Author: Press Room

In the mid-1990s, I was at art college when my supremely talented tutor, Paul Granjon, decided to show a few students this new thing called ‘the internet’. He plugged in his Mac and a modem. Plenty of screeching noises and a couple of minutes later, we were online. Which in those days meant you could type even a quite generic term into a search engine and get only a few dozen results. Paul then showed us the source code for a web page and, in a weird collision of nerdery and punk, insisted anyone could make one. To me, this felt…

Tubi is one of the best free streaming services around. Yes, it’s ad-supported, but it offers an excellent collection of classic movies and TV series that you can watch anytime, anywhere. However, like every streaming service, finding something new to watch is a chore. Most days, I spend so much time scrolling through the catalog that I’m done with my dinner before I’ve picked something to watch. That’s where AI has started to help me lately. I’ve already been using ChatGPT to catch phishing scams with surprising accuracy, so when I noticed that Tubi had quietly joined the long list…

With prices on the rise and more ads interrupting viewing, people are increasingly choosing to abandon traditional streaming services like Netflix. It’s just getting to the point where it’s not worth it, especially not when there are so many cheaper alternatives available. There is a whole world of free streaming services out there — including Tubi, The Roku Channel, Plex, and Pluto TV — that allow you to watch movies and TV shows for no money and with no subscription; you don’t even need to download an app, you can just go to the service’s website and it’ll work just…

2-in-1 turntables aren’t unique, but the Mixx Analog+ was the first I’d ever seen that completely disguises its hybrid nature once a vinyl is spinning. The top-loading CD player neatly integrated into the record platter promised to simultaneously scratch both my itches for physical music media, without needing twice as much space in my home Hi-Fi setup. British brand Mixx has also ticked plenty of boxes for my TikTok-addled brain’s need for instant gratification: fully automatic playback. Bluetooth connectivity. A remote control. Oh, and the £299 price (the Analog+ has yet to launch in the US) is practically pocket money…

Buying a new TV can be a daunting task, with a jungle of options and technical jargon to navigate, often leading to all manner of TV-buying mistakes. To help you make a more informed decision and spend your hard-earned cash in the wisest way possible, we’ve identified a few common mistakes that people often make when purchasing a new television. Here’s what to watch out for when you’re in the market for one of the best 4K TVs. Top TV buying mistakes 1. Choosing the wrong size The right TV size is crucial for an optimal viewing experience, and getting…

With oil prices up and no clarity on when the cost of gas might fall (or at least stop rising), now could be a good time to consider an electric car. But what if you can’t charge at home and make use of those extremely cheap overnight electricity rates? Perhaps you’re wary of the high costs of rapid public chargers, which can be 10 times that of filling the battery at home? The answer could lie in a little-known bunch of Tesla cars built between 2012 and 2016 – Teslas that came with free, unlimited Supercharger access for life. Yes,…

Ethernet is supposed to be the fast lane. Solid, stable, and always better than Wi-Fi. But when it comes to smart TVs, that rule doesn’t always hold up. Not because Ethernet is flawed, but because of that slow, limited Ethernet port most TVs come with. Yes, the Ethernet port on most smart TVs is only capable of handling speeds up to 100 Mbps, which is basically the bare minimum internet plan these days. So even if you’ve gone through the effort of setting up a wired connection on your TV, you might not actually be getting the speeds you’re paying…

Every April, the watchmaking world holds its breath. Brands that have spent months, sometimes years, sometimes decades, developing their most ambitious timepieces finally get to pull back the curtain, and the place they do it is at Watches and Wonders. If you’ve been seeing the name crop up in watch coverage (we’ve been there a few times before, and will be attending again this year) and wondered what all the fuss is about, here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 edition. What is Watches and Wonders? Watches and Wonders is the biggest international watch fair around, bringing…

My smart TV has been with me for four years now, and lately it has been showing its age in the worst possible way. Apps take forever to load, searches feel sluggish, and navigating menus has turned into a test of patience I did not sign up for. All I want to do is sit down, relax, and watch something without wanting to throw the remote across the room. So I did what any frustrated person would do and started poking around in the settings to see if there was something I was missing. Turns out there was, and it…

Watches are strange things. They’re one of the few objects people wear every single day without giving much thought to how they actually work. Most of us know there’s something ticking away inside – but beyond that, it gets murky fast. Start to think about them for a minute and the questions start piling up. What’s the difference between quartz and mechanical? Does water resistant actually mean waterproof? And why does a small piece of metal on a leather strap sometimes cost more than a car? The world of watches has its own language, its own rules, and its own…