Author: Duncan Pike

Apple is reportedly kicking off mass production of the AirPods 3 as soon as next month, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. They will do so alongside other devices, including an updated iPhone and redesigned Macbook Pro. Early rumours pointed to 2020 as the launch of the new pods, but those were inevitably pushed back when the whole world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing global semiconductor shortage has undoubtedly had an effect on production too. Following rumours suggested an early 2021 release but with most of July already behind us, that hasn’t proved to be too accurate.  It…

Following a few months of speculation and murmurings, Netflix has officially confirmed its move into the gaming sphere in its Q2 2021 earnings report. This doesn’t really come as much of a surprise after the company confirmed its hiring of Mike Verdu as vice president of game development. Verdu has a respectable background when it comes to game development. Before the move to Netflix, he was working on Oculus titles over at Facebook and before that he was head of EA Mobile. That last post is especially useful now as, in the earnings report, Netflix explains that it will be focusing…

If you are in the market for a new TV then do we have something for you. Although, it wouldn’t really be fair to call Samsung’s 2021 version of ‘The Wall’ a TV. But if you’re still interested, then start making some space in your living room. Measuring in at 1,000in or just over 25 metres, this display is definitely aimed at business or commercial environments rather than households, but you could still technically mount it in your home cinema if you have space. Improvements over the 2020 version include LEDs that are 40% smaller, which according to Samsung means higher colour…

In a blog post a couple of days ago, Amazon officially announced that it is working on bringing support for Google’s Android App Bundle format (.aab) to its own app store. What does this have to do with Windows 11? Allow us to catch you up. Exactly 26 days ago, Microsoft unveiled Windows 11. One of the stand-out features was the fact that, through the Amazon App Store, you would be able to run Android apps directly in Windows.  Many people questioned the move to use the Amazon App Store instead of Google’s Play Store, with some speculating that this could be Microsoft trying…

OnePlus has come into the spotlight recently as it was reported by AnandTech that the company was reducing the performance of certain, prominent apps. Immediately, Apple’s “batterygate” comes to mind, which turned out to be kinda expensive. Not really, for a trillion dollar company, but it wasn’t nothing. Did Oneplus miss that one? What’s in it for OnePlus? Initial findings showed that the Chrome browser in particular saw its performance drastically reduced when running performance benchmark tools. Following some pretty in-depth searching, AnandTech was able to uncover a OnePlus service that runs in the background. This service notes when a…

Yesterday, Valve announced that they had a new location and dates for Dota 2’s The International 10. The event will now take place in Bucharest, Romania, in October this year. This is after Sweden, its original location, would not accept esports into its sports federation. Sweden’s decision meant that the country would not classify The International 10 as an elite sporting event and thus players, coaches, analysts and desk hosts would be denied entry into the country due to COVID-19 restrictions. Dota 2 meet Bucharest, Bucharest meet Dota 2 But, luckily, Valve has found a new home for Dota 2’s (and…

If you’ve got a Windows machine, you’ll know what we’re talking about. You’re in a hurry to go somewhere but you’re just doing some last-minute task on your machine. Done, great. You go to shutdown but your PC sits back, gives you the finger and starts installing an update. It is at this point that you start to question your sanity. Did you deserve this? You look for answers but there are none to be found. So you tell yourself that you’re fine but you’re not really fine but you just can’t get into it because not even you really…

If you’re a motor vehicle manufacturer, like Peugeot, then one of the things on your bucket list is to be responsible for getting your team’s name on the Le Mans trophy (we assume). The 24-hour endurance race demands the absolute best in every regard from speed, endurance, aerodynamics and fuel efficiency from a car and this time Peugeot hopes to achieve a win with their new hybrid – the 9X8. Peugeot is hungry for the W It last achieved a win in 2009 with its 908 Prototype, beating German rivals Audi who was poised to win its sixth straight race.…

Audacity, an open-source audio editing tool, was recently bought by Muse Group. It also owns Ultimate Guitar, a community-driven forum for sharing guitar tabs of popular songs and MuseScore, an open-source app for creating sheet music. The acquisition itself was not the issue. The updates to its privacy policy, however, caused a bit of a stir online. The wording of the changes makes it seem like Muse Group wants to join the data collection club. Since we use Audacity quite a bit, we’re also scratching our heads at this. The gall, the Audacity The privacy policy was updated just after the acquisition…

In case you missed it, the billionaires are at it again. Earlier this year, Jeff Bezos announced that he will be flying up to the edge of the atmosphere because, well, he can. So we once again have a valid reason for bringing this deepfake video of him and Elon Musk facing off as Star Trek characters. Shortly after that, and not to be outdone by the fact that he doesn’t have a cool deepfake video, Richard Branson (70) quickly announced that he was going first because he can too… but sooner. We’re not sure if this has anything to do with the fact that, you…