Following Apple’s admission that it deliberately slowed down older phones to allow the battery to continue to power the processor, the list of rival smartphone manufacturers announcing they don’t follow the same practice continues to grow. Yesterday we saw statements from both Moto and HTC affirming that they don’t throttle their smartphones, and today Samsung and LG Electronics have both chimed in to report that they don’t either, reports PhoneArena . We care what our customers think.”Samsung w

March is quiet, but April could see a Snapdragon 845 in the Xiaomi Mi7. May will seemingly bring the HTC U12 , and June will see the OnePlus 6 , the ZTE Nubia Z18, and the Sony Xperia XZ Pro all drop at once. In September, we’ll possibly see the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 , the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and the LG V40. October will apparently bring the Google Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL, the ZTE Nubia Z18S, the Sony Xperia XZ2 and the HTC U12 Plus. In fact, as we reported yesterday, HTC may be largely getting o

While this might seem like a side project for the graphics card maker, Nvidia makes its bread-and-butter on AI. Driver dramaNo discussion about Nvidia’s performance this year would be complete without looking at its delivery of graphics card drivers. Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti shifts the marketThough the Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti could be seen as a reactionary move to the AMD Radeon Vega 56, it was no less a pleasant surprise. It offered great graphical performance nearly on par with the Nvidia GTX 1080 at jus

Nick Pino – Senior Editor, Home TechPersonal Gaming Pick: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac AgeThere’s something about years that end in a ‘7’. When I played Final Fantasy XII on PS2 in 2006, I was just two years from graduating high school. The story in Final Fantasy XII was too obfuscated for me to enjoy back then, too nuanced in its subtleties. I had a set preconception of what Final Fantasy should be. This year, the Zodiac Age gave me another shot at exploring Ivalice through the eyes of a tired

Kodi, the hugely popular media player, is now available to download for the Xbox One. The best part of this news, which was published on the Kodi website, is that Kodi can be easily downloaded onto your Xbox One from the Microsoft Store, making the process as easy as possible. The Kodi app for the Xbox One is also still in its early stages, so you may encounter a few rough edges. Back to where it all beganKodi’s arrival on the Xbox One is quite symbolic, as the Kodi project began life as the Xbo

New data regarding Windows 10 use has revealed how popular the recent major update, known as the Fall Creators Update, has been, with over 50% of Windows 10 devices now running the update. The Fall Creators Update, which brings many new features to Windows 10, was only released in October and appears to be incredibly popular, with 53.6% of Windows 10 devices using it. For example, it shows that Western Europe, Canada and the US are the regions that have embraced the Fall Creators Update the quic

There are ways to hide or mask your IP address from prying eyes, however – and we’ll take you through that shortly. Why should I hide my IP address? Just as with your home address, anyone with your IP address can pinpoint your physical location. While you must have an IP address to use the internet, there are ways you can mask or hide it. Proxies can be used to divert your online traffic through their own servers before it’s sent to the wider network, hiding your real IP address behind the proxy

It started as an Oculus Rift exclusive, but is now available for both the Rift and the HTC Vive. Don’t get us wrong, the game isn’t perfect, but as a communal VR experience, it’s one of our favorites so far. Cheap headsetsIn 2017, PSVR was the VR headset that shipped more than any other, selling over two million units. While we don’t have exact figures for the industry’s highest quality headsets HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, estimates are that PSVR is in the lead by quite a margin. It feels very much

Trying to become more productive is a fight against distraction – and that battle is especially tough when you work on a computer, with every distraction of the internet at your fingertips. Pomodoro is a time-management technique that at first sounds the stuff of buzzword-spouting marketeers and people who make a living creating motivational YouTube videos. But we’ve tried it and, with a bit of discipline, it can be very useful. It splits up your work day into short chunks of 25 minutes or so, t

Apple today released a letter explaining that it’s very, very sorry for that whole bit about forcing older iPhones to slow down in order to preserve their batteries. The company also states that the batteries are “consumable components,” and that wording will likely lead to renewed criticisms that Apple should allow us to replace our batteries ourselves. The truth, according to Apple’s letter, is that it’s a little more complex than that. As the newer iPhones since the iPhone 6 age, their batter

