Tado Tado offers both its Smart Thermostat and Smart Radiator Thermostats with HomeKit integration. There are quite a number of smart lightbulbs on the market now, with more getting added to the list of HomeKit connected products regularly. Philips Hue Philips has invested heavily in its Hue series of smart light bulbs. Koogeek Koogeek offers a range of different Wi-Fi enabled smart switches, that (surprisingly) are only available in the US, Canada and Japan at present. Other smart switches to c

SACD players like the Pioneer PD-70AE-S support lossless musicWhat is lossless audio? The open-source lossless format FLAC (free lossless audio codec), Apple Lossless (ALAC) for iTunes and Monkey’s Audio APE files are examples of lossless compression formats, and these are perfectly OK for music to be considered lossless. Each bit represents six decibels (dB) of dynamic range, so a 16 bit signal has 96dB of dynamic range, and a 24 bit signal has 144dB. Compared to an LP, which couldn’t contain t

Here’s a look at the 10 top-selling unlocked smartphones at Amazon on Cyber Monday:Samsung Galaxy S8 64GB – blackNo surprise that one of the best phones on the market was also the top-selling individual phone on Amazon this Cyber Monday. Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus 64GB – blackWhen the Galaxy S8 goes on sale, usually an equally attractive deals pops up for the Galaxy S8 Plus. While the Galaxy S8 was $574, the Galaxy S8 Plus just $100 more than that. Huawei Honor 6X 32GB – goldIf the first appearance

Image credit: SamsungSamsung is making it easier for people with colorblindness – scientifically known as color vision deficiency (CVD) – to see colors while watching QLED TVs like the Samsung Q9F . Samsung claims that the majority of the 300 million people worldwide affected by CVD are unaware of their condition. Image credit: Samsung (Image: © Samsung)The app was already available in 2016 Samsung SUHD TVs, but as of today you can reportedly download it to any QLED TV through the Smart TV app s

Today the HDMI Forum announced HDMI 2.1, a new specification that offers support for both 10K resolution and Dynamic HDR, as well as faster refresh rates of 60Hz and 120Hz for 4K. This is big, as the focus was merely on 8K resolution when we first dropped the news. Good stuff all, and fortunately HDMI 2.1 is also backwards compatible with current HDMI-compatible units. The devil is in the detailsIt’s easy to flag 8K resolution as the flagship feature of the HDMI 2.1 spec – it’s a huge, sexy numb

CycleboardWe’ve seen electric scooters and electric skateboards, but an electric scooter-skateboard? Nvidia GTX Titan Star Wars EditionThe Star Wars frenzy has truly hit a fever pitch and it has even invaded PC components. Not that we’re complaining, the Nvidia GTX Titan Star Wars Edition is one of the most badass graphics cards on the market in both performance and looks. StarkboardWhile the majority of electric skateboards these days come with a remote-control throttle and brake, you can contr

The concept for Sets (which is just a temporary name that may change) barely differs from what you’ll find while using a browser like Microsoft’s own Edge. You can then add even more if you want – like, say, to open a tab for a browser for research. Despite the feature’s seeming obviousness, Microsoft is treating “Sets” as an experimental feature for now. Currently you only have a chance to see if Sets you’re a member of Microsoft’s Insider Program, and even then you might end up waiting a while

Nerf guns, Star Wars, Skateboards, LEGOs! Actually, we do understand toys for the youngest kids and adults (kids at heart), and we’ve rounded up the best our favorite toys that they’ll find fun to play with or education (and they won’t even know they’re learning. LEGO Star Wars First Order Heavy Assault WalkerFrom Hoth to your homeNo Star Wars: Episode VIII LEGO collection is complete without a First Order Heavy Assault Walker. LEGO Star Wars BB-8Everyone’s favorite new Droid you made with your

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3Hey Android fans, this is the best tablet that isn’t an iPadIf you prefer Android, this is the best tablet for you. Super Mario OdysseyMario’s latest adventure is probably his greatest of all-timeUntil this year, the award for the best Super Mario game ever made was a tie between Super Mario World on Super Nintendo and Mario Galaxy on the Wii. Super Mario OdysseyMario’s latest adventure is his greatest of all-timeUntil this year, the award for the best Super Mario game ever

