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[Update 12th July 2022] It would appear that Garmin is having all sorts of problems with GPS at the moment with many users continuing to have problems with GPS and lock-on times. The 7th of July update was related to devices running the Sony GPS chipset and was related to the ephemeris data file. This…
I have written about portable air conditioners quite a lot in the past. It is an appliance I have a lot of mixed feelings for. They are massive, ugly, noisy, expensive to buy and expensive to run. They are also a pain to get to work properly with some UK windows. However, with extreme heat…
Following on from my PerfectDraft Pro comparison, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the various draft beer at-home solutions on the market. I am not including things like the Kegerator, as I think that is a bit overkill for most home users unless you are a passionate home brewer. I…
I started writing this as a reply to a comment on one of my Helium Hotspot posts. It started to get lengthy, and I felt it was worth publishing as a full post to highlight just how bad Nebra and Pi Supply are. It is well documented now that Nebra has been incompetent with the…
The PerfectDraft draft beer machine became insanely popular during lockdowns as many of us tried to alleviate the depression and have some normality in such a terrible situation. I previously reviewed the affordable Beerwulf Krups The SUB Compact back in 2019, and I enjoyed the experience, but the larger capacity of the PerfectDraft machine seems…
I completely missed the announcement of the new 2022 Amazon Fire 7 tablets, but they are now available to buy on Amazon UK in the standard model or the rugged kids variant. The last launch was three years ago, and the new 2022 models come with some minor upgrades that improve performance and modernise various…
Last month, Qualcomm announced its mid-cycle refresh of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Breaking from the traditional fractional improvement with CPU/GPU frequencies, Qualcomm made the dramatic move of shifting fabrication processes. The result was a significant improvement in both performance and efficiency for the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. MediaTek has now announced its mid-cycle…
I have written about a few portable power stations now, but these have typically been in the 600Wh range and are geared more towards travelling and camping. Various brands have large capacity options which are geared towards whole home backup for emergency use but these brands cap out between 2160Wh and 3600Wh capacity. However, Bluetti…
I originally made this post in 2021, which highlighted a fault with the Nuvoto-made HDMI 2.1 chipset, which affected every AV receiver at the time and broke 4K 120Hz output for gaming on consoles. Companies promised these problems would get fixed but were extremely slow to roll out the change. Denon and Marantz AVRs made…
Good news and bad news. Following the insolvency of Insteon, which led to the abrupt shutdown of their servers and bricking of many user systems, the company has now been acquired by a group of passionate Insteon users. When I say passionate users, Ken Fairbanks, the new CEO worked for SmartLabs between 2004 and 2007…
I am a bit late posting news about the global launch of the ZTE Axon 40 Ultra, so I won’t go into too much detail as it has already been covered elsewhere. It’s worth posting about because I think it has one of the most appealing specifications of a flagship phone this year, especially considering…
Garmin launched its first watches with native running power support just a few days ago, but these watches require one of the proprietary Garmin accessories to gain access to it. Yesterday, Apple one-upped them and introduced native running power to the new watchOS 9 as well as a bunch of other new fitness and health…
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