Author: Press Room

For a good part of my life, Steam has been the only PC game launcher that I’ve known and used. While I did try out other launchers, including Ubisoft Connect and, yes, the Epic Games Store, none of them kept me coming back like Steam. Well, that was until I found out about Playnite. It’s essentially a free PC game launcher that offers the same level of customization as Steam (if not more) and is significantly lighter than any other PC launcher I’ve ever used, not to mention that it also supports emulators. In fact, after a month of using…

Apps on your telly? What larks! But you’ll still be using this selection when the novelty wears off I vividly recall during the reveal of one Apple TV update, former Apple CEO Tim Cook bullishly claiming that the “future of television is apps”. Which is fine – but that was the present of television at the time, if you owned a smart TV or rival streaming device. Then it kind of fell apart. Today, there aren’t that many amazing Apple TV apps, but there’s still junk to fish through on the Apple TV App Store. Boo. But there are exceptions…

AI tools have become a big part of our everyday lives, and it’s easy to see why. Almost every other day, there’s a new feature that makes something we do a little easier. While ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can do many of the same things, I’ve realized using them isn’t quite the same experience. Each has its own strengths, and some excel at certain tasks more than others. That got me wondering: if I had to pay for just one AI tool, which one would be worth it? So instead of relying on free versions or comparing features, I paid…

Nothing’s worse than buying a brand-new 4K TV and being forced to watch 1080p content on it. While going through my Netflix back catalog, I noticed something peculiar: despite my Premium subscription, Netflix wasn’t streaming in 4K. And this issue wasn’t isolated to just my TV, but also extended to my phone and PS5. This was quite a surprise, considering I was paying extra exclusively for better visuals on my devices. Furthermore, this issue doesn’t seem to happen with other streaming services that I use, such as Prime Video and Disney+. Digging through the internet, I figured out that the…

There was a real buzz about the 2026 Paris Motor Show but it also felt like an event that came across as a festival of retro design and celebration of heritage from the European car brands. Chinese manufacturers, on the other hand, were all clearly focused on the future, especially Xpeng. The relatively youthful tech company that just happens to build electric cars was keen to show off its new Xpeng L03 coupe SUV, but not content with a static display on their booth, they also had a couple of cars in the parking lot ready to take on the…

Scroll through most Kindle libraries, and you’ll find store purchases, a few Prime Reading loans, and maybe a free first-in-series novel. What you rarely see is anything from the biggest free library on the internet. Project Gutenberg offers more than 75,000 ebooks that are legal, DRM-free, and permanently free, and Amazon’s Send to Kindle service will deliver any of them to your e-reader. My 2018 Kindle Paperwhite is the device that got me reading again, and those classics sat a few clicks away the whole time I owned it. Loading one takes less effort than finishing a checkout in the…

Both consumer- and audiophile-grade speakers often ship with speaker grilles that can be kept on or removed, but which is best for sound quality? Truthfully, it depends. Some speakers are designed to be used with their included grilles, and have been tuned to compensate for their impact on frequency response. Other speakers, like subwoofers, only produce low-frequency sound waves that aren’t affected by speaker grilles at all. However, the most common speaker types — full-range drivers, bookshelf speakers, and loudspeakers — are tasked with producing mid- and high-frequency sounds that can be negatively affected by a speaker grille. After investing…

I love my AirPods. They’re so tiny. The sound quality is great. And they (mostly) seamlessly switch between my Apple gear, piping audio into my lugs from whatever device I happen to be gawking at. What I love less is starting an opinion piece with salient points that seem to undermine my main argument, which I’ve just done. And that’s because I think it’s a really good thing that wired headphones are making a comeback. Being that I’m ‘remembers when games loaded from tape’ years old, you might think this is nostalgia talking. And, sure, I have happy memories of my…

If you’ve got a new smart TV, it might not always look or behave the way you’d expect straight out of the box. Your TV might look unnaturally bright, movies could have an odd smoothness, or the home screen shows promotions you never asked for. These issues don’t mean something is wrong with your TV’s hardware. Rather, some default settings could be responsible for affecting your overall viewing experience. So, before you start tweaking advanced controls or assume something is wrong with your TV, I would recommend checking these settings. Related I disabled one Roku setting and movies finally looked…

Smart homes are a funny topic. The idea is that they will make your home smarter: lights that turn on as you come home and off when you go to bed; a coffee machine that’s ready to make your morning cuppa when your alarm goes off; your door unlocking as you approach; your thermostat keeping your home at a comfortable temperature without you having to lift a finger. You get the idea. All sounds great, but the reality is quite different. Many of us have a mismatch of devices in our homes, some of which play nicely together, while others…