The Tech Addicts Podcast

enApril 09, 2023

Sunday 26th March - Pixel me this

This week the Pixel Fold and Pixel 8 renders, Xiaomi 13 Ultra international, upcoming Samsung Galaxy device, rugged tablets are all the rage and Retroid Pocket Flip looks flipping cool.

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New for Pixel: Fall Detection, faster Night Sight and more

Feedback, Fallout and Contributions

Flashlight - Sofirn

Hardline on the hardware

Google Pixel 8 Pro renders leak, Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a rumoured to arrive in June

Doogee R10 rugged tablet with Helio G99

Blackview Tab 16 Tipped to Launch: 2K&11-inch flagship display, and all-around class for office, entertainment and online

Report: Xiaomi 13 Ultra will be available globally

Sony made a $600 point-and-shoot camera for people with visual impairments

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 might finally be dust-resistant, Flip5 also gets new hinge

Samsung Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34 debut - Samsung Galaxy A54 vs A34

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9: Everything we know so far

Huawei's Galaxy Z Fold rival with satellite connectivity is coming this month

AI-generated images from text can't be copyrighted, US government rules

Cheap 8-Inch Rugged Tablet Ulefone Armor Pad Announced

Oukitel RT2 have a rugged 8-incher too - Coming Sept

Malicious ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacks Facebook Accounts - Now Removed by Google

CTL launched a Special Edition Chromebook with a see-through chassis

The Name of the Game

Angry Birds 2 and Garena Free Fire are coming to Google Play Games for PC

GoRetroid unveils the Retroid Pocket Flip, a Nintendo DS-inspired handheld game console

Netflix plans to add roughly 40 more titles to its mobile game library this year

Flap your trap about an App

Oops, Windows' screenshot tool may be saving stuff you cropped out, too - Microsoft has now fixed this

Amazon will discontinue newspaper and magazine subscriptions in September

Scrcpy 2.0 adds audio support to the Android screen mirroring utility for PCs

CoverScreen OS turns the Oppo Find N2 Flip's cover display into a mini phone

Chrome Corner

ChromeOS 111 release adds several new Chromebook features

Google Launches Pixel Superfans program in the UK and the next day… Google stops accepting new Pixel Superfans in the UK shortly after launch

Google is adding Generative AI to Docs and Gmail to help you get started writing

Google Contacts won't look so cramped on tablets anymore

Google Drive begins rolling out tablet redesign with navigation rail

Hark Back

Nokia 8 Sirocco - Specs (February, 2018) - Ted’s Review (October, 2018)

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Roku Express 4K - Now £28.99 Was: £39.00

SanDisk Extreme 2TB portable NVMe SSD £159.99 this is half the price of the 2TB I bought, which was the half-speed one too!

Google Pixel 6a - Now: £284.12 Was: £399.00

Google Pixel 7 + Pixel Buds Pro - Now: £499.00 Was: £778.99

OPPO Reno8 8GB + 256GB, £299.00 from £399

Amazfit GTR 2e Smartwatch Fitness Watch - £99.00 + £20 voucher (Black is £84)

Sanyun SW208 3" Active Bluetooth 5.0 Bookshelf Speakers - 60W Carbon Fiber - Built-in 24bit DAC - Dynamic 3D Surround Sound - (Pair, Black) £59 from £89.99 - never heard of ‘em but they look cute and review pretty well.

HONOR Pad 8 12-inch Wi-Fi Tablet - Now: £189.99 Was: £269.99 - Specs

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enMarch 26, 2023

Sunday 12th March - Rolling with the Rizr

This week the Motorola Rizr and Razr, Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro, Honor udpates, CAT S75, TCL Nxtpaper and the not Nxtpaper, Miraxess MiraDock, Oppo has a lot of nits, Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 sizes and much more...

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Motorola Rizr rollable phone concept hands-on: They see me rollin'

Hardline on the hardware

MWC…

TCL Just Announced its Newest Wave of Tablets and Smartphones - NXTPAPER is a multi-layered film laminated to the display reducing eye strain and creating a paper-like feel when using a stylus. TCL 40 XE vs 40 X vs 40 XL Budget phones

Motorola confirms new Razr for 2023

Xiaomi 13, Xiaomi 13 Pro - and 13 Lite spoken about on last show with Dynamic Island - Xiaomi 13 Lite vs 13 vs 13 Pro

The new Cat S75 is a rugged phone with 2-way messaging over satellite built in

Thought 240W was fast? Redmi now has 300W charging tech!

Honor is the next brand to offer a longer software update policy - only for Vs and Magic 5 Pro though - 3OS/5Security

OnePlus unveils OnePlus 11 Concept phone with Active CryoFlux

Miraxess MiraDock turns (some) smartphones into desktop computers

Oppo’s upcoming flagship could have an insanely bright display

Nothing speaker makes first appearance in new leak, showing off its unique design

Huawei allegedly caught tracking MWC 2023 visitors at its exhibit: The Huawei Card appeared to have a tracking chip in it

StarLink is offering Equipment Rental for the first time...for £15 per month

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 To Continue With Three Sizes

Galaxy Z Fold 5 might not be all that different, with same outer display and cameras

The Name of the Game

50 Years Of Landmark Video Games, One Per Year, All Playable On Nintendo Switch

Flap your trap about an App

Take a selfie instead of going to the doctor? This tech might make it possible

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 phones are the first to support built-in 'iSIMs'

YouTube is removing overlay ads on videos from April 6, 2023

Chrome Corner

Chromebooks may soon get the ability to auto-launch PWAs on startup

Google I/O 2023 set for May 10th and May 10th only - Likely Pixel 7a Details - Pixel Tablet - Pixel Fold - the bloke on the train!

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

HONOR Pad 8 12-inch Wi-Fi Tablet - £176.69

OPPO Find X5 5G £445 from £749 - (Find X5 vs. Find X5 Pro)

Sabrent USB Type-C Hub with HDMI and 2 USB 3.0 ports - £10

Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3 £249 from £349

Kingston SDS2/256GB Canvas Select Plus SD Card Class 10 UHS-I - £18.59 + lifetime warranty

Ninja Blender and Soup Maker £129 from £150

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enMarch 12, 2023

Sunday 26th February - Wotsa Walkie Talkie

Gareth, Ricky and Ted chat about Xiaomi Walkie Talkie 2S, Oppo Find N2 Flip, Motorola Razr 2023, Honor Magic5 Lite, nubia Neovision AR smart glasses, nubia Pad 3D, AnkerWork M650, Realme GT3 and much more

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Three launches £12-a-month mobile tariff for people on benefits: Other mobile operators are planning big price rises from April and May

Feedback and Contributions

On Tech Addicts going fortnightly…

Chad Dixon You just can't get reliable people these days!

