Author: News Room

Since I got my first pizza oven, I’ve been hooked. Call me a snob, but I can’t go back to oven cooking my pizzas now. You get a better tasting end result, and I can’t get enough. But one of my biggest gripes is an uneven cook, or the stone cooling down too quickly. Luckily, this new Ooni pizza oven is set to solve the problem. The big headline here? These ovens fix the age-old issue of hot spots and cold patches that turn your Margherita into a patchwork of charred crust and raw regret. Ooni’s new G2 Gas Technology…

Whether you’re paying as you go or monthly, everyone likes an extra perk with their top smartphone package. UK carrier Three offers extras within its Rewards app, including exclusive deals and offers. And to sweeten the deal, you can get a weekly £1 coffee when you sign up for the Rewards app. Currently, Three is offering a weekly cup of coffee for £1. You can take part in this offer in over 1400 local coffee shops across the UK. That’ll save you about £122 in coffess over the course of a year! Each week, you’ll get a voucher in the…

Bill Gates celebrated Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary by sharing the source code that created the company’s foundation. The 157-page PDF available to download on Gates’ blog contains the origins of Altair Basic — a programming language interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer — and “remains the coolest code I’ve ever written to this day,” according to the Microsoft co-founder.Altair Basic was developed by Gates, fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and programmer Monte Davidoff. The trio reportedly coded “day and night for two months” in 1975. Personal computers were extremely rare, but after seeing the Altair 8800 on the cover of…

If you’d previously written off upgrading your TV to one of the best 4K sets for being way out of your price range, this deal might change your mind. The 4K Hisense ULED U7N TV offers excellent picture quality and immersion – and it’s £700 off right now. Right now, you can buy the 55-inch Hisense ULED U7N TV for £599 rather than the regular retail price of £1299. That’s a huge saving of £700 or 55% off! You can score this deal when you order the TV from Amazon or other retailers in the UK. Hisense’s U7N TV uses…

Microsoft was originally founded on April 4th, 1975 and the tech giant is now celebrating its 50-year anniversary. Microsoft started with a focus on personal computers, building the very software that helped it achieve an early goal of a PC on every desk and in every home.The success of Windows and Office has allowed Microsoft to launch devices like the Xbox and Surface line, and transform its business into software and services in the cloud. Now, Microsoft looks ahead to its next 50 years in a period of AI that could transform everything it does.Follow along for our coverage of…

When you set up a new camera, or even go to take a picture on some smartphones, you’re presented with a key choice: JPG or RAW?JPGs are ready to post just about anywhere, while RAWs yield an unfinished file filled with extra data that allows for much richer post-processing. That option for a RAW file (and even the generic name, RAW) has been standardized across the camera industry — but despite that, the camera world has never actually settled on one standardized RAW format.Most cameras capture RAW files in proprietary formats, like Canon’s CR3, Nikon’s NEF, and Sony’s ARW. The…

Oppo is one of the best brands for mid-range smartphones, and the new Reno 13 series is no exception. These handsets are some of the most powerful mid-rangers I’ve seen this year, perhaps bested only by Poco’s F7 Ultra. But impressive specs aside, I’m more interested in the push for underwater photography. There are four smartphones in the series: the Reno 13 Pro 5G, Reno 13 5G, Reno 13 FS 5G, and Reno 13 F 5G. AI is, as you’d expect in 2025, a big push. But the design and MediaTek processors are another area where these mid-rangers shine. Oppo’s…

Amazon is comparing a new feature for the Kindle to the “Previously on…” segments that TV shows frequently use. But the Kindle’s Recaps feature is instead focused on book series and provides a “quick refresher on storylines and character arcs” before readers start the next book, Amazon says.The short Recaps, which do include spoilers, are available to readers in the US for “thousands of bestselling English language Kindle books in series you have purchased or borrowed,” according to Amazon.You can determine if a series you’re reading has Recaps available by looking for a View Recaps button “in the series page…

The biggest threat to the Steam Deck in 2025 won’t be the arrival of other Windows-based handheld gaming PCs. Instead, it’ll likely be the Nintendo Switch 2, which arrives on June 5 for $449.99 — smack dab between the cost of the $399 Steam Deck LCD and the $549 Steam Deck OLED. Ironically, the Steam Deck is also the Switch 2’s biggest threat. While Nintendo’s new console may have Valve’s beat on screen resolution, refresh rate, and a custom Nvidia processor capable of DLSS and ray tracing, Steam trumps it in value, particularly with game prices.I get it, I get…

If you’re on the beta, under Taskbar settings > Taskbar behaviors, you can now select options under Show smaller taskbar buttons: Always, Never, or When taskbar is full. The third option will scale down icons so that they all can fit and not get hidden away in a second menu.The behavior appears to be similar to macOS where icons on the dock get smaller as more applications or minimized windows are added.X user phantomofearth, who frequently digs through Insider builds, posted that there’s an update to the Start menu as well. Now, it has a larger layout that includes the…

TikTok is shutting down Notes, its photos-sharing app that rivaled Instagram. In a notification to users, the TikTok Notes team says the app will stop working starting May 8th, and “all related features will no longer be available.”TikTok first rolled out Notes in April of last year, which lets users share photos alongside a caption, as well as scroll through a “For You” feed with recommended content. The app was initially rolled out in limited testing to Australia and Canada.The decision to close the app “was not made lightly,” according to TikTok’s message. It also suggests that users try out…

If you were wondering how President Trump’s tariffs may impact gadgets like smartphones, laptops, and smartwatches, there’s some bad, and perhaps slightly less-bad news. Unless something changes, Trump’s sweeping tariffs will lead to increased prices for consumers. But it will likely take some time before that actually happens.Modern gadgets generally aren’t made or assembled solely in the U.S. anymore. Device makers big and small source components from all over the world, and often have them assembled overseas before importing the final product into the country. Given that Trump has levied tariffs on every single country, it means that the cost…