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Podcast: Grab-in-the-toilet vehicles

What do Mazda RX-8, Audi A2 and BMW C1 have in common? They were all extremely interesting and exciting vehicles with the serious economic disadvantage that nobody wanted them. We dug deep into memories and picked out what we saw as the worst flops on two and four wheels that were kind of cool, but… Read more

Spin vinyl and stream hi-res music with this complete music system

Home Features (Image credit: Future) Do you want to have your cake and eat it? We wouldn’t argue with you. You can easily enjoy the best of both worlds, combining the old-school sound of vinyl with the crystal clear convenience of wireless digital music – and this complete music system does just that. We’ve put… Read more

10 great games from 2020 for your new Nintendo Switch

We’re now at a point where you can comfortably describe the Nintendo Switch as “mature.” It’s no longer a new device, but one several years into its life, with a robust and varied line-up of games available. There’s a good chance you picked up a Switch to play one of Nintendo’s tentpole franchises — whether… Read more

Garmin Edge 1030 Plus cycling computer review: Data by the bucketload

(Pocket-lint) – Many will look at the price of the Garmin Edge 1030 Plus and wonder if a bike is included. Indeed, for many normal folk, an asking price in the several hundreds will seem simply absurd. But then this product isn’t for casual riders. It’s for hardcore cycling folk and athletes who want to… Read more

Fast and quiet – the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + in the test

Page 1: Fast and quiet – The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + in the test After we already got the Radeon RX 6800 Nitro + will be followed today by the XT model with the medium-sized Big Navi GPU. There will also be a Radeon RX 300 XT Nitro +, but we will… Read more

Panasonic TX-65HX940B

Our Verdict The HX940B is difficult to work with but there’s a pleasing and natural performance in there for those who persevere For Bright, natural picture Excellent motion processing Vivid colours Against Tricky to calibrate Weak blacks and viewing angles Uninspiring sound The Panasonic TX-65HX940 is part of the leading line of Panasonic’s LCD TVs… Read more

HUAWEI FreeBuds Studio: from design to hardware. A record-breaking project! Here's what's inside the headphones

HUAWEI presented the his first over-ear headphones: the FreeBuds Studio. The American ban weighs on the head of the company which therefore wants to change its approach to the public. Hence the creation of an increasingly sophisticated ecosystem where the world of audio also fits. Let’s see how they were created from design to hardware… Read more

SEC says third-largest cryptocurrency was sold all wrong

Ripple, its former CEO and founder Christian Larsen, and its current CEO Bradley Garlinghouse are being sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC says that they raised more than $1.3 billion through an unregistered securities offering. The suit claims that Ripple violated securities laws by selling XRP, which The Wall Street Journal… Read more

A OnePlus smartwatch is finally coming in 2021

OnePlus will finally be making a smartwatch in 2021, CEO Pete Lau has announced on Twitter, marking the first foray into wearable devices for the smartphone company. There’s not many details yet on the upcoming device, including what smartwatch OS it’ll run, a price, or even a firm release date — Lau only notes that… Read more

Big tech companies including Intel, Nvidia, and Cisco were all infected during the SolarWinds hack

Last week, news broke that IT management company SolarWinds had been hacked, possibly by the Russian government, and the US Treasury, Commerce, State, Energy, and Homeland Security departments have been affected — two of which may have had emails stolen as a result of the hack. Other government agencies and many companies are investigating due… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 continues to top Steam charts despite controversy

Mustafa Mahmoud 1 min ago Featured Tech News, PC, Software & Gaming, Tech News Prior to its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated games of 2020. This was reflected in its Steam charts placement, which saw the game topping the charts weeks prior to its launch. As is now clear however, the… Read more

This was a good year to listen to ambient music, whatever that is

In the early days of despair, I looked at Spotify and decided that everything sounded bad. All songs were boring, and I was sick of everything. What that really meant was I was sick of myself. But by the summer, I’d found the solve: ambient music. The best music I heard this year was barely… Read more

Good, but not outstanding: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming OC in the test

Page 1: Good, but not outstanding: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming OC in the test The first custom models followed with the Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming OC is now another interpretation that will sooner or later replace the popular reference design. More power and more efficient cooling are once again the main… Read more

Coronavirus: do remnants of genetic material get into human genome?

A possible explanation for repeated positive PCR tests even after surviving corona infection is provided by a study by US researchers: According to the study, in very rare cases small snippets of the coronavirus genome could be incorporated into the human genome. In the PCR test, this could simulate an infection – although the viruses… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 CPU Scaling, What Processors Work Best?

Home News (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) Cyberpunk 2077 is the most hotly-anticipated game in recent history, but it has proven to be punishing for even the most well-equipped PCs. We set out to test the new game with a wide range of the best CPUs on the market to determine which processors provide the… Read more