Ever since Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal , concerns over the privacy and security of user data have continued to sit in the spotlight. Like Facebook, Google is responding to the trend by making its otherwise nebulous data settings more accessible to the average user. The latest efforts made by the tech giant are to its core service – Google Search. You will also have the ability to select which search history information can be used by Google to refine your future searches. The changes

Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of – if not the – most anticipated game of 2018, and it finally lands on Friday 26 October. But while the sheer scale of the giant open-world Western game may be daunting to some, it looks like we’ll be getting a bit of help from the developers along the way. A blog post by Rockstar Games announced the official Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App for iOS and Android devices, which will connect directly to your PS4 or Xbox One console while running the game. The free

No Man’s Sky is about to launch another titled update for its high-profile space exploration sim – one that seems to be inspired by the spooky Halloween season. No Man’s Sky: The Abyss was announced in a blog post by Hello Games founder Sean Murray, and promises to bring out some of the “eerier elements” of the game. Release of The Abyss update is expected “next week”, presumably the day of or just in time for Halloween on Wednesday 31 October. No Man’s Sky has built its world – and its reputati

Motorola has announced it will be teaming up with repair experts iFixit to provide official screen and battery repair replacement kits for a number of its devices. The kits will cost between $40 and $200 depending on the repair needed, and will include both replacement parts and the specialist tools required to carry out the repair. On sale now are kits offering replacement batteries and LCD screens for a range of Motorola devices, including the Moto G5, Droid Turbo 2 and Moto Z Play. iFixit Mot

It’s teaming up with legendary rappers the Beastie Boys to release a limited edition of its Play:5 speaker, with all proceeds of the sales going to charity. The Beastie Boys Play:5 features a cool design by San Francisco artist Barry McGee printed across its grille – but that’s about it in terms of differences from the core Play:5 speaker. The Sonos Play:5 is a powerful-sounding connected speaker, bringing multi-room audio to your home from practically every conceivable digital source. The Beast

While both Canon and Nikon have launched mirrorless full-frame cameras recently, and Panasonic is entering the market with the S1 and S1R early next year, it looks like Fujifilm has decided to stay out of the full-frame mirrorless camera market. In an interview with DPReview at Photokina in September, Fujifilm’s Toshihisa Iida (general manager of Fujifilm’s Optical Device and Electronic Imaging Products Division) said the company would ‘never’ produce a full-frame camera. When asked whether, giv

Apple has released a new beta version of its upcoming macOS Mojave 10.14.1 update, giving us an early look at the features and fixes that will be coming to its recently released macOS 10.14 Mojave operating system. Features-wise, it looks like macOS 10.14.1 will allow FaceTime video calls for groups of up to 32 people. Perhaps slightly less useful, macOS 10.14.1 looks set to bring over 70 new emoji icons, including red-haired people, lettuce and a kangaroo. To try out the macOS 10.14.1 Beta 5, y

North is the Canadian startup that wants to change all that, and with the announcement of its new Focals AR glasses, it could well be on its way to making AR glasses cool again. The new glasses look just like normal eyewear with a stylish gradient effect frame, making them unobtrusive (and putting you at less risk of being called a ‘glasshole’). Making a spectacleThe Focals glasses connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth, which then enables a tiny projector in the frame to beam content like not

We’re just days away from the October 29 launch of the OnePlus 6T but one retailer seemingly couldn’t wait, as the phone has already appeared on its site complete with new images and a complete specs list. Image 1 of 2 The OnePlus 6T is shaping up to be an all-screen flagship. Finally, the listing includes a price, with the OnePlus 6T said to retail for 579 euros, which amounts to around $660 / £510 / AU$935. We wouldn’t expect the price to be an exact conversion, but the OnePlus 6 starts at 519

Speculation has bubbled up indicating that Apple could be introducing a refreshed MacBook Air – or a replacement for the ageing laptop – at its press event on October 30. Ancient AirThe current MacBook Air is a seriously dated device and is certainly long overdue an overhaul on the hardware front. Or indeed a more wallet-friendly 13-inch Retina MacBook could emerge, effectively making the MacBook Air redundant and seeing it scrapped (rumors along these lines have been swirling since the very beg

