Author: Press Room
YouTube is the best source of free videos on the planet, but it’s not really free. You pay for YouTube by looking at advertisements, whether they take the form of sponsored search results, banner ads, or pre-roll, mid-roll, or post-roll video ads. You probably already know this, because YouTube ads have become significantly more intrusive over the years. Almost every video has unskippable ads. Although YouTube Premium is the subscription designed to help you avoid them, I decided that paying $15.99 per month for YouTube was worse than watching frequent ads. Years passed as I continued to ignore YouTube Premium,…
We’re going through a golden age of sci-fi on TV, especially on Apple TV+, which feels like it’s run by the biggest dorks on the planet. They can’t stop debuting new sci-fi shows over there. Severance and Pluribus have both become cult hits, the bizarre sci-fi detective show Sugar is about to come back for its second season, and there are even sci-fi comedies like Murderbot turning heads. But none of them would be here if wasn’t for Apple’s first big sci-fi swing, a sprawling epic with feet planted firmly in the earth and eyes on the stars. The best…
The luxury EV market has become one of the most surprising and exciting areas in motoring. And while Tesla may have kickstarted the electric car revolution, the traditional automotive establishment has been busy building some of the most extraordinary electric cars ever made. This year feels like a tipping point, with Ferrari unveiling its first ever electric car, designed with Sir Jony Ive and Marc Newson, Rolls-Royce has refined its flagship electric super-coupé into something even more special, and Lucid is embarrassing hypercars with a saloon that hits 62mph in two seconds and still does over 400 miles on a…
Apple CarPlay Ultra has been a long time coming. Announced years before it actually landed in a production car, it finally made its debut in 2025 – exclusively in Aston Martin vehicles. Frustratingly, that exclusivity still stands as of June 2026, but the commitment from other brands is growing, and if you’re shopping for a new car with an eye on the infotainment experience, this is an important list. Here’s everything you need to know… What is CarPlay Ultra, exactly? Think of it as CarPlay, but turned up to eleven. The original CarPlay was already transformative – it replaced your…
When comparing DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD Blu-ray, the specification that stands out is the formats’ supported resolution. DVDs have a resolution of 480p in North America, which is firmly in the Standard Definition (SD) category. Blu-ray discs bump the resolution up to 1080p, while 4K UHD Blu-ray discs expectedly offer 4K, or 2160p, video. However, picture quality isn’t the only reason to invest in a 4K UHD Blu-ray media library. There are other perks, like lossless Dolby Atmos or HDR support. High Dynamic Range (HDR) provides a combination of 10-bit color, higher peak brightness ratings, and deeper black levels…
15) Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (1988, C64) A spiritual successor to Andrew Spencer’s International Soccer, Emlyn Hughes International Soccer was the last great side-on football game of the 1980s. Brimming with options, advanced players could utilise techniques such as ‘5-direction’ passing, sliding tackles and backheels, all from a joystick with only a single fire button. The result was the first truly fluid football game, where you could string together some genuinely breathtaking moves. The goalies were still rubbish, though, natch. 14) Retro Goal (2021, Android/iOS) Retro Goal is by the New Star Soccer folks, and has some similarities, in being…
With enough force, almost every phone can fold in half – not even the best phones are immune to brute strength. But only a few can do it without suffering terminal damage. From retro revivals to cutting-edge clamshells, the best flip phones combine a flexible internal display with a secondary outer screen for the perfect blend of pocketability and top-tier hardware. By hiding a larger screen on the inside, flip phones are half the size of a traditional smartphone. Their outer screens are getting smarter and smarter, too, saving you from constantly flipping the thing open to read notifications, reply…
The Alabama Solution is a documentary that dropped on HBO Max in 2025, produced by the same people who made the extremely popular docuseries The Jinx. But while that show focused on a series of crimes allegedly committed by one man, The Alabama Solution is much more ambitious, exposing a system of corruption in a way that makes it feel like a thriller. The movie got good reviews and an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, but it’s still vastly underwatched. Injustice in the justice system The Alabama Solution goes deep undercover The Alabama Solution is about the rot at…
Introduction Multi-room music systems can sometimes feel a bit… tribal. If the big names aren’t locking you into their own ecosystems, they’re dictating your choice of streaming services. God forbid you want to mix and match hardware. The HomePod 2’s insistence on AirPlay effectively blacklisting Android phone owners is just one example. The WiiM Sound does things a little differently. The firm’s first all-in-one wireless speaker naturally plays nicely with its siblings, but is surprisingly open to collabs with other brands. It also sports a look that wouldn’t seem out of place in an Apple store and even beats the…
The Olympics may be the world’s greatest show, but the World Cup is the most-watched sporting event globally. According to FIFA, the 2022 tournament in Qatar had around 5 billion people engaged across all platforms – so TV, streaming, social media and digital -while the final between Argentina and France had around 1.5 billion viewers. At a time when it’s tempting to say that linear TV is dying, it’s is still massive during the World Cup, with around 2.9 billion people still watching the tournament via a television set. With this year’s edition taking place in three countries – the…