This isn’t good news: Apple has acknowledged that iOS 11.3 and later versions have the potential to disable the microphone on some iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. That’s according to an internal support document distributed to stores stocking Apple kit and seen by MacRumors – as yet there’s no official public statement from Apple. It certainly doesn’t affect every iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, put plenty of people are reporting the issue. It’s a bug’s lifeIf you are experiencing problems with a 2016 i

Identifying multi-perspective questionsTo that end, Bing has launched a new feature called Intelligent Answers. Identifying questions with multiple answers involves several techniques, including sentiment analysis, which identifies the opinions expressed in a piece of text – positive, negative or neutral. Bursting the bubbleAlthough the Intelligent Answers might challenge our expectations, Ribas says the response so far has been very positive. “In fact, even our ads team is separate from what we

If you’re after a ultra-wide zoom lens for your full-frame camera, then Sigma’s 14-24mm f/2.8 G HSM | Art is the pick of the bunch, outperforming competing own-brand lenses from the likes of Canon, Nikon and Sony. There are several wide-angle prime and zoom lenses in Sigma’s ‘Art’ line of Global Vision optics. PerformanceSharpness and contrast are very impressiveDistortion incredibly low for this class of lensDirect sunlight can strike the front elementAs with other Sigma Art lenses that we’ve t

The ‘killer app’ of the iPad Pro is its honed ability to function as a note-taking device, making it popular with college students and business professionals alike. Also take a look at the best free iPad appsNotabilityThe Swiss army knife of note-taking appsAnnotate PDFsWork with multiple input formatsShare notes via the cloudHigher costNotability , from Ginger Labs, is an excellent, general purpose note-taking app for the iOS platform. The iOS app is free, and offers in-app purchases. Whink can

One of Waymo’s self-driving minivans has been involved in a road crash in Arizona, the company has confirmed, though in this instance there doesn’t seem to have been much the autonomous car could’ve done to avoid a hit – the video you can see below shows another car swerving straight into it. Waymo became the new home for Google’s self-driving car efforts back in 2016, and recently started testing some routes without safety drivers. “Today while testing our self-driving vehicle in Chandler, Ariz

They could all also cost about a quarter more if the talked-up trade war between the US and China becomes reality. It also happens to have a massive trade deficit with China, with Americans importing vastly more goods from China than it exports. Skyworth, TCL and Hisense together account for a fifth of TVs Credit: Jamie Carter (Image: © Jamie Carter)Does this mean all TVs? It all goes to show just how reliant US and Chinese tech companies are on each other. Its aim is to have 70% of microchips p

The Lenovo Mirage Solo is the first standalone VR headset that runs on the Google Daydream VR platform, meaning it doesn’t require a smartphone. As for the Lenovo Mirage Solo price, the device will set you back $399 (about £293, AU$530). You can purhcase the Lenovo Mirage Solo at Amazon , Best Buy , Walmart , and from Lenovo . Lenovo Mirage Camera release detailsIn addition to the first standalone Daydream VR headset, can also purchase the Lenovo Mirage Camera starting today. The Lenovo Mirage C

Microsoft Build is starting in just a few days, and with it we’ll see what Microsoft has in store for us in the coming year. With the first keynote starting around 8:30am PST (11:30am ET / 4:30pm BST / 1:30am AEST) on May 7, 2018 – Microsoft has a lot to talk about, with Redstone 5 and Microsoft Office likely being at the center. So, let’s dive in to what we expect to see next week during the Microsoft Build 2018 keynotes. More AIAI is one of the biggest things in the tech industry in 2018, and

Earlier this year, Elon Musk’s OpenAI warned that drones could be turned into weaponized, AI-controlled swarms if left unregulated. He declined to provide exact details on the time and place, but he did disclose that the criminal group also used drones to livestream footage of FBI agents to YouTube, in order to anticipate their movements—and that it took place inside a major US city. The future of drone regulationThe US government is currently mulling options to prevent drones from being used fo

While Memorial Day commemorates fallen military men and women, it has also come to symbolically mark the start of summer. Relatedly, it’s also one of the biggest shopping weekends, with Memorial Day sales being some of the most popular retail events of the year. This year Memorial Day falls on May 28, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until to shop Memorial Day sales. KmartYou can expect Memorial Day sale prices across the board at Kmart, but the best deals will be on electronics. Amazon

