If you’re on the market for a new pair of high-quality Bluetooth headphones (and let’s be honest, who isn’t looking for these lately? ), two pairs of Sennheiser headphones have deals that are well worth checking out. Sennheiser is already known for making quality headphones, and these two shouldn’t disappoint. The Sennheiser HD 4.50BTNC headphones impressed us in our review, scoring high marks for their noise cancellation and long 20-hour battery life. Normally priced at $200, these headphones w

Although its now trademark landing of the first-stage booster has lost some of its novelty appeal, the Falcon Heavy test launch promises to be very special. “You will really like Falcon Heavy next month: 3 rocket cores & 3X thrust,” tweeted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in late December. If the launch is successful, that payload will be headed into deep space, eventually to a Mars orbit. However, don’t assume that the Roadster will be at Mars anytime soon – its trajectory is a “billion year elliptic Mars

The only thing better than the Ultra HD graphics and silky-smooth gameplay that PC gaming affords is all the cool gear surrounding your computer. From keyboards to mice, monitors, gaming chairs and headsets, PC gaming hardware goes much farther than your main rig. This year at CES 2018 , we got our first glimpse of some of the most desirable pieces of gaming gear we’ve seen yet. Expected: Early 2018Vertagear PL4500 RGB Gaming ChairWe never thought it would be possible, but Vertagear has integrat

Fittingly enough, support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is finally coming to the Alexa app for Android phones, although it’s currently a bit of a gimmick. Rather than being able to talk to Alexa at any time much as you would through Google Assistant, Alexa only works on Android devices if you have the Alexa app open, as Android Police reports. Many voices, many choicesAmazon’s Alexa is clearly a hit, as seen in the way that the Alexa app topped the iOS App Store’s free charts for many hours

A single day after we reported that Amazon is seeking cash-generating blockbusters for distribution on Amazon Prime Video , Amazon has announced that it’s hiking up the monthly subscription rate for Amazon Prime. As of today, if you’re paying the monthly rate for Amazon Prime in the US, expect to pay $12.99 during the next billing cycle beginning on February 18. In a email to TechRadar, Amazon confirmed that the price hike only affects US customers. Amazon didn’t give a concrete reason for the p

There’s more proof today that LG is poised to launch foldable phone, just a few months after company execs told us at last year’s MWC that they could release a foldable phone in the next two years. We’re now seeing patents that hint at the beginnings of LG’s flexible future, and there are two different flexible phone designs to pour over thanks to diagrams published on January 12 with the World Intellectual Property Organization. LG’s patent shows off a fold-out phone with one seamless display t

When you connect to the internet with a VPN, the VPN creates a connection between you and the internet that surrounds your internet data like a tunnel, encrypting the data packets your device sends. Types of VPN tunneling protocolsThere are many types of VPN tunneling protocols that offer varying levels of security and other features. L2TP/IPSecLayer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is used in conjunction with Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) to create a more secure tunneling protocol than PPTP. Ev

Towards the end of 2017 it was abundantly clear that ‘battle royale’ was the game genre of the moment, with Fortnite Battle Royale and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being the most popular games in that genre. To help you decide which game is best for you right now, we’ve compared the different offerings of Fortnite and PUBG below. GraphicsPUBG and Fortnite are both battle royale games with similar mechanics, but when it comes to visuals they’re very distinct. But bigger doesn’t always mean bette

It’s all been a little quiet on the HomePod front since Apple abruptly announced that its new smart speaker wouldn’t be arriving in December 2017 as it had previously announced. But now new information from one of Apple’s HomePod suppliers, Inventec, suggests that shipments of the speaker could start as early as February. The news is supported by previous Apple statements that the speaker would see a release in ‘early 2018’. The HomePod is set to cost $349 when it releases in the US, compared to

Anyone who follows the automotive industry will know there has been something of a horsepower arms race going on between the manufacturers of a new breed of ‘hyper hatchbacks’. The Audi RS3, for example, packs nearly 400bhp, which is utterly bonkers, but it won’t be long before Mercedes-Benz goes one step further just to prove a point. But the difference here is that Hasselblad really has no major competition, yet it has decided to outdo itself with the latest H6D-400c MS body, which boasts an e

