Author: Press Room
I’m always trying to save time and use my phone more efficiently. Did you know that over the years, Apple has quietly added features to the iPhone to allow you to launch apps and features from a screen-off state without even turning on the phone? For example, if you set it up properly, you can assign a double-press to the Camera Control button to instantly launch the camera from any screen; you can even use this from your pocket just by feeling for it. This is really important because often you need to open the camera rapidly, not to miss…
My current TV is a TCL C728, which has a 55-inch QLED panel. I bought it back in 2020 or thereabouts (can’t remember the exact year), and I’ve been using it to watch content and play video games. When I got this TV, it was perfect because, as you can imagine, upgrading to a 4K 55-inch TV from a 32-inch model made an instant difference to my watching experience. My old TV was a Samsung with 1080p resolution (aka FHD), and while I could watch content online, the picture quality wasn’t the best. The TCL runs on Google TV, too,…
We are living (or maybe just lived) through the age of the great fantasy book TV adaptation. It all started with Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books. That franchise is still going pretty strong, with another new show on the way. But there was also The Witcher, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and The Wheel of Time (a show I’m still upset got canceled). It’s been high time for fantasy fans over the past decade. But somehow, one of the most popular modern fantasy authors has yet…
If you’re a fan of anime, you already know about Ghost in the Shell, the classic 1995 movie about an elite group of police officers and military veterans who investigate terrorism and cybercrime in the near future, when technology has advanced to the point where the lines between man and machine have started to blur. In this world, in the far-off year of 2029, a lot of people have augmented their bodies with cybernetic enhancements or even opted for fully synthetic bodies. In that context, a “cybercrime” can involve hacking someone’s central nervous system from afar, or hacking their cybernetic…
Apple TV+ has unofficially become the new sci-fi channel, spending hundreds of millions of dollars crafting huge elaborate science fiction shows that often run for years even if they aren’t hugely popular: For All Mankind, Foundation, Invasion, Dark Matter, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Silo, See, Murderbot…it’s clear that the people who run this studio are giant sci-fi dorks, and I couldn’t be happier about it. But two such shows have risen above the rest: Severance and Pluribus, which, for my money are the two best sci-fi shows running right now. You can, of course, enjoy both of these series without…
Watching TV at home can be made easier if you actually pay attention to the features your TV gives you. This may seem strange, because, of course, you know everything that happens with your TV. But the truth of the matter is, you probably aren’t capitalizing on some of the best features your TV has to offer. This could mean changing the TV’s modes to better match what you’re watching, as many TVs offer different color profiles for movies, live TV, and more. You may also not know that you can use picture-in-picture by mirroring another device to your TV.…
The best tablets might let you tote around a collection of tomes, but backlit pixels aren’t the best for bookworms. If you want a portable library without any eye strain, then the best e-readers go easy on your eyes by impersonating paper. With E Ink displays that imitate printed words, e-readers offer a more natural reading experience and many are lighter than a paperback, too. Some e-readers are even waterproof for summer beach reads, and some even feature built-in backlights for gentle illumination – so you won’t need a torch if book club runs past bedtime. Tempted to digitise your…
Well, that’s 2025 almost done. I won’t miss it. Will Apple? Maybe. As ever, the company had a mixed year. So join me as I dig into Apple’s 2025 with Stuff’s annual year in review. Apple in 2025: the good Apple’s 2025 in review: all the things that made me very slightly nod in an approving manner, because I’m from the south of England and that, for me, is the height of unbridled enthusiasm. You have no idea how annoying this was to photograph. The even Pro-ier iPhone 17 Last year, I was all “isn’t the iPhone 16 great?” Not…
People (and the box office) love superhero movies. Stark. Rogers. Odinson. Banner. Romanoff. Barton. These names and those of their comrades are true paragons to aspire to. However, these enhanced, mutated or demi-godly individuals have only been thrust into the limelight thanks to their antitheses — evil-doers who challenge our superheroes to defend our way of life (or avenge it). So while we exalt our upstanding superheroes, we should also doff our caps to supervillains, without which the former would be relegated to saving felines in trees, guarding doorways, and calling out motorway middle-lane hoggers. Here are the finest and…
A few weeks ago, BYD invited me to the London HQ for the Seal 6 DM-i Touring unveiling. The new plug-in affordable hybrid promises up to 935 miles of combined WLTP range on paper. It’s a figure that sounds borderline ridiculous, so I knew there was one thing I had to do: test it for myself. Read more: Best electric cars: top EVs reviewed and rated The concept of driving the better part of 1000 miles was exciting but also seemed rather dull. So I decided to give my journey some purpose, driving down from the North East down to…