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09 How To Secure Your Smartphone
We covered the importance of a strong password earlier. And this also applies to your smartphone too. While using your birthdate can seem convenient, if you wouldn’t use that on your PC, then you shouldn’t use it on your phone either. Take a look at
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03 Basic, But Competent
OSAndroid 14, Nothing OS 2.6 CHIPSETMediaTek Dimensity 7300 5G DISPLAY6.67-inch Super AMOLED, 120Hz RAM/STORAGE8GB/256GB CAMERA50MP (main), 2MP (depth), 16MP (selfie) BATTERY5,000mAh, 33W fast charging PRICE$369 Nothing has consistently grabbed atten
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08 Ryzen AI Enters The Fray
PROCESSORRyzen AI 9 HX 370 (up to 5.1GHz) GRAPHICSRadeon 890M DISPLAY16-inch 3K (2,880 x 1,800), OLED, 500nits HDR (Peak), 120Hz MEMORY/STORAGE32GB DDR5 / 1TB SSD BATTERY CAPACITY78Wh PRICE$2,549 AI 300 series mobile processors are finally here, and
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06 Intel Core Ultra 2 Shines
PROCESSORIntel Core Ultra 7 258V (1.8GHz) GRAPHICSIntel Arc GPU DISPLAY14-inch 3K (2,880 x 1,800), OLED, 500nits HDR (Peak), 120Hz MEMORY/STORAGE32GB DDR5 / 1TB SSD BATTERY CAPACITY72Wh PRICE$2,799 Intel has been in the spotlight for all the wrong re
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02 Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x
PROCESSORQualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E78100 Processor (3.4 GHz) GRAPHICSIntegrated Adreno GPU DISPLAY14.5-inch 3K (2,944 x 1,840 pixels) OLED, Dolby Vision, 100% DCI-P3, 90Hz, 1000 nits MEMORY/STORAGE32GB DDR5 / 1TB SSD BATTERY CAPACITY70WH PRICE$1
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05 Smaller, Lighter, Smarter
DRIVER11mm Dynamic CHIPSETGoogle Tensor A1 BATTERYUp to 30 hours (with case and ANC) CONNECTIVITYBluetooth 5.4 WEIGHT4.7g (per bud) PRICE$349 Google has refined its flagship earbuds in several meaningful ways, making them smaller, lighter, and signif
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04 An Atmospheric Attempt
DEVELOPERBloober Team PUBLISHERKonami GENRESurvival Horror PLATFORMWindows, PS5 PLAYERSSingle Taking on a remake of Konami’s classic Silent Hill 2 was always going to be a daunting task. Enter Bloober Team, the studio behind other psychological horro
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07 It’s Upgrade Time
OSwatchOS 11 CHIPSETApple S10 SiP DISPLAYRetina LTPO3 Wide-angle OLED, 2000 nits BATTERY18 hours, 80% in 30 min PRICEFrom $599 While it may not boast radical innovations, the updates it does bring are some of the most significant in recent years. In
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Being Solivagant; Me, Myself, And AI
I’ve been writing about AI quite a bit in these notes, and reading back, I realise that some of them feel a little negative. It’s like I’m trying to convince myself of the benefits of AI as the industry pushes forward by embedding it into anything an
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04 Excellent Open-Style Earbuds
CHIPSET Apple H2 DRIVERS Apple custom high-excursion FEATURES ANC, Transparency Mode, Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking BATTERY LIFE Up to 4 hours (earbuds) / 20 hours (charging case) with ANC PR
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07 The Emperor Of Mankind Approves
DEVELOPER Saber Interactive PUBLISHER Focus Entertainment GENRE Third-person, Action PLATFORM PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S PLAYERS Single, Multi Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 puts you right in the middle of the Imperium’s most brutal battles,
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10 Mastering Password Security
Free, public Wi-Fi and hotspots at Starbucks can be great for cutting your data charges and for getting work done on the go. Unfortunately, they’re also notoriously insecure, and infamous for allowing cyberattackers access to see what you’re doing on
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01 A James Dyson Award Journey
Run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, the James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages, and seeks to inspire the next generation of design engineers and to get young people excited about
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02 Solid, But Unfinished
A subtle physical change this year comes in the form of slightly larger screens, with the iPhone 16 Pro now boasting a 6.3-inch display and the Pro Max stretching out to 6.9 inches. While a 0.2-inch increase might not sound like much, Apple has manag