Techradar Pro has launched its inaugural “Presented by Techradar Pro” guide with the first of the series focusing on the ruggedised market. Produced in partnership with Getac, Bullitt group and GooseVPN, the first of our “presented by” series, shed more light on the tough tech industry with a particular focus on the road ahead and how ruggedised devices will evolve. To celebrate the launch of the buying guide, we partnered with the Bullitt group to give away one Cat S41 ruggedised smartphone wor

Microsoft has released a new version of Office 2016 for Mac, introducing new online features that bring it closer in line with the cloud-first Office 365. Flag icons show you where they’re working (much like in Google Docs) and you can see what they’re typing in real time. Office 2016 vs Office 365Microsoft Office 2016 is the latest version of Office available as a one-off purchase. When Office 2019 is released later this year, Office 2016 users won’t get it automatically; they’ll have to pay ag

Excitingly, this may be an engineering sample which has been benchmarked, meaning that the retail version of the chip could push the clock speeds slightly higher. Other than the aforementioned difference, the core specs remain the same – this is a six-core (12-thread) processor with a TDP of 65W. Note also that Ryzen 2 is built on AMD’s new 12nm Zen+ architecture using Precision Boost 2 tech. Pricing will be the other key element here, of course, but we don’t have a clue on that front yet. You c

The Razer Phone only launched in November last year but talk is already turning to the Razer Phone 2, which could apparently land in September. Though it would also be less than a year after the Razer Phone’s launch, so take this rumor with a pinch of salt. The source didn’t reveal any details of the Razer Phone 2 – and this far out they may not have been settled on anyway, but given that even the original Razer Phone has 8GB of RAM, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset and a QHD 120Hz display, the

It uses holes cut into the screen itself for them and means there’s no notch and no bezels, just a screen-filled front. It would mean you could fit a big screen in a relatively small body, as well as likely making the phone more aesthetically pleasing. This could be the shape of a future Samsung phone. So the earliest we’re likely to see this is the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, and even that might be optimistic. Samsung has also patented a phone with a wrap-around screenVia PhoneArena and LetsGoDigita

Smaller, iterative Android Wear 2.0 updates seem to be commonplace now and the latest upgrade wants to make it easier to read your notifications. Google is pushing an update through the Android Wear app on your phone – this isn’t a large OTA update straight to your watch – that makes it easier to read notifications. One Android Wear user, John O’Sullivan, has already got the update on his LG Watch Urbane, and a photo he has taken shows the background of the watch is now a darker black than befor

But Instagram has now decided to follow in the footsteps of Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger by adding a feature that tells friends when you were last online checking out some flawlessly filtered salads. It’s not all bad news, though – the information is only shared with the people you last privately messaged or tagged in an Instagram story and, even better, you can opt out. From here you’ll be able to scroll down to settings where you’ll find a toggle for ‘Show Activity Status’ about half way d

Nokia looks to be plotting big phone announcements for MWC 2018 next month, right alongside the rumored Samsung Galaxy S9 and Huawei P11. New Nokia phones for daysNokia made some big moves in 2017 by way of HMD Global, and its 2018 plans hint at a solid sophomore year. In addition to the Nokia 2, Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6 and Nokia 8 (whew), the company may very well add the Nokia 1, Nokia 4 and Nokia 7 to its already-expansive lineup. We’ll be at MWC 2018 at the end of next month to get the sco

Amazon Studios so far has focused on bringing a little culture to the world of exclusive video streaming. Now, though, Amazon is chiefly going for the sweet cash flow associated with blockbusters, according to a new report from Reuters . Hints of this overall shift have been dropping often recently, particularly in the context of Amazon’s own TV series. Not everything changesFortunately, Amazon’s shift doesn’t mean that the company is entirely distancing itself from all existing projects, as the

If 2018 is going to be anything like 2017, this year is going to be packed with new PC components. From new motherboards to RGB fans, we’ve rounded up a little bit of everything for PC builders to look forward to this year – first seen at CES 2018 . Expected: to be announcedCooler Master MasterLiquid ML240 SmartCooler Master by far had the most colorful all-in-one liquid-cooler at CES 2018. You’ll also be able to keep track of your CPU temperatures through the cooler’s built-in SMART temperature