Microsoft is reportedly planning to shake up the retail world with a move into till-free stores. Instead, Microsoft is developing a system that would track what items shoppers add to their baskets when visiting a store, before charging them as they leave. High-street showdown(Image: © Amazon)Such a move would put Microsoft into direct competition with Amazon Go, which link directly to a customer’s account to get rid of the need to queue up and pay for items. Following four years of secret develo

With the roll-out of iOS 11.4, we saw Apple plug up a security loophole in the iPhone Lightning port , but the Cupertino firm has now announced that iOS 12 will take this fix to the extreme. While Apple has historically been non-compliant when law enforcement has sought capabilities to hack into Apple customers’ devices, in certain instances, police have been able to use third-party hacking tools to exploit a loophole in iPhone Lightning ports. To combat this, Apple incorporated the USB Restrict

Depending on your level of expertise, web hosting, which is the task of making websites and web pages available to many users, can be either very simple of daunting. These are the six types of web hosting you will most often come across:Perfect for entry-level website hosting. A VPS hosting service mimics a dedicated server, but is within a shared hosting environment. VPS offers the cost benefits of shared hosting with the control of dedicated hosting. Unlike standard dedicated hosting, the host

Ring is ready to release its latest home security solution, a system it’s calling Ring Alarm that aims to protect your home from intruders and keep you informed about what’s going on in and around your house. Ring Alarm officially goes on sale on July 4, with pre-orders open right now on Amazon, Best Buy, The Home Depot and Ring.com. At the time of writing, we weren’t able to find the Ring Alarm starter kit on Amazon, though it may pop up soon enough. The Ring Alarm price is $199 and includes a

Sphero’s R2-D2, one of the best, most authentic replicas of the famous Star Wars droid out there, is now $30 off at Sphero. Sweetening the deal even further is the inclusion of a free Force Band that lets you control your droid like magic from the gadget on your wrist. Amazon has the droid for $94.99, though there’s no free Force Band here. The Sphero R2-D2 is a thoroughly impressive connected toy, one that holds a rightful place on our list of the best toys around. It bleeps, it bloops, and it

To help you find a great home security camera or camera system at a great price, we’ve rounded up the best home security camera deals we could find. But if you want the best quality, the Nest Cam IQ is probably the camera for you, especially if you find a deal. Read our review: Hive CameraOutdoor Home Security Camera Deals1. Rather, it’s a fun standalone option if you just want a security camera without any fuss. Nest is obviously aware of this flaw, as there is an upgrade in the shape of the Ne

It’s Cyberpunk 2077, forsaking all others. Speaking of shooting, the combat is one of the coolest things about what we saw of Cyberpunk 2077. The thing that makes me most want to leave the meat space (a cyberpunk term for the ‘real world’) for Cyberpunk 2077 though, it’s a huge open world game that’s a closed single-player experience at a time when it feels like almost every large game is throwing us into always online space. It’s kind of funny that a game that revolves around a world that’s con

As PC gaming continues to grow into a full-fledged subculture, there are certain things that have become ubiquitous among PC gamers. From things like RGB lighting on, well, everything and keyboards that make a ton of noise, but feel amazing – we here at TechRadar have created a list of 10 things that PC gamers can’t give up. This list is for all PC gamers, whether you’re new to PC gaming, and you want to play the best PC games in style, or whether you’re a grizzled veteran, rocking one of the be

Update #1: Netflix has reached out to confirm the existence of the Stranger Things project that will be produced by Telltale Games and has confirmed that it’ll be separate from the experiential streaming service content we reported on earlier. Update #2: Telltale has issued the following statement about the upcoming Stranger Things game – “We’re delighted by the response we’re seeing to the idea of Minecraft: Story Mode coming to Netflix in the fall as an interactive adventure, and separately, w

The World Cup, the greatest sporting event in the calendar, kicks off in Russia tomorrow night. You’ll be able to ask Alexa trivia questions, like the year England won the World Cup, to more specific questions, like what a “false nine” is or info on Brazil’s Roberto Firmino. And, if you just want a daily rundown of everything you need to blag your way through a conversation on a day-by-day basis, just ask “Alexa, how do I bluff my way through the World Cup” for the latest info you need. Things t

You likely won’t be able to buy the Vivo Nex when it goes on sale later this month, but that doesn’t stop it being one of the most innovative (and exciting) smartphones released in 2018. Here are the top things we’ve learnt so far from over 24 hours with the Vivo Nex. In-display fingerprint scanning works… but it takes getting used toThe Vivo Nex isn’t the first phone to come to market with an in-display fingerprint. It certainly feels like a novelty on the Vivo Nex, but that’s not a criticism.

