YouTube TV suffered an outage in the middle of the semifinal match between England and Croatia on Wednesday, causing outrage among viewers. To (somewhat) make up for the flop, YouTube TV is giving users a one-week credit, according to an email sent to customers, reports Variety. YouTube TV apologized for the outage in the email, after having done so on Twitter the day of the match. One free week may not make up for missing the excitement of the elimination match live, but at least YouTube TV is

If this is something that happens to you often, you have a couple options open to you: you can either pick up some wireless range extenders or one of the best wireless mesh routers. In the past, though, the best wireless mesh routers required a rigorous knowledge of the ins and outs of wireless networking. However, the best wireless mesh routers can get expensive, and can require some technical know-how in order to figure out what’s best for your home. We went ahead and picked out the five best

To that end, you can now control later versions of DirecTV set-top boxes (including the Genie HR44, HR54, Genie 2 and Genie Mini) via Amazon’s Alexa on devices like the Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV Cube and the Amazon Echo Show. Like other smart devices, you’ll need to connect your DirecTV account with Alexa so Alexa knows where to send commands, then sit back and relax as you control your TV without ever lifting a finger. So just what exactly can Alexa add to your TV viewing experience? Beyond t

Who said you have to wait until Amazon Prime Day 2018 for some sweet laptop deals? Acer is rolling out early discounts on its Alexa-equipped laptops and even throwing in a free Echo Spot for good measure. Acer has slashed $50 off all its Alexa-equipped laptops including the Acer Nitro 5 Spin, Acer Spin 5 and Acer Aspire. On top of the slight discount, Acer is also throwing in a free Echo Dot speaker plus an optional four months of Amazon Music for only $0.99 – the subscription will return to its

Windows offers two color themes, light and dark, and whichever you choose, Firefox will soon respect that decision and change itself to match. It’s a small update, but one that’ll be welcomed by the many Windows users – particularly software engineers who prefer their interfaces on the darker side. Mozilla’s latest announcement has stirred discontent, with Twitter users questioning why Edge still defaults to the light scheme, regardless of which Windows settings the user has chosen. Last month,

Unfortunately, Apple has told CNET that it has not included any tweaks to the design or engineering to address the sticky key issue. After it had become apparent that MacBook Pro keyboards with the butterfly switch appeared to fail more than pre-2016 MacBook Pro notebooks with older keyboards, Apple admitted that some of its MacBook keyboard break too easily, and offered a new repair program to help fix the “small percentage” of keyboards in certain MacBook and MacBook Pro models that repeat cha

We’re potentially less than two months away from the launch of the Sony Xperia XZ3, yet we still don’t know much about it. But one thing we have now heard is that it could have four cameras in total, with two on the back and two on the front. A source who’s supposedly been reliable in the past told Sumahoinfo as much, as well as supplying an image seemingly showing the camera modules. The front camera is on the left, the rear is on the right. We might know soon, as Sony is holding a press confer

LG hasn’t announced any new smartwatches since early 2017 when it unveiled the LG Watch Style and Watch Sport alongside the Android Wear 2.0 update, but it seems the company may soon be ready to launch two new watches. A new report from YonHap News claims the company will have two new watches ready to launch before the end of July. Both of these devices are rumored to run Google’s Wear OS software, and one may be the product we’ve heard referred to as the LG Watch Timepiece. This isn’t the first

The results show that, as expected, London is team Apple, which is little surprise since that is where the flagship store resides. Head up north and you’ll find a divide where Edinburgh is team Samsung while Glasgow is all about Apple. One of the largest cities to take side Samsung is Birmingham, but in total team Apple has nine major cities in the UK while team Samsung has just four – check out the map below to see the full breakdown. Team Apple is supported by users who on average pay more per

YouTube has always allowed you to delete selected items from your watch history, but now Android users can take that a step further. The YouTube app’s new Incognito Mode will let you watch videos without ever leaving a digital trail of evidence in the first place (your IP address will still be recorded, so it’s probably best that you don’t go crazy at work). To initiate Incognito Mode in the YouTube app, tap on your Account icon. For instance, attempting to watch age-restricted content while Inc

