Acer is proudly blazing the trail toward laptops with one of the most widely-used digital assistants across the world: Amazon’s Alexa. The Acer Spin 3 and Spin 5 – its latest mainstream laptops – will be updated with Alexa on May 26 and May 23, respectively. The Spin 3 and most other Acer laptops achieve this with near-field dual microphones, though the Spin 5 touts four far-field microphones. This way, you can treat Alexa on your laptop more like you do on a smart speaker, issuing commands from

LG has announced its new fleet of Q-series smartphones, which look to take on the likes of the Moto G6 and Nokia 6 (2018). Compared to last year’s model, the LG Q6 – a near-spitting image of the LG G6 with its 18:9 aspect ratio FullVision display – the LG Q7 borrows more from the new LG G7 ThinQ. A smarter mid-range phoneDigging into specifics, the new LG mid-ranger will come to market in three variations: the Q7, Q7 Plus and Q7 Alpha. High-end features like Quad DAC are coming to the Q7 Plus, b

According to a leaked video, Microsoft is planning to bring Mixed Reality to SharePoint, in an effort to seriously jazz up the sort of tricks employees will be able to pull off with the collaboration software. As spotted by prolific Microsoft tipster WalkingCat, the video is a promotional clip for SharePoint Spaces, which touts the benefits of showing documents and data in 3D, for a more impactful presentation. You’ll be able to create a ‘Space’ to better visualize data in three dimensions, and

Microsoft is planning to better organize its the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 by introducing a new Departments drop-down menu, which highlights deals among other things – although this functionality is still in testing right now. Windows 10 users may have experienced some difficulty finding what they need in the Microsoft Store in the past, because there’s a fairly sprawling mass of content of all different types for sale. Software & apps, as you might expect, is where you’ll bag applications,

You need Fender Riffstation Pro, which was priced at US$35 (about £25, AU$45) but is now available to download free for Windows and Mac. Riffstation Pro supports all the most popular audio formats, including MP3, WMA and FLAC. If you want the chords for a song used in a YouTube video you’ll need to convert it to MP3 first. You’ll be prompted to enter a name and email address to download Riffstation Pro, but you can enter a dummy address to avoid surrendering your data. Fender is currently workin

Despite a very vocal Twitter movement to #DeleteFacebook, new findings from investment bank and financial services company Goldman Sachs have revealed that the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which saw the private information of up to 87 million Facebook users harvested and used to influence the 2016 US Election, had very little impact on the social network’s traffic. As reported by Business Insider, usage actually increased during its most difficult and scrutinized period, with the firm citin

A popular app that helps parents keep tabs on their kids’ phone activity has at least one leaky server, according to ZDNet , with tens of thousands of user account details breached. Called TeenSafe, the app touts itself as a “secure” monitoring app available on both Android and iOS, and lets parents check their kids’ messages, call and search history, as well as keep tabs on their location. ZDNet reports that the app’s servers, hosted on Amazon’s Web Services cloud platform, were left unprotecte

Lee didn’t mention the Galaxy Note 9 by name, but did say the upgraded digital assistant is arriving with Samsung’s next flagship in the second half of 2018. With the Samsung Galaxy S10 not due until January at least, he must be talking about the Note series. Bixby 2.0 is certainly up against some stiff competition. Despite the challenges ahead, Samsung seems determined to keep investing in Bixby, so we’ll see what’s changed when the Galaxy Note 9 appears – possibly in late July. Presumably olde

Amidst talk that sales aren’t doing too well, we’ve heard rumors about a cheaper version hitting the market, and today there’s some extra information about that cut-price HomePod – it’s going to come with Beats branding. Remember that Apple acquired the Beats audio company back in 2014, though there’s hardly been a deluge of Apple-and-Beats-branded kit in the meantime. The move could be a handy way of promoting the Beats label while giving HomePod smart speaker sales a much-needed boost at the s

The Indy 500, covers 500 miles of track over 200 2.5 mile laps – and we can tell you how to live stream every last one of them. The 2018 Indy 500 will take place today (Sunday May 27) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. The Indy 500 is one of the most famous auto races in the world and was first held in 1911. If there’s no local coverage in your country, don’t worry as we’ll guide you through the necessary steps to watch an Indy 500 online live stream from anywhere in the world. How t

Microsoft is a strong believer in empowering students to be independent through technology. Earlier this week, the Redmond-based company held a special education event at its flagship retail store to show what it and its partners are working on to help empower the children of tomorrow through their studies. From accessibility programs, Minecraft virtual classrooms and HoloTours in Windows Mixed Reality , Microsoft enriching learning with the latest technology.