Paul Williams We will miss you

Jeremy Harpham Mixed feelings on this as often I don't have time to listen until the following Saturday these days, so while I'm sad that it's going fortnightly 🤣 I will find it easier.

Simon Bates I had to drive my truck back home in silence your dribble used to keep me company

Hardline on the hardware

Xiaomi's first phone with 'Dynamic Island' could launch globally - Xiaomi 13 Lite Specs

Xiaomi Walkie Talkie 2S launches with 120-hour battery life

Oppo Find N2 Flip - Full phone specifications - AmazonUK for delivery on 1st March

Motorola Razr 2023 takes the outer screen to a whole new level, leaked renders show

Honor Magic5 Lite announced - Specs

Western Digital's My Book Duo drive now comes in a staggering 44TB capacity - $1,100

A touchscreen that erases fingerprints for you? It could become a reality

nubia Neovision AR smart glasses, Pad 3D, WiFI Router, laptop, monitor, smartphone and watch are coming during MWC

Rode claims its new podcast-friendly NT1 offers 'unclippable' audio - £300 at AmazonUK

AnkerWork is going after the wireless mic market

Realme GT3's 240W charging system shown off on video: 1-100% in 9 minutes and 37 seconds

The Name of the Game

'Control Overlays' for mouse and keyboard support in ChromeOS now appear for all games

Microsoft makes its 10-year Call of Duty pact with Nintendo official

10 new PS VR2 titles revealed, launch window lineup now over 40 games

Rovio do the dirty on people who paid their 89p for Angry Birds: Classic

Flap your trap about an App

TikTok creators might soon put some videos behind a paywall

Google wants to fight misinformation with 'prebunking'

Twitter removes SMS 2FA for all but Blues

Chrome Corner

You can now edit Google Contacts directly from Gmail sidebar

Google to start migrating Calendar and Assistant Reminders to Tasks next month

System-wide Live Captions coming to a Chromebook near you

Hark Back

The Sega Master System

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Logitech K400 Plus £25 from £45 (long delivery!) or £36 now!

Logitech StreamCam - Now £68.19 Was £139.00

Samsung Galaxy S23 256GB £849 with 12 x £70 + Amazon Trade In + £100 extra Trade-In + Free case + Disney+ 6 months (SGS21U) offer = £215+£100 = £315 from £849 = £534 = £44.50 x 12 months

ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT STD Edition - Was £377.36 Now: £526.92

Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32 GB 6.8" display, wireless charging £159 from £179 and 5 x £32

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enFebruary 26, 2023

Sunday 12th February - Wired Up OnePlus

Ted and Gareth prattle on about the OnePlus Pad, OnePlus 11, Samsung Flex, GC5000, Nokia Game, Ridley Scott, S23 Ultra, Honor X8a, Honor Magic Vs, OPPO Find N2 Flip and much more!

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Samsung Flex Handheld Concept Hopes To Compete With Razer

Hardline on the hardware

Nokia Game Controller 5000 (GC5000) leaks in official & retailer listings before its launch

Ridley Scott used a Galaxy S23 Ultra to shoot a short film

OnePlus Pad is a flagship Android tablet w/ Dimensity 9000, 12GB RAM, more

OnePlus 11 launches globally for $699 w/ Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, upgraded 50MP camera

OnePlus 11 doesn't have wireless charging

OnePlus teases its foldable phone for later this year

Honor X8a announced with 90Hz screen and 100MP main cam

Honor Magic Vs Teardown

Pixel 7 Pro reportedly costs $413 to make w/ 50% Samsung hardware utilised

My Pixel 7 Pro is shedding parts, and I’m not alone

OPPO Find N2 Flip global launch is in London on 15th February at 2.30pm

GSMArena’s new 3D size comparison tool

Apple apparently plans to limit iPhone USB-C functionality

The Name of the Game

Get the free GOG games here.

A PlayStation Vita emulator for Android is launching in just a few days

Nintendo is adding Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games to Switch Online

Flap your trap about an App

Google's new Credential Manager brings us closer to a passwordless future

Google Search will blur explicit images by default for everyone in the ‘coming months’

Google Maps' Immersive View is rolling out in five cities

Flipboard launches its notes feature on iOS and Android

Android 14's new keyboard and touchpad features sound great for productivity: Remapping modifier keys, customising touchpad gestures, and more...

Samsung’s ClockFace (Good Lock) app now supports Android 13-powered Galaxy tablets

Chrome Corner

Google announces Bard: an AI-powered ChatGPT rival that will soon be featured in search - and Microsoft - Google working to bring Bard AI chat to ChromeOS

Chrome’s finally getting rid of its awful custom share sheet

Hark Back

Boeing 747 - Wikipedia - Floor Plan - Interior Photos

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

INIU Portable Charger, 65W Fast Charging Power Bank, 25000mAh, USB-C (65W) + USB-C (30W), USB-A (22.5W) £45 from £105 + 40% Voucher making it £27

HONOR Pad 8 - £199.00

INIU Wireless Charger 2-Pack 15W Fast Wireless Charging Stands with Sleep-friendly Adaptive Light £22 from £42 - I have one of these by the bed and it’s just great!

WD 18TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive - £249.98

Google Pixel 6 Pro 128 GB – Stormy Black £449 from £849

Google Pixel 6a - £278.61

Google Pixel 7 Pro - £678.43

Soundcore Anker Motion Boom Plus 80W, 20H Playtime, IP67 Waterproof and Dustproof, USB-C (both ways), Custom EQ (app), Bluetooth 5.3 £190 to £119

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enFebruary 12, 2023

Sunday 5th February - Summing up the S23

Gareth and Ted are on about the Samsung Galaxy S23, Oppo Find X6, Honor Magic Vs, Reno8 T, Eufy, Marshall Middleton, Sony Xperia 1 V, The Day Before and the Macintosh SE, and much, much more!