Popular products like the Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and the new Amazon Echo make it high up on the list. Also sharing the spotlight are its fleet of affordable tablets, like the Amazon Fire 7, Amazon Fire HD 8 and Amazon Fire HD 10. Its tablets targeted squarely at kids were hot items, too, with the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Edition and Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition each selling well. More surprising is that the Amazon Echo Show has cracked the top 20 best-selling products on Amazon. And y

IPVanish’s top-tier network delivered some of the fastest speeds in our tests to find the best VPN services. Its zero log policy gives you total privacy and peace of mind. The popular VPN company has extended its Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales till the end of the month. While many VPN providers try to stand out with their free plans and cheap commercial products, IPVanish talks more about service quality. It’s “the world’s fastest VPN” says the website, boasting 40,000+ shared IPs, 500+ VPN

An international consortium of companies – Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce – is working on a hybrid passenger plane that works a little bit like a hybrid car. But unlike other planes, those jet engines will generate electric power through a turbine within the plane. C02 emission reduction incomingThe plan is that Siemens will make the electric motor, Rolls-Royce will make the generator and turbo-shaft engine, and Airbus will integrate those systems into a working whole. A first model is in the w

Original article continues below…Today’s TV images have never looked better. Indeed, the latest 4K Ultra HD HDR screens are so good that broadcasters and content providers are struggling to offer programmes able to truly do them justice. These 3840 x 2160 televisions offer four times the pixel density of regular Full HD sets which means more detail. HDR (High Dynamic Range) is another new technology that looks set to revolutionise the humble television set, and we’re seeing a number of TVs and

QR codes can be used for a lot of things – website links, coupons, tickets, and contact information, just to name a few – and scanning them using your iPhone or iPad couldn’t be easier. Step four: Tap the notification to be taken to the destination of the QR code. Wallet app can scan QR codes on iPhone and iPadThere’s also a built-in QR reader in the Wallet app on iPhone and iPod. From here, you can scan QR codes for coupons, boarding passes, tickets, and loyalty cards, but only for the specific

This worrying development was reported by Computerworld, and the software in question is called the HP Touchpoint Analytics Client. According to HP’s description itself, the client “harvests telemetry information that is used by HP Touchpoint’s analytical services”. Although at this point, it isn’t clear whether the software was delivered via an HP update, or an update courtesy of Microsoft. A poster on Reddit tells us: “So today all of a sudden, I’m experiencing a considerable slowdown in my la

Marshall Acton Multi-Room speaker designDespite its tiny size, stylistically the Acton looks every bit the kind of Marshall speaker you might expect to find on a stage. Marshall Acton Multi-Room speaker featuresVersatility is always good, but there are perhaps too many choices to connect to the Acton. Marshall Acton Multi-Room speaker set-upAlthough the free Marshall Multi-Room app can be used to set-up and operate the Acton and its peers, in practice it appears to have hived-off everything to t

Two Google researchers have released a video showing a new experimental feature that uses the front-facing camera on your phone to alert you when someone is peeking at your screen over your shoulder. It’s an all too common problem, and one that at the moment doesn’t have a fix other than tutting at strangers on trains. In the demonstration video, you can see the ‘snooper’ being detected, and a Snapchat style vomit rainbow erupting from their mouth. The feature is set to be presented by Hee Jung

Amazon has now discounted the price of the PlayStation 4 Pro to £259.99, the lowest it’s ever been. How low can Pro go? You can, for example, still pick up the PS4 Pro with a copy of FIFA 18 on Amazon for just £299. Not only that, but this drop brings the price of the Pro under that of the significantly less powerful Nintendo Switch, another big console success this year. Such a low price point could very well be an edge for the PS4 Pro to be the big seller this Christmas.

Most Google-powered phones don’t even have Android 8.0 yet, but if you have a Pixel or recent Nexus device you’ll be getting Android 8.1 in December. An exact launch day hasn’t been confirmed, but it’s coming to the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P. That follows a final developer preview which is available now, and which if you’re enrolled in the Android Beta Program you should get in the next few days. Android 8.1 is designed to improve performance on Androi

Read on to learn more…Essential Nikon camera settings: 1. What you can ignore: Auto AF point selectionLike many automatic functions, the automatic AF point selection can work perfectly well, but it doesn’t always pick the AF point that corresponds with the thing that you want to focus on. Essential Nikon camera settings: 2. Focus TrackingWhen you’re shooting moving subjects you need to choose the right focus mode to keep them sharp. If you want to track a moving subject you need to select the co