Heading to the HTC Vive booth at MWC 2018 was a headset-wearing eye opener for anyone that’s followed the company and its journey into virtual reality. There were scores of developers showing their wares, each focused on delivering an entirely different VR experience that caters for their audience. Our untethered experience came in the form of the HTC Vive Focus – the headset that’s currently only available in China at the moment. Coming into FocusThe HTC Vive Focus is a powerful device. It uses

If you’ve not been keeping up so far, let’s have a quick recap of the Samsung Galaxy S9. Design-wise, things are almost identical to the Galaxy S8, but it’s under the hood that things are a little different. AR Emoji – not uselessWe’ve been playing the most with AR Emoji, because it’s the most novel feature on the phone compared to previous models. Camera hasn’t wowed… yetThe camera on the Samsung Galaxy S9 has just been awarded the top DxOMark on the market, besting the Google Pixel 2, so we’

Apparently undeterred by sluggish sales of its first batch of face-hugging, video-recording smart specs, Snap is planning a return to the market with a second and third edition of its Snapchat Spectacles, according to reports. Speaking to insider sources, Cheddar reports that Spectacles 2.0 will launch later this year, with Spectacles 3.0 coming in 2019 and bringing with it two cameras rather than one. Snap is said to be exploring the possibility of building more devices with third-party hardwar

“The ability to re-skin reality is compelling here,” says Aparna Chennapragada, Product Lead of Lens. “Yes, we’re putting digital into the real world but we’re attaching semantic meaning to it. Google Lens changes this. That’s what we think about Google Lens when you point the camera at something, make some sense of it, put some meaning to it – is it a building, a business card etc? So, we can put that sticker over there, place a virtual furniture couch in the real world.

Oculus Rift has just passed you in the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for the first time ever. Here’s how it breaks down: Oculus Rift counted for 47.31% of virtual reality headset usage on Steam in February 2018, while HTC Vive came in at 45.38%. Last month, Oculus Rift usage fell shy of HTC Vive by only 0.9%, according to Upload VR, indicating Rift was already on its way to overtaking Vive. The survey, then, doesn’t mean Oculus Rift has sold more than HTC Vive; neither Facebook, which owns Oc

If you’re excited about AMD’s incoming Ryzen 2nd Generation processors, then you will doubtless be interested to hear that a leak has spilled online showing the purported specs of the Ryzen 7 2700X. That chip has a base clock of 3.4GHz – so the 2700X is 300MHz faster – and it boosts to 3.8GHz. The leak also shows that the 2700X runs with 16MB of L3 cache and 4MB of L2 cache, and a TDP of 95W. It ain’t all about clocksBear in mind that clock speed increases aren’t the only benefit of Ryzen 2nd Ge

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro is currently sitting at number two in our best fitness trackers list, and that’s despite it being a conservative upgrade on the Gear Fit 2 – if the Gear Fit 3 is an upgrade worthy of a new number then it could be very impressive indeed. So far we don’t know anything about the follow-up to the Gear Fit 2 ProSamsung Gear Fit 3 news and rumorsSo far there aren’t any Samsung Gear Fit 3 rumors, but we’d be surprised if the company wasn’t working on it and we’ll keep this pa

Dropbox has already jumped into bed with Microsoft Office on the integration front, and now the cloud storage outfit has announced a new partnership with Google’s rival productivity suite. The plan is that later in the year, G Suite customers will benefit from full integration with Dropbox, giving users the ability to create (as well as edit) Google Docs, Sheets and Slides files within Dropbox. And the Hangouts Chat integration will facilitate searching for, and sharing, Dropbox files within a h

Unlike the best mining desktop PCs, which can be used for other day-to-day tasks as normal PCs, mining rigs are specially-designed for one purpose only: to efficiently and effectively mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. This means you won’t be able to use a mining rig for other tasks, but it does mean you’ll be getting the very best mining results thanks to the best mining rigs being designed to eke out the maximum return when running. If you still want to build your own mining rig, check out

When the Nokia 8110 4G launched at MWC 2018, some people expressed surprise that it didn’t have the spring-released front cover like it did in its iconic starring role in The Matrix. The original Nokia 8110 deviceSpeaking to Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer for HMD Global (the brand that’s making phones under the Nokia name), he told TechRadar that there was a plan to create a spring-released 8110, but it would have ruined the design. “When we started the engineering program, it was very cle

