Not to be outdone, Amazon has also announced some new additions to the Amazon Echo lineup. There are now a dizzying array of different Amazon Echo speakers from the screen-equipped Amazon Echo Show to the miniature Amazon Echo Dot, but for the purposes of this guide we’ll be comparing the newly announced Amazon Echo, since this is likely to become the default version of the smart speaker going forward after it releases in November. PriceIn terms of price, the Sonos One is much more expensive tha

As online shopping continues to grow, we can expect online shopping to be the top way to snag deals for Black Friday 2017. Black Friday still happens in shopping malls across the country, but increasingly the best Black Friday deals – and the most shoppers – are online. Many even open start the bargains on Thanksgiving to give shoppers a chance to grab the best deals even earlier. The best Black Friday deals from last yearEvery year, we load up with pizza and energy drinks to scour the entire in

After months of waiting, Sonos’s long promised Alexa-powered smart speaker has finally been announced. Called the Sonos One, the smart speaker integrates with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant via a dedicated Sonos Alexa skill. Since this is a Sonos speaker after all, it will also be able to integrate with any other Sonos equipment you have to get music playing throughout your home. In addition to the new speaker, Sonos has also announced that Alexa can be used to control its existing lineup of spe

New research has predicted that mixed reality devices like Microsoft’s HoloLens will start gaining sales momentum come 2019. This forecast comes from CCS Insight, with the analyst firm believing that 2018 is going to mark the start of growth in adoption of AR (augmented reality) devices. Also, ‘enhanced AR’ hardware (which is what CCS calls mixed reality devices) like HoloLens will start to cause ripples in the market in 2018 (in terms of both consumers and enterprise), leading to further growth

Sonos has announced that it is bringing Alexa control to its multi-room lineup. You’ll be able to instruct Alexa to play music in specific rooms, and also control music playback directly. Integration with a separate EchoTo get Alexa working with an existing Sonos speaker, you’ll need a separate Amazon Echo speaker to listen to your voice commands. We’re looking forward to trying out Alexa control on our Sonos speakers when the Beta launches later today. Alongside Alexa support, the Sonos app is

HP has revealed a pair of refreshed laptops – the Spectre 13 notebook and Spectre x360 13 convertible – which benefit from powerful new components, a sleeker and more angular design (including ultra-thin bezels), and some nifty and thoughtful touches. Let’s start with the second-gen Spectre 13, which steps things up with Intel’s latest 8th-gen processors (Core i5 or i7), complemented by up to 16GB system RAM and up to a 1TB PCIe SSD. Private convertibleMoving on to the Spectre x360 13 convertibl

The Pixel 2 XL is set to be announced in a matter of hours, alongside the standard Pixel 2, but there might not be much new for Google to reveal, as a full specs list for the larger handset has just leaked out. That resolution matches the LG G6, suggesting that the Pixel 2 XL will have an 18:9 super widescreen aspect ratio like that phone. Apparently it’s 157.5 x 76.2 x 7.6mm and 174.9g, which would make it slightly larger and heavier but slimmer than the original Pixel XL. Interestingly, there’

Some of the better VPN providers integrate a VPN kill switch directly into their service. Examples of VPNs that offer an integrated kill switch are NordVPN, IPVanish and AirVPN, among others we highlight below. In fact, for more advanced users willing to delve deeper into the settings, Comodo Firewall can be set up to function as a VPN kill switch. The other standout element is that LiquidVPN has integrated a VPN kill switch into its software: ‘Liquid Lock’. HideMyAssAnother VPN that has an inte

We’ve already had the NES Mini and the SNES Mini… are you not entertained? Of course not, and so, if Nintendo loves money as much as the next business, then it’ll probably be carefully considering making an Nintendo 64 Classic Mini very soon. Nintendo’s first console capable of true 3D gaming, the Nintendo 64 was released in 1996, and went head-to-head with Sony’s original PlayStation. Perhaps those with access to missing N64 Mini games will be able to do the same. N64 Mini – the games we want t

Dubbed the “biggest publicly-voted video game awards ceremony on the planet”, the Golden Joystick Awards are back for their 35th year. If you’re a fan of gaming, these awards are your best chance at ensuring the titles you’ve loved most over this past year get the recognition you know they deserve. One game that has a pretty good chance of picking up more than one joystick this year is Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn. Given that it’d be impossible for the title to be nominated in categories l

