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I bought a Dolby Atmos soundbar last year, ran the setup wizard, watched the little animation showing sound moving around my living room, and figured I was done. For months, I sat through movies that sounded fine but never quite lived up to the “object-based audio” pitch. No overhead rain, no helicopters actually passing overhead, nothing that split the difference between “loud” and “immersive.” I assumed my room was just too small, or that Atmos on the often troublesome streaming services was overhyped. Then a friend asked what my TV’s audio output was set to, and I didn’t have an…

Summary XTEINK X4 Pro: 4.3-inch e‑reader snaps to MagSafe/Qi2 phones for pocketable, always-with-you reading. Sharp 220 PPI E‑Ink, front light, touch + physical page buttons, 16GB + microSD and month-long battery. Not Amazon-locked: sideload EPUB/MOBI/TXT via USB or sync wirelessly with the app; use for docs & passes. If you, like me, are tired of scrolling through social media to decompress and have a New Year’s resolution to read more, this new gadget might be just the thing for you. The XTEINK X4 Pro is a tiny, 4.3-inch e-reader available for $99 as a launch price (some listings note a…

Electric cars have come a long way, but their underlying compromises haven’t disappeared. Even EVs with the best tech still take considerably longer to recharge than a petrol car takes to refuel, while larger batteries add weight, cost, and pressure on increasingly busy charging networks. Thankfully, that could all change surprisingly quickly. Battery makers and car manufacturers are developing EVs capable of travelling further, charging in minutes, and performing more consistently in freezing weather. Some of the breakthroughs won’t require the long-awaited arrival of solid-state batteries, either. Hooray! So, with some cautious optimism, these are some of the next-gen EV…

When it comes to adventuring, there are two running and fitness watches that really stand out. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro. Here’s how they compare. Both the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro and the Apple Watch Ultra 3 models are designed with extreme sports and outdoor activities in mind and include the durability and emergency features to provide peace of mind off the piste. With an incredible wealth of workout and activity modes, the most advanced health and fitness data, exceptional displays, markedly improved battery life and bleeding edge GPS positioning, it’s worth splashing out…

In the year 2026, online privacy is a tricky business. Not counting all the information about ourselves we voluntarily put online, internet browsers track us, we can have spyware on our computers without knowing it, and employers can even record our keystrokes. But you shouldn’t have to worry about being spied on when you’re relaxing and watching some TV at home. But if you have an LG smart TV, you do. Your LG smart TV is spying on you Through LG Live Plus Credit: Dan Selcke Like most smart TVs, LG smart TVs incorporate automatic content recognition (ACR) technology. This means…

Some people check the news or the football score in the morning – I check my Oura app. It’s not just the sleep score I pay attention to, though; there’s another number that needles me more than any sleep or readiness score ever does: Sleep Debt. For Oura specifically, the Sleep Debt figure first appeared as a new Sleep Health Hub feature in December 2025 (clearly, no one at Oura wanted anyone to have any fun at the Christmas party). It is presented in hours and minutes, and it ticks up whenever I short-change myself on rest (though I am…

I’ve had an old LG 47-inch smart TV that’s been sitting around collecting dust for years. It has a perfectly usable 1080p panel, but the smarts behind it have been obsolete for years. The last firmware update it received was in 2016, and its only accomplishment was to remove the Skype app. All modern streaming support has long disappeared, but I can’t justify throwing away an otherwise functional television. So, I connected an old NUC6CAY Intel NUC, complete with a 1TB hard drive, and tried to build the smart TV LG stopped supporting long ago. I didn’t want another Kodi…

The so-called ‘blue light’ from LED screens on smartphones and tablets has earned a bad rap over the last decade, with studies linking the electronic light to a negative effect on sleep onset, duration and quality. However, the evidence this light is the main culprit is far from conclusive. Is an hour of screen time before bed impact your ability to get enough restorative sleep? It’s unlikely to help for a number of reasons. Are the effects significant? That question has failed to draw a firm consensus among the scientific community. Furthermore, it’s a multi-layered discussion. Is tech’s impact on…

Planning a trip once meant visiting a travel agent, carrying an intimidating stack of guidebooks, or spending hours hopping between browser tabs. Luckily for us, today, some of the best travel tech is already built into our phones, while cameras, apps, earbuds and smart glasses can elevate your experience and help you settle in once you’ve reached your destination. While tech can’t magically make every journey cheap, simple, or universally accessible, it still lowers some of the barriers that can make unfamiliar places feel overwhelming – whether those involve language, different abilites, complicated planning, or simply not knowing what to…

Do you ever set yourself a goal, swear you’ll start tomorrow, and then somehow… tomorrow never comes? Yeah, I do that all the time. I’ll decide to do something, only to keep putting it off because I’m busy, bored, or don’t feel like starting. And even when I genuinely want to follow through, there are usually a dozen “ifs” and “buts” that get in the way. Eventually, the goal sits there in the back of my mind, making me feel guilty every time I remember it. That’s exactly why ChatGPT Goals caught my attention. Instead of leaving you alone with…