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LG will offer Android upgrades for some devices up to Android 13

Matthew Wilson 1 day ago Featured Tech News, Mobile Earlier this month, LG officially announced that it is closing down its mobile division and will no longer produce smartphones. However, some pre-existing devices will continue to get updates, seemingly for the next couple of years. LG’s South Korean team has said that up to three… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600K: Mid-Range Rocket Lake and Ryzen 5000 CPU Face Off

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware, Shutterstock) The Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X rivalry is a heated battle for supremacy right in the heart of the mid-range CPU market. AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors took the lead in the desktop PC from Intel’s competing Comet Lake processors last year, upsetting our Best CPU… Read more

HiFi Rose debuts in the UK with a pair of premium music streamers

Home News (Image credit: HiFi Rose) South Korean brand HiFi Rose has launched in the UK and Ireland, and you can now pick up two of its products from select stores, supplied by Henley Audio. Both products are premium networked streamers. The HiFi Rose RS201 E (pictured) is a music streamer, DAC and amplifier in… Read more

Apple Music pays a penny per stream

Apple Music’s payment rate for artists and labels is fundamentally a penny per stream, according to a letter from the company posted on its artist dashboard and first reported by the Wall Street Journal. That payment rate is higher than Spotify, which has a confusing variable rate scheme that basically tops out at a half-penny… Read more

Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero Review: Premium Hardware, Premium Price

Our Verdict Asus’ ROG Maximus XIII Hero is a full-featured Z590 motherboard that includes robust power delivery, premium audio with a DAC, four M.2 sockets, dual 2.5 GbE ports and integrated Wi-Fi 6E. Overall, the $499 Hero is a well-rounded premium board for Intel’s Z590 platform. For + High-quality 14-phase 90A VRM + 10 USB… Read more

Ruark’s R5 all-in-one system is now better and more beautiful than ever

Home News (Image credit: Ruark) “… perhaps the most well-featured all-in-one desktop system you can buy right now,” is what we said of the Ruark R5 when we reviewed it in 2019, and that is no less true today. Now, Ruark has launched a special Signature Edition version that benefits from a performance boost and… Read more

Why does Amazon hate its most enthusiastic smart home fans?

Blink’s cheap wireless cameras have seen better days.Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Blink, the Kickstarter success bought by Amazon in 2017, has long been synonymous with inexpensive battery-powered home video cameras that don’t require a monthly contract for cloud recordings. Open-source projects like Homebridge, Home Assistant, and HOOBS have made the cameras even… Read more

It’s official! The first Sonos in-car sound system will feature in the Audi Q4 e-tron

Home News (Image credit: Audi) Audi has taken the wraps off its latest all-electric vehicle and the big news is it’s going to be powered by Sonos. Of course, being an EV it’s actually going to be powered by a battery, but the car’s sound system will be the first to be tuned by the… Read more

The Spotify Car Thing in-car music streamer gets limited US release

Home News (Image credit: Spotify) Spotify started installing its Car Thing music player into the cars of some Spotify Premium customers a couple of years ago. The aim? To find out more about their listening habits. And now, Spotify has given the device a limited release in the US. Only Spotify Premium subscribers in the… Read more

Patriot Viper VP4300 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Killer Looks, Fast Performance

Our Verdict Patriot’s Viper VP4300 is a high-end PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD with all the features and performance you could want from an enthusiast-grade SSD, but you’ll pay a premium for the privilege. For + Included heatsink and graphene label + Appealing aesthetics + AES 256-bit hardware encryption + Large hybrid SLC cache +… Read more

Biostar Z590 Valkyrie Review: Much Improved, But More to Do

Our Verdict With an expected price between $400-$450, the Biostar Z590 Valkyrie is up against stiff competition on Intel’s new Rocket Lake platform. But outside of a lack of integrated Wi-Fi and some teething issues, the Valkyrue ticks all the boxes. For + Robust 90A VRMs + Two USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 ports + Three… Read more

Spotify’s overhauled desktop app lets subscribers download albums

Home News (Image credit: Spotify) Spotify has begun rolling out an updated version of its desktop app and web player, according to The Verge. The green streaming giant hopes it will offer users a more cohesive and intuitive experience, equivalent to its mobile apps. In addition to a refreshed design, Premium subscribers will now be… Read more

Bitspower Summit M Silver Metal CPU Block Review

Introduction Around this time last year was when I had just wrapped up a trilogy of Bitspower Summit M CPU water blocks representing the company’s then newly announced series of updated CPU blocks. That also included the launch of its new Premium lineup of products, which began with the Premium Summit M before we moved… Read more

Goodbye, funky hacks: you’ll soon be able to download albums on the Spotify desktop app

Spotify’s desktop app refresh seems to be rolling out to users, and it brings with it a very handy feature: album downloads. The app has supported downloading playlists to your computer for quite a while. The update should make it easier to keep your library managed if you want to keep the music going even… Read more

Ford’s hands-free BlueCruise driving feature coming soon to the F-150 and Mustang Mach-E

Ford has a name for its “hands-free” advanced driver assist system (ADAS): BlueCruise. The company said it would begin pushing the feature via an over-the-air software update to select 2021 Ford F-150 and 2021 Mustang Mach-E owners later this year. According to Ford, BlueCruise will allow hands-free driving on “prequalified sections of divided highways called… Read more