Solo

Sonos Arc review: Dolby Atmos soundbar delivers big sound

(Pocket-lint) – Sonos is not one for racing new products out for the sake of it. Its Playbar, for example, ruled the roost for seven years, being its only full-fledged soundbar in that time. The Sonos Beam arrived in the meantime, but was more meant for smaller TVs and rooms, giving you a better alternative… Read more

Pokémon Go creator Niantic is making a Transformers game

Niantic is expanding from cute critters to giant robots. Today, the game developer announced its next project: a location-based augmented reality game called Transformers: Heavy Metal. The game is expected to launch globally this year, with a soft launch in select countries “soon.” Niantic says that it has partnered with Seattle-based studio Very Very Spaceship,… Read more

Co-op action game Babylon’s Fall finally gets gameplay trailer

Babylon’s Fall finally has a substantial gameplay trailer, which was revealed at Square Enix’s E3 2021 Showcase. The new trailer is the first time it’s been seen since the game was first announced in 2018. Players will team up tackling challenging dungeons in an attempt to scale the titular tower. The co-op title is developed… Read more

Jack Sparrow is coming to Sea of Thieves on June 22nd

Captain Jack Sparrow, the sometimes unhinged pirate famously portrayed by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, is coming to Rare’s Sea of Thieves. Microsoft announced a free Pirates-themed expansion for the game, launching June 22nd, at its Xbox E3 2021 showcase. “Unfolding across five incredible tales packed with secrets and side-quests, this… Read more

Larry Page’s air taxi startup is buying former DJI rival 3D Robotics

Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is buying what’s left of one-time DJI competitor 3D Robotics. As part of the acquisition, 3D Robotics co-founder Chris Anderson will become Kitty Hawk’s chief operating officer. The acquisition was first reported by Forbes, which published a detailed look at the current state… Read more

13 of the best Record Store Day releases for 2021

Home Features (Image credit: Rough Trade) The first drop of Record Store Day 2021 records arrives on Saturday 12th June. It’s that time of year when record shops stock all manner of rarities, reissues, special editions and exclusives produced especially for the big day itself. For us vinyl anoraks, it’s like Christmas, but without the… Read more

Actual photos* of Beats Studio Buds headphones surface ahead of launch

Home News (Image credit: MySmartPrice (source unknown) ) Eight days ago we reported that Apple was working on a Beats-branded set of true wireless headphones named ‘Beats Studio Buds’, as spotted in the 14.6 iOS and tvOS codes. Now – and most likely ahead of an impending official launch – the first actual (if unofficial) product images… Read more

Apple Music lossless supported devices: what will (and won’t) play lossless and Spatial Audio, and why

Home Advice (Image credit: Apple Music) Apple Music is being upgraded in a big, big way. From June, the music streaming service will support CD-quality and hi-res lossless audio as well as Dolby Atmos-powered Spatial Audio, offering subscribers much higher quality, immersive playback. Both lossless and Spatial Audio will be available to Apple Music users… Read more

Apple Music adds support for hi-res audio and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos – and at no extra cost

Home News (Image credit: Apple Music) As has been rumoured for the past week or so, Apple Music is adding support for lossless audio, as well as and Dolby Atmos-powered 3D audio (aka Apple’s Spatial Audio). The service’s 75 million-strong catalogue will be available in CD quality (16-bit/44.1kHz) or hi-res (24-bit/48-192kHz). There will be 20… Read more

Anker PowerConf C300 Review: A Little Bit of Everything

Our Verdict The Anker PowerConf C300 is a consistent strong performer across lighting conditions, with a bevy of genuinely useful features that help make up for some stumbles in presentation. For + Consistent image quality + Bonus features work well + Lots of value Against – Detachable camera shutter feels cheap – Laggy Software Anker’s… Read more

Chia Coin’s Initially High Prices Could Cause a Storage Shortage

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) After about a month of preparation, following the initial mainnet launch, cryptocurrency Chia coin (XCH) has officially started trading — which means it’s possibly preparing to suck up all of the best SSDs like Ethereum (see how to mine Ethereum) has been gobbling up the best graphics cards. Early… Read more

The Bad Batch is a glimpse at the future of Star Wars spinoffs

The Bad Batch has arrived today as the latest Star Wars spinoff series for Disney Plus. It’s a different, smaller show than preceding animated shows like The Clone Wars or Rebels, focusing on a single squad of clone troopers, Clone Force 99 — the titular “Bad Batch” — and its struggle to find a place… Read more

Ryzen 9 5900X is $549 in Tuesday Newegg Shuffle

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Tuesday’s Newegg shuffles always seem to have the most options, and today’s shuffle brings with it a sale on one of AMD’s best CPUs plus a wide selection of Nvidia’s best graphics cards. Only the former is up for grabs solo, but you’re still able to sign up for a… Read more

23 of the best vocal tracks to test your system

The vocal: often the official moment that gets a gig under way, the determiner of the direction your eyebrows go when first listening to a new artist. The vocal has enabled ‘one-man bands’ to play to rooms of thousands of people with only a guitar in their hand or a piano at their fingertips. The… Read more

TikTok’s Hype House is getting its own Netflix reality show

TikTok’s Hype House is getting a Netflix reality show that will follow the lives of some of the biggest creators on the social media platform. The new series is set to feature Kouvr Annon, Nikita Dragun, Sienna Mae Gomez, Chase Hudson, Larri Merritt, Thomas Petrou, Alex Warren, and Jack Wright — collectively some of the… Read more