It’s the technology that helped home cinema enthusiasts bring home a theater-like experience in the ’90s and early Aughts, and more recently has taken it upon itself to help manufacturers tune their AV equipment. The THX Standard will start with TVs, amplifiers, and speakers at launch, and the tests will all be conducted by THX engineers. THX’s ace in the hole is its THX Certified program, basically a consultation program audiovisual manufacturers can buy into to help them improve their products

FIFA 19 might be hovering on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean FIFA 18 is ready to be traded in. A free (and officially licensed) tournament mode for FIFA 18A free (and officially licensed) tournament mode for FIFA 18 When can I play it? These include 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia mode (a tournament setup that will see you duking it out from the group stages to the final), Custom FIFA World Cup Tournament (that aforementioned setup for unqualified nations), FIFA World Cup Kick-Off (supporting offl

If you’re looking to cut the cable cord and ditch high bills for channels you don’t use, Sling TV is a great alternative. This live TV streaming service offers a number of packages, with prices starting as low as $20 a month. And lest you think you won’t be able to watch the same shows as with cable, these Sling TV packages include many of the same channels as you get with cable. What’s also attractive about Sling TV is that it requires very little equipment. In addition to Roku’s TV packages, w

The LG V30S ThinQ is now available for pre-order in US. B&H is offering the V30S ThinQ for $929, a price that’s well above the cost of the LG V30, as well as many other recommended Android flagship phones. Is the V30S ThinQ a good phone? But at this point in 2018, to say that the V30S ThinQ is a bad value is a bit of an understatement. The V30S ThinQ has the same design and similar internal components down to the screen and chipset.

Twitter is ramping up its video offering by signing deals with 30 broadcasters, including some serious heavyweights. Twitter made its first foray into video in 2016, and says engagement has doubled in the last year. “We’re not guessing, we’re listening,” said global head of content partnerships Kay Madati. Twitter is also renewing existing contracts with broadcasters including Major League Baseball and Buzzfeed. As today’s announcement shows, Twitter has taken a different tack, choosing to conce

My trip to Hamburg was supposed to be an ‘easy’ marathon, celebrating a wonderful time at London Marathon last week. I was able to keep my heart rate under control, and things felt a world away from London. I watched as the lead ‘London Gareth’ had began to trickle away… and this time, I was far below my maximum heart rate. I knew what good race pace and effort felt like today, and I needed to focus hard on maintaining that. I quickly checked my glee – this race I’d created in my mind discarded

A new FCC filing suggests that there is a new Sonos system in the works – a home theater system which comes equipped with Alexa. Sonos has been busy buddying up with Alexa, having made its speaker line-up compatible with Amazon’s voice assistant. It also embedded Alexa into the Sonos One, its latest smart speaker. We do not have any additional details to share.”Personally, we would love to see another iteration of the Sonos Playbar. Or it could be that Sonos has a wholly different speaker setup

Sprint has released a new mobile app for its customers which detects when an unsecured public Wi-Fi network is connected to, and automatically turns on a VPN to encrypt and protect the user’s data. The Sprint Secure Wi-Fi app is available for iOS and Android, and Sprint subscribers can use it on their smartphone or tablet, with business users likely to be particularly interested in gaining the benefits of encryption to keep sensitive data away from any prying eyes. And the risks are obviously hi

Microsoft has just officially launched the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, and it’s also revealed which features it’s removed from Windows 10. As with the Fall Creators Update, several features have been removed from Windows 10, and Microsoft has listed them, along with suggesting alternatives. Here are the features that you will find missing when you install the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Marked for deathAs well as announcing the features it’s killed off with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update,

As you may have noticed, the Windows 10 April 2018 Update has been officially released by Microsoft, and with it comes a raft of Windows Mixed Reality improvements – and the news that Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR has left ‘early access’. As Valve notes, SteamVR has been available to those with Windows Mixed Reality headsets since last November, and testing has been ongoing on the aforementioned new features, with 24 updates having been released to beta testers. Valve also observed that ther

“Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned and operated by Cambridge Analytica,” Twitter said in a statement to Bloomberg Technology. “This decision is based on our determination that Cambridge Analytica operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads business practices. Cambridge Analytica may remain an organic user on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules.” Six degrees of Cambridge AnalyticaThis isn’

Battle Royale Fortnite Season 4 is finally here. The servers went down, Season 3 is over, and the iOS Season 4 update is now live on the App Store. News of the server downtime starting and the launch of Season 4 came via the Epic Twitter feed. The Season 4 launch was accompanied by a video in Fortnite’s characteristic humorous style:Season 4 starts now! Jump in and witness the aftermath of the impact.4.0 Patch Notes: https://t.co/siqlV4Bfu6 pic.twitter.com/ZuqhlkmecoMay 1, 2018For all things For

The keyboard on newer MacBook Pro models – those from 2016 and 2017 which use the second-generation ‘butterfly’ switch mechanism – is more likely to develop a fault than previous incarnations of the laptop. These stats were published by Apple Insider, and drawn from repairs made in Apple Genius Bars across the US, along with authorized third-party repair shops. They show that with the MacBook Pro from 2014, when it came to the first year of servicing, 5.6% of all models repaired had a problem wi

If you want the best action camera, this is it. However, if you’re more interested in saving money on features you didn’t even want, the Yi 4K+ Action Camera is one of the simplest and best designed gadgets around. Read our in-depth Yi 4K+ Action Camera review4. If the answer’s not a lot, then the YI 4K Action Camera could be for you. Read our in-depth YI 4K Action Camera review8.

Russia has made it abundantly clear: If the government can’t see its citizens’ conversations, then they just can’t have them. According to reports, despite being explicitly banned, the company’s founder Pavel Durov has stated user counts in the country has hardly dipped. This lack of a decline suggests citizens are using tools like Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to circumvent the ban. It remains to be seen how far Russia is willing to go to keep apps like Telegram out of the hands of its citize

Following speculation about the financial situation of DxO Labs, which makes image-editing software and the DxO One camera add-on for smartphones, the company has released an official update. In a blog post on its own website, DxO Labs has revealed that it’s filed “for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection”. The good news, though, is that this doesn’t appear to be the final nail in the coffin for DxO Labs, as the statement adds that the company is “now in the process of restructuring the business. To

While Apple fans were doubting their curiosity over the recent leak of the iPhone SE2, some 3D CAD renders have popped up telling a different story. Previously leaked pictures of the iPhone SE2 showed an iPhone 5S/SE like design with a glass back for wireless charging, headphone jack. The new leak comes from a more trusted source OnLeaks’ Steve H, who has got his hands on the CAD renders of the rumoured iPhone SE2 (Images below). Image 1 of 11 Image source- Tiger Mobiles Image 2 of 11 Image 3 of

Microsoft is continuing to improve its Outlook email app to help it compete with an increasing number of competitors, such as Thunderbird on desktop PCs, or built-in email apps in Android and iOS. It’s just announced a number of new features for Outlook, and these improvements will be coming to Outlook on Windows, Mac, web and mobile, reflecting the fact that people now use a variety of methods to access their emails. The new features that Microsoft announced are ready right now for Windows, web

An analyst has suggested Apple may be ready to drop the bundled Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack dongle for 2018’s iPhones. Ever since Apple took the ‘courageous’ decision to drop the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the company has included a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter in the box as part of your new phone purchase so users can still use their wired headset. Having it waiting in the box is useful for when you first start up your iPhone and remember you no longer have a 3.5mm ja

Got yourself a Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge in the UK and lamenting your inability to watch picture-in-picture? Good news: a new update will add that, as well as an all-new version of Android. However, according to XDA Developers Forum, the new ‘Samsung Experience 9.0’ is landing on the S7 and S7 Edge in the UK, which contains the new software. Android Oreo, or Android 8, brings a number of new features to the phone, including the aforementioned ability to watch picture-in-picture, better