Author: Duncan Pike

Huawei has gone with the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ approach for its 2023 Matebook X Pro. It’s a spitting image of the 2022 model, only receiving changes internally and we’re fans of the choice. The 13th-gen Intel internals provide a decent performance boost and the silky smooth enclosure feels suitably premium for the asking price. That’s true for almost every aspect of the 2023 Matebook X Pro. It has its flaws, some of which could prove difficult to overlook. Yet its premium design, lightweight construction, and impressive feature set make it a compelling choice for folks seeking…

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the usual crowd has gathered to tell everyone about their new and exciting gadgets. That crowd includes Asus, Samsung, LG, Nvidia, Intel… you get it. As usual, there has been a mix of weird and wacky stuff along with the usual assortment of familiar rectangles — laptops, TVs, etc. Asus announced more than a few of their own rectangles but those aren’t as exciting as the Asus AirVision M1 for the simple fact that you don’t see as many wearable displays as you do rectangles. Asus clears the Air(Vision) It might look like…

CES 2024 officially opens its doors today and among the newly unveiled products is a surprise from Sony. The company announced its development of a new mixed-reality headset that it hasn’t gotten around to naming yet. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that Apple suddenly has a release date for its Vision Pro headset. The “spatial content creation system”, as Sony calls it, looks similar to other wearable VR/XR/MR systems in that it’s got a bit you strap to your face and two controller-looking things that are “optimized for intuitive interaction with 3D objects and precise pointing”. Unlike the Meta Quest…

Bose announced its QuietComfort Ultra headphones towards the end bit of last year along with two other newcomers; the QuietComfort Ultra earbuds and a pair of non-Ultra QuietComfort headphones. The trio marks a new chapter for the company’s headphone and earbud ranges as they replace the discontinued flagship Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, the QuietComfort 45, and the QuietComfort Earbuds II which were only launched around twelve months prior. We’re kicking off with the QuietComfort Ultra headphones, the new flagship wireless over-ear active noise cancelling headphones from Bose that replace the four-year-old NCH 700. Thankfully, Bose hasn’t spent the last four…

Samsung has announced its first Unpacked event for 2024 the only way it knows how – with a vibrant multicultural teaser video. The South Korean company’s first Unpacked event of the year has always been dedicated to its new flagship Galaxy S devices and we don’t expect that to change this year, with a new Galaxy S24 slate waiting in the wings. The event announcement video was completely devoid of new device details. Samsung wants to save those for the event, but the video still contains a few bits of useful info. We know the event will take place on…

It is officially 2024 and while some might feel an air of uncertainty regarding technology, mostly thanks to artificial intelligence, we’re certain of a few things: choosing a gaming laptop isn’t going to get any easier this year, and it’s going to take a while before adding a ‘4’ to the ends of dates doesn’t feel weird. We can’t do much about the second thing except suggest you avoid writing dates as far as possible. We can certainly make choosing a gaming laptop easier but that’ll have to wait because we first need to make it harder by highlighting some…

With most of 2023 in the rearview mirror and 2024 around the corner, it’s time to cast our gaze deeper into the new year at a few promising new laptops that will hopefully make it to shelves around the world – and our review desk, at some point. Unfortunately, laptop manufacturers don’t usually enjoy as rigid a release schedule as smartphone companies. That makes laptop predictions a little harder, especially where release and availability dates are concerned. Although, that’s not to say the world of laptop releases is a complete mystery. Apple and Microsoft tend to stick to the same…

Buying presents for people, no matter how well you might know them, can be tough. Luckily, Stuff’s gift guides have arrived, both online and in the latest issue of the magazine, and are chock full of techy gift ideas. We’re sure some folks will tell you that this holiday period shouldn’t be about buying gifts. Instead, it’s got to do with that famous baby or the fat old man who breaks into your house to eat your biscuits and drink your milk. Those people are either stalling because they haven’t figured out what to buy yet or they’re trying to…

Chinese tech company Huawei has just announced a bevy of new devices at a global launch in Dubai, for the second time this year. Following on from the company’s flagship launch earlier this year, Huawei has just unveiled a refreshed Matebook D 16, its largest tablet yet the MatePad Pro 13.2in, a new MatePad Air with the company’s PaperMatte display technology, and an interesting-looking set of ‘earbuds’ called the FreeClip. Huawei doing tonight? We’ve all seen laptops and tablets before, the FreeClips and their ball-and-chain-looking “open-ear design” have managed to stand out. Whether that translates into passable audio and the…

A “small subset” of unfortunate users suffered a tragedy not so long ago thanks to a sync issue in the Google Drive for Desktop app. This issue caused months, or, in some cases, years of files and folders in the affected Google Drives to vanish, leaving no trace of where they might’ve gone. This caused some justifiable panic but after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, the Google Drive team has reported back with a solution.  The latest version of the app comes with a file recovery tool that should restore barren Drives to the disorganised file dumps they once…