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As someone who enjoys fitness and makes a very average living from covering new technology, it might come as no surprise that I’ve been lucky enough to experience a wide range of fitness and workout gadgetry over the past 20 years. Simple and discreet fitness trackers, such as those from Whoop, as well as more complex fitness watches like those from Garmin, Suunto and Apple, have all, at some point, graced my wrist for extended periods of time. Full disclosure, I settled on Garmin many moons ago for the daily workout tracking, purely because I became so ingrained in the…
Everyone wants the best streaming experience they can possibly have. Whether you have a huge smart TV that is mounted on your wall and you’ve perfectly crafted the soundbar or speakers to sync up with the acoustics in your room or you’re watching on your laptop from the comfort of your bed, what matters is that you’re enjoying what you’re watching. It doesn’t have to be overly fancy, but it’s important to be comfortable and work well for you. Many people either buy a smart TV or buy a streaming device to turn their dumb TV into a smart one.…
You’ve been playing your favorite shooter, and something feels off. Your aim is sluggish, your dodges are late, and you can’t shake the feeling that the game isn’t responding the way it should. Before you blame your controller or your internet connection, there’s a good chance the real culprit is hiding inside your TV’s picture settings. There are default TV settings you should disable to improve your experience, but motion smoothing in particular is the one sabotaging your gaming sessions without you even knowing it. Motion smoothing sounds fancy, but here’s what it actually does Your TV is inventing extra…
I love me a good music player, especially on Windows, where I have pretty much tried all the popular options at least once. That curiosity comes with the territory of being a self-confessed audiophile. I poke around, I tinker, I uninstall a lot. Many of the options out there feel bloated or dated, while others never quite get the balance of features and finesse right. I recently stumbled across Harmonoid, and you definitely need to stumble on it too. This open-source app surprised me in ways that make me grin. It’s free, clearly alive and evolving, and after spending some…
A new iPhone is imminent! How exciting! Except no, because it’s not September. The bit of the year before the sun disappears for six months in the UK is when eye-popping iPhones appear. But nowish is when Apple parps out its ‘whatever’ phones. These were once branded ‘SE’, which absolutely didn’t stand for ‘Stupendously Exhilarating’. We then saw a change with last year’s ‘cheap’ iPhone, which was called the iPhone 16e. Now Apple’s gearing up for the iPhone 17e. Which, if the rumour mill hasn’t accidentally copied and pasted most of what it predicted last year, is nonetheless going to look an awful…
In late January, Apple officially acquired the rights to makes movies and TV shows based on the works of author Brandon Sanderson, a hugely successful fantasy writer whose books have been begging to be adapted for many years. As Sanderson himself explains in the video message below, he’s talked with people in Hollywood before about bringing his novels to the screen, but for one reason or another it never worked out. “This feels really different this time. I think this one is really going to happen,” he says. It’s no coincidence that it finally feels different with Apple, which over…
LeBron James, Jay -Z, Guy Ritchie and the Beckham’s all have a Gozney pizza oven. Gordon Ramsay and Matty Matheson, amongst other leading chefs, recognise Gozney products for their superior design and amazing results. The man behind it all, Tom Gozney, despite his huge success, was humble, warm and open when we spoke to him about his unexpected route to CEO… I was kicked out of school and became an alcoholic and drug addict. I’m not a conventional learner: undiagnosed but probably ADHD and dyslexic. I just didn’t land in school and, as a teenager, I got involved in very heavy…
Most smart TVs have an Ethernet port on the back panel that nobody uses. Mine collected dust for years. Then I upgraded my whole Wi-Fi system and router, and I grabbed an Ethernet cable and plugged in the living room TV. The difference was so obvious that I wired up every other TV in the house that same week. Buffering vanished during peak hours, and the smart TV interfaces themselves felt like they woke up. Wi-Fi feels “good enough” until you experience what a wired connection actually delivers, and the best part is that most people already have the port…
Stuff VerdictPorsche fans will find much to like about the low-key Macan GTS with lots of drive appeal, even when put alongside the rather more vicious Turbo model.ProsOodles of drive appealPotent performance and decent electric rangeLots of cool tech if you want itConsCosmetic differences are a little too subtleFeels like a heavy car (probably because it is)Passenger-side screen is an indulgence Introduction Anyone thinking about buying an electric Porsche Macan is rather spoilt for choice. The arrival of the GTS means there are no less than five variants of the cool SUV, which is a bit more manageable size-wise than…
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…