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Sonos wireless headphones: release date, rumours, and all of the news

Home Advice (Image credit: Sonos (via USPTO) ) It looks like Sonos is making a pair of headphones. This would be quite a departure for the brand, which has built a reputation as the king of multi-room audio. But if the Sonos track record is anything to go by, then we’re certainly interested to see… Read more

Burmester announces “several” new core hi-fi and Reference Line products for 2021

Home News (Image credit: Burmester) To commemorate Burmester’s late founder, Dieter Burmester, who would have turned 75 yesterday, Burmester Audiosysteme GmbH is announcing several new products to be released in 2021. What’s new on the menu? Plenty, actually. Burmester is promising a slew of “new products such as music centres, power amplifiers, and a new… Read more

This may be our first look at Google’s new Android 12 OS

A series of leaked images may offer a first look at Google’s Android 12 update. XDA-Developers has published screenshots from what is said to be from an “early draft” of documents Google distributes to Android partners. The screenshots, which XDA-Developers says haven’t been fully confirmed, include what appears to be new UI changes, alongside a… Read more

Samsung Galaxy S21 vs Apple iPhone 12: Which should you buy?

(Pocket-lint) – For as long as the modern smartphone era has been around, Samsung and Apple have offered flagships phones that seem to be the two default choices for so many buyers. Right now, those two phones are the Galaxy S21 and the iPhone 12. Design iPhone: 146.7 x 71.5 x 7.4 mm Galaxy: 151.7… Read more

Xiaomi’s new concept phone has a waterfall display on all four edges

Xiaomi has announced its latest phone concept: a “quad-curved waterfall display.” This means that the unnamed phone’s screen not only has deep 88-degree “waterfall” curves on the left and right sides, but on the top and bottom as well, leaving no room for ports or buttons. Xiaomi says this is intended to “extend the limits… Read more

Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Master Preview: Remastered for Z590

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) While we still don’t have an Intel Rocket Lake-S Core i9-11900K CPU to use for testing, the Intel Z590 motherboards are arriving in our labs and on store shelves. So while we await the ability to talk benchmarks, we’ll be walking in detail through the features of these brand-new boards…. Read more

Best USB-C headphones for Android phones 2021

(Pocket-lint) – The headphone jack might just be dead – when Apple first got rid of it, the outcry was widespread, but we’ve now come to accept its absence as the default. Many Android phone makers are opting for Bluetooth and USB-C audio instead. Removing the jack enables phones to be made thinner, use fewer… Read more

The best Samsung Galaxy Note 20 cases 2021: Protect Samsung’s latest flagship

(Pocket-lint) – Samsung’s finally unveiled the Galaxy Note 20, the latest in its line of superb phablets, and once again it looks like a super-impressive device, and is one that costs a pretty penny. Samsung Galaxy Note 20 review: Is the smaller Note the bigger winner? That means that when you pick up the new… Read more

Apple Mac mini (M1) review: Next-gen speed in an old case

(Pocket-lint) – The Apple Mac mini has been around in one form or another for the best part of 15 years. It may not be a top seller, or a model you see millions upon millions of people using, but it clearly has strong appeal that’s seen it last as long as any of Apple’s… Read more

Best microwave 2021: Top picks for rapid cooking, heating and defrosting

(Pocket-lint) – The microwave is a bit of a magical thing, if you think about it relative to how long it’s been around for. We’ve been enjoying low-effort cooking with microwaves for decades, but they have been getting better and better over the years. Best stand mixer 2020: Brilliant kitchen mixers for baking and food… Read more

The best SSDs and hard drives 2021 Top portable external drives for your Mac or PC

(Pocket-lint) – With more and more laptops and devices being equipped with flash memory, that often means it becomes too expensive to get a good amount of storage built-in. And, with so many more of us travelling around for work, working from home or needing to use more than one machine, it’s more important than… Read more

Samsung Galaxy SmartTag review: Getting lost in Samsung’s walled garden

(Pocket-lint) – Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag is a Bluetooth tracker, looking to extend the reach of SmartThings Find beyond those devices with their own connection, like a phone or a tablet. It follows very much in the mould of Tile, the company that basically created and has dominated the Bluetooth tracker market up to this point…. Read more

Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: Ampere and a Blazing Screen

Our Verdict The Gigabyte Aorus 17G pushes out solid RTX-30 series performance while offering a mechanical keyboard. For 300 Hz Screen Physical Mechanical Keyboard Against Not much faster than prior-gen laptops Slightly dim screen Slightly low color gamut Ampere has finally landed on laptops, with Gigabyte’s 2021 refresh of the Aorus 17G in particular representing… Read more

Asus ROG Flow X13 review: a game-ready 2-in-1

The ROG Flow X13 and the XG Mobile deliver reasonable performance for quite a high price. A top-notch convertible with a pricey sidecar If I saw the Asus ROG Flow X13 in the wild, I would never guess it was a gaming laptop. It’s a 13.4-inch 2-in-1 convertible that’s just 2.9 pounds and .62 inches… Read more

Asus’s First Case Fan Is the 120mm ROG Strix XF120

Home News (Image credit: YouTube) When you think of Asus, generally, you only think of its as a motherboard, graphics card, and laptop manufacturer. But the company has expanded its influence over the past few years to include PC peripherals, PC cases, and AIO liquid coolers. So it should come as no surprise that Asus… Read more