Powerline adapters transmit data from your Internet router between rooms in your house via the power sockets in each room – as if you were hooking up different rooms by Ethernet cables. It’s an ingeniously simple technology that’s easy to set up and results in fast home-network speeds that are required nowadays with multiple devices (maybe another PC or laptop, games consoles, a smart TV or a set-top box for catch-up TV such as Sky+, Tivo and Apple TV) all benefiting from faster–than–Wi-Fi speeds....

Also see: Best Black Friday Phone Deals It’s unclear at the moment but it’s possible that the Xperia X range is in fact a replacement for the Z range. There may never be an Xperia Z6 smartphone but we hope there is as changing the flagship range from Z to X is unnecessarily confusing. Sony Xperia X review: Price, availability and rivals The Xperia X is available to buy now both from Sony and also from networks including EE, O2 and more....

IFA 2014 is the setting for Sony’s biggest ever launch of new mobile devices with the Xperia Z3 taking the lead. The firm has also unveiled the Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, Xperia E3, SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Talk. It doesn’t feel like long ago when we saw the original Xperia Z but we’re already on the fourth generation of Sony’s flagship device. The Xperia Z3 will go on sale this month at £549 but you can get hold of it a little cheaper elsewhere; Clove has it for £515 for example....

The headline feature is 4K transcoding, but aside from this and lower power consumption there’s not much to tempt anyone to upgrade. See also: Best NAS drives you can buy 2015/16 Synology DiskStation 216play review: Price Remember that this is just the enclosure price. Expect to pay around £400 if you want a pair of 3TB NAS-specific disks as well. Synology DiskStation 216play review: features and design A NAS doesn’t have to be good looking, but given that the 216play is aimed at home entertainment geeks, it’s a shame Synology hasn’t made more of an effort with the design....

Even better, this year GOG is offering one game entirely for free: if you pick up any game at all in the sale, they’ll throw in a copy of Rebel Galaxy and it won’t cost you a penny. The sale also sees the return of GOG Connect, which lets you link your GOG and Steam accounts together, and pick up free DRM-free copies of a selection of games you already own on Steam, including the likes of Downwell, Dropsy, and The Walking Dead: Season 1....

We also recognise that sometimes you have to put your hand in your pocket if you want something truly special, so while the majority of the Android games in our list are free, there are a couple of paid-for games, too. On the subject of payment, you should be aware that even free games usually contain paid-for elements – extra coins or customisation