There’s nothing wrong with iterative upgrades to smartphones, especially to ones we like as much as the LG V30. Moving up from the 64GB found in the standard V30 and 128GB featured in the V30 Plus, the V30S features 128GB by default, while the new V30S Plus makes the jump to 256GB of internal storage. Moving up from 4GB of RAM put to work in the V30 and V30 Plus, both the V30S and V30S Plus boast 6GB of RAM. Early takeawayThe LG V30S ThinQ and the LG V30 are the more or less same phone, it’s as

Image credit: Mercedes BenzOn the road to fully autonomous driving, there are a few milestones that give us some hope. A feature on the 2018 Mercedes Benz E400 called Active Speed Limit Assist. 2018 Mercedes Benz E400 reads road signs and adjusts accordingly (Credit: Mercedes Benz)As you drive, the E400 will adjust the speed you are driving to match the post limit. In one case, a jump from an area with stoplights with a speed limit of only 55 mph suddenly changed over to 70 mph. Still, Active Sp

As the company has previously indicated, Intel has redesigned its 8th-generation processors to make them bulletproof to Meltdown and one variant of Spectre at a hardware level. Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich says that the re-engineered 8th-gen Coffee Lake – and also Xeon – CPUs with baked-in protection at the silicon level will start to ship in the second half of this year. The initial chips to see the benefit will be next-gen Intel Scalable processors that are codenamed Cascade Lake, and Intel’s 8t

But then it was soon joined by the popular Redmi Note 4 successor– the Note 5 at a similar price range. Contrarily, the Redmi Note 5, despite having a good hand feel, doesn’t impress us with its dated design. The Redmi Note 5 lasted for 720 minutes and the Honor 9 Lite went up to 415 minutes. While the Redmi Note 5 still has a single camera on the back, which Xiaomi included in the Redmi Note 5 Pro, for which you need to pay Rs 2000 more. Image 1 of 5 Redmi Note 5 (Left) Honor 9 Lite (Right) Im

HTC’s smartphone efforts may dwindle after much of its talent was acquired by Google, but the leaked HTC U12 Plus, codenamed “Imagine”, proves that it still has a little gas left in the tank. Credit: VentureBeatA 2018 phone with 2018 specsLike most phones in 2018, unless you’re the LG V30S ThinQ, the HTC U12 Plus appears to be moving forward with its specs by adopting the latest, greatest innovations. It is said to pack in the Snapdragon 845 and 6GB of RAM, both powered by a 3,420mAh battery. La

Google has officially changed the name of its wearable operating system from Android Wear to Wear OS. “We’re now Wear OS by Google, a wearables operating system for everyone.” ‘A wearable OS for everyone’The main driving force for the name change appears to be Wear OS’s diverse user base, with Google revealing that one in three Android Wear watch owners had them paired to an iPhone. It means we can say goodbye to Android Wear 3.0, and say hello to Wear OS which Google says it’s unveiling ahead o

As if the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X rumored frequency improvements weren’t impressive enough, a fresh leak potentially reveals even better gaming performance from the Ryzen 2nd generation processor. Wccftech picked up on a leaked 3DMark FireStrike Ultra benchmark that shows the rumored processor operating 18% better than the Ryzen 7 1700X and 11% higher than Ryzen 7 1800X. Specifically, the Ryzen 7 2700X supposedly scored 20,909 points in the physics score, while the Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 7 1700X achi

Microsoft is looking to stamp out future major bugs along the lines of Spectre, with the company offering big money to hunt down these sort of flaws. Microsoft’s new bug bounty program is specifically for ‘speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities’ like Spectre and Meltdown which affected Intel chips, as well as AMD and ARM processors in the case of the former. Those who find new spins on known speculative execution vulnerabilities with Windows 10 or Microsoft’s Edge browser will be abl

There are standard-level phone leaks and rumors, and then there’s what we’re seeing with the next batch of Huawei phones, which takes leaking on to a whole new plane. Most recently, an Italian retailer has apparently put a Huawei P20 Lite on show, so the person who found it could put together a neat hands-on video. Based on the hands-on video it looks like Huawei is keeping the 3.5mm audio jack on the Huawei P20 phones, and fitting 4GB of RAM inside the P20 Lite. Of course we already knew a lot

