There’s another new Nokia phone! Except it’s the same phone that we saw earlier this year – but with the one key feature that it was missing. Let’s not beat about the bush here: the new Nokia 3310 was something of a marketing gimmick, designed to evoke nostalgia for a phone brand and show that ‘Nokia was back!’ So it didn’t really matter that the handset was technically inferior in some ways to cheaper feature phones bearing the Nokia name… people were buying into a memory, not a piece of hard

We’re less than a week away from the October 4 launch of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, but it doesn’t look like there will be too many surprises when they land, as a big leak has just revealed most of the specs. Supposedly the Pixel 2 XL will have a curved QHD screen with a screen-to-body ratio of 80-85%, meaning minimal bezel. The Pixel 2 XL will also apparently come with either 64GB or 128GB of storage and dual-stereo speakers, but no headphone port. While we’re skeptical of the E-SIM, the rest

In the future, we’ll all be flying around with jetpacks, using our brain-computer interfaces to have non-verbal conversations, before coming home to a perfectly cooked chicken that we left there before setting off for work. We attended an event about the future of kitchen technology and were lucky enough to see some of the products that could soon be gracing our kitchen counters. This oven makes your food…cold.’That’s cool”Why would you want an over that chills food? With the Cooling Oven, you

If you still use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, then you should be aware there’s a bug in the browser which leaks the URL (or anything else) you type into the address bar. The problem affects the latest version of Internet Explorer and was discovered by security researcher Manuel Caballero. As Ars Technica reports, the flaw allows the website the user is currently visiting to view any text they type into the browser’s address bar, with that text becoming readable as soon as they leave (i.e. And

The free games you get with a PlayStation Plus subscription can be a bit hit and miss, but this month includes what is hands down the most interesting game of recent years, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. A solid game at its coreBut underneath the rough edges, The Phantom Pain has one of the most solid stealth games ever made at its core. You owe it to yourself to play MGS5, and getting it free as part of a PS Plus subscription is the perfect way to do so. The way PlayStation Plus’s free g

Like the original Amazon Echo, the Plus will also benefit from a host of new software upgrades coming this time next month. A souped up version of the Amazon EchoA souped up version of the Amazon Echo When is it out? Amazon Echo Plus priceThe Amazon Echo Plus is going to cost $149 in the US and £139 in the UK. Amazon Echo Plus specsSo what’s happening inside the Amazon Echo Plus to make it a more powerful speaker? Like the Echo before it, the Amazon Echo Plus has Alexa, a semi-intelligent AI, bu

Think of Spot as a cross between an Amazon Echo Dot and an Amazon Echo Show. The Amazon Echo Spot is significantly more expensive than the Amazon Echo Dot, which costs $49 / £49 / about AU$109, but then again, it has a display. Amazon Echo Spot specsThe Amazon Echo Spot may be small but it packs a decent amount of tech in its 4.1” x 3.8” x 3.6” (104mm x 97mm x 81mm) frame. Like the Amazon Echo (2017) and Amazon Echo Plus, the Echo Spot features second-generation far-field voice recognition, allo

The Amazon Echo Spot was one of the more surprising reveals at Amazon’s big Echo event, which saw a new redesigned Amazon Echo, a supercharged Amazon Echo Plus and the Amazon Show coming to the UK. The Echo Spot is a cross between an Echo Dot and a smaller version of the Amazon Show. It’s passable for things like chatting but you may want to link up the Echo Spot to a better speaker system when you use it. Essentially, they want the Echo Spot to replace the Echo Dot. The Amazon Echo Spot is a li

Maybe it’s ready to raise a family, and just can’t deal with the smaller space of the current Home. Unfortunately, we don’t know much about the Google Home Max other than the fact that it (probably) exists, will be higher-end than the current Home, and that’ll feature stereo sound. But that feature alone likely means Google intends for it to serve as an alternative to the Amazon Echo, which just received a second-generation update earlier today. Earlier rumors, for instance, suggested that Googl

There’s apparently a bit of a spat going on over Amazon’s use of the device and YouTube videos. Amazon’s implementation of YouTube on the Echo Show violates our terms of service, creating a broken user experience. As of this afternoon, Google has chosen to no longer make YouTube available on Echo Show, without explanation and without notification to customers. A few months after the Windows Phone debacle, Google finally released its own app for the admittedly neglected Windows Phone platform, al

