Upcoming Wear OS smartwatches will be much better for left-handed people

I must confess, I didn't quite 'get' the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 as soon as I heard about it. It's a new super-powerful chipset from Qualcomm that'll come to Android phones toward the end of 2022, that's a small step up over the 8 Gen 1 already seen in the OnePlus 10 Pro, Xiaomi 12, and members of the Samsung Galaxy S22 family that launched in the US.

The best wireless chargers use the Qi standard that is compatible with any modern iPhone, Samsung phones, Google Pixel 6, OnePlus 9 Pro, and all major smartphones that support wireless charging. Knowing the standard is the easy part but figuring out which one is good for you is trickier. Wireless...

Finding the best ereader isn't as simple a process as you might think. While Amazon's Kindles are the most well known of the bunch, there are actually a fair few different companies making E Ink tablets. E Ink is what separates ereaders from tablets. It's a type of panel that...

The bar for bargains has been raised. Amazon's new Fire 7 tablet is, at $59.99 / £59.99 (around AU$105), a good deal, but its predecessor was an arguably better one. What just happened?. There were few better gadget deals than Amazon's 7-inch Fire tablet. For years and through various...

Apple has responded to recent criticisms from over 100 top film and TV editing professionals over its management of Final Cut Pro (FCP). April saw the publication of an open-letter heaping praise on Apple’s flagship video editing software, going as far as calling it “the biggest leap forward in editing technology since the move to digital”.

Google users will now be flagged for using politically incorrect words while searching as the technology giant launched an "inclusive language" function. The move of Google is to avoid the use of politically incorrect words. In a report by The Sun, if a user uses terms deemed politically incorrect by...

Jeff Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, and Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and soon-to-be owner of Twitter, don't strike me as best buds. The two men have competed over the past few years for the title of the world's richest man, a title Musk holds. They also sort of compete in space, with Bezos' Blue Origin competing against Musk's SpaceX.

Roku has just announced its first ever outdoor 4K TV, developed in conjunction with electronics brand Element. The Outdoor Element Roku TV boasts some pretty impressive specs, screen tech and – perhaps most eye-catching of all – an astonishing temperature threshold within which the TV can operate. Announced...

After a long time, the Battle Royale space in India has got a new player. One of the most popular BR franchises, Apex Legends, has rolled out its mobile version for both Android and iOS in India. Starting with the graphics, Electronic Arts has left no stone unturned to offer a high-quality experience.

Laptops powered by AMD Ryzen chips could soon get a serious Wi-Fi speed boost thanks to a new partnership with Qualcomm. The chip giant has announced it is bringing its Qualcomm FastConnect to PCs with AMD Ryzen processors, meaning Wi-Fi 6 and 6E connections will soon be available on more devices, offering download speeds of up to 3.6GBps.

While it might be overlooked, Plaid is one of the best payments gateways going and the $10-billion-plus startup is looking to move into new territory. The firm has announced new tools for identity verification - a fundamental part of any ecommerce transaction - and fraud prevention. The additions to its portfolio mean it is competing directly with payments giant Stripe.

Microsoft is readying a new feature for collaboration platform Teams that could introduce a greater level of interactivity to virtual presentations. As explained in a new addition to the company’s product roadmap, Microsoft Teams users will soon benefit from a “collaborative annotation” feature that allows video meeting participants to make notations on shared content.

Skullcandy reminds us that sub-$60 Bluetooth earbuds are possible if you can live with some caveats. This week, the company unveiled its upcoming Mod True Wireless Earbuds that come packed with engaging features, like loud audio, long battery life, and that $59.99 price tag, but no noise cancellation. As expected,...

One of India's top two-wheeler companies TVS Motor Company today launched the 2022 range of its popular TVS iQube electric scooter. The new range comes in 3 variants: iQube, iQube S and iQube ST. The TVS iQube and TVS iQube S will be available at Rs 98,564 and Rs 1,08,690...

CCP Games, the developers behind the space sci-fi MMO EVE Online, teamed up with Intel to launch a new cloud-based platform for any desktop and laptop. The browser-based platform called EVE Anywhere works with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. Thanks to the cloud servers, players can virtually access the game regardless of PC hardware. According to CCP Games, players can also switch between a web browser or the EVE Online client’s launcher seamlessly.

While giving a talk at Display Week 2022 ("where the world's electronic display industry meets," apparently), Meta display engineer Cheon Hong Kim revealed several details about the Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) -- including that its resolution isn’t quite what we’ve thought it was. The Quest...

In order to make the creator economy a fairer, TikTok has implemented new tools that allow users to properly credit their inspiration for their latest video, alongside giving credit to the original user who made the video in the first place. In a similar fashion to how credit is applied...

Judging by precedent, the iPhone 14 will launch on a Tuesday in September, and a leaker has now given us a good idea of which Tuesday we should mark in our calendars. According to the Apple-focused site iDropNews, based on information from its own sources, the Apple September Event in 2022 will take place on September 13 - that's right in the middle of the month, basically when we expected it.

Ellie is like all of us; just a person perusing the latest offerings in a classic vinyl music store, who then discovers a door and a hidden auction where a multitude of what could best be described as dandies are anxiously bidding on her private data. Yup, seems normal. Apple...

What happens if you give a team of young and gifted acoustic engineers this simple brief: make the best sounding home hi-fi speakers possible? They tear up the rule book and create this, that's what. Monitor Audio's Concept 50 speakers are still being tweaked and finalized, but these sonic towers...