We’ve already seen phones with in-screen fingerprint sensors, but no one has managed the trick on a major, flagship handset designed for the masses yet. The demo certainly looks a lot like the in-screen fingerprint sensors that we’ve seen produced so far. Apparently the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 8 is a good bet for this technology, and that’s the phone that’s supposedly shown in this clip. After all, having a fingerprint sensor on the back of a phone isn’t a complete disaster, so phone makers will only

Tech companies have to want to work differently, and as a users, you have the power to vote with your logins. “That’s about 20 to 25% of Facebook users, so that’s a nice correlation with the population we found to be conscious choosers. Farcical consentThe 25% of users pushing for change – the conscious choosers – are fighting against a status quo that distances them from their own data. The show offered dozens of striking visualizations of the way companies use and share our personal data, and

But with Apple and Spotify dominating music streaming, is YouTube Music too little, too late? What’s the difference between YouTube Music and Google Play Music? It’s being rebranded as YouTube Premium and will now include YouTube Music as well as Google Play Music. Is YouTube Music a Google Play Music killer? YouTube RedTo be fair, the lack of interest in YouTube Red is partly because YouTube Red was only available in a handful of territories.

As in previous years, Nintendo won’t be hosting a live on-stage presentation at the E3 show itself. This year, then, we’re hoping to hear a little more about what Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Switch will involve. Animal CrossingAt the moment, Nintendo has given no indication that it’s planning to release Animal Crossing on Nintendo Switch. But it also hasn’t said that it resolutely won’t release Animal Crossing on Nintendo Switch. More third-party revealsThe Nintendo Switch has stood out from oth

Compact, feature-packed and viewable on just about every device around, PDF documents are a great way to share information. Microsoft Word and similar word processors can often import PDFs to allow simple changes, but this isn’t true PDF editing, either. A decent free editor might be enough for casual users, but if you’re the demanding type we’d recommend you check out our pick of the paid versions, first. We’ve also highlighted the best free PDF editorFoxit PhantomPDFCreate, edit and track usag

FA Cup final – where and when The FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United will take place at football’s spiritual home – Wembley Stadium in London today. It’s Manchester United vs Chelsea, and you can get a free FA Cup final live stream wherever you are. How to live stream FA Cup final in the UK for free:The BBC will be hosting the FA Cup final on Saturday May 19. If you can’t live stream the FA Cup final as it happens then TVPlayer Plus will allows you to ‘record’ Chelsea vs Man Unit

Harry and Meghan’s Royal Wedding – key dates and times The Royal Wedding is taking place as we speak! How to live stream the Royal Wedding in the UK:There are a number of different options for how to watch the Royal Wedding in the UK. Live stream the Royal Wedding for free anywhere else in the world:1. Watch the Royal Wedding on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or InstagramThe Royal Family don’t want to hide its big event away from the world. The Royal Wedding live stream can be found as follows:How t

Some Netflix shows have intro sequences that are works of art, carefully constructed montages set to beautiful music, with visuals that make your eyes water. Other Netflix shows have intros that you’re itching to skip within the first few seconds. A skip button has shown up on the controller screen for the Android app, according to reports. You’ve been able to skip intros for a while if you’re watching Netflix on the web or inside an app, so it makes sense that the feature would eventually roll

There are a few major differences between the rumored AR/VR headset and Samsung’s already-released Gear VR headset. A wireless headset from Samsung capable of both VR and ARA wireless headset from Samsung capable of both VR and AR When is it out? Like the Samsung AR/VR headset release date, price is likely to remain unknown for the time being. Last but not least is Samsung HMD Odyssey, a mixed reality headset that comes at $500 and features the Windows Mixed Reality platform. It’s possible the n