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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Xiaomi Mi 9 was announced at MWC this year and continues Xiaomi’s tradition of making great value phones. With UK SIM free prices from around £449, this is the cheapest Snapdragon 855 based phone in the UK market, however, Xiaomi hasn’t cut many corners to achieve this price, the phone comes with an impressive…
The Dell XPS 13 range of laptops is arguably the best ultra-portable range on the market, with the 2-in-1 being particularly suited to travelling and commuting. Along with the launch of Intel’s latest 10th generation Ice Lake processors, the XPS 13 7300-series 2-in-1 convertible has been updated with a choice of options ranging from the…
As part of the yearly update cycle, Dell is rolling out redesigned Alienware 15-inch m15 and 17-inch m17 laptops, which feature higher-performance components, better displays – including an optional OLED panel – new storage options, and other improvements. Both systems are based on Intel’s 9th Gen Core mobile processors (up to Core i9-9980HK) as well as NVIDIA’s…
Mainstream 5G is just around the corner, and for mobile router users, it’s going to mean having enterprise-level internet connection speeds with you at all times. The trouble is, it’s hard to track down unbiased reviews of kit – so, rather than point you in the direction of one or two specific routers, we’ve put…
Smart door locks have been a little slow to take off in the UK. In the US they have had August for years, but that is only compatible with the less secure deadbolt style locks. In the UK, with our multi-point locks, the best solution has been the Yale Conexis L1, which is excellent and…
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