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So, the PS Vita has finally kicked the bucket. The Vita’s touchpad back panel easily remedies archaic control schemes, breathing life into tank controls, among other unfortunate realities of early PlayStation games. It’s probably a little easier to wait out the Classic console and get a pristine experience without needing to scratch the surface a little. But if you have the courage and know-how to do so, the PS Vita can still be a worthwhile pickup, even in 2018 with the console going out of pro

We’re still waiting for AMD’s 7-nanometer (nm) Vega graphics cards to finally appear at CES 2019, but it seems the chip maker is already stepping up testing on its next-next generation GPUs. AMD is supposedly already lab testing 7nm Navi graphics cards that are well ahead of their rumored mid-2019 launch dates, according to Fudzilla . Instead, the report goes on to claim that Navi-based GPUs will target mid-range with Nvidia GTX 1080 levels of performance for only $250 (about £190, AU$350). Desp

The good news is that Kuo suggests Apple could potentially reveal a new iPad Mini in 2019, along with the long-promised AirPower wireless charging mat. The inside scoopThe iPad Mini 4 is now three years old and hasn’t had a successor since. Kuo says that when the new iPad Mini 5 launches, it will come packing “an upgraded processor” but will feature “a low-cost panel”. He says the Cupertino firm will likely unveil a range of hardware, including two new iPad Pro models to replace the current 10.5

Following in the footsteps of Spotify, which recently slimmed down its Premium app , Facebook Messenger has begun rolling out a more streamlined version of its mobile app for both iOS and Android. Announced in a blog post, “Messenger 4” vastly simplifies the user interface of the app, reducing the number of tabs from nine to just three. In doing so, Messenger retains all the previous functionality it once had (whether you like it or not), but organises it in a less overwhelming manner. The Peopl

Mozilla has launched Firefox 63, offering improved protection from tracking cookies to prevent third parties monitoring your activity as you move between sites. To find the option, go to ‘Firefox options’ > ‘Preferences’, and select ‘Privacy and security’. If you’re a PC user, Firefox 63 will detect whether you’re using Windows’ dark or light theme, and adapt accordingly. Firefox users in the US will also notice a change them they open a new tab. More changesThe launch of Firefox 63 comes just a

If you’ve ever purchased a movie or TV show in SD or HD from the Google Play Movies & TV Store, Google is going to upgrade it to 4K free of charge. (Apple, remember, pulled a similar maneuver last year when it introduced 4K content to the iTunes Store.) To coincide with the announcement, Google will also be giving an update to its Play Movies & TV app on Samsung TVs that will enable 4K streaming and will enable HDR playback on 4K Sony TVs, too. On top of all that, all Play Movies & TV apps on LG

HP has pulled the veil back on a brand new look and feel for its storied Spectre x360 series of 2-in-1 laptops . Both the HP Spectre x360 13 and Spectre x360 15 models come in an all-new design for 2018 – and with stronger silicon to match. Built for practicality and privacyThese two words that start with the letter ‘P’ seem to be a core ethos behind HP’s new Spectre x360 laptops. Perhaps the most interesting feature found within both versions of the HP Spectre x360 is an electrical kill switch

There are lots of reasons why you might want to convert text to speech. It can accept pretty much any text file format, there’s a great selection to choose from, and it features handy bookmarking tools that let you jump to a specific part of the text. It’s also possible to save the spoken text as an audiobook. Move your cursor to the start of the text, then click ‘Tools > Spritz Reader’ and click ‘Read’. Just click ‘File > ID3 tags’, check ‘Set ID3 tags for Audio files’, click the ‘Text’ tab and

What size TV is the right one for you? The average television size is getting bigger every year, and in turn our expectations of size and suitability are constantly changing. Whether you’re upgrading from an old set or making your first television purchase, we’ve put together the guide you need to figure out how big a TV display you actually want. (Onus on the future, there, as there isn’t much 4K content available yet outside of these examples.) A larger screen is also harder to fit into crampe