Believe it or not, the Raspberry Pi is now six years old. The Pi Zero was released in 2015, and the Pi and its ‘essentials’ kit is available for less than £11 (around $15, AU$20). These are the best Linux training providers and online courses in 2017The latest mainstream Pi, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ has just been released. In this article, we’re going to look at five of the most popular and distinct Raspberry Pi distros. Turn your Raspberry Pi into the ultimate jukeboxHooks up with loads of m

From today, you’ll be able to pre-order the long-awaited Nest Temperature for $39 (a three pack costs $99) letting you get precise heat readings from every corner of your home. A bundle that comes alongside the Nest Thermostat is set to launch in the spring, too. Smarter readingsYou may be asking, if the smart thermostat itself can read ambient temperature, what’s the need for an additional sensor? A replaceable CR123 battery keeps each sensor ticking over for as long as two years, but you’ll ye

Creating a portable projector that can fit right into your pocket and actually work well is no mean feat but Sony thinks it’s up to the task with its new MP-CD1 mobile projector. With a 5000mAh built-in battery (better than most smartphones), the projector can be used for around two hours before it needs to be re-charged. Pico powerThe use of a USB-C port is a nice move from Sony – where most projectors will use proprietary AC adaptors, the more common USB-C port gives it a genuinely portable ed

As we’ll discover, the very best Apple Watch games don’t just try to shovel big games into its little screen. In this round-up we’ll look at five key categories: puzzle games, adventure games, games of skill, games of words and trivia, and action games. regularly appears in lists of the very best Apple Watch games, with good reason: while it’s been around for ages – Apple gave it a best-of award back in 2015 – it hasn’t aged because its core mechanic is so effective and addictive. The Watch game

Microsoft is currently testing its brand new Xbox Live avatars before rolling them out to users in April, according to a recent report from The Verge. First revealed during E3 2017, the new Xbox Live avatars were supposed to be made available to Windows 10 users by the end of that year. Diversity and inclusivityWith their expressive behavior and extensive customization options, these new avatars are like a cross between Sims and Nintendo Miis. As was the case with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 avatars, T

B&O has announced a new set of colors in its “Spring/Summer” headphone and Bluetooth speaker range. There may be no brand new products in B&O’s Spring/Summer collection, but we do get some lovely shades of some existing top performers. The B&O BeoPlay H4 wireless headphones are available in Aloe and Steel Blue, which are a soft pastel green and a dark turquoise. This pocket-friendly speaker costs $199 (£149). Finally, the dinky BeoPlay A1 comes in the same Aloe and Steel Blue shades as the BeoPl

There’s some exciting news for those who have a VR headset and enjoy SteamVR games, as Valve has just introduced a new auto-resolution feature which intelligently adjusts the resolution to match the power of your graphics card. It’s expensive enough to buy the headset itself without having to upgrade your GPU to cope, as well – and with the new auto-resolution capability, a lesser graphics card will still be able to manage. Note that the system won’t down-tune your resolution to a lower level th

When it comes to Battle Royale games, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (or PUBG for those already inducted into its action) is a name you need to know. Xbox update 10 has now landedIn the latest Xbox update for PUBG, players will see no new content but there are a variety of bug fixes that should greatly improve consistency of play. What’s coming to PUBG on PC? Updates for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have slowed somewhat in recent months as a result of the development team’s focus on reducing ins

In terms of processing power, the P20 hits exactly the same scores as the Huawei Mate 10 Pro – perhaps not surprising considering its carrying the same Kirin 970 chipset. 4GB of RAM is shown on board in the benchmark listing (the Mate 10 Pro is available in both 4GB and 6GB variations). The Plus version of the P20 is expected to come with a triple-lens camera around the back. There’s no doubt Huawei will be talking up the AI potential of the new P20, P20 Plus and P20 Lite too – the Kirin 970 is

When the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim launched on the Nintendo Switch last year you probably thought that was it. Bethesda has announced that Skyrim VR will be coming to Steam on April 3 2018 now that its period of exclusivity on PSVR has come to an end. Another way to playLike the PSVR release, this VR version of Skyrim will include the base game as well as its Dawnguard, Dragonborn and Hearthfire expansions. Also like the PSVR version, it won’t support the mods which have greatly extended the life

Google has added location-based reminders to its Google Home speakers, giving them another smart edge over Amazon’s Echo products. Google announced this upgrade on Twitter. It says you can tell your Google Home “Hey Google, set a reminder to pick up more coffee at the grocery store”, and you’ll get an alert on your phone when you reach the supermarket. Google PowerGoogle wrote about its plans for location-based reminders in late February 2018 in a blog post. Having Google Maps and Assistant bake