The Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks are flying thick and fast as we speed towards the handset’s unveiling at MWC 2018 later this month, and now we can add one more to the pile from trusted leaker Evan Blass. Last year, we reported that the Galaxy S9 may launch alongside a DeX Pad rather than a docking station, and thanks to some new and very convincing images leaked by Blass on Twitter, we can now see what the DeX Pad will supposedly look like. Perhaps the most exciting part of this new leak however, is

Google’s fight for a more secure internet continues with the announcement that its Chrome 68 update – to be released in July this year – will see all unencrypted websites (HTTP sites) marked with a ‘not secure’ label. Read more: Google Chrome reviewThe internet giant began rolling out the ‘not secure’ label with the release of Chrome 56, with all HTTP sites requiring a password or containing a payment field marked with the label. Chrome 62 saw any HTTP site opened in an Incognito Window named an

Apple’s Mac Pro has gone for several years without a considerable upgrade or update, but that changes this year. Finally, back in April 2017 , Apple responded to the outcry for support of the Mac Pro in teasing that it is working on an ‘upgradeable’ and ‘modular’ Mac Pro 2018 model. Mac Pro 2018 priceWe have absolutely no Mac Pro 2018 pricing information from neither leaks nor Apple’s own remarks on the device. Mac Pro 2018 specsWhat will be inside the computer is, sadly, another unknown regardi

The Soul X-Shock offers insane battery life and great sound but its flaws are big ones. It’s clear that true wireless earbuds are where personal audio is heading. DesignThe Soul X-Shock True Wireless earbuds look like every other wireless earbud, which isn’t a knock against it. The case of the Soul X-Shock is surprisingly beefy until you find out that it’s housing a 3,000mAh battery. VerdictIt’s a shame that the Soul X-Shock True Wireless earbuds have such a poor fit as we actually quite liked u

Thankfully, there are many lightweight distros, trimmed and tweaked by expert hands, which can be used to breathe new life into older hardware. A featherweight distro designed for desktop useEasy to configureHighly streamlined and nimble distroPlenty of help documentation on handAbsolute Linux is a lightweight distro designed for desktop use, and as such comes preinstalled with the Firefox browser and LibreOffice suite. As a lightweight distro, Lubuntu focuses on being fast and energy efficient.

Still, Gmail is an excellent service overall, and a good first choice for your email provider. Email with an emphasis on security and privacyTight privacy featuresEnd-to-end encryption for messagesOnly 500MB of storage for freeSigning up with an email provider will often involve some privacy compromises. ProtonMail is a Swiss-based email service which focuses on privacy above all else. A further Business plan brings more storage, email addresses and a second custom domain, as well as adding a ca

Watch the Winter Olympics 2018 opening ceremony If you are in the UK and have a TV licence, you can watch the opening ceremony on BBC Two tomorrow. Whether you want to stream the Winter Olympics 2018 online, watch it live on your television via cable or watch it, mostly without having to put up with any commercial breaks – we’ve got you covered. The 2018 Winter Olympics gets underway in South Korea on February 9, where 2,500 athletes from 90 nations will compete for supremacy over ice and snow –

Smart home manufacturer Nest is being taken under the wing of Google – and not for the first time. Nest was originally taken on by Google four years ago after being purchased for $3.2 billion, but split off from Google and became a property of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Now it’s back in the fold, and all indications point towards a greater integration of Google’s voice assistant, Google Assistant. It’ll be interesting to see if the design language of the Nest range changes to fall more i

Our list of the best mining laptops of 2018 gathers the top portable notebooks that can be used for mining. The best laptops for mining will also come with a powerful processor and graphics card, as these are the two components that make the biggest difference to successfully mining. Read on to see our picks of the best mining laptops you can buy in 2018. The best mining laptops 20181. This makes the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming laptop a great option for a mining laptop.