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Samsung Galaxy S23 vs S23 Plus vs S23 Ultra

Feedback and Contributions

Gareth Williams

Listened to the latest podcast and I have to say that, with particular reference to the imaginative ramblings of Gareth and the grounding influence of Ted, you simply cannot get this degree of quality infotainment anywhere else. Long may it continue!

Hardline on the hardware

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 ‘For Galaxy’ breakdown: What's different?

Marshall's Middleton Bluetooth speaker is the company's new weatherproof flagship

Honor confirms MWC event on February 27th for Magic 5 series, Magic Vs global launch - Magic Vs Hands-On

Anker admits lack of encryption on Eufy security cameras

Sony has moved over 90% of its camera production out of China

Three Oppo Find X6 models leak, including Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 1-inch sensor - Oppo Find X6 Pro vs Oppo Find X6

Oppo silently launches Reno8 T and Reno8 T 5G - the Oppo Microscope is back! Specs

The Razer Viper Mini Signature Edition is an ultra-high-end wireless gaming mouse that'll set you back $280

Microsoft announces Elgato Stream Deck plugin integration with Teams

Sony Xperia 1 V image leaks, it might literally be the hottest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 device

The Name of the Game

Ted got the Xbox Wireless Controller in the end for the Motorola Ready For review after much deliberation

The Day Before - 10 Minute Trailer

Flap your trap about an App

Twitter will charge developers to access its API starting February 9th

China's biggest search engine is to set launch a ChatGPT rival in March

Windows 11 is getting a new file system (ReFS), but Microsoft won't ditch NTFS

Yahoo is making a return to search

Chrome Corner

ChromeOS and Microsoft 365 will finally work better together

ChromeOS to receive Android 13 style Themed Icons as a part of the Material You redesign

Acer’s newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready

Hark Back

The Macintosh SE

List

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Seagate Expansion STKP6000400 Desktop External Hard Drive 6 TB - £99 (Argos too)

Buy a Samsung TV and get Galaxy Z Fold 4 or S22 for free in the UK

Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS 45mm) Smart watch - £399.00

OPPO Find X5 Pro 5G - Smartphone 256GB, 12GB RAM £1049 to £799

UGREEN USB C Hub HDMI 4K 60Hz, 6 IN 1 Multiport Adapter Type C Hub - £29.99 + 30% (£20.99)

Samsung Galaxy S23, 128GB £849 but 12 x £70 Amazon Exclusive! (13th February)

Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus, 256GB £1049 but 12 x £87 Amazon Exclusive! (13th February)

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, 256GB £1249 but 12 x £104 Amazon Exclusive! (13th February)

TOPK USB C to USB C Charger Cable, 2M, 2-Pack - £5.09

Anker USB-C PowerExpand 8-in-1 Adapter with Dual 4K HDMI, 100W Power Delivery, 1 Gbps Ethernet, 2 USB 3.0 Data Ports, SD and microSD Card Reader £53 from £99

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enFebruary 05, 2023

Sunday 29th January - Circles are Great

With Gareth Myles and Ted Salmon
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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra gets unboxed a week ahead of its official launch

Feedback and Contributions

TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug

Hardline on the hardware

The Samsung event really is coming this week..! Showing off in Italy!

Prices leak too with USA getting the best deal

Samsung reveals Galaxy S23 series pre-order period and perks

The Galaxy S23 will be the first device to use Gorilla Glass Victus 2 - GG Victus 2

Galaxy S23 series will sport LPDDR5X RAM

Jail threats stop AI 'robot lawyer' from making its debut in court

TCL's Ion X is an affordable Android smartphone with a removable battery landing on Metro in the US

OnePlus 11R set to launch alongside the OnePlus 11 on February 7

OnePlus Pad renders leak ahead of proposed February 7th launch

OPPO Pad 2

Google Pixel Tablet: New leak ends Pixel Tablet Pro speculation but outlines 2.5K IPS display, Tensor G2 and new accessory details

The Name of the Game

6.8-Inch AMOLED Gaming Tablet Razer Edge Launch January 26

Another Source

Flap your trap about an App

Microsoft to stop selling Windows 10 downloads on January 31st

Google's MusicLM can generate music from text descriptions

Android 14 slated to start preventing old app instals

Chrome Corner

Google Chrome helps you reign in notification-blasting websites

Google’s expanding Chrome’s Incognito lockdown on mobile

Hark Back

The ELP Laser Turntable (for Benefits, How it Works etc.)

The Music Addict’s 30-minute Review

Independent Review

Wiki Link

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Edifier Studio R1280T 2.0 42W RMS Speakers - Maple £74.99 from £89.99 (and £99.99 at AmazonUK)

Samsung S34J550WQR - LED monitor - 34.1" - £289.00 Was: £349.99

Logitech MX Keys Advanced Illuminated Wireless Keyboard back down to £79.99

JBL Charge 5 - Portable Bluetooth Speaker - £109.99 Was: £159.99

Battery Organiser Storage Case with Battery Tester £12 from £21

TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug Wi-Fi Outlet - £28.99 Was: £49.99

Soundcore by Anker Space Q45 £109 from £139

Anker PowerConf S330 USB Conference Speaker £43 from £70

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enJanuary 29, 2023

Sunday 22nd January - Go West

Gareth and Ted are joined by Ricky West to chat about Razer soundbar, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Book 3, RedMagic 8 Pro, NixieX, Oppo Find N2 Flip, Atari Portfolio, OPPO AirVOOC and more

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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Is One Step Closer to Becoming a Reality

Feedback and Contributions

Ted’s Motorola Edge 30 Ultra Review - with Samsung’s ISOCELL HP1 1/1.22” (14mm) 200MP sensor

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Matt Jones on Baofeng UV-5R

…a cheap Chinese 2m/70cms FM transceiver. It's not a particularly good one, actually it's pretty poor in the grand scale of Radios, but it's not absolute garbage, and it does work as it's designed to. The thing that makes it iconic is the price. Where a Radio Amateur might have paid £300-£1000 for an equivalent product from a reputable manufacturer (Icon, Yeasu, Kenwood etc), I paid around £7 for this one from China (or £26 in the UK)! Which is astonishing when you consider this includes the Radio, Antenna, a Removable Li-ion Battery, two headsets, case, cradle dock and a charger.

