brings famous castles and football stadiums to life

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting a big update today focused on the UK and Ireland. The World Update III, as Microsoft puts it, includes high-resolution 3G imagery for cities like London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, and Oxford. More than 70 custom landmarks and points of interest have been improved, including famous bridges, palaces, cathedrals, and famous… Read more

Disney Plus reaches 95m subscribers ahead of schedule

Home News (Image credit: Disney) Disney Plus is growing quicker than expected. The streaming service has 94.9 million subscribers already, Disney announced during its Q1 2021 earnings call. When it launched in November 2019, the service aimed to reach 90 million subscribers within four years, but has already passed that goal after just over a… Read more

Disney Plus hits 94.9 million subscribers, beating its four-year goal in 14 months

Disney Plus reached a new high of 94.9 million subscribers around the world, the company announced in its Q1 2021 earnings report. Hulu now has 39.4 million subscribers, while ESPN Plus has 12.1 million subscribers. The strong numbers for Disney Plus show a noticeable jump from the 86 million subscribers Disney announced it had reached… Read more

Activist Hedge Fund Praises Pat Gelsinger as CEO: ‘Opportunity Is Enormous’

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Dan Loeb, the head of hedge fundThird Point, this week praised Intel’s decision to appoint Pat Gelsinger as its new CEO. Third Point plans to remain a long-term shareholder of Intel and believes that the company has an extraordinary potential. Previously, the hedge fund called on Intel to explore spinning off its… Read more

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury review: Let’s-a go!

(Pocket-lint) – Oh, the Wii U. That poor ol’ console really was a trial for Nintendo. But just because it didn’t sell well, let’s not forget some of the goodies that graced the platform. Premier of which is Super Mario 3D World, now ported for Nintendo Switch in fine fettle, complete with brand new add-on… Read more

Apple Fitness+ vs Fiit: What do they offer, how much are they and which should you sign up to?

(Pocket-lint) – Apple Fitness+ is a paid-for service from Apple that lives within the Fitness app. Like Fiit and Peloton, it focuses on home workouts, with studio-style on-demand workouts available anytime and anywhere. If you’re trying to decide between Apple Fitness+ and Fiit, we’ve got you covered. Here’s how the two services differ, how much… Read more

14 of the best documentaries on Amazon Prime Video

Home Features (Image credit: Teton Gravity Research) Documentary films were originally called actuality films, and were less than a minute long. Thankfully this ever-evolving form of filmmaking has continued to thrive, bringing us feature-length movies that document life, human or otherwise, in an effort to educate and entertain. The best documentaries observe without obstructing, let… Read more

Raya and the Last Dragon looks like a fantastical Ocean’s Eleven in the latest trailer

Disney has released the second trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon, giving the best look yet at the upcoming animated fantasy film, which is set to hit both theaters and Disney Plus’ Premier Access program on March 5th. The new trailer sees Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) putting together a crew of warriors… Read more

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: Style on a budget

(Pocket-lint) – The Microsoft Surface Laptop has, through all three of its release iterations, proven to be our favourite premium Windows laptop time and again – winning the Pocket-lint Awards in its category in both 2019 and 2020. So when Microsoft decided to bring out a more affordable version, called the Surface Laptop Go, it… Read more