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  • Google Play is much worse than Apple’s App Store for your privacy

    We install apps on our phones taking almost no notice of which permissions they request, and we certainly don’t read through the Ts & Cs to check for things such as their privacy policy. But it’s so important to do this in order to understand what personal data is collected by apps for iOS and […]

  • Tens of thousands of malicious Android apps flooding user devices

    Tens of thousands of dangerous Android apps are putting mobile users at heightened risk of fraud and cyberattack, a report has claimed.  Mobile security firm Upstream identified over 29,000 malicious Android apps in active use during Q1 2020, double the number logged in the same quarter last year (just over 14,500). The investigation also showed […]

  • Panasonic joins the true wireless earbud crowd with two sub-£200 pairs

    Panasonic has launched its first two pairs of true wireless earbuds into an already crowded marketplace. The £169 RZ-S500W have a sleek design and noise cancellation while the cheaper £109 RZ-S300W are slimmer still but omit noise cancelling. The pricing here does well to undercut competing products such as Sony’s £219 WF-1000XM3. Panasonic says the […]

  • Cyberpunk 2077 release date, gameplay, platforms, trailers and more

    Coming off the back of The Witcher 3, all eyes were on on developer CD Projekt Red. The Polish company’s next game is now nearly here: Cyberpunk 2077. A gritty sci-fi first-person RPG (based on a tabletop roleplaying game, of all things), Cyberpunk 2077 is about as far from The Witcher series as you can […]

  • How to stream Frozen 2 in the UK

    Disney+ is now live in the UK, four months after it arrived in the US and a few other countries. It brings with it a huge selection of Disney and Pixar films and shows, along with loads of Star Wars and Marvel content, but for UK fans there’s one big omission right now: Frozen 2. […]

  • Apple, Samsung, Oppo, Vivo to play a big role in Indian production

    The federal government in India has tweaked its production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to enable manufacturers to shift to India in a big way. The move is expected to pave the way for Apple, Samsung, Foxconn, Oppo, and Vivo, to play a larger role in local production. According to a news report in The Economic Times, […]

  • Best short cables: USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, Power

    Putting aside the undeniable fact that cables shouldn’t actually exist in what is meant to be a wireless world, one of the most frustrating things about cables is their length. Cable manufacturers revel in how long they can make these digital snakes. Who on earth needs a 10-metre USB cable, or even a 2m HDMI […]

  • Amazon is discontinuing its Echo Look fashion advice gadget

    Here’s another reminder that the gadgets you buy aren’t necessarily going to be supported forever: Amazon has decided to discontinue its Echo Look smart speaker/camera device, and existing Looks will stop working on July 24. As reported by Voicebot.ai, people who’ve bought an Echo Look should already have been notified about the move, and a […]