The reason these are popular with a lot of folks is that they can be easily programmed to use the Licence Free PMR446 frequencies, (although technically it's not legal to do so) so they are popular with off-roaders, paintballers, security companies etc.

It’s a hell of alot of tech of £7 - and even works as a rechargeable torch!

…therein followed a long thread in our MeWe Group as listeners compared their memories and various pieces of Ham Radio kit!

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Harry Myhre (“My-ree”)

“Amazon plans to introduce home Internet service. Much like the starlink service. But I can see Amazon being able to offer more pricing bundles than Starlink”, says Harry.

3000 Satellites being launched into low-orbit!

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Hardline on the hardware

New Razer soundbar uses AI-based head-tracking to beam audio directly to your ears

Motorola’s upcoming budget phones are all but official in exhaustive leak

Samsung unveils 200MP ISOCELL HP2 1/1.3” (12mm) camera sensor that's likely to appear in the Galaxy S23 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Series launching 1st February

Samsung Display shows off a new folding phone hinge that can rotate 360 degrees

RedMagic 8 Pro goes official w/ Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, more

Is Google about to kill Apple’s and Samsung’s Tags? - with 3 Billion User-Network

NixieX Nixie tube clock and speaker

Oppo Find N2 Flip: Global model discovered on Geekbench with MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ chipset and 8 GB of RAM

New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi

The Name of the Game

Stadia Bluetooth mode - but be sure to do it before the end of 2023!

Flap your trap about an App

Microsoft starts replacing Groove Music app with Windows 11 Media Player on Windows 10

OpenAI Chat - ChatGPT Creates Polymorphic Malware

Google showcases TikTok's landscape mode on Android tablets

Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients

‘They’re 25, they don’t do emails’: is instant chat replacing the inbox?

Chrome Corner

Upcoming ChromeOS screen capture feature will make remote instruction even easier

Google's Material You custom theme colours are on the way for Chromebooks

Hark Back

Think you’d better lead on this Gareth - nice to do a listener one…unless you already did it?

Jeremy Harpham on the Atari Portfolio

Retro computing... remember this? MS Dos based Psion 5 rival - kind of - I think it pre-dates the Psion by a fair bit. I've got expansion cards and at least a printer interface somewhere too. This was my late father's. I recollect him using the MS Word compatible word processor and the spreadsheet. I went the Psion way.

Matt Jones

…as seen on Terminator 2: Judgement Day 😎

Xerxes Hodivala

I so wanted one of these when they were released. I’d gone from an Atari 800XL to and Atari ST and I was massively keen on trying their mobile kit until I got swept up with Psion too!

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Samsung Odyssey G4 25" 240Hz 1ms IPS Full HD Gaming Monitor - 2xHDMI, Displayport, Height Adjust - low input lag and quick pixel response times - £199 from £243

Crucial P3 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - £109.48

Samsung AKG Y500 Wireless Headphones - Review - 62% off, £49 from £129

Microsoft Surface Duo 2 - Glacier - 5G smartphone - 256 GB - £637.19

Extension Lead with USB Slots 6 Way Outlets 5 USB (5A, 1 USB- C and 4 USB-A Port) with 1.8M Braided Extension cord, 3250W Overload Protection，Security Surge Protection Plug Extension Socket - was £30 now £17 - I think we might have done this before, but if so, still there - and I’m tempted!

SanDisk Extreme Pro 4TB Portable NVMe SSD - £504.99

OPPO AirVOOC 50W Wireless Charger - Charging Station £45 from £75 (but there’s a catch)!

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enJanuary 22, 2023

Sunday 15th January - Walkman and Compact Cameras

With Gareth Myles and Ted Salmon
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Google accidentally reveals an upcoming device will launch with Fuchsia - Fuchsia

Feedback and Contributions

Hardline on the hardware

Nowatch

Could floating solar farms survive out at sea?

Ricoh launches new GR III 'Diary Edition'

Sony NW-ZX707 previewed ahead of release with high-end components running Android 12

Sony Walkman NW-A306 music player unveiled

Gen Z-ers are ditching smartphones and are using digital cameras for photos these days - Retro Mad with iPod Apps

10.1-inch Android Tablet Ulefone Tab A8 Launching In January

Scientists create world's smallest record that can barely be seen by human eye

It's official: Samsung Galaxy S23 Unpacked event is happening on February 1 - S23 Ultra Specs

Microsoft 365 Basic $1.99/m comes with 100GB of OneDrive storage, Outlook, and more

Reports Show Americans pay around 700% More for Data than Consumers in the UK

The Name of the Game

Google will unlock Bluetooth support on Stadia Controller as the platform dies

Flap your trap about an App

VPN by Google One now available for desktop

Samsung Galaxy phones get 'Matter Easy Pair' for quick smart home setups

Microsoft Office's next big trick could be using AI to write your docs for you - Have a go yourself (you have to open an account and get an SMS code)

YouTube Shorts revenue sharing starts February 1 as new Partner Program agreement rolls out

Google Discover rolls out three-column UI ahead of Pixel Tablet

Chrome Corner

Reminder…

How to find your Chromebook's update schedule and how many updates you have left

Asus Chromebook CM14m - Hands on Video - Article

Hark Back

VHS Boxes

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

This ivoler £38 Steam Deck dock is a great alternative to Valve's official model

Logitech MX Keys Mini Minimalist Wireless Illuminated Keyboard - £69.99 Was: £109.99

Logitech G435 Lightspeed Bluetooth Wireless Gaming Headset £75 to £50

TECKNET PD Power Bank, 22.5W PD3.0 QC4.0 10000mAH Mobile Phone Portable Charger External Battery Pack - £15.99 (Mediam price - £19.99)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Desktop Processor £329 down to £185

Samsung USB Type-C™ 256GB 400MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive - £23.99

Sony Xperia 10 IV £399 down to £346 (with 5 x £69.25)

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enJanuary 15, 2023

Sunday 8th January - CES 2023 Round Up

Gareth and Ted are back with a round up come of the CES headlines from this years' show. Lenovo, Samsung, Roku, TCL, Xiaomi, Realme, Acer and Asus all turn heads with some new technological innovations alongside a step forward in clean energy and backward in diplomatic relations.