Go into the app store today and you might be in for a spooky but not unpleasant surprise – there’s an official Stranger Things game lurking there. Effort has clearly gone into Stranger Things: The Game and the 80s influence that permeates the TV show is absolutely present in the game, with 16 bit visuals that are definitely inspired by the RPG adventure titles of the period. There are lots of collectible Eggos and Gnomes scattering the game world and a VHS library to fill. A nice touch is that N

Read on for everything we know about the rumored smart speaker. A smaller version of Google’s smart speakerA smaller version of Google’s smart speaker When is it out? Latest rumors suggest October 19Latest rumors suggest October 19 What will it cost? Given its past performance, we wouldn’t be surprised if the UK didn’t see the Google Home Mini until early 2018. A second leaked listing, this time by Best Buy Canada, supported many of these rumors.

He’s got an Amazon Kindle, an Amazon Fire Stick and an Amazon Echo or two, so what do you get billionaire Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, the man who has everything? That’s the stunt being pulled by Stonecrest, Georgia, a town on the edge of Atlanta. It’s offering to rename 345 acres of land “Amazon” in an attempt to woo Bezos and his company, effectively giving Amazon its very own mini-city. Amazon LandThe Stonecrest officials are hoping that the offer will be enough to encourage Amazon to build its ne

And what it looks like is a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. There’s a curved screen on the front, which according to previous rumors is a 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED display (the same as the Galaxy S7 Edge), there are bezels above and below the screen, like the S7 Edge, and there’s what appears to be a glass back, like the S7 Edge. The Nokia 9 looks to have a curvy AMOLED screen and a familiar design. Credit: @baidunokibarNot quite identicalFor example, the Nokia 9’s fingerprint scanner is on the back (more lik

Google’s Street View already covered much of the world, and now the California tech giant has officially approved a “Street View-ready” camera for amateur cartographers wishing to fill in the few remaining blanks. The Insta360 Pro camera captures 360-degree images at up to five frames per second in magnificent 8K resolution and boasts real-time image stabilization. The Insta360 Pro is the first camera to receive the “auto-ready” distinction, which means it’s the best camera to pick up if your id

Remember the news about the big Yahoo data breach last year? Back then, Yahoo thought “only” 1 billion people were affected (up from initial reports of 500 million). This “action” included informing the known affected users about the breach, requiring password changes, and removing any encrypted security questions and answers that might be used to access an account. Remember, though, that the data breaches actually took place in 2013, so all this notifying took place three years after the fact.

Image credit: WalmartThe leaks for the Google Pixel 2 and the Google Pixel 2 XL just keep coming. Today’s leak comes courtesy of Walmart , which happened to include an image of the Pixel 2 XL in a premature posting (and leak) for the Google Home Mini. Google Pixel 2 XL (Photo Credit: Evan Blass)Based on the images from Blass and Walmart, the Google Pixel 2 and the Google Pixel 2 XL look similar for the most part, but the larger Google Pixel XL 2 boasts a taller 18:9 screen and a lot less bezel w

Windows Mixed Reality (MR) can be a confusing concept. Windows Mixed Reality priceThe biggest differentiator between headsets for Windows Mixed Reality and those designed for VR, is they can cost half as much. Acer Windows Mixed Reality HMDAcer was one of the first companies to come out of the gate with a Windows Mixed Reality headset. HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset Developer EditionHP’s take on the Windows 10 MR headset looks much more Tron-like than the others. Windows Mixed Reality requirem

For mobile plan shoppers, picking a T-Mobile data plan is easy. All of T-Mobile’s post-paid data plans are actually built off of one plan: the T-Mobile One Plan. Everyone gets unlimited talk, unlimited text, and unlimited data. T-Mobile One Plus International plan : Users can instead pay an extra $25 per line each month to get even more. Simply Prepaid T-Mobile plans:While the T-Mobile One plan is a great deal, it’s not very cheap if you’re getting a plan alone.

The Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL is about to remedy the fatal flaw that left my original Pixel XL vulnerable, broken and hobbled for snapping photos. The two Google Pixel 2 phones appear to include an important protective border around their single-lens camera, according to the latest leaks. The bump-free camera design seemed ideal when the Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL launched 12 months ago. So I’m left with a Pixel XL that’s still good for Google Daydream View, but no longer the id