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Sonos Play review: a great jack-of-all-trades portable speaker for home or away
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (1175+ words) Quality wifi bookshelf speaker can go mobile with Bluetooth, long battery life and water resistance, in return to form The Play is a new portable wifi and Bluetooth home speaker that packs the best of Sonos into a jack of…...
I wore Meta's smartglasses for a month " and it left me feeling like a creep
2+ week, 5+ day ago (529+ words) Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them "pervert glasses. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench? This isnt a delusion. This is, apparently, progress. I am test-driving…...
Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (809+ words) Elisabeth Zetland, a senior researcher at My Heritage, found that the actual Luigi has immigrated to US from Italy The Washington state businessman who inspired Nintendo to give the name Mario to its mustachioed, superhero plumber did not have a…...
How do I end a call? : the elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (693+ words) Elderly people take advantage of courses on how to navigate mobile devices and avoid "analogue isolation" It"s not only young people whose gaze is fixed on tiny screens. But for these users in Tokyo, clicking and scrolling is anything…...
Replaced review " nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (981+ words) PC, Xbox; Sad Cat Studios This pulpy sci-fi thriller is a beautiful, if deferential, homage to the genre greats, with a poignant real-world echo For all of cyberpunk's cautionary tales of shady corporations and transhumanist folly, it is the genre's…...
Mac Book Air M5 review: Apple's best consumer laptop speeds up
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (741+ words) Chip upgrade brings pro-level power, long battery life and plenty of storage, but the Air now faces real competition Apple's latest Mac Book Air is its most powerful yet, comes with double the starting storage and is better than ever…...
Mac Book Neo review: the budget Apple laptop powered by an i Phone chip
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1042+ words) Snappy performance, high-quality screen, best-in-class keyboard and trackpad show cheaper can still be great Apple's brand new entry-level laptop is powered by the chip from an i Phone and offers more than just the essential Mac Book experience for a…...
Sir Tony Hoare obituary
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (607+ words) Pioneering computer scientist who devised the Quicksort algorithm, ways of verifying programs and guards against hackers The Quicksort sorting algorithm (1961) is still known and used widely in applications organising data of any kind in a specific order. It is an…...
What would the world look like if people didn't make mistakes?
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (146+ words) The long-running series in which readers answer other readers" questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts This week"s replies: should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs? What would the…...
I've tested nearly every Sonos product " here's the good and bad about its portable speakers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1361+ words) They're pricier than the competition, but have key features: the music doesn't skitter when you step out of Bluetooth range and they can handle water and dust Over the past eight years, I've reviewed dozens of portable speakers from every…...