Author: Press Room
VLC has long been considered the gold standard of media players. It can handle just about every format, is open-source, and offers plenty of useful features. For most people, there’s almost no reason to look for an alternative. However, after repeatedly seeing a few folks praise PotPlayer across Reddit threads and other corners of the internet, curiosity finally got the better of me. I decided to give it a spin, fully expecting to uninstall it after a few minutes. But instead, it ended up replacing VLC for me. OS Windows Price model Free PotPlayer is a free media player app…
Once upon a time, tangled cables were the norm. Now, Bluetooth rules the roost. If you’re after a truly wireless setup, this is the list to check out – from wallet-friendly in-ears to high-end models that go toe-to-toe with the best. Whether your phone’s ditched the headphone jack or you’re just done fighting with knots of wire, there’s something here for every ear and every budget. These earbuds don’t just sound good for their size – many of them rival wired headphones for clarity and punch. Most also come with handy extras like app-based controls and active noise cancellation, so…
The streaming wars have been going on for years now, and all this time later, Netflix still remains the best option, mainly because the hose of content never turns off. Every week, Netflix brings you new things to watch, and that includes this upcoming weekend. Is it content you want to watch? That’s up to you. But Netflix does have some very relevant new TV shows to take in this weekend. And if the main course doesn’t satisfy, it always provides side dishes. Love Is Blind season 10 (Feb 11) Don’t act like you’re not interested Although it only started…
The most highly-anticipated audio launch of 2026 is here: Sony’s WF-1000XM6 earbuds are official, and I’ve been testing them for the past two weeks. The upgrades include a redesigned audio driver, one extra microphone per earbud, a more powerful QN3e processor, and a completely new look. A lot has changed from the WF-1000XM5, and it’s mostly for the better. There were a few items on my wishlist Sony didn’t hit, such as Qualcomm aptX support and longer battery life, but the company seemingly covered the rest of the upgrades I hoped for. The redesign is a huge success for Sony,…
For some reason that still alludes me, my embarrassingly long career in journalism has seen me test all manner of consumer technologies, from power tools to electronically-powered scooters and bicycles. Perhaps a healthy interest in, erm, health and fitness, has also seen a number of editors task me with trialling fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, smartwatches and even those bizarre contraptions that aim to spasm your abs into some kind of pin-up washboard stomach (spoiler alert: they don’t, not eating pies does). Anyway, despite this depth of experience in fitness-y gadgetry, the en vogue smart ring has evaded my radar…
Stuck on how to choose a smartwatch for your kids? It can be a tricky decision. On the one hand, you’ll want to buy a fun bit of kit for children to play with, but whatever product you settle on should also offer peace of mind for adults too. Parents and guardians will want to ensure that their children’s smartwatch of choice fits everyone’s needs. There are quite a few offerings out there — as shown in our list of the best smartwatches for kids — but before you start scrolling through the different options, we thought it might be…
The latest software update for your Apple iPhone is iOS 26.3. I’ve been digging through iOS 26 since its earliest versions to bring you loads of new iOS tips and features – and one absurdly tall clock. Below, you’ll find the best iOS 26 tips I’ve found so far, fully updated. iOS 26 runs on all iPhones released this decade and some more besides. Read our guide to iOS 26 system requirements if you need to know whether it will work on your iPhone. And if you’re wondering why Apple decided not to call this version iOS 19 (given that…
Prime Video just wrapped up the second season of Fallout, its post-apocalyptic drama based on the Fallout video games that have been coming out since 1997. Our heroes (such as they are) found themselves in New Vegas, a dilapidated shell of the city it once was, but still full of people who love a good bet. Will they return order to the wasteland? Will the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) find his family? We won’t get the answers to those questions for a good long while, since producing a new season of a show this complicated takes time. But in the meanwhile,…
It’s well-known that movie theaters have been struggling for a while now, with people not going as much as they used to. You can blame it on the pandemic: attendance dropped in 2020 and still hasn’t recovered. You can blame it on streaming services like Netflix, which buy the rights to popular movie series like Knives Out and then do everything they can to keep them out of the cinema. You can blame Hollywood itself for prioritizing big-budget spectaculars over small or mid-sized movies that might attract a more specialized audience. There’s lot of blame to go around. But there’s…
The premium smartwatch space isn’t exactly crowded. In fact, it really only has two main players – the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the TAG Heuer Connected E5. Both have very different ideas of what a luxury smartwatch should be, and both are vying for a spot in our best smartwatch guide. On one side, the TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E5 is keeping things as traditional as possible. It’s the Swiss watchmaker’s most polished Connected watch yet, with heritage and craftsmanship paired with modern fitness tracking and smart features. On the other side is the Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple’s…