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Porsche Design AOC Agon PD27 240 Hz Curved Monitor Review: High Performance, High Style

Our Verdict Unless you’re a backlight strobe purist, the Porsche Design AOC Agon PD27 has no flaws. It delivers premium gaming performance with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and a high-contrast VA panel with 144p resolution. And its physical aesthetic is unmatched at any price. For 240 Hz Wide, accurate color gamut High contrast Excellent HDR… Read more

Copland releases powerful, top-of-the-line CSA 150 integrated amplifier

Home News (Image credit: Copland) Famous Danish manufacturer Copland has released a top-of-the-range integrated amplifier in its latest CSA series. The new CSA 150 is a hybrid design, using a double triode gain stage (6922) with MOS-FET buffering. The solid-state bipolar output stage is rated with an output power of 150-watts per channel into 8Ω… Read more

Audio-Technica Creator Pack Review

Introduction In terms of equipment, several roads are available once you’ve decided to launch a career as a content creator. The general idea is to gear up with a solid pair of headphones and, more importantly, a great microphone, which will make you sound pleasant to your listeners or viewers. Poor microphone quality is a… Read more

Fire Hazard Leads NZXT to Officially Recall the H1 Case in the US and Canada

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Friday that NZXT has officially recalled its H1 case because of a design flaw that posed a fire hazard. According to the announcement, NZXT received 11 reports of “circuit boards overheating or catching fire worldwide, six of which occurred in the… Read more

WD My Passport SSD Review: Sleek, Slim, and Secure Storage

Our Verdict WD’s My Passport SSD is not the fastest portable drive with speeds of up to 10 Gbps, but it also comes with full disk encryption support that secures your precious files and also comes backed by a 5-year warranty. For Attractive aesthetics and color options Hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption Appealing thin and light… Read more

A cheaper Samsung Galaxy S21 FE (Fan Edition) is on the way

Home News (Image credit: Samsung) If you like the look of the Samsung Galaxy S21 but think the price is a bit steep, you could be in for some good news. Samsung is reportedly working on a cheaper model of the handset, to be known as the S21 FE (Fan Edition). That’s according to SamMobile‘s… Read more

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

Tern HSD P9 review: the everything e-bike

A midtail cargo bike for the whole family The best measure of an electric bike is how easily it slots into your everyday life. By that metric, the Tern HSD P9 is one of the better ones I’ve tested. Tern let me borrow one at the end of July, and I rode it at least… Read more

That Was Then… Sonus Faber Extrema

Home Features (Image credit: Sonus Faber) Launched back in 1991, Sonus Faber’s original Extrema were seen as the culmination of everything the Italian manufacturer had learnt in its first decade. Up to that point, the brand had carved out a useful niche at premium price levels, with a limited range of compact standmounters that were… Read more

Best Samsung phones 2021: Galaxy S, Note, A and Z compared

(Pocket-lint) – Samsung has numerous options within its smartphone portfolio, from the flagship Galaxy Z folding models to the latest Galaxy S and Galaxy Note ranges. There’s also the sub-flagship Galaxy A range to consider, as well as the older Galaxy S and Galaxy Note models. Choosing the right Galaxy for you if it’s Samsung you… Read more

Gigabyte M27Q 27-inch 170 Hz Monitor Review: Fast Response, Huge Color

Our Verdict The Gigabyte M27Q is a very capable and speedy gaming monitor with few flaws. Though it has a huge color gamut, red is a little under-saturated, and it doesn’t offer extra contrast in HDR mode. But you do get superb gaming performance with 170 Hz and super-low input lag. As a value choice,… Read more

The original Barcode Scanner app, seemingly mistaken for malware, is getting review-bombed

One of the first Android apps — ZXing Team’s Barcode Scanner, an app that predates the first official release of Android itself — is currently getting review-bombed on the Google Play Store. Hundreds of users are leaving 1-star reviews claiming a recent update spews unwanted ads, while nearly 200 more have come to the app’s… Read more

Android 10 comes to the Nintendo Switch

The same people who originally brought Android to the Nintendo Switch, the Switchroot team, are back with an Android 10 update, according to XDA-Developers. While the mod is only available for certain Switch models, it allows users who install it to run apps from the Google Play Store, like games, emulators, and streaming services like… Read more

High-resolution audio: everything you need to know

Home Advice (Image credit: Astell & Kern) After years of niche positioning in the music world, “high-resolution audio” (or “hi-res audio”) finally hit the mainstream, thanks to a huge raft of support in streaming services (such as Tidal and Amazon Music HD) and products (from smartphones to most digital hi-fi components). So why should you… Read more

HP Spectre x360 13-inch (2021) Review: Slim Machine, Squat Screen

Our Verdict The HP Spectre x360 has an attractive design and long battery life, though the 16:9 display feels dated. Its only performance downside is in bursty workloads, which we saw some issues with. For Sliim, attractive chassis Solid speakers for a laptop Long battery life Still squeezes in a USB Type-A port Against 16:9… Read more