After a quick safety briefing, I was harnessed up and marched to the top of the zipline to understand what the normal experience is like without a virtual reality headset on my face. On the second run I would be using the Samsung Gear VR. While climbing the stairs to the top, my instructor Rory explained how he felt when first trying the virtual reality experience. But I’d also not traveled at 30 miles per hour in virtual reality before. It means you won’t reach the virtual reality end of the Je

Dubbed the Philips Hue Adore, Philips’ smart mirror is IP44 rated – giving it the ability to resist a splash of water – and it comes included with a dimmer switch. Unlike the company’s popular Hue Ambience or Hue Go lights, the Adore will only be capable of turning shades of white, similar to the basic Hue White bulbs – so unfortunately that club-styled neon-heavy bathroom remodel you had in mind will have to wait. The last feature worth pointing out is its ability to connect to smart assistants

Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship VSS Unity has completed its third supersonic flight. It was the ship’s highest and fastest test to date, hitting Mach 2.4 and a height of 170,800 feet. The test helped Virgin Galactic gain data on supersonic aerodynamics and thermodynamics, as well as more experience at high altitudes. The facility will house a new plane built by The Spaceship Company – Virgin Galactic’s aerospace manufacturing arm – which will be available to both the Italian space agency a

Fortnite’s extraordinary accessibility is why I’m disappointed to hear a rumor that Epic Games will allow the Android release of its most popular game to be an exclusive to the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 – at least for a time. So far it looks like it’s not even just an exclusive release to Samsung devices – if you own a relatively new Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus you’ll still have to wait that extra month to be able to play it. Those who own the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus may have to wait longer. The weird thi

Following an earlier report regarding the pricing and release timing of the upcoming 2018 editions of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX graphics cards, WccfTech claims to have learned even more information from sources connected to one of Nvidia’s manufacturing partners – some of which is contradictory. Here’s a bulleted breakdown of the three Nvidia graphics cards coming soon which are expected to run on Nvidia’s new Turing graphics architecture, including power draw, vRAM amounts, US manufacturer’s suggest

Main image: Could Elon Musk’s space and electric car ventures be part of a grand plan to dominate global communications? Iridium operates an internet satellite service, but it’s painfully slow. And – perhaps unsurprisingly – the potential of satellite internet isn’t something that SpaceX has ignored. SpaceX launched two test satellites for the proposed Starlink internet project in February. Credit: SpaceX (Image: © SpaceX)SpaceX isn’t the only business to recognize the game-changing possibility

All digital cameras have an auto white balance setting that analyses the colors in a scene and neutralises them automatically. Mostly it does a very good job, though there are occasions when you need to override the auto white balance setting and choose a setting yourself. Another is where you want a consistent color balance across a series of pictures, and you don’t want the camera to be making its own automatic white balance adjustments from one shot to the next. In professional studio photogr

Intel has confirmed that its long-awaited 10-nanometer Cannon Lake processors will be arriving in volume in the second half of 2019, with consumer PCs carrying the CPUs to be on sale before the year is out (just in time for the holidays, the firm says). The news came via a conference call with the company following its Q2 fiscal results. Intel is confident that these efforts will help it maintain “system leadership”, company executives asserted (as they are duty-bound to). Note that very small a

The Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 is a router that’s specifically designed for homes with one – or more – serious gamers living there. The Nighthawk XR500 is fabulously well equipped to cope with tricky physical surroundings. The poor quality of routers dished out by some ISP providers has long been a complaint of ours, and one which the Nighthawk XR500 cruelly exposes. Overall, it’s no exaggeration to say that the Netgear Nighthawk XR500 is simply the best router a keen gamer can buy. Verd

Google has published an update to its Play Store Developer Policy banning cryptocurrency miners, tutorials for making explosives, and Disney princess childbirth games. Google blocked cryptocurrency miners from the Chrome Web Store in April, and has now extended that ban to mobile apps. The updated Play Store guidelines also bar apps that “appeal to children but have adult themes”, which should halt the flow of bizarre games that invite players to perform surgery on cartoon characters. Quality ov

EA has announced that Origin Access Premier – a new games service that allows subscribers to play an unlimited number of EA’s own games on PC – will launch on Monday July 30. Origin Access Premier will complement EA’s existing Origins Access on PC (and EA Access on Xbox One). That service limits you to games added to the “vault”, which is a curated list of games EA offers to try. Origin Access Premier may not just confine itself to EA games, either, as Origin Access recently added games from oth

