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Tech Corner: Flagship phones are nice, but the midrange is where most people are at

Published on 11 May, 2021 News, reviews, a silly quiz that usually makes two men very cross: The PC Gaming Weekspot is RPS weekly podcast that recaps the last seven days in PC gaming. We’ve been doing The Weekspot for the best part of nine months now. In that time, there’s been weeks where either the big releases have dried up, or the news has been lacking a little oomph. But, I think we’ve been able to cobble together a podcast you can enjoy, regardless of the previ...

That’s it. I’m done. No more talk about my coffee from now on. Google’s second-generation Nest Hub smart display is doing its utmost to keep Amazon at bay by introducing some neat new features. One thing I did not see coming in the era of wearable fitness trackers was the introduction of a sleep tracking feature of the Nest Hub. It’s effective and found it was mostly in line with what my smartwatch was telling me, although in general I believe fitness trackers are generous with the amou...

Published on 4 May, 2021 News, reviews, a silly quiz that usually makes two men very cross: The PC Gaming Weekspot is RPS weekly podcast that recaps the last seven days in PC gaming. I dont need to remind you how good Outer Wilds was. Two years ago, everyone was raving about the 22-minute time loop. The most incredible video games website in the world even declared it the bestest best game of the year. So, of course, Headlines & Hot Takes was full of chat on what exactly ...

So it’s no surprise there’s been an increase in demand for retro tech as well, although I’m hesitant to name too many things as retro for fear of offending, well… anyone. Not too sound too w*nkery, but analogue is more human. Prone to flaws, the same as everyone in this world. We can emphasise with the medium and it provides a momentary trip back through time. Although we recently spoke about smartphone printers and their advantages – and there clearly are advantages to them – but t...

In the space of about three to four years, wireless earbuds have gone from a relative rarity to a common accessory to go along with some kind of fitness tracker and increasingly large smartphones. Is the next big conversion going to be to audio sunglasses? Over the past couple of years, both sunglasses companies and tech brands have started to find new ways to integrate the latest audio technology into sunglasses. There’s loads of options out there including ones from Bose and Ray-Ban, but...

Another form of technology is also being utilised, although it can hardly be called new. Ultraviolet light is being used in disinfection with many devices available on the market to sanitise your phone, keys and other small items that you frequently use. A company has brought out a version of this which is also a wireless phone charger so I’ve been using Lexon’s Oblio wireless charger and UV cleaner to see what all the fuss is about. It’s shaped like a vase that you can drop your phone in...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 News, reviews, a silly quiz that usually makes two men very cross: The PC Gaming Weekspot is RPS weekly podcast that recaps the last seven days in PC gaming. I knew Loop Hero was going to click with a decent number of people, I just didn’t expect that I’d be one of those people talking about builds with high vampirism and what cards combo best. While we dedicate a fair bit of time to the game of the moment in this week’s episode, we also go thr...

Tech Corner: I no longer have to microwave my coffee

Listen to the latest episode of The PC Gaming Weekspot podcast to hear us chat about Valheim, It Takes Two impressions and the cancellation of Anthem Next.