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Lenovo Tab M9 for kids unveiled: $140 tablet with 9" screen, optional 4G

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Samsung made a laptop display that folds and slides at the same time

Acer SpatialLabs TrueGame offers glasses-free 3D gaming

TCL just announced a bunch of new tablets at CES 2023

Roku is officially launching its own line of TVs starting at $119

Realme confirms the GT Neo 5 - first phone to feature 240W charging - Full Specs

Xiaomi‘s new Redmi 12 Pro+ packs a 200MP camera for less than $400

Lenovo (at last) announces ThinkPhone by Motorola with SD 8+ Gen 1

Hands on: Lenovo's Yoga Book 9i is the Surface Neo that Microsoft never gave us

Drop's tiny desktop speakers promise audiophile quality

The Galaxy A14 is Samsung's best-looking budget phone yet - A13 vs A14 Specs

Most Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chips to be manufactured by TSMC

New wireless charging standard wants to refuel your devices from across the room

The world's most powerful wind turbine has produced its first power

Motorola could beat rivals to the punch with two-way satellite messaging

Hackers reportedly leak email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users

Asus Zen book pro - Buy from Amazon

AMD 7900 issue

Sennheiser Conversation Clear Plus

The Name of the Game

Dell unveils second-gen Concept Nyx, the gaming controller of the future

Archer Maclean has passed away, aged 60 - List of games

Chrome Corner

ASUS Chromebox 5 adds unique new feature

Hark Back

Sound Burger - Photos and Diagrams

And now, another relaunch in Spring 2023!

Audio-Technica is bringing back the Sound Burger this spring

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Samsung EVO Select 512GB microSDXC - £37.99

Samsung EVO Select 256GB microSDXC - £17.99

Note the different listings on these - don’t get them mixed up.

Mini Projector Elephas 5G WiFi DLP Portable Projector with Bluetooth 71% off! £830 to £199 (with £40 voucher)

Anker Power Bank, 24,000mAh 3-Port Portable Charger £99.99 Was: £139.99

Gorsun bluetooth kids headphones £30 down to £17

Anker 4-Port USB 3.0 Ultra Slim Data Hub - £11.65 Was: £12.69 + 15% off

Motorola Edge 30 Neo - my Phone of the Year - Back down to £299 from £349

Crucial P3 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - £109.48 Was: £160.37

Elgato Stream Deck XL – 32 macro keys, £185 from £230 but with £37 x 5 months (for me)

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enJanuary 08, 2023

Sunday 11th December - A Christmas Climax

A Christmas Special, Tech Addicts style... or shorter. Gareth and Ted are back with the last podcast of the year, you'll be please to hear. OnePlus mechanical keyboard, Realme GT Neo 5, Sky ads, Dyson rebreather headphones, Motorola X40 event, Samsung security, Apple in Arizona and much, much more. Gareth and Ted chat about their Christmas morning memories as kids.

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OnePlus is making a mechanical keyboard that you can buy next year

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Gareth Williams

No Tech Addicts for 3 weeks over Christmas and NY? A terrible end to 2022. On a serious note, the podcast remains (unsurprisingly) top class. Looking forward to what tech (and the podcast) has in store in 2023.

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Hardline on the hardware

Samsung to make fingerprint login 2.5bn more secure in 2025

Realme GT Neo 5 rumoured to come with 240W wired charging

Sky will charge customers £5 if they fast forward through adverts

These Dyson headphones cost $949 and can purify the air around you

Amazon wants to give you $2 a month to spy on your phone usage

Motorola announces December 15 launch event, Moto X40 expected

Tecno unveils Phantom X2 Pro smartphone with retractable portrait lens

Realme 10 Pro and 10 Pro+ make their global debut

Tim Cook confirms that Apple will begin using chips made in the United States

Logitech Blue Sona XLR Microphone Review: It Hits Every Note

The Name of the Game

Amazon Luna can now play games you own on PC, no channel subscriptions required

Flap your trap about an App

Risky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people

Google details what apps will offer Spatial Audio on Pixel phones and Buds Pro

Chrome Corner

Google Chrome is now more RAM and energy efficient with these two new features

Hark Back

Christmas Morning

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Microsoft QHG-00004 Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse Set, Black - Now £34.99 Was: £59.99

Logitech MX Master 2S £25 off, now £39.99

HyperX SoloCast – USB Condenser Gaming Microphone - Now: £39.99 Was: £64.99

Logitech K380 £26 from £45

Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Now: £256.06 Was: £362.87

Razer Basilisk Ultimate £110 from £150

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enDecember 11, 2022

4th Dec 2022 - A Pong

Gareth and Ted natter about ZTE Axon 40 Ultra Space Edition, Apple shortfall, Pixel 7a, Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Lastpass, Creative Pebble Pro 2.0, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 rumours, Loupedeck Live S, Amazon Luna, Mocopi, Netflix games and Pong.

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Retro Game Corps - My Favorite Handhelds of 2022

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Juliet Purcell - Listening to the 20th November Tech Addicts podcast episode, I think the organ that you mention that you have to pedal to get the air into the bellows to enable you to play is called a Harmonium. They used to be routinely found in Welsh chapels.

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Steve Litchfield’s Power Stations for Dummies and Review of the Anker 737

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Frank Niethardt

I had a Palm III at work and my boss a Palm V. Early 2000s that must have been. I remember the hotsync debacle. We used Novell Groupwise at that time and there was a software called intellisync that worked quite well with it. But when it failed it was horrible.

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I got my £19.99 back from Stadia, but they’re trying to refund it to an old card. D’oh!

Hardline on the hardware

Apple facing shortfall of 6 million iPhone 14 Pro units due to ongoing factory turmoil

ZTE unveils Axon 40 Ultra Space Edition with up to 18GB of RAM and 1TB storage, ceramic back - Specs

New leak gives us our first glimpse at the Pixel 7a

Samsung is getting branding ready for 'Superfast' charging

Samsung Lights up Swiss Life Arena With the Largest Indoor LED Cube Installation in Europe

This upcoming smartwatch lets you store your earbuds inside it!

Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Victus 2 with improved drop resistance

This aesthetically designed hand crank power bank will never let you down

Lastpass Got Hacked - More

Creative Pebble Pro 2.0 speakers

Rumour Alert: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 to have much larger cover display, invisible crease

Google's December Android Feature Drop delivers lots of new features for Google Pixels

The Loupedeck Live S is an Easy and Affordable Streaming Controller

The New Cleer Scene Delivers Elegant Design And Refined Audio For A Sophisticated Listening Experience - £99 on Amazon

The Name of the Game

Amazon Luna is losing nearly 50 games before the end of the year

Microsoft is selling mini hoody jackets for your Xbox controllers!

Netflix games gets 9 new games in November

Flap your trap about an App

Sony’s Mocopi makes it easier for anyone to become a VTuber

Post Social Media

Post News

Chrome Corner

How to create and manage Google Alerts to be notified when interesting content hits the web

Gmail's search function is getting better by learning from your previous searches

Pixel Recorder 4.2 rolling out 'Speaker labels' that can detect multiple people talking

Upcoming ChromeOS video conferencing tools gain background blur and replace

Hark Back

Pong is now half a century old

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - Now £338.99 Was £439.99 (5900 series down too)

Extension Lead 5 USB (5A, 1 USB-C and 4 USB-A) with 1.8M Braided Extension cord, 3250W Overload Protection was £30 now £17

TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug Wi-Fi Outlet - Was £15.99 Now £24.99

Razer Leviathan V2 (PC Gaming Soundbar with Subwoofer, THX Spatial Audio, Bluetooth 5.2) £249 down to £180

HTC HD HD2 Phone T8585 Microsoft Windows Mobile £6.50 - Horrify your kids this Christmas. Upgrade their phone!!

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE 12.4 Inch 64GB Wi-Fi, £100 off again just now, so £419

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enDecember 04, 2022

Sunday 27th November - Honor and Kinect Return

Gareth and Ted chat about Honor Magic Vs, Honor 80, Oukitel WP21, Anbernic RG505, Palm OS emulator, Lelo Pleasure Console, Galaxy A23 5G and Clarks shoes

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TCL NXTWEAR S hands-on: The 130-inch screen you can take anywhere

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Anker 521 Powerhouse

Hardline on the hardware

Lelo’s the pleasure console offers exceptional variety and even hooks up to an app! £149 😂

Honor Magic Vs arrives with improved hinge, lighter body - Specs vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4

Honor 80 Pro and Honor 80 debut with 160MP main cams, 66W charging - Honor 80 vs Honor 80 Pro

Samsung launches new Galaxy A23 5G in Japan with 5.8" LCD and IP68 rating

Oukitel WP21 teased as an incoming dual-display rugged smartphone with a new MediaTek SoC, a large battery and fast charging

UK’s digital services tax reaps almost £360m from US tech giants in first year

San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force

This golf robot uses a Microsoft Kinect camera and a neural network to line up putts

The Name of the Game

Anbernic RG505: OLED gaming handheld launches for US$147.99 with Android 12

'Deus Ex Go' and other Square Enix mobile games are shutting down. They're even being pulled from app stores

Got my Stadia refunds

Flap your trap about an App

Half a billion WhatsApp numbers are currently up for sale

Palm OS emulator coming to Internet Archive - Palm Pilot in 2022

Palm (PDA) - Wikipedia

Palm Foleo - Wikipedia

Chrome Corner

Hark Back

Foot Measuring machine

Why Clarks is measuring feet with iPads - BBC News

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Find X5 5G £449, was £1049 (they’re about to release the X6)

Google Pixel 6a – Unlocked Android 5G Smartphone - £297.06

Samsung UK Deals

Crucial X6 4TB Portable SSD - £225.49

Pro-Ject Primary E (Black) £119 from £199

24-Pack Amazon Basics AAA Rechargeable Batteries 850mAh - £14.45

Sony Xperia 1 Mk.IV for the price of a 5 Mk.IV, £929

Amazfit T-Rex Pro Smartwatch with Heart Rate - £95.00

Anker Powerhouse 521 (the very one!) £209.99 still, from £329.99

Topping DX3 Pro+ ES9038Q2M Bluetooth 5.0 LDAC Audio Decoder - £169.15

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enNovember 27, 2022

Sunday 20th November - Oppo Do Ray Tracing

This week Gareth and Ted chat about BlueWalker 3 satellite, Elgato's Stream Deck Plus, Garmin Bounce, Samsung Galaxy A54, Lenovo Tab Extreme, Realme 10 Pro, OPPO Find X, Ray Tracing and Pianola.

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BlueWalker 3 satellite unfurls biggest commercial communications array ever

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Waffles Walford (Yay!)

In the latest pod, you chatted about installing solar cells over parking lots in France.

Here in South Africa it is becoming the norm.

Below is a picture taken at a large national chain.

Part of the reason for the installation is the sometimes unreliable power supply.

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Ted’s Two Tier Triumph!

Hardline on the hardware

Elgato's Stream Deck Plus gives streamers more control with knobs and a touchscreen display - £199 at AmazonUK

Meet the Garmin Bounce, a Smartwatch for Kids

A new Motorola smartwatch just showed up out of nowhere - 14hr battery?!?!

Samsung Galaxy A54's design revealed through leaked images - A53 Specs

Lenovo Tab Extreme will be the first tablet to sport MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 SoC

Realme 10 Pro and 10 Pro+ arrive, 108MP cams, Android 13 - Realme 10 Pro vs 10 Pro+

Palette.fm

Qualcomm Introduces its New S5 and S3 Gen 2 Sound Platforms
OPPO’s next Find X flagship will use

Oppo showcases its open ray tracing solution for mobile devices at Snapdragon Summit 2022

The Name of the Game

Smartphone ray tracing is here, but is it the real deal?

You can now play the original Microsoft Flight Simulator inside Microsoft Flight Simulator

Flap your trap about an App

You will soon be able to stream audio from your Android phone to Windows 11 PCs

A ‘credible alternative to Google and Amazon’: Klarna brings its price comparison tool to Europe

YouTube is bringing affiliate shopping features to Shorts

YouTube Shorts creators can now use up to a minute of licensed music

Google Photos now lists your albums in alphabetical order… took years!