Fast, broadband-equivalent 5G download speeds are coming to phones from 19 companies, including familiar names like LG, Sony, ZTE and HTC. All of these phone makers have signed on to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem, making way for multi-gigabit per second downloads and lower latency. That means the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9, Note 9 and LG G7 may be the very last 4G-capped phones you upgrade to before 5G-ready phones launch. Considering many flagship smartphones use Qualcomm modems,

Samsung has long been rumored to be working on an in-screen fingerprint scanner and a recently published patent suggests it’s not given up on the idea. Filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and spotted by TechTastic, the patent shows a handset with a fingerprint scanner built into the display, just above the bottom bezel. This could be how you unlock future Samsung handsets. Credit: WIPOA Note-able upgradeWe’re not expecting to see this used on the Samsung Galaxy S9 or S

Microsoft has introduced a fresh preview build of Windows 10 with a raft of new features on board. Windows 10 now allows for HDR video playback to be switched on under Settings > Apps > Video playback, and there’s a new calibration tool to help you tune the way HDR video appears on your PC. Getting graphicMicrosoft has also introduced new graphics settings for PCs with multiple GPUs, which take precedence over any other graphics control panels (from AMD or Nvidia). You’ll find the new options by

You’ll be able to play a brand-new Tomb Raider experience sometime soon, but it’s not the AAA Square Enix title you were perhaps expecting. While we know there’s another Tomb Raider title on the way from Square Enix, there’s a movie coming sooner – March 16 to be exact – and that means some promotional material needs to be released. That material will apparently take the form of a fully-fledged arcade game, which will appear across the US in select Dave & Busters restaurants. Movie magicPictures

The release of the Apple HomePod is so close now that you can almost hear Siri’s sultry tones beaming out of its drivers. But if you’re late to the pre-order party, you’re now unlikely to get Apple’s smart speaker on its launch date. Third-party optionsHowever, if you’re desperate to get an Apple HomePod as soon as it’s released, you’ve still got some options. Third-party retailers are stocking the HomePod, and can often fall under the radar on major Apple launch days. With early reviews for the

Well, not quite yet, but we do have the official list of 157 new emoji that are almost certain to appear on your phone later this year. Every emoji coming in Unicode 11The options here include Cold Face, Hot Face, Partying Face, a variety of superheroes with different skin colors, a pirate flag, racoon and over 140 more. You can see all of the options below:Image 1 of 5 Credit: Emojipedia Image 2 of 5 Credit: Emojipedia Image 3 of 5 Credit: Emojipedia Image 4 of 5 Credit: Emojipedia Image 5 of 5

It’s been rumored for a while that the Samsung Galaxy S9 will support ‘super slow-mo’ video recording, but until now it’s been unclear what that actually means. Apparently, there will be two main ways to record slow-motion video on the Samsung Galaxy S9. From fast to slowThere’s also apparently a mode which would let you start recording a normal video but tap a button to switch to slow-mo at specific points. You’d supposedly be able to capture up to 20 slow-mo moments in each video. Reimagined”

Samsung is now pushing out the upgrade to Android 8 Oreo software on both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, but you probably won’t be able to download it just yet. If you weren’t part of the beta program, the update will begin rolling out to you a bit later, and an exact time for that is unclear. It’s expected to be landing on all devices 24 hours after the beta testers get it in each market. You’ll need to enter the Settings menu and head to the option called ‘Software update’. From what we’ve

Intel has pushed out a revamped Spectre patch which solves the previous issues that plagued the fix, but the bad news is it’s only been deployed for Skylake-powered PCs right now. Those who have Skylake Core or Core m processors should go ahead and install this fresh fix pronto. Although there isn’t any exploit targeting Spectre in the wild yet, one could be on the verge of emerging any day now. 8th-generation and the very first Core processors. At least Skylake is now sorted, though, so that’s

Will you be able to hail a Waymo self-driving car when the service launches? This is pretty much what it sounds like; select riders can use Waymo cars to travel to places they go regularly, like work and school. Just know that you won’t actually be alone with the self-driving car; an employee will ride along with you in case something goes awry. In all of those instances, Google said its self-driving cars weren’t at fault (eight of the 12 were rear-endings). Despite the lanes getting a bit crowd

In late 2017, Uber extended its tests to Canada, and set two automated cars on the streets of Toronto. Uber later bought Otto in 2016 for $700 million, and Levandowski took the helm of Uber’s self-driving car efforts. As impressive as that number sounds, though, you shouldn’t expect automated cars to start completely replacing human Uber drivers within the next few years. If Uber has its way, those are the only self-driving cars you’ll see. There’s a long road ahead yet; now Uber just needs to m