Author: Press Room
You could describe Apple One like a meal deal. No, you don’t get a sandwich, a drink, and a packet of crisps for the starting price of $21.95/£18.95, but you do get a few things bundled in. Much like a meal deal, the bundle of services (rather than sandwiches) makes it feel like you’re saving money, even if you’ve never opened Fitness+ in your life and have never even heard of Apple Arcade. With iOS 27 landing, the meal deal is about to get a little better, too – think of it as an extra couple of cookies thrown in.…
Most of us treat HDMI as the cable that sends video from a laptop, console, or streaming box to a screen, and for the most part, it is, but that’s only a fraction of the story. Tucked inside that single connector are several extra data channels that handle audio, remote control commands, network traffic, and even display configuration — all without a separate wire in sight. If you’ve ever plugged in one HDMI cable and had your soundbar, TV, and streaming stick magically start working together, you’ve experienced this hidden functionality firsthand. That HDMI connector has way more features than…
More than 60 years after the female contraceptive pill became available, men who want to take control of contraception have two options – use a condom, or have a vasectomy. Like truly bezel-less smartphones though, we’ve been touted a male birth control pill for decades, with not much to show for it. But wait! Something more concrete is finally happening – two hormone-free pills are now being tested in humans, and they take completely different approaches. Here’s how close the male pill really is… What is the male birth control pill? First things first – there isn’t one definitive male…
Microsoft’s iPad, Sega’s Kinect and how Apple nearly invented the World Wide Web – yes, really Technology isn’t just about having bright ideas. It’s about having those ideas at the right time. Time it right and untold riches await – but it can be the right idea yet turn up too early and you’ll end up as a footnote to someone else’s success story. Here are ten technologies that could have been contenders for the big time. But it was a case of right idea, wrong time! Sega’s Kinect You plug it into your games console, it watches you move…
August is usually the quiet month for new watches. The Swiss industry shuts down and everyone heads off on holiday. Not this year. Between anniversary collections, motorsport tie-ins and a couple of genuinely left-field collaborations, there’s a huge amount to get through. Here’s every new watch worth knowing about. 1. Omega Speedmaster 38mm Omega has refreshed its compact Speedmaster 38mm line with seven new references, and the changes are more significant than they first look. For a start, the oval subdials have been swapped for round ones, the dial text has been pared back, and the bezels are thicker to…
Even those of us who haven’t read the book or watched the movies are likely familiar with the story behind The Count of Monte Cristo. This tale of betrayal, downfall, reinvention, and revenge is so powerful that it’s often retold across wildly different movie genres, without filmmakers mentioning the inspiration behind their work. From sword-and-sandal epics to psychological thrillers, the formula that made Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel a classic remains as popular today as ever. Related 6 adaptations of the Odyssey you didn’t know were adaptations of the Odyssey The Odyssey is almost here, and it’s far from the first…
Your TV can connect to half a dozen different devices — a soundbar, streaming stick, external drive, AV receiver, gaming console and even a PC. You probably have a few of these devices hooked up right now, and there’s a good chance at least one is plugged into the wrong port. I don’t blame you. Most TVs don’t make this easy. They might have multiple HDMI and USB ports, but not all of them are ever the same. One HDMI can carry ARC, another might only be capable of 4K at 120Hz, and a USB port that looks normal could…
Ridley Scott, the director behind classics like Alien and Blade Runner, has a new movie out in theaters: The Dog Stars, a post-apocalyptic thriller set in a world where most of humanity has been wiped out by a flu pandemic. It has a big budget, lots of big-name actors, and the critical consensus is that it’s a massive let-down. If you’re a fan of Ridley Scott, the movie may still be worth seeing for its quiet worldbuilding and excellent performances, even if it’s not the director’s best work. Scott is hardly the first great director to botch an assignment, but…
Call me lazy, but after over a decade of using smart televisions, I’ve never once tried using a VPN. Yes, I’ve seen the VPN ads pop up on videos, but I never really bothered exploring the technology. However, given the massive streaming library already available in our country, it never occurred to me that I might be missing out — until last week. Binge-watching Friends for the 117th time on Netflix India, I wanted to rewatch How I Met Your Mother next, but that’d mean installing another streaming platform, setting up another account, and, of course, signing up for yet…
Most time travel stories try to convince us their plotlines are somehow plausible. From Back to the Future to Interstellar, they establish rules, explain paradoxes, and eventually reveal how everything fits together. Undone, Prime Video’s remarkable animated drama, never feels like an explanation is necessary, and it’s all the more refreshing for it. In it, a young woman named Alma awakens from a coma and appears to travel through time to reshape her destiny, while being guided by figures and events from her past. However, her situation is so ambiguous that we are left to question whether any of it…