Since its first release in 1985, when it was bundled in with Windows 1.0, very little has changed about Microsoft’s plain-text editor Notepad, but the software giant has recently announced the first tweaks to the utility in years. The app update was revealed on the company’s blog as part of the announcement of the just-released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713, which also includes several improvements to Microsoft’s Edge browser. Changes of noteWhen using the find and replace tool in the u

Google Chrome might be the most popular browser in the world, but it has historically been rather memory hungry , especially when you’ve got multiple tabs open. Google announced this week that Chrome 67 now has a Site Isolation feature turned on by default that “does cause Chrome to create more renderer processes, which comes with performance tradeoffs,” according to software engineer Charlie Reis. However, Google has promised to work on reducing the impact of Site Isolation technology. Trial an

Microsoft has worked out another exclusive emoji for Windows 10, the infinitely awesome Astro Cat. Found by Emojipedia, the emoji is achieved by joining the ‘Cat Face’ and ‘Rocket’ emojis by a small string of characters in between. However, at this point only Windows 10 supports the zero width joiner. With the read headband, the character even includes a nod to Microsoft’s classic Ninja Cat emoji, one of the first to use the ZWJ method. That’s tough to tell, though it’s likely that other OS make

Netflix just broke HBO’s 17-year streak as the network with the most Emmy nominations – the streaming service was nominated for a whopping 112 awards at this year’s ceremony while HBO sits at a still-respectable 108. Add up all the award nominations and Netflix is now the top Emmy nominated ‘network’, a term that we can now apply in the loosest of terms. Following HBO and Netflix is the most traditional network of them all, NBC, which has a total of 78 nominations including 21 just for this seas

Both the MacBook Pro and Surface Book 2 also feature excellent keyboards and touchpads, with the MacBook Pro ushering in the third generation of Apple’s butterfly hinge keyboard, which is designed to be quieter than before. The MacBook Pro dips a toe into the 2-in-1 waters with the Touch Bar, but it’s a pinky toe at best. Likewise, this focus results in a streamlined machine that’s both thinner and lighter than the Surface Book 2 in both size configurations. However, the MacBook Pro display spor

All in the mindSome of the most exciting developments revolve around making better use of what we’ve already got. Hands upThe Ottobock bebionic hand is claimed to be the world’s most lifelike bionic hand. It’s claimed to be the world’s most lifelike bionic hand. It looks like a bionic hand with a bionic eye on top – and that’s pretty much what it is. Credit: Newcastle University (Image: © Ottobock)It sounds simple, but it’s anything but: that analysis is the product of an advanced neural network

Google Home Mini is free with any purchase of $119 and above on eBay right now. All you need to do to score a freebie is add a Google Home Mini to your cart via the official Google Store page, according to The Verge. You’ll need to have $119 worth of goods without factoring the cost of the Google Home Mini to get the deal. eBay has a ton of deals going on in advance of Amazon Prime Day 2018, many for $119. You may have to buy something from eBay in order to get the free Google Home Mini, but at

If you’re looking for the best cheap tablets around, you’ve come to the right place. The best tablet in the world is the new iPad Pro, and that will set you back an awful lot of cash. All hope is not lost though, and we’ve got the list of the best cheap tablets you can buy right now below – but let’s make one thing clear. Check out our coverage for all the best Amazon Prime Day deals. It’s a great value package for a 10-inch screen tablet.

According to Apple, the Blackmagic eGPU will deliver 2.8 times faster graphics performance on the 15-inch MacBook Pro and 8 times faster on the 13-inch model. All-in-one designThe Blackmagic eGPU also acts as a Thunderbolt docking station. Unlike most external GPU boxes, the Blackmagic eGPU comes pre-installed and ready to go. The Blackmagic eGPU is available to purchase now exclusively from Apple for $699 (£599, AU$1,149). Apple added eGPU support in macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, so the Blackmagic

The best VR headset is not an easy thing to pin down in 2018, especially with so many new VR headsets coming to the market – and great deals on high-end headsets appearing all the time. For the regular user who doesn’t have the funds to buy an HTC Vive Pro, the HTC Vive offers a still-excellent experience for less cost. Take, for instance, the HTC Vive Pro resolution of 2880 x 1600, offering a 78% increase in dots per inch than the HTC Vive. All told, the HTC Vive Pro is a clear evolution in bot