I have reviewed a lot of excellent laptops from Acer, but none have really tickled my fancy when it comes to laying out my own money. The premium ultraportables always look appealing but I would inevitably break one on a press trip. Similarly, I praised the Acer Nitro 5 last year for being the most…
The flagship Snapdragon 800 series gets all the press attention and yearly upgrades but sitting at the bottom rung of the ladder is the Snapdragon 200 series, and the poor Snapdragon 212 hasn’t had an upgrade since 2005. It has finally received a bit of TLC while introducing anything particularly impressive it is a sizable…
Wi-Fi 6 has finally started to roll out properly, a few routers have been available over a year, but in recent months we now have client devices that can make the most of it including the Samsung Galaxy S10, two Wi-Fi modules for laptops, and now multiple motherboards on the AMD X570 chipset. Several consumer…
It is a good day for consumers, under the threat that the Radeon RX 5700 will compete with the RTX 2070 & 2060 we have already seen Nvidia launch their Super cards, offering more performance for the same price as the original RTX parts. Some view it as a bit of an underhanded move by…
YubiKey has been around for a few years now, and they are perhaps the leaders in tap to authenticate hardware-based 2-factor authentication. 2-factor authentication has boomed in recent years as both companies and consumers finally realised it was time to take cybersecurity seriously. The trend has been leaning towards phone based 2FA with companies like…
While a lot of my content has been PC and mobile related recently, I am a keen fitness enthusiast and am always keen on anything that can optimise and monitor physical and mental health. As much as I love sports watches, sleep trackers and blood tests, getting a good night sleep is critical in your…
Updated – 04/07/209 – More benchmarks leaked indicate that the Ryzen 5 3600 can outperform the Intel’s i9 9900K in single-threaded performance Another day another AMD Ryzen 3000 leak. Today this leak comes from Spanish site El Chapuzas Informatico who possibly hit their publish button a little too early. In their review, they have used an…
We often get months worth of leaks during a build up for a new grpahics card, but a few weeks ago, as the hype for AMD Navi built up, it emerged that Nvidia were preparing the launch of the new Super variants of their RTX cards. Suspiciously the launch of these cards is just 5…
Buying electronic gadgets and appliances is associated with a considerable expense. Not everyone can afford such an investment, however, the technique goes so far that it is currently difficult to imagine life without access to a functional smartphone. If you dream about the latest iPhone, but your wallet is empty – check the special Currys…
If you want a portable Bluetooth speaker, then Anker almost certainly has a perfect choice for you. I have reviewed several speakers from them now. All of them have been fantastic and the Anker Soundcore Flare+ has been my favourite so far, just for the overall volume, bass and quality of sound it can produce….