Over the last 24 hours we’ve seen Microsoft hold a massive Xbox One game sale, and Sony do the same with big discounts on some PS4 titles, but now it’s Nintendo’s turn. The Nintendo eShop is hosting a big “ Summer Winter Sale” (FTFY Nintendo) on both its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS storefronts, offering up to 60% discounts on some awesome titles until August 9. Unfortunately, we can’t link you to any of the deals as you’ll need to access the Nintendo eShop on either your Switch or your 3DS

The Samsung Galaxy S9 is on sale today in the US, with the biggest savings on the six-month-old Android phone we’ve seen yet. It’s $559 for the unlocked Galaxy S9 today only through Newegg, but this S9 deal ends at 12am Pacific Time, according to the electronics retailer. Samsung Galaxy S9 unlocked | was $949.99 now $559This is the best version of the Samsung Galaxy S9 sold in the US, simply because it’s one of our favorite phones in an unlocked state. That Samsung phone must have a CDMA modem,

The highlight of the Nova 3 and Nova 3i is their 6.3-inch full HD+ LTPS display with a notch, 6GB and 4GB of RAM respectively. Also, the quad camera setup (dual cameras on both back and front) makes them a worthy contender in camera focused smartphone space. The Nova 3 has a larger 3750mAh battery, and the Nova 3i has a 3340mAh. Price and availabilityThe Huawei Nova 3 is priced at Rs 34,999, and the Nova 3i is priced at Rs 20,990. The Huawei Nova 3 will go on sale starting August 23, while the N

There’s much bigger news when it comes to the new Mark II edition of the f/4 lens, which gets a major revamp. Canon offers the A II (W II) tripod mounting ring as an optional extra, but it’s typically expensive at £149/$145. It also outperforms the 3.5-stop stabilizer in the new 70-200mm f/2.8 Mark III lens. VerdictA major upgrade of Canon’s popular 70-200mm f/4 IS lens, the new Mark II remains relatively compact and lightweight, but packs a heavyweight punch in terms of performance. It’s also v

Thankfully, that dreaded experience could soon be a thing of the past, with Samsung announcing the certification of new flexible OLED smartphone panels that it’s claiming are “unbreakable”. The new panel was developed using an unbreakable substrate and, in place of traditional glass, has a fortified plastic window securely adhered to it. According to UL, it managed to survive 26 drop tests from a height of 1.2 meters (around 4 feet) and came away completely unscathed from the ordeal. Later, the

Intel’s mysterious 9th-generation Coffee Lake Refresh processors are about to get even more perplexing, as a leak suggests the Intel Core i7-9700K will drop hyper-threading. The Intel Core i7-9700K was just listed by SiSoftware as an 8-core and 8-thread processor, making it the very first Core i7 processor without hyper-threading enabled. These specs also claim that the Intel Core i7-9700K will run at a 3.6GHz stock clock. So far Intel has only been able to achieve this speed with the single-cor

Nintendo and accessory maker Hori have announced three new GameCube controllers designed to work specifically with Nintendo Switch. Likewise, each of these controllers feature buttons for the Switch’s menu functions: ‘-’ and ‘+’ buttons as well as screenshot and home buttons. All three Nintendo Switch GameCube controller designs. Now, here’s the stinger: these controllers are all wired over a USB connection, which means they can only be used when connected to the Nintendo Switch via its dock. Of

All sorts of Apple devices can use Find My iPhone, including iPads, Macs, your Apple Watch and even your pair of Apple AirPods, as well as the aforementioned iPhone. How to remove Find My iPhone on an iOS deviceHead into the Settings section on your iPhone or iPad, then press on your name at the top of the page. Here you’ll find an option called iCloud and then there’s a section called Find My iPhone. Before you can turn off Find My iPhone, you’ll have to remotely erase it. Once you’ve wiped it,

The good news is that if you own an iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch, AirPods or even an iPod Touch, it can be tracked down using the Find My iPhone feature. How to set up your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods with Find My iPhoneTake your main device, which will be your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. If you have Apple AirPods or an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone or iPad, you’ll then also get those set up within Find My iPhone. Lost your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods or Mac? How to