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If you’re considering a gaming laptop, but you understandably don’t want to spend anywhere near $2,000, MSI’s Katana gaming laptop with the midrange RTX 5070 GPU is $1,099 (was $1,499.99) at Walmart. This machine has a lot to offer aside from a solid graphics chip for gaming. It includes a 15.6-inch QHD screen with a 165Hz refresh rate, an Intel Core i7-14650HX processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM (upgradeable, in case you want to add more later on), and a 1TB SSD.Most gaming laptops at this price include Nvidia’s less capable RTX 5060, along with an inferior processor. The RTX 5070…

Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn’t tell.It’s just 0.1mm thinner — that’s four-thousandths of an inch — than the Oppo Find N5 or Samsung’s recent Galaxy Z Fold 7. If that’s a difference you claim to perceive, then I’m afraid I simply don’t believe you. I’ve put the V5 side by side with the Find N5 and I can barely feel the difference, let alone see it.Fortunately, the Magic V5 has one extra trick up its sleeve: better battery life than either of those phones, and quite substantially so when compared…

Introduction If the Honor Magic V5 had landed on my desk even a month ago, I’d be shouting about its slender build from the rooftops. But Samsung rather spoiled the party by introducing the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Now there are two size-zero foldable smartphones to choose from, and it’s impossible to talk about one without the other. While Samsung gives its main snapper pixel priority, Honor’s rear camera trio has a more balanced set of sensors. The Galaxy arrived with the latest version of Android; the Magic V5 has one of the biggest batteries you’ll find on any phone,…

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is the phone world’s new favourite buzzword. Almost every upcoming phone has plans to incorporate machine learning and large language models in some form or another, and the first to do so are already on sale. But what are the best AI phones – and the features they bring actually worth having? I’ve used a bunch of phones with AI on board, and a handful more that offload their AI processing to the cloud. The best AI smartphones have a mix of both. You’ll even find AI cameras and AI image editing on certain flagships. Some…

DJI is making its latest wireless lavalier microphone system even smaller without scrimping on features or battery life. The DJI Mic 3 is half the size and weight of its Mic 2 predecessor and introduces new capabilities, including two adaptive gain control modes, three voice tone presets, and a sizable increase in storage capacity for internal recordings.DJI’s latest wireless mic can support up to four transmitters and eight receivers at once for recording audio from large groups, with a range of 400 meters (1,312 feet). The Mic 3 automatically switches between 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands to help keep the…

From affordable 4K sticks to comprehensive home entertainment hubs, the best streaming device will give you instant access to an arsenal of arresting shows and films. If you need help deciding which is the best model for you, we’ve reviewed them all to help you choose. Just plug one of these into one of the best 4K TVs, load up one of the best streaming services, sit back and get ready to stream to your heart’s content. See, binge-watching has come a long way from the days of Blu-ray box sets. Between gripping Netflix originals, remastered classics on Amazon Prime…

When this article was originally written in February 2022, the big Spotify controversy was that artists were abandoning the audio service in protest of the company’s contract with podcaster Joe Rogan, and some subscribers were deciding to follow the musicians’ example. More recently, some users have threatened to bail after CEO Daniel Ek invested in a firm that specializes in AI software used for military drones. Meanwhile, the service’s habit of defaulting to making all playlists and profiles public has resulted in the Panama Playlists, a website that purports to show the Spotify playlists of various well-known figures.Despite those issues,…

It’s only been about 18 months since the DJI Mic 2 arrived and claimed its spot as king of the wearable wireless microphones market, but the new Mic 3 looks destined to usurp the throne. DJI’s latest mic, which is available to order now from £169, takes the best of the Mic 2 and sprinkles in a touch of the ultra-compact entry-level DJI Mic Mini. The biggest thing about it is how small it is: with a transmitter around half the size of the Mic 2’s, it’s barely heftier than the Mic Mini. The charging case has also been overhauled.…

Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told TorrentFreak that Apple has revoked his distribution rights to publish apps in any alternative iOS stores, so the issue isn’t tied to AltStore PAL itself.“Apple removed Alternative Distribution functionality from iTorrent’s Developer Portal without any warning,” Vinogradov said on iTorrent’s Github page. Apple has not provided a reason for the removal, according Vinogradov, and distribution was revoked at the Apple Dev…

Christopher Ward has made a habit of surprising the watch world. From the chiming brilliance of the C1 Bel Canto to the architectural C12 Loco, the British brand has shown it can compete at the highest levels of horology. But its latest release – the Twelve 660 – might be its most complete watch yet (and one of the best watches you can buy). At just 6.6mm thick, the Twelve 660 is the slimmest integrated bracelet watch Christopher Ward has ever produced. The name itself nods to the number: 6 + 6 = 12, a neat coincidence that also recalls…

Microsoft has fired two employees that were involved in a sit-in protest in vice chair and president Brad Smith’s office. Software engineers Riki Fameli and Anna Hattle were both dismissed today, after being part of a group of seven protesters that managed to get inside Smith’s office in Building 34 yesterday.Microsoft was forced to temporarily lock down its executive building. The protesters live streamed themselves on Twitch entering Smith’s office, and demanded that the company cut ties with the Israeli government. Microsoft employees Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli were both arrested during the incident, alongside former Microsoft employees Vaniya Agrawal,…

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming technology to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard subscribers, dropping the requirement for the highest tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for access to cloud games. As part of an Xbox Insider test, Microsoft is also providing access to some PC games for Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers.Microsoft currently restricts access to Xbox Cloud Gaming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to get cloud access, meaning you have to pay $19.99 a month to get access to xCloud. Xbox Insiders can now start testing the ability to stream cloud games included with Game Pass…