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AI, AI, Wherefore Art Thou AI
So here I am writing about AI again, except this time, I’m questioning if every brand has been so caught up in trying to be first that we’re only seeing the Artificial instead of the Intelligence. So far, I’ve yet to be impressed with any AI model, a
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08 Gemini Not There Yet
PROCESSOR Google Tensor G4, Titan M2 security co-processor DISPLAY 6.3-inch (Pixel 9), 6.8-inch (Pixel 9 Pro XL) CAMERAS 50MP Main, 48MP Ultra-wide, 10.5MP Selfie (Pixel 9), 50MP Main,48MP ultra-wide, 48MP telephoto, 42MP Selfie (Pixel 9 Pro XL)
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05 60% There
LAYOUT Pro-inspired 60% design SWITCHES Logitech GX Optical (Tactile/Linear) CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth, Lightspeed 2.4GHz, USB wired BATTERY LIFE Up to 65 hours PRICE $299 Logitech offers the G Pro X 60 in three colours: black, white and magent
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06 Striking A Good Balance
DRIVER 12.4mm Dynamic Driver CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth 5.4 CODECS HDC 5.0, AAC, SBC BATTERY LIFE Up to 5.5 hours (earbuds) 20 hours (case) with ANC PRICE $129 The Enco Air4 Pro sports a minimalistic aesthetic that is reminiscent of the AirPods
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09 Gundam Fun For All
DEVELOPER Crafts & Meister PUBLISHER Bandai Namco Entertainment GENRE Action, RPG, Beat em’ Up PLATFORM PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch PLAYERS Single, Multi As someone entirely new to the Gundam franchise, playing Gundam Breaker 4 was an intr
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03 Better In Every Way
CPU AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor MEMORY 24GB LPDDR5 on board DISPLAY 7-inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 500nits, 120Hz, 7ms STORAGE 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD, 1x M.2 slot BATTERY 80WHRS PRICE $1,199 With excellent quality-of-life upgrades such as
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Best Of Mobile Tech
Frankly, we didn’t think having a favourite mobile processor brand would be possible, considering how little control consumers have deciding which chipset goes into their favourite phones. After gathering the results of this inaugural poll, we realis
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Best Of Home Entertainment
Samsung and Sony are again placed first and second, with Samsung’s share of votes unchanged at 21%. For those who’re unaware, Samsung does have high-end home projector offerings, even if it’s just two models. Sony however, saw a slight dip with its s
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Best Of DIY Computing
The result for the Best CPU Brand category in our Reader’s Choice series is an interesting one. While AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series has won plaudits for its performance and power efficiency (The excellent Ryzen 7700 and Ryzen 7950X3D are still our recommen
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01 clash Of The Executive Saloons: BMW 520i Vs Mercedes-benz E200
If anything, they are even greater status symbols now. the combination of inflation, a new ARF tax scheme, and sky-high COE prices, means the price tags of these cars have ballooned tremendously over the past few years. 400 grand won’t get you much c
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08 What To Do If You’ve Been Hacked?
01. It might seem like an obvious choice at first, but many people often resort to panic-clicking device options, rebooting, Googling for solutions, calling tech support (or that tech-savvy friend) for help, all while leaving the compromised device c
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Best Of Gaming
Razer fans surely tried, but ultimately lost out to the higher – albeit just – Logitech vote count. Logitech’s 26% of the votes, though, is a drop from last year’s 29%. Razer also saw a drop from last year’s 27% to 25% here. ASUS ROG, on the other ha
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Best Of Home Appliances
Dyson completes the trifecta by winning all three categories they are in, bagging Best Air Purifier Brand with 23% of votes. Now, if you’re thinking how did Dyson manage that with the gimmicky Zone air purifying headphones or giant Big+Quiet Formalde
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