Enter Purism, maker of the Librem laptops: computers that tackle privacy concerns head on with hardware kill switches (HKS) on the camera and microphone, eschewing kernel blobs and binary firmware to offer an entirely free software stack. PureOS is not just a nice-to-use version of Debian and GNOME; it is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). They are close to having it ready for download to those who have older Purism hardware – it’s undergoing QA testing at the time of writing. Check

The new Amazon Fire TV is here, and it’s smaller and cheaper than ever. Fire TV Stick size, full set-top box performanceAmazon has clearly managed to miniaturize its existing Fire TV set-top box so well that the need for a Fire TV Stick is all but nil at this point. This latest device streams 4K HDR video using the latest HDR10 standard, naturally requiring compatible TVs to do so. Luckily, all Fire TVs and second generation Fire TV Sticks will gain this feature when it launches at an undisclose

Amazon had one last surprise at its surprise event in Seattle today, and that’s the Amazon Echo Spot. Think of it as a cross between the Amazon Echo Dot and Amazon Echo Show. You can pre-order Amazon Echo Spot on Amazon right nowThe Echo Spot has four mics along the top, and a line out so it can plug into any speaker. The Amazon Echo Spot costs $129.99 and will ship in the US on December 19. You can pre-order the Echo Spot on Amazon now.

Amazon really loves buttons. First, it released the Amazon Dash button that allowed users to order previously purchased products in a matter of seconds. Now, Amazon is unveiling Echo Buttons, accessories for the Amazon Echo that can be customized by developers to add additional experiences to their apps. The example Amazon gave at its Amazon Echo 2017 event was that the small, hockey puck-shaped Buttons could be used as a buzzer in a new Trivial Pursuit app from Hasbro. While Buttons might at fi

Amazon is supercharging its smart speaker lineup with the Amazon Echo Plus, a new Echo that also acts as a smart home hub. There are also new color options for the Echo Plus: silver and white in addition to the standard black. You can pre-order the Amazon Echo Plus on Amazon right nowAmazon Echo Plus in silverSound has been improved on the Plus, too, a good thing as audio quality was a big knock against the original Amazon Echo. All in all, the Echo Plus looks much the same as the first Echo, th

The digital helper is headed to BMW and Mini cars in mid-2018, Amazon announced at a surprise event in Seattle today. With Alexa in the car, Amazon continues the spread of its virtual assistant, moving beyond smart speakers and the TV into vehicles. Alexa did have an earlier tie-in with Ford as well as a BMW Connected skill for Alexa-connected devices, but today’s announcement brings Alexa right into the wires of your BMW or Mini. The car’s heads up display will project information from Alexa, s

At an exclusive event in Seattle, Amazon has announced a brand-new Amazon Echo smart speaker. Revealed to a select bunch of technology journalists, with TechRadar in attendance, the speaker is a big update on the original Amazon Echo. The new Amazon Echo is available today for just $99, £89 (about AU$127). Also available is Echo Connect, a speaker phone system that you just plug into your home. In addition to this, Amazon has created Amazon Buttons – codeable buttons that can be used to play gam

After taking a year off to find itself, the Assassin’s Creed franchise returns this October with a brand new title called Origins. Live and learnAcross the Assassin’s Creed series we’ve visited various points in history. Discovery Mode in Assassin’s Creed Origins will go beyond the pictures and large blocks of text we’ve had the option to access before. A lot of research goes into the Assassin’s Creed series to create an immersive and authentic game world. Discovery Mode won’t be a part of Assas

Other than having just a single-lens camera the iPhone 8 looks a lot like the iPhone X from behindOther differences come in the form of their weight and dimensions, as while the iPhone X is 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7mm and 174g, the iPhone 8 is 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3mm and 148g. iPhone X vs iPhone 8 displayThe iPhone X has a 5.8-inch bezel-less screen, which is the biggest display Apple has ever put on an iPhone and far, far bigger than the 4.7-inch screen on the iPhone 8. iPhone X vs iPhone 8 OS and powerT

TechRadar is in Seattle today for a big surprise Amazon event, where the tech giant is set to reveal a bevy of new devices. Just what they will be we don’t yet know, but our bets are on a big update to the Amazon Echo smart speaker and also upgrades to Fire TV and more. Amazon doesn’t usually do big events at its headquarters so what it has planned must be pretty significant for the company. Alexa everywhereIt’s likely we will see bigger integration with Alexa in some of its devices today, howev