Chrome Corner

Material You for Chromebooks just showed up in the Canary channel

Soon, your Chromebook will make a fun sound when you plug it in

Hark Back

Player Piano or Pianola

We had a friend up the road in the 1960’s when I was a kid who had one of these and I loved to just sit and pump those pedals!

A time when so many people, including us, had a cheap second-hand upright piano in the house.

The idea - great pianists played their tunes which were ‘recorded’ onto paper rolls and those who made the Piano Rolls of paper with holes in them, sold them to Joe Public and anyone with the Pianola could then slot the roll into their piano (with an opening hatch at the front so you could see turning it if you wanted to) replicate perfectly the performance as it was originally played.

Some performers cheated with this and conned the listeners of course!

I remember playing with the speed - so if you pedalled slower, it slowed down and the tones became deeper - speed up and vice-versa.

As a 5 year-old boy, I was fascinated!

How did they work? I shall try and uncover it before we record - take a principle like a music box cylinder perhaps and apply it to holes instead of twang-prongs?! Will look into it…

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Anker Power Bank, 24,000mAh 3-Port Portable Charger with 140W Output £140 to £99

Logitech MX Master 2S Wireless Mouse - £39.99

Sony Xperia 5 Mk.IV - £799, reduced from £949

Sony Xperia 1 Mk.III - £699, reduced from £1,199

Fire HD 10 tablet - £80 or £16 a month

Amazon Kindle - 20-30% all of ‘em and Months to pay (even for me)!

Transcend 64GB microSDXC 300S Class 10 Memory Card - £4.45

SoundCore Space Q45 Adaptive Noise Cancelling Headphones, 50H Playtime, App Control, Bluetooth 5.3 First reduction since new from £140 to £98

USB C Charger, Anker Nano II 65W GaN II PPS Fast Charger Adapter - £25

Nokia T10 WiFi, £99 from £129 - this is the 32GB/3GB version of course - for granny

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enNovember 20, 2022

Sunday 13th November - Find N2 Found

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Oppo Find N2 will arrive in December, leaked screenshots confirm specs

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Did Ted plug his monitor into the graphics card?

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Motorola Edge 30 Neo (from last week’s Bargain Basement) I couldn’t resist it and I’m so pleased to be back in the Moto way! - Ted’s Review - AmazonUK Buy Link (Still £319)

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Chris Kelly on Acuce A10 Pro：Portable Multifunction M.2 SSD&14-in-1 HUB

Here's an interesting one - a multi port hub come wireless charging pad that you can install an, up to 8TB, SSD into. KickStarter - from $69

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Blimey! The thing of the week is certainly Mastodon!

Here’s me - https://mstdn.social/@tedsalmon

Hardline on the hardware

Oppo Find X6 Pro specifications leak online

UK government now scanning all internet-connected devices to assess vulnerabilities

This Is Lenovo Tab M8 (4th Gen) - 8-Inch Android Tablet (Leak)

Nikon unveils retro-inspired 'Black Edition' Z fc and 40mm F2 SE

In France, all large parking lots now have to be covered by solar panels

The world’s most expensive Bluetooth headphones: €3000! - battery long-life issue

Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro snaps in half - Test point in the Video

Leica Leitz Phone 2 launches in Japan with 1” 47MP Sensor

The Name of the Game

Oculus founder claims he made a VR headset that actually kills you if you die in a game

Nintendo Forms New Studio for Mobile Games

Google Stadia refunds are starting to roll out, so watch your inbox

Flap your trap about an App

Amazon just announced the cheapest annual Prime Video plan ever in India

Disney Plus announces price hikes, ad-supported plan coming next month

Optimised YouTube Shorts player for TVs rolling out

Microsoft is going to clamp down on your OneDrive data cap

Chrome Corner

Google to expand free Drive storage from 15 GB to 1TB - not for personal accounts

Google ramping up ChromeOS testing with 'Beta Tester Hub,' sign-ups now open

Hark Back

Freescape

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Google Pixel 7 128GB only £599 / £499 with a nice trade-in option over at Amazon – also has 12 monthly payment options of £49.92 for those who qualify. (Pixel 6 not included)

Elgato Stream Deck Classic £50 off, now £89.99

INIU 30W USB C Plug, PD 3.0 Charging Power Adapter - £9.99

Xiaomi 12 - Smartphone 8+256GB 30% off, £849 down to £539

SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD 4TB - £302.99

CCleaner Professional One Year Subscription for £1

Jabra Elite 45h Wireless On-Ear Headphones - £39

Sony WH-1000XM5 £299 - think this is the lowest I’ve seen ‘em

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enNovember 13, 2022

Sunday 6th November - Amazing AMD

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AMD announces 7900 XTX and 7900 XT graphics cards with FSR 3

Feedback and Contributions

Matt Jones on Harkback

Being an 80's throwback, I do enjoy your Harkbark feature.

Strangely, I don't recall the Codemasters games, but I do remember a brand called Mastertronic, who sold mostly garbage, but occasionally really good games for £1.99.

The interesting thing was that these were sold not in Computer shops, but in Newsagents and Petrol Stations, making them accessible and affordable for kids.

They were terrific value.

Phil Dawson on RSS Readers

Which RSS Readers would we recommend?

Feedly (cross-platform, 100 feeds free)

Opera Browser with Built-In Reader (cross-platform)

InoReader (cross-platform, 150 feeds free)

News Explorer (iOS)

Unread (iOS)

Hardline on the hardware

Beaming Clean Energy From Space – Caltech’s “Extraordinary and Unprecedented Project”

Google and Amazon reach an agreement to let Fire TV OS thrive

Fax for the memories: Ofcom backs death warrant for 80s office staple

HaptX Haptic Gloves G1 from $4,500

This Xiaomi concept lets you use a full-blown camera lens on a phone

Samsung 'K Series' of phones could be returning as 3 models get BIS green signa

Listing reveals almost all of the details of Motorola's next flagship

Matter officially launches with strong support from Amazon, Samsung, Philips, and others

Huawei Pocket S folding smartphone unveiled

The Name of the Game

Steam for ChromeOS hits beta, just in time for Stadia to bite the dust

The Google Play Games PC beta is now rolling out to more regions

AYANEO 2 Indie Gogo - Retro game Corps Video

Flap your trap about an App

Telegram briefly flirts with pay-to-view posts

Tumblr allows nudes again, but porn remains off-limits

Long Awaited Roku Update Is Coming To The UK

Amazon Music opens up its entire library to every Prime subscriber, with one major catch