A newly-uncovered patent has given some insight in what to expect from Samsung’s long-awaited Bixby smart speaker. Set to go head-to-head with the Amazon Echo and the Apple HomePod devices, Samsung looks to be taking a slightly different approach to its smart offering, if the patent dated November of 2017 is anything to go by. The speaker seems to be attempting a little more personality – armed with seven speakers, the patent shows a speaker that looks like two squashed tennis balls on top of ea

It’s not cheap, but the Everyday Messenger is smart enough for the boardroom, slim enough for the everyday commute and holds your camera gear, your computer, your bike lock and your lunch. So that’s the idea behind the Everyday Messenger – it really is designed to be your everyday bag. If you stuff it too far, though, and fill every other handy nook and cranny the Everyday Messenger offers, it soon becomes unwieldy. There’s another long, shallow padded pocket in the main compartment for more cas

A PCWatch report claims to have launch schedule details on Intel’s next three desktop processor families. Supposedly, we will see Intel’s 8-core Coffee Lake Refresh – as opposed to the Coffee Lake-S moniker we’ve seen thus far – processor as an extension of the existing Coffee Lake family of processors this September to help close the gap between itself and AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation. What the report doesn’t mention is whether these Coffee Lake Refresh CPUs will launch with Intel’s oft-rumored Z39

Netflix and Telltale Games have entered into a deal that will bring simple game experiences to the streaming service. Netflix has confirmed that the pilot program is likely to begin with Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode that will offer an adapted version of the Telltale Games original. Like the Telltale Games series, Minecraft: Story Mode on Netflix will be a five-part episodic adventure and might be available to stream later this year. Separately, we’ve learned of a new Telltale Games project b

If you’ve got an old film camera gathering dust at home, NINM Labs may be able to give it a new lease of life with its Instant Magny 35 back. It’s not a digital back, but rather an instant film back that can be mounted on your 35mm SLR or rangefinder camera. The Instant Magny 35 uses Fujifilm’s Instax Square film, and it doesn’t require you to butcher your film camera – you simply have to remove the original camera back before replacing it with what NINM terms an ‘enlarging optic film back’. The

A long 15 years later, I might finally have what I was looking for in Ubisoft’s 2019 Skull and Bones. At the start of the demo, I was given the choice of three ships, each with different strengths and weaknesses. Although Skull and Bones has stunning and highly realistic visuals, don’t think it’s a game bogged down in exhaustingly accurate details. I lost all my treasure and re-spawned into the game world a more humbled pirate. It’s the latter option that made me really keen to come back to Skul

“There’s the graphics-based interaction experience, which helps the TV know what it’s showing,” Yu said. After showing off the AI’s World Cup expertise, Yu explained some more everyday uses for its image and voice recognition technology. Spot the ballHisense will broadcast every FIFA World Cup match in 4K via a dedicated app that launches on June 14. It also has a special World Cup TV channel plus two special edition World Cup TVs – the U9A and U7A – both of which include a sports mode that make

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 has been rumored for quite some time, though only now are we hearing some more concrete details leaking out. Latest amongst the mumblings is news of a new iris scanning ability, much like what we’ve seen on Samsung’s phones going back to the Galaxy S8. We’re currently not certain, but it may shift to the side or rear, or Samsung may lean in completely on its iris scanning tech as its sole biometric. Not only is the upcoming tablet all but guaranteed to look a bit differ

But in all honesty, we think these new PlayStation VR bundles are at an unbeatable price right now. Sony is currently pushing a Days of Play sale in the US and UK right now with the cheapest PlayStation VR deals we’ve ever seen. PlayStation VR bundles (USA)PlayStation VR | PS4 camera | Doom VFR | $199.99 at WalmartNow $100 cheaper! View DealPlayStation VR bundles (UK)PlayStation VR | PS4 camera | VR Worlds | GT Sport | £199.99 at CurrysCurrys has one of the best PlayStation VR bundle deals avail