Like Facebook, Twitter is struggling with an image problem and is asking its users to help find a solution. Health reportsTwitter has also opened the door for proposals from users, creating a form where anyone can submit suggestions for ways to measure the health of Twitter conversations. The form is open until April 13, but there’s no word yet on how Twitter will use these indicators to fight fake news and harassment on the site. Last week, Twitter made a more immediate change by announcing new

I just measured my blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, pulse oxygen and temperature, all from a smartphone. Being able to measure your blood pressure on the move (without having to carry cumbersome equipment) hasn’t really been possible in the past, but Lenovo wants to change that with its latest Moto Mod for the Moto Z range. Using a Moto Z2 Force, and the new Lenovo Vital Moto Mod that was revealed at CES 2018, I was able measure my vital signs in under two minutes. Standing on the f

The Jaguar I-Pace is official. More than a year since the I-Pace Concept was unveiled, the British car manufacturer has now launched its first full-electric car. It slides into the SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) category, which means it’ll be going head-to-head with the Tesla Model X. It’s not quite a big as the Model X, with the new Jaguar offering seats for up to five adults, while the Tesla can go to seven seats. The Jaguar I-Pace isn’t cheap, with prices starting at £63,495 (around $87,000, AU

Samsung has teased the New York launch of its 2018 range of QLED TVs with a flash teaser trailer. The launch will take place at 11am EST on March 7, 2018 in New York at the American Stock Exchange in Manhattan. We know that there are going to numerous sets on offer, but that’s really no surprise. Innovating in ‘brand new ways’Included alongside the video (below) is a vague statement about Samsung’s progress: “Throughout the continuous evolution of its technology, Samsung always designs its produ

Another patent from Microsoft has leaked online, this time apparently showing that the company is looking into ways of making a tablet with a foldable screen that can bend into the shape of a laptop. This patent shows how a traditional tablet-like device could be held vertically and folded, with the bottom half of the screen turning into a keyboard. Image 1 of 2 Image 2 of 2So, there is still hope that we could see the fruits of this patent in a future device from Microsoft. This follows another

Facebook has ditched a controversial feature that split users’ news feeds in two – one with ads and original posts from friends, and another for content from publishers. Users had to click an ‘Explore Feed’ button to access unpromoted posts from publishers. In October, Facebook began testing Explore Feed with users in Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Bolivia, Cambodia, Serbia and Slovakia. Unfortunately it hasn’t turned out as smoothly as Facebook might have hoped, and some small publishers claim the algor

Of course, Intel is already pushing out Spectre (and Meltdown) patches itself, with numerous processor families seeing microcode updates released in the past few weeks; but Intel doesn’t supply these directly to end users. If you haven’t got the patch through from your hardware vendor, then you can grab it directly from Microsoft instead. In a blog post, Microsoft noted: “We will offer additional microcode updates from Intel as they become available to Microsoft. We will continue to work with ch

Well, Nike and Headspace have teamed up to offer you just that, and all within the Nike Run Club app. From today, you’ll have access to the first three Headspace audio-guided mindful runs that coach you on how to clear your head while you’re out jogging. Nike Run Club comes with a variety of audio guides to give you instructions and advice from coaches and athletes on how to improve, but this is the first time those workouts have been focused on mindfulness. Headspace is already one of the most

Harmon Kardon has used MWC 2018 to unveil its latest offering, a smart speaker that offers high quality audio, and houses Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. No one could ever accuse Amazon’s smart speaker range of being underdeveloped. Going toe-to-toe with serious heavyweightsSo Apple has the HomePod and Google has the Google Home Max, which houses its voice assistant (the imaginatively named Google Assistant). It will be interesting to see if the combination of Harmon’s expertise in audio and Ama

Harmon Kardon has used MWC 2018 to unveil its latest offering, a smart speaker that offers high quality audio, and houses Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. No one could ever accuse Amazon’s smart speaker range of being underdeveloped. Going toe-to-toe with serious heavyweightsSo Apple has the HomePod and Google has the Google Home Max, which houses its voice assistant (the imaginatively named Google Assistant). It will be interesting to see if the combination of Harmon’s expertise in audio and Ama