Another reason why PDF files have become commonplace in today’s interconnected world is that they work with almost all applications, hardware and operating systems. In this article, we’ve picked out five of the best PDF reader apps for Mac users. We’ve also highlighted the best free PDF readersPDF Reader PremiumAn easy-to-use PDF management toolUser-friendly interfaceExtensive editing optionsCloud integrationAvailable to download directly from the Mac App Store, PDF Reader Premium from Kdan Soft

When it comes to using a virtual reality (VR) headset, no matter how good the display is, what you see will always be limited by how wide the headset’s field of view. Most of the best VR headsets on the market, like the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR and HTC Vive, have a 110-degree field of view, which is actually pretty good, but you will still see the edges of the headset once you look outside of this boundary. This week at the F8 2018 developer conference, Facebook teased a new VR headset protot

In the world of audiovisual tech, the receiver sits at the head of the proverbial table. According to its specs, its base configuration is a 9.2-channel receiver but supports a 5.1.4 Atmos configuration with a massive 220-watts per channel. It sports seven HDMI ports at 4K/60, plus passthrough for HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision, BT.2020 and HDCP 2.2. But if you’re in the market for bigger sound, multiple HDMI support and upscaling, you’re going to need an AV Receiver. (Though, admittedly, maybe not on

Smart speakers, virtual assistants or smart home speakers, whatever name you decide to call them, they’re pretty cool, unbelievably handy and aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. In fact recent reports reveal the best smart speakers are now owned by one in six Americans and UK smart speaker ownership has doubled in six months. That’s because many consider smart speakers to be the future of home automation, not only controlling your smart home devices, like your Philips Hue bulbs or your smart loc

Rumors of new Nvidia desktop graphics cards seem to have all but dried up, but we might possibly see new GPUs coming to laptops. A Gigabyte/Aorus UK Notebook representative on the OverclockersUK forum confirmed laptops equipped with next generation Nvidia GPUs are scheduled to release towards the end of the year – though this rumor requires some extra extrapolation to be taken at face value. We wouldn’t normally put much stock in a single forum post, but it seems more credible coming from a bran

There’s some worrying news on the security front today, with the revelation that eight fresh Spectre-class flaws have been discovered – and Intel has issued a statement on the matter. Four of the flaws are labelled ‘high risk’ affairs, and all of them have been given their own CVE numbers (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures reference number). As mentioned, Intel has reacted to this by posting an article which addresses ‘questions regarding additional security issues’. How to protect against Sp

Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 10 which contains a host of changes, including a fresh spin on screen grabbing and a small but useful tweak to Focus Assist that gamers will appreciate. It has been delivered to those on the ‘fast ring’ as well as ‘skip ahead’ testers (and going forward, those on the ‘fast ring’ will receive RS5 builds, following the release of the April 2018 Update). They will continue to do so, and most new ‘fast ring’ testers will now also get Sets, althou

Last year, Lenovo and Disney teamed up to release augmented reality (AR) game Star Wars: Jedi Challenges, which lets players practice their lightsaber skills, command troops in ground wars, and play the iconic game of Holochess. Now, a free update is letting players duel one another in the new 1-on-1 Lightsaber Versus Mode. This marks the second free expansion brought to the game after the earlier Star Wars: The Last Jedi expansion. It might not be the freeform duel everyone has dreamed of since

In short, Twitter believes that there is nothing awry, and no password data has been leaked externally in any form, but evidently can’t declare this as a watertight certainty. Of course, Twitter also advised folks to change their password on “all services where you’ve used this password” – in other words, on any online accounts where you’ve reused your Twitter password. Use a different password for each account to prevent all of your accounts becoming vulnerable. “Memorizing complex, unique pass

Spotify has some great music recommendation systems, and its search is comprehensive too. But sometimes an album you’ve seen out might not have an obvious name on its cover – or you’re just too lazy to get typing. A new experimental app called Record Player allows you to take a photo of a record sleeve, have it be scanned and analyzed, and then automatically searched for within the Spotify library. It uses the Google Vision API to guess the source image, and was built using Glitch, a platform de