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Oppo Reno 4 Z review: Affordable 5G

(Pocket-lint) – Throughout 2020 the battle for dominance in the mid-range smartphone market burned fierce. With one group of companies in particular showing it was more than willing to add some competition to a market that had grown a little stagnant in the wake of manufacturers chasing that four-figure price bracket. That group, of course,… Read more

Google warns of ‘novel social engineering method’ used to hack security researchers

Government-backed hackers based in North Korea are targeting individual security researchers through a number of means including a “novel social engineering method,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group is reporting. The campaign has reportedly been ongoing for several months, and worryingly appears to exploit unpatched Windows 10 and Chrome vulnerabilities. Although Google doesn’t say exactly what the… Read more

Best Nintendo Switch headsets 2021: The best headphones for Switch gaming

(Pocket-lint) – The Nintendo Switch continues to amaze us years after its launch – it’s a console and a portable all in one, and already has a library that contains some of the very best games ever made. Top Nintendo Switch games: Best Switch games every gamer must own We love it, basically, and that… Read more

Best gaming routers 2021: Amazing Wi-Fi performance for your home

(Pocket-lint) – If you’re an avid gamer, whether on console or PC, you’ll know the struggle that bad Wi-Fi can bring. Dodgy connections can often be caused by a router than just can’t hack it when it comes to sending signal through walls or floors. How to build and upgrade your own extreme gaming PC… Read more

To all the streaming services you’ve never heard of before

For every household streamer — Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus — there are a dozen that few users would likely recognize. How many people can explain what Xumo, Tubi, Vudu, and Pluto TV are? How about Acorn TV, Ovid, and Popcornflix? But all of these obscure services may play a vital role in how the streaming… Read more

Gabe Newell has big plans for brain-computer interfaces in gaming

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell talks about Valve’s exploration of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for gaming and beyond, in an interview with New Zealand’s 1 News. Although Newell admits that the idea of having your brain interface directly with a computer sounds “indistinguishable from science fiction,” he says developers would be making a “silly mistake”… Read more

What Philips Hue smart bulbs are there and which should you buy?

(Pocket-lint) – The Philips Hue smart lighting system has grown dramatically in the last few years, in both popularity and the number of available products, further cementing its place at the top of the smart lighting pile. It’s now pretty safe to say that Philips’ range of connected LED lighting has an option to fit just… Read more

Best espresso machine 2021: Get great coffee every time

(Pocket-lint) – Morning cuppas take on all sorts of forms, but in this case, we’re talking coffee – the hard stuff. And not just any coffee, but arguably its purest form. The espresso. There’s an art to a good espresso that all coffee lovers will be able to recognise. The pure taste of it, plus… Read more

Best mouse for PCs and Macs 2021: Perfect pointers for work and play

(Pocket-lint) – There’s nothing wrong with a trackpad, per se, but let’s be honest – even if they’re getting better every year, there’s still nothing quite like using an actual mouse for your computer, in terms of precision and control, especially if you work from home. Best keyboards: Our pick of the top PC and Mac… Read more

Garmin Edge 830 cycling computer review: Hitting the data sweet spot

(Pocket-lint) – Ask any cyclist what the first thing you should update on a bike is and they will invariably say the wheels. While that’s likely to give you the biggest performance upgrades, it’s hard to quantify that without the humblest of bicycle accessories, the bike computer. Being of techy mind and body, we’d say… Read more

How Brexit will affect data protection

It was a kind of Christmas miracle, the agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which took place on 24. December 2020 and thus a few days before the deadline on 31. December was closed. The trade agreement made it possible to avoid the hard Brexit at the last minute. The contract concerns… Read more

PTZOptics Webcam 80 Review: Solid Quality, High Price

Our Verdict The PTZOptics Webcam 80 is more expensive than the Logitech C920 despite being less usable across different lighting conditions thanks to frequent overexposure. For Tends to flatter the face with warm color exposure Wide field of view Against Photos are frequently too sharp Handles low light poorly Expensive Before the holiday season struck,… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico: Tutorials, Pinout, Everything You Need to Know

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Raspberry Pi Pico is a radical change from previous Pis, because it’s not a Linux computer, but a a microcontroller board like Arduino . The biggest selling points of the Raspberry Pi Pico are the price, $4 and the new RP2040 chip which provides ample power for embedded… Read more

Go read this report about the US military endangering passenger jets by blocking GPS

Mark Harris, writing for IEEE Spectrum, has come out with a chilling report about how military testing is leading to confusion among pilots — and sometimes putting them in danger. The piece goes into why the US military is jamming GPS in American airspace and recounts some of the times it’s almost gotten civilians killed…. Read more

How to Set Up and Program Raspberry Pi Pico

The Raspberry Pi Pico is an intriguing board. Rather than be another Linux single board computer like every other Raspberry Pi, the Pico is a low-cost Arm based microcontroller which we can program using C/C++ and MicroPython. In this tutorial we will introduce how to get started with the Raspberry Pi Pico, If you would… Read more