Month: July 2025
Rock on! Marshall’s great Bluetooth speakers and headphones have hit super-low prices in Amazon’s early Prime Day deals
Marshall makes some very fun Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and three favorites have dropped to very low prices in Amazon‘s early Prime Day deals. The deals are on the cute and compact Willen II Bluetooth speaker, down from $129.99 to $99.99 – saving 23%; the very loud Acton III Bluetooth…
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This guy tested 200 microSD cards, destroying 51 in the process – but I don’t understand why he didn’t test more 1TB memory cards
MicroSD card survey tested 200 models to uncover fakes, performance gaps, and endurance failures Fake flash was common in cheap high-capacity cards, discarding data past true limits Name-brand cards generally outperformed off-brand models in speed, reliability, and total write endurance One man has taken the task of testing microSD cards…
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Yes, there are AirPods Pro 2 deals in the 4th of July sales – but you shouldn’t buy them, here’s why
Last week, a sad-eyed young man in an Apple Genius t-shirt said the six words no Apple aficionado wants to hear. “Your AirPods Pro 2,” he said, “are borked”. He probably didn’t use the word “borked”, but that’s what he meant: the right earbud was completely gone, and the left…
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Hunting for early Prime Day deals? Beware, scammers have set up thousands of fake Amazon sites – here’s what to look out for
NordVPN’s researchers saw more than 100,000 malicious websites with an Amazon theme Besides phishing for credentials, crooks are tricking people into making fraudulent purchases Consumers are advised caution during Prime Day Hackers have set up thousands of fake websites, using them to steal login credentials, trick people into downloading malware,…
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ExpressVPN faces a class action in the US over alleged “illegal” auto-renewal fees
ExpressVPN has been hit by a class action lawsuit over alleged “illegal” auto-renewal fees A Californian customer accused ExpressVPN of automatically charging him a monthly fee without his consent Most popular VPN providers employ a similar auto-renewal system – a practice lawyers allege to go against California’s consumer law A…
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Android 16’s answer to iOS Live Activities is coming soon – here are the apps it’ll support, including Google Maps
First-look images of Android’s upcoming Live Updates function revealed Similar feel to iOS Live Activities Live Updates is currently only functional in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta, but should widely rolled out next quarter Google unveiled its upcoming Live Updates feature at this year’s Google I/O event back in…
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