We need to talk about tablets
Late last year, Apple ran a video ad framing the iPad Pro as a Real Computer, a narrative it has pushed since it first launched the tablet and smart keyboard coupling — but it’s one …
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Letting Corsair Guide My Audio: We Review Their HS60 Surround Gaming Headset
Corsair recently released a brand new gaming headset by the name of the HS60, a follow-up model to the HS50 with the added bonus of featuring 7.1 surround sound audio as part of its features. …
CES 2018 tech show stuffed with gadgets we don’t need – or do we?
LAS VEGAS: Today’s vision of a smart home has more to do with what’s technologically possible than what people really need. Thus an endless parade of internet-connected wine openers, water bottles and refrigerators, and a dearth of automation that …
Why we millennials are happy to be free of social media tyranny
Checking my Instagram feed and Snapchat used to be as vital as my morning coffee. A cursory Instagram scroll warmed me from within and Snapchat’s 10-second soundbites provided a caffeine shove into reality. Not any more. To …
Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos are going to change to way we watch television forever
Now consider if this was combined with a soundtrack that could also mimic the real-world environment — a helicopter flying overhead or a car screeching around the corner. This technology is already available, with Dolby …
10 of the coolest gadgets we saw at CES 2017
It’s difficult to narrow down everything that happened at CES this year. We met tons of promising new startups and went hands-on with brand new gadgets on the floor of the expo hall, nightly events and …
APPLE UPDATE RUMOURS What’s new in Apple iOS 10.3? New release for iPhone and iPad – here’s what we know
As for new features, there have been several hints that Apple could be releasing a brand new cinema mode. The new “mode” should appear on the control centre and its icon will be in the shape of …
Are we heading towards a ‘post human rights world’?
With an increasing number of states seemingly reluctant to honour human rights treaties, is there a future for this type of international agreement? “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in …
Never mind Russia – it’s the internet’s culture of lies we should be tackling
Everyone can lie. That is the agony and the ecstasy of the internet. It is guilt-free, open-season, licensed mendacity. You can forget the glory days when it was the empire of the weak, the kingdom …
Nature’s ‘Big Secret’ –“We Live in a Computational Universe”
We have slim chance, suggests the British physicist Stephen Wolfram, of distinguishing an extraterrestrial artifact from a natural celestial object. According Wolfram, intelligent life is inevitable. But there is a hitch. Although intelligent life is …