Were you thinking that the ongoing spat between Google and Amazon had finally simmered down? Instead, when they try to open the the Fire TV’s YouTube app, users just see a notice informing them that they can watch “YouTube and million of other websites” through an internet browser. Amazon under fireBut look at it this way: at least Fire TV users have the less-than-ideal browser option on their own terms. The current spat began when Google pulled YouTube from the Echo Show , claiming it was offer

Image credit: GarminThe Garmin Vivofit has always been one of the more non-nonsense fitness trackers out there, but Garmin is spicing things up just a tad with the newly released Garmin Vivofit 4. It also still contains a coin battery, which means it’s one less device that you have to worry about charging on a regular basis. The Vivofit is also water-resistant, so you won’t have to worry that much if you jump in the shower with it. You can get some information through the always-on color display

After Apple admitted to slowing down older iPhones with software patches due to some misbehaving batteries, it’s only natural to wonder if other smartphone manufacturers do the same. Both Moto and HTC have provided comment on the matter, each coming right out and saying that those types of practices are not employed on their respective phones. Moto’s comment is similar but more to-the-point: “We do not throttle CPU performance based on older batteries.”What about Samsung, Google and others? It’s

It’s no surprise, then, that when January 2017 trundled around there was no cynicism spared when it came to thinking about the year ahead in gaming. Then there was the return of Nintendo, rising from the ashes of the Wii U like an ungainly phoenix. As we’ve already hinted, that’s probably the Nintendo Switch. But the Switch is a console that’s remarkably easy to love because it does what it set out to do so well. Between the stellar hardware and an incredible variety of games we think 2017 has s

When Google first announced the Daydream platform it enthusiastically promised a number of headsets from hardware partners, but to date we’ve only actually seen two such devices – the original Daydream View and the recently unveiled successor, both made by Google itself. Well, if Federal Communications Commission filings can be believed – and they usually can – there’s a standalone Lenovo headset on the way called the Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream, as LetsGoDigital reports. The filings don’t

Keen to get in on the Boxing Day sales action, Ebay is running a fantastic deal of its own. From now until 6pm tonight you’ll be able to get 20% off anything on the site, up to a maximum discount of £75 with the code PNY2018. That means you’ll get a 20% discount up until £375, after which point the discount will be a maximum of £75. View DealAlternatively you could grab a PS4 Pro for just £240 with a copy of Fifa 18 . That’s a pretty sweet deal for a great budget console and one of the year’s mo

Microsoft has been forced to defend its Windows Hello software following the publication of a worrying security vulnerability that allows people to trick your webcam into unlocking your Windows 10 PC using little more than a printed photo. Since then, Microsoft appears to have gone on the defensive, and has published a blog post that extols the virtues of using Windows Hello, rather than a password, to unlock your PC. Microsoft’s blog post quotes Bret Arsenault, Microsoft’s corporate vice presid

If you were thinking the world needs more smart speakers in it, you’re in luck: LG just announced the LG ThinQ Speaker, basically a Google Home made by LG instead of Google. LG says it’s going to offer a “premium-sounding” experience that works with high-quality lossless files and has Meridian Audio technology built in, the fruits of a new partnership between LG and hi-fi stalwarts Meridian. Think better sound than the Google Home, though maybe not at the level of the Google Home Max. LG has wor

Wow, what a year it’s been for PC games. We’ve witnessed a new wave of CPUs transforming how we use our PCs and laptops going forward, and watched as PC game ports start to outweigh the bad with the good, but it’s not all been rosy. Controversy always seems to find its way into the news and 2017 has been no different with its fair share of industry issues. It’s great to see Valve – which, after all, started out as a studio – empowering PC game developers. However, multiformat releases have often

Some owners of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 are reporting that their handset is dying once it reaches a 0 percent charge and won’t come back to life – not ideal if you’re Samsung and you had to recall the Note 8’s predecessor last year for an overheating problem. Of course Samsung will swiftly replace your faulty Note 8 if it’s still under warranty, but considering the company was at great pains to emphasize just how much testing the Note 8 battery went through, this is a blip that it could do with