Easily track your packages with new Gmail features

Netflix's new Basic with ads plan won't support these devices

Look to Speak

Chrome Corner

Tracking prices just got a lot easier with Google Chrome

You can now share Google Drive files temporarily thanks to a new expiration date feature

Samsung's Internet browser can now sync bookmarks with Google Chrome

Hark Back

The Flashcube - An Overview and History

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost) - £359.99

Motorola Edge 30 Neo Was £349, now £319

ASUS Vivobook 15 X515JA 15.6" Full HD Laptop - £229.99

ELEPHAS Phone Projector 1080P 8500 Lux, 200” projection, 71% off! Was £227 (though usually £90!) now £67

Lenovo Tab P11 Plus 11 Inch 2K Tablet - £229.00

Another page of Samsung Deals - this week, phones

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enNovember 06, 2022

Sunday 30th October - An Ode To Buddy

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Space ads could earn $2 million a day, say Russian researchers

Feedback and Contributions

Thank everyone for nice comments about Buddy.

Hardline on the hardware

Pixel: First LEGO-compatible mechanical keyboard launches with endless customisation options

Reports of a mysterious Google Pixel G10 smartphone has popped up online

Samsung's Maintenance mode lets you block access to your data while your phone is serviced

Timeline for One UI 5 rollout revealed: Galaxy S and Z models to get it by the end of the year

You can now pre-order the Essential Phone’s spiritual successor

Glass-Topped Wireless Charging Pad Lets You See the Coils

Xiaomi Book Air 13: Convertible laptop presented with 16:10 OLED display and Intel Alder Lake processors

Xiaomi Mijia Graphene Baseboard Heater with three-second heating unveiled

China's 'Breakthrough' In Electromagnetic Propulsion Could Help Realise Its Space Colonisation Ambition

Redmi Note 12 series launched: 200MP camera, 210W charging

The Name of the Game

Fans are disappointed with new Xbox dashboard design featuring rows of ads tiles

Xbox Keystone dongle axed

Flap your trap about an App

You can now view your Nest camera and doorbell feeds on the web

Podcast app Pocket Casts goes open source

First Apple Music, now Amazon Music Unlimited is about to get more expensive for families

Neeva Premium is now available

Chrome Corner

Chrome will finally force you to upgrade from Windows 7 in 2023

Every Google app with an Android tablet UI [U: Gboard, Play Store, Chrome, and Sheets]

Here’s dual pane Google Keep on Chromebooks

Chrome ‘Power Bookmarks’ will give you more ways to sort your bookmarks than before

Your Chrome History will become more visual with easily identifiable images for Journeys

Hark Back

Code Masters

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

USB C Plug Fast Charge, TOPK 40W[20W+20W] 2-Port USB C Charger Plug - £11.99 + £5 off

PlayStation 5 PULSE 3D Wireless Headset was £86.48, now £69.99, 19% off

NETGEAR 8 Port Gigabit Network Switch - £17.99

Anker Power Bank, 24,000mAh Portable Charger 140W Output £139.99 - 10% = £126

PreSonus Eris E3.5, 3.5 Inch, 2-way, High-Definition Multimedia Studio Monitors (Pair) - £78.00

Zoom H2n Stereo/Surround-Sound Portable Recorder, AA or AC, Portable or USB Audio Interface too! £131 now (RRP: £200, but usually around £139) Everyone should have one!

2020 Apple MacBook Air Laptop - £879.99 (5 monthly available)

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enOctober 30, 2022

Sunday 23rd October - Motorola to Roll Out The Rollable

Gareth and Ted chat about the Netflix Profile Transfer, YouTube Premium family plan price increase, Philips two-in-one monitor with LCD and E Ink panels, Oppo's upcoming Flip phone, Motorola's rollable smartphone and loads more!

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Rolls-Royce's First Electric Car, the Spectre, Revealed in All Its Mighty Glory

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Steve Heinrich on FreeYourMusic (follow-up)

Ted, you are correct about the music service transfer being just hooks between services. Essentially I think it pulls your playlists, songs etc. and adds them to your library on the new service using the new service's version of the songs (no MP3 stuff, just streaming in this case). It's basically matching songs across services and putting your playlists in the order you had them etc.

Hardline on the hardware

Smart buoy 'hears' the sea to protect whales against ship collisions

Samsung has reportedly started working on a smart ring

The FCC is snuffing out Huawei and ZTE's American comeback hopes

Motorola's rollable smartphone concept looks really interesting

First Oppo Flip phone will have big battery, 50MP camera

Leica re-releases the Leica M6 film camera for $5,295 with updated viewfinder, 'modern electronics' and more

Samsung is at risk of getting its 8K TVs banned by the European Union

Philips launches two-in-one monitor with LCD and E Ink panels

The Name of the Game

Netflix doubles down on gaming with 55 games in development

Microsoft challenges Apple and Google as it builds its own mobile gaming store

Flap your trap about an App

Netflix Profile Transfer

File Explorer tabs are now available in Windows 11 version 22H2

YouTube abandons experiment limiting 4K playback to Premium users only

Yet still puts prices up, YouTube Premium family plan price was £17.99/month now £19.99/month.

Microsoft has an app to boost your PC's performance

Chrome Corner

Google is rolling out Chrome improvements on Android tablets

Google Chat Rolls Out Inline Threading to Conversations

Hark Back

Yamaha FS1E

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 £89 from £150

SanDisk 32 GB Cruzer Blade USB 2.0 Flash Drive - £3.99

SanDisk Ultra 64 GB USB Flash Drive USB 3.0 - £7.99

Samsung Accessories - 30% Off

TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring - £9.99

XENCELABS Quick Keys - even better than last week, now £76

The A500 Mini - £109.95

UGREEN 100W Charger GaN £79.99 - 20% = £64

Crucial P2 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - £128.99

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enOctober 23, 2022

Sunday 16th October - Not So New Under The Surface

This week Gareth and Ted become embroiled in Microsoft's launch of new Surface devices, Razer's Edge, Lenovo Thinkphone, Acer Chromebook 516 GE and WhatsApp worries.

With Gareth Myles and Ted Salmon
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