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HP Spectre x360 14 Review: The New Best 2-in-1 Laptop

Our Verdict The HP Spectre x360 14 is a beautifully constructed 2-in-1 laptop with a vibrant 3:2 OLED touch screen to showcase your work. It has an excellent keyboard and a variety of ports for all of your accessories. Those who prioritize battery life may want to consider a non-OLED configuration, however. For Sleek, attractive… Read more

Focal Clear Mg Professional aim to be market-leading pro headphones

Home News (Image credit: Focal) Five years into its manufacture of high-end headphones, Focal has now launched an enhanced version of its Clear circumaural open-back headphones geared more towards music creators. The Clear Mg Professional sport similar 40mm drivers with ‘M’-shaped inverted domes, but they’re made out of magnesium rather than an aluminium/magnesium alloy. The… Read more

Microsoft starts new program to help make more accessible games

Microsoft is expanding its accessibility efforts with a new program for evaluating Xbox and PC games. Today, its gaming accessibility team announced that developers can send their games to be evaluated for accessibility and tested by players with disabilities. The program was announced alongside updates to the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines that were released in early… Read more

Microsoft Edge is getting a Kids Mode to add ‘guardrails’ to browsing the web

Microsoft is updating its Edge browser with a Kids Mode that should make browsing safer and more customizable, in a kid-friendly way. The feature is not widely available, but it’s being rolled out to Edge Insiders in Microsoft’s Canary test channel, with the feature coming to the dev channel soon after. Kids Mode can be… Read more

XPG Pylon 650W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The XPG Pylon 650 is a top offering in this efficiency and wattage category. For Full power at 40 degrees Celsius Good overall performance Build quality is high enough Low inrush currents Highly efficient 5VSB rail FDB fan Long cables and 2x EPS connectors Compact dimensions Low EMI emissions Compatible with the Alternative… Read more

PSA: eBay might not let you sell items without a bank account starting Valentine’s Day

In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion, turning it into the way you’d buy and get paid for items you sell on the ginormous auction site. But the once-happy couple has been breaking up for years — and on Valentine’s Day, some sellers may no longer be able to sell items on eBay at… Read more

Apple launches an augmented reality app to promote For All Mankind on Apple TV Plus

Apple is gearing up for the release of For All Mankind season 2 on Apple TV Plus. It’s kicking things off with a new augmented reality app, For All Mankind: Time Capsule, that looks to fill in the gap between the two seasons using AR artifacts from the world of the show. The app itself… Read more

Can anyone moderate podcasts?

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Apple, Spotify, and the impossible problem of moderating shows When former White House adviser-turned-podcaster Steve Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray, the tech platforms reacted. Twitter, YouTube, and Spotify all banned him and his podcast relatively quickly, cutting off access… Read more

Sony KD-75ZH8

Our Verdict The ZH8 does a lot of things seriously well, but it makes less sense as a purchase than rival models from Samsung For Bright and punchy picture Superb colours and motion Impressive sound Against Blooming around bright highlights Plays even less 8K than rivals Missing some HDMI features With the dearth of real… Read more

How to transfer your music from Google Play Music to YouTube Music

Google Play Music is closing very soon. The shutdown started in September in Australia and New Zealand, and since in other territories. In the UK, this is happening on 24th February. What does this mean? Well, for one you won’t be able to stream tunes either through the mobile app or via your desktop. “We… Read more

Sony Alpha A7S III review: The low-light video champ

(Pocket-lint) – Sony has grown a legion of fans for its growing number of Alpha system cameras. Whether it’s the ultra compact A6000 series or a full-frame A7 series, there’s something for everyone. But it’s videographers who’ve turned more towards Sony’s mirrorless full-frame bodies in recent years – and it’s easy to see why when… Read more

PSA: if you use Slack on Android, you should update your password

You should change your Slack password if you used the app on Android, according to an email sent out by the company and published by Android Police. Apparently, from December 21st to January 21st, the Android version of the Slack app would store users’ credentials in plain text, which theoretically means any other apps on… Read more

Cyberpunk and Witcher hackers claim they’ll auction off stolen source code for millions of dollars

The hackers who targeted video game developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR) with a ransomware attack are now auctioning off the stolen source code they acquired for a payday of potentially millions of dollars. The breach, which CDPR first disclosed yesterday after learning of it on Monday of this week, involved critical game code related to… Read more

Lian Li Spinoff Ssupd’s Meshlicious Is a Versatile, Compact ITX Case

Home Features (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) In recent years, several representatives from PC case companies have told us that mini-ITX cases are a niche, without enough interest to be worth heavily investing in. Yet oddly, over that same period, more and more companies seem to be churning out these compact small form-factor (SFF) chassis. The… Read more

Snapchat will start reminding users to clean out their friends list

Snap is introducing a new feature it’s calling Friend Check Up. On Snapchat, having someone friended could give them access to your story and even possibly your location, depending on your Snap Map settings, so Snap wants to make sure that everyone on your friends list is still someone you actually want to call your… Read more