Author: Press Room

Geo-restricted streaming service content is nothing new. Sometimes you can skirt these restrictions with a VPN, but often it doesn’t work the way you want because your account is pinned to a specific region. The streaming company knows you’re not jumping back and forth from New York to London multiple times a night. There is one workaround worth trying, though: change the DNS settings on your Fire TV Stick sostreaming companies can’t block what you’re watching. Unfortunately, to no one’s surprise, it didn’t magically remove any content restrictions in the Netflix app on my TV. However, changing the DNS settings…

There are many fantastic games available for Android that cost nothing. Whether ad-supported or based on a ‘freemium’ model, these titles are free – and guaranteed to make your day a little less painful. Looking for a new phone? Check out our guide to the best mid-range phones. To help you find just the sort of thing you’re after, I’ve grouped the games into sections, so you can quickly grab the best platform games, endless runners, arcade games, shooters, puzzlers, strategy games, adventures, racers and sports titles. There are enough free games here to keep you busy for months, and if…

I’m only a couple of years shy of 40, which means I’m due a mid-life crisis any day now. But instead of piercing my ears, splurging on a red convertible, and upgrading my phone for the pure thrill of it, I’ve decided to do something uncharacteristically sensible – create a modest list of tech that I’d like to own by the time I hit the big five-oh. Some of it, like a humble fitness tracker, shouldn’t be too tricky. At least, I hope not. Other items have considerably more digits in their price tags, which means I’ll either need to…

Lots of folks aren’t too bothered about the badge these days. If that rings true for you, the Aion UT will be of interest. Even more so if it’s a compact but practical hatchback you’re after. I’ve already tried the other car in the UK range to date – the Aion V, which is an SUV and both fall under the umbrella of a Chinese company called GAK (so neither are available in the USA). The Aion V was quite impressive with an interior that was a real standout. The Aion UT looks smaller, but comfort is on a par…

I won’t blame anyone for never even looking at the PS5’s streaming and home entertainment side. While the ninth-gen PlayStation got a lot of marketing push for its cutting-edge APU and 4K rendering capabilities, Sony never delved into the console’s home-entertainment features. I bought my PS5 for the same reason as most people do: to play games. However, with no quality PS5 exclusive to sink my teeth into, the console was just collecting dust on my shelf. That is, until I decided to use it as a home entertainment system. To my surprise, the PS5 works way better than my…

Long-time readers might recall how I coaxed my Mac into accepting the existence of some old iPods, aiming to turn one into the perfect music player. As someone who’s easily distracted, I’m increasingly convinced single-use devices are a good thing. However, the process was a bit of a nightmare, involving all kinds of hoops to jump through, which is why a recent iMazing update struck me as, well, aMazing. You’ve long been able to use that app to get music off of old iPods. Though why you’d want to, I’ve no idea, unless they house your sole surviving copies of some criminally obscure back…

Are you always running out of power but never remember to pack a cable before leaving the house? Razer reckons its smart laptop sleeve can solve that problem: it’s packing dual wireless charging pads to keep your other devices topped up while you work. After taking one on a few work trips both near and far, I’m sold on the convenience factor – but think it falls just a little short in one or two places. Two tiny strips of green stitching aside, the Razer Laptop Sleeve 16in with Wireless Charging for Devices (yes, that is indeed a mouthful of…

If you’re looking for the best expensive gifts for Christmas 2026, I have one question. Can I be your friend? I’ll share my homemade stollen. When I eventually make it. Promise. Right… back to the gifts. Expensive gifts! Some will fit under the tree. Others may require professional installation, a reinforced sideboard, or a discreet chat with the insurer. Enter High Roller – the gift guide category where sensible budgets step off into the abyss. Here, you’ll find only exceptional objects, whether it’s a sound system carved like sculpture, or a turntable that’s already deafeningly loud without being turned on.…

In June 2024, a chip company most people couldn’t name a single product from became the world’s most valuable company. Not a phone manufacturer or a search engine, but a company whose logo you’ve probably never seen unless you’ve cracked open a gaming PC. Nvidia’s stock reached an all-time high that month, pushing it past Apple first and Microsoft a few days later – a rise the BBC noted at the time meant the stock was worth less than 1 per cent of that value just eight years earlier. It didn’t stop there, though. By July 2025, it was the…

My TCL Google TV is four years old, and it doesn’t perform anywhere near as well as it did on day one. And it’s not like I didn’t try anything to fix it. I did the usual bit of installing updates, clearing the cache, removing pre-installed apps, and even freeing up storage. All of this would work for a while, but then I’d be right back where I started after a week or two. It wasn’t just about the speed either. The picture quality was worse too, especially compared to what I was seeing on newer TVs. That’s when I…