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Amazon has released its first soundbar, at a limited price of £100 (usually £120). The Fire TV Soundbar (pictured) is 61cm long, has a pair of 20W speakers, supports Dolby Audio and comes with HDMI and optical outputs for a TV connection and Bluetoot

Freesat no longer lets you record TV shows through its Android and iOS apps. The company has removed Freesat ID accounts, which means you can’t sign into the app to use the Remote Record feature. Previously this feature connected your phone or tablet

This is what living skin tissue looks like on a robot. It’s been developed by a team at Tokyo University who want robots to have an “increasingly lifelike appearance”. They said it could help train plastic surgeons. Watch closely at www.snipca.com/51

Google has turned off continuous scrolling in search, meaning you’ll need to click a button to go to the second page of results. It added continuous scrolling to PCs in 2022, giving you endless results as you scrolled down a page of results. This mim

Chrome extensions containing malware remain available online for over a year on average, security researchers have said. A study from Stanford University in California and the German CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security found that maliciou

The US banning Kaspersky has felt inevitable for years (‘Question of the Fortnight’, Issue 687, pictured). In fact, I’m surprised it took so long, and I expect the UK will follow suit before long. I could see the way things were heading back in 2017,

Q In January I realised month for its Whatever Happens plan for an HP laptop that I bought more than 10 years ago. This means I’ve paid more than £800 for insurance I never used. Shouldn’t Currys have reminded me more regularly about these payments?

The first European settlement in South Africa was established in 1652, when Dutch settlers arrived in Cape Town. Their descendants, the Boers, became part of the Dutch Cape Colony. In 1795, the British occupied the Cape and in 1806 it was incorporate

I always thought free VPN apps sounded too good to be true, but I was still stunned to read that 90 per cent of them share your data with other firms (Issue 687, page 11). The report, from VPN-testing site Top10VPN, named some well-known companies (B

If you tend to speak into your computer a lot – for video chats or voice recordings, for example – then a good-quality microphone is a must. German manufacturer Elgato is renowned for producing PC peripherals that are exceptional quality, environment

OneOdio’s Monitor 60 headphones are designed to provide a more perfect sound and wearing experience. They have industry-leading, ultra-high-resolution audio, capable of reproducing rich details. Its engineers conducted thousands of sound adjustments

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I play Microsoft Flight Simulator and, like many users, I’m always looking for extra screens to help with the multiple control options. I discovered the free Touch Portal (www.touch-portal.com), which lets you control PC software as a ‘remote control

WhatsApp has made several improvements to its video-call function that bring it closer in line with rival services such as Zoom and Skype. The most useful is the ability to share your screen with audio when you’re chatting to someone. This allows you

1080p High-definition video: 1920x1080 pixels. 2FA Two-factor authentication. A system that uses two different means to identify the user. 3G/4G/5G Technologies that deliver faster mobile broadband. 4K Video with a resolution of at least 3840x2160 pi

Q In Issue 684 (page 66) you advise John Weight on using his existing landline phones and answering machine with FTTP. My understanding is that his provider Plusnet isn’t providing VoIP services after the copper switch-off, so this won’t be possible