MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Announced with Arm Cortex X3 & Immortalis G715 GPU
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MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Announced with Arm Cortex X3 & Immortalis G715 GPU

Today, MediaTek announced the new flagship Dimensity 9200. The Dimensity 9200 is the first smartphone chip to integrate an ultra-core Arm Cortex X3 with operating speeds over 3GHz, and the first to feature the Arm Immortalis GPU with a hardware-based ray tracing engine. During my pre-brief, perhaps one of the most important takeaways was that…

TerraMaster F2-423 NAS Review – With Intel Celeron N5105, 2.5 GbE, DDR4, & 2x M.2 NVMe
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TerraMaster F2-423 NAS Review – With Intel Celeron N5105, 2.5 GbE, DDR4, & 2x M.2 NVMe

I have previously reviewed the TerraMaster F4-421 and F4-422 10GbE 4-Bay NAS enclosures and have been impressed with the well-specced but affordable nature of TerraMaster devices. While they were very good, they both used the ageing Intel Celeron J3455. They were also limited to DDR3 and lacked NVMe slots. The new TerraMaster F2-423 and its…

Netgear Orbi 760 Tri-band WiFi 6 Mesh System Review – RBK763S with RBR760 + RBS760
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Netgear Orbi 760 Tri-band WiFi 6 Mesh System Review – RBK763S with RBR760 + RBS760

Netgear recent expanded its range of WiFi 6 Orbi routers with the Orbi 760 and 860 series. These are incremental upgrades from the Orbi 750 and 850 series that preceded them. While I never reviewed a normal Netgear Orbi 750 model, I did review the Netgear NBK752 with its built-in 5G modem. I have also…

Aqara confirms Matter-compatible Devices. Aqara Hub M2 will get Matter in December.

Aqara confirms Matter-compatible Devices. Aqara Hub M2 will get Matter in December.

With Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) officially launching Matter, there have been lots of press releases coming in with companies confirming products using this new open standard for smart home connectivity. Aqara were ahead of the game back in January when they announced some matter-based products, but they have now extended the list of products which…

Philips Hue Bridge certified for Matter. Nearly all Hue lights and accessories will be Matter compatible  
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Philips Hue Bridge certified for Matter. Nearly all Hue lights and accessories will be Matter compatible  

Yesterday, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) announced the launch of Matter: the new industry-unifying standard that enables smart devices to work together seamlessly. Signify, the company behind Philips Hue, has been a partner with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) from the start. Therefore, as you’d expect, Philips Hue is now rolling out updates that will…

WELOCK Singles Days Discounts – Fingerprint Smart Lock & Keypad Smart Lock From 112 Euros after discount

WELOCK Singles Days Discounts – Fingerprint Smart Lock & Keypad Smart Lock From 112 Euros after discount

Singles’ Day is a bit like Black Friday in China. It is an unofficial holiday and shopping season that traditionally celebrates people who are not in relationships. While it may not be very well known in the UK, it has become the largest shopping day in the world, eclipsing Black Friday by fourfold! It is…

Nanoleaf announces Matter compatible Bulbs & Lightstrips to Essentials Line

Nanoleaf announces Matter compatible Bulbs & Lightstrips to Essentials Line

There is some big news in the world of smart homes today. Matter has finally launched. Announced on 18 December 2019, Matter aims to reduce fragmentation across different vendors and achieve interoperability among smart home devices and Internet of things (IoT) platforms from different providers. This standard is backed by a group consisting of Amazon,…

EnGenius Fit Affordable Cloud Managed Access Point & Switches Announced

EnGenius Fit Affordable Cloud Managed Access Point & Switches Announced

I have reviewed multiple EnGenius switches and access points over the past few years. They have always been excellent, but the pricing has perhaps been a little high for smaller businesses and SOHO users such as myself. I have been impressed with the EnGenius cloud management system, and it compares favourably against Ubiquiti UniFi, Zyxel…

Creative Pebble Pro Announced for £66

Creative Pebble Pro Announced for £66

Creative Technology today launched Creative Pebble Pro, the popular Pebble speaker series’ latest and best addition, which boasts a compelling mix of size-defying audio quality, minimalist elegance in form, and a subtle yet distinctive personable touch of RGB lighting to adorn any desktop setup.   Creative Pebble Pro lights up every desktop with its minimalist goodness. …

Cost of Running a Desiccant vs Compressor Dehumidifier – With clothes drying & room warming comparison

Cost of Running a Desiccant vs Compressor Dehumidifier – With clothes drying & room warming comparison

Recently I looked into the cost of using a desiccant dehumidifier to dry clothes in comparison to a heated clothes airer and the benefits it has on room warming. Desiccant dehumidifiers have a bit of a bad reputation for using a lot of electricity and not being the most efficient way of reducing home humidity….

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