Samsung Galaxy A80 vs Galaxy A70 vs Galaxy A50 – A comparison of the Samsung A series
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Samsung Galaxy A80 vs Galaxy A70 vs Galaxy A50 – A comparison of the Samsung A series

The Samsung Galaxy A50 was announced back in February; this was subsequently followed each month by the A70 then the A80. These mid-range smartphones have been aimed at the global market, thanks to the budget A20e and A40 models, they have sold five million units of its A series within 70 days of its March…

The best Wi-fi 6 (802.11ax) routers available in the UK right now – June 2019
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The best Wi-fi 6 (802.11ax) routers available in the UK right now – June 2019

Wi-fi 6 is the biggest thing to happen to wireless networking in years with improvements in features across the board. In theory, it should be able to compete if not best gigabit wired connections with theoretical speeds of 10.53Gbps and reduced latency. I have covered the differences between Wi-fi 6 (802.11ax) vs Wi-Fi ( 802.11ac)…

Anker RoboVac Max 11s & 15c launched with 25% discount
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Anker RoboVac Max 11s & 15c launched with 25% discount

Anker produces some of the best affordable robotic vacuums and they have just updated their models to the new Max series and for a limited time, you can get a 25% discount via their pre-order deal. For £1 you will receive a 25% discount code valid for the first 3days of the product launch. The…

Xiaomi Redmi K20 vs Samsung Galaxy A80 – The best Snapdragon 730 phones
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Xiaomi Redmi K20 vs Samsung Galaxy A80 – The best Snapdragon 730 phones

Xiaomi launched the Redmi K20 earlier this week, which will launch in the UK as the Xiaomi Mi 9T and India as the Pocophone F2. The K20 Pro features a Snapdragon 855 but the standard model has the latest upper-midrange chipset from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 730. The chipset is so new that there are currenlty…

Xiaomi Mi 9T retail box leaks confirms same specification as Redmi K20
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Xiaomi Mi 9T retail box leaks confirms same specification as Redmi K20

Following the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi K20, there has been growing confusion about international availability and product names. For some bizarre reason, Xiaomi doesn’t like to keep the same product name between regions and there have been rumours that the phone will launch as the Xiaomi Mi 9T in the EU and Russia while…

Hive Heating gets zoned control with smart radiator valves
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Hive Heating gets zoned control with smart radiator valves

Following my review of the Hive Hub 360 and the outdoor camera, Hive has just announced the launch of Hive Radiator Valves as part of the home heating range. I am a huge fan of zoned heating, it used to be limited to just Genius Hub, Z-Wave and Honeywell. In recent years Tado and Netatmo…

Zyxel Nebula Cloud Network Management Review – One of the best & most affordable cloud solutions
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Zyxel Nebula Cloud Network Management Review – One of the best & most affordable cloud solutions

I have been using three products from Zyxel over the past year that work in the Nebula managed system. Recently Zyxel loaned me some new devices so I can review how managing an entire network from one interface is so much more convenient than sperate web interfaces for each device. My current devices are: Zyxel…

AMD Ryzen 9 16-core might still release. Sample demoed at Computex
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AMD Ryzen 9 16-core might still release. Sample demoed at Computex

At the start of the week, AMD announced their much anticipated Ryzen 3000 series CPUs based on the Zen 2 architecture. These chips are the first mainstream chips to be developed on the 7nm process and offer up to 12 cores/24 threads and during the keynote, they demoed how the flagship chip outperformed the equivalent…

VPNs Can Protect You against the Threats That Lurk in the Digital Space

VPNs Can Protect You against the Threats That Lurk in the Digital Space

Did you know that the cybercrime economy enjoys a hefty profit of 1.5 trillion US dollars every year? This tells us that the state of cybersecurity is in a dire situation. In fact, it has also been reported that security breaches have increased by 11% over the last few years. What these statistics further signify…

Hive View Outdoor & Hive Hub 360 review
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Hive View Outdoor & Hive Hub 360 review

When I first wrote this review I mistakingly thought I had to use the hub with the camera, however, the camera can work independently, but you won’t have access to some extra functionality of Hive Actions where you can link devices together Originally starting out as a smart thermostat company developed by British Gas, Hive…

Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs Pocophone F1: Will the K20 Pro get rebranded as the Poco F2 or Mi 9T?
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Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs Pocophone F1: Will the K20 Pro get rebranded as the Poco F2 or Mi 9T?

There have been weeks of hype around the Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro and consumers remain excited following the launch. Some websites like AliExpress have already listed the phone for import to the UK but with prices of £380.19 to £415.55, they are charging a massive premium. Based on this pre-order price you would probably be…

Could the MediaTek SoC with integrated Melio M70 5G be in your next flagship device?
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Could the MediaTek SoC with integrated Melio M70 5G be in your next flagship device?

Probably not, but yesterday MediaTek became the first company to announce a chipset with an integrated 5G modem that is designed on Arm’s brand-new Cortex-A77 cores and new Mali-G77 GPU. The fact that the company is basing this on the only just announced Arm technology is perhaps the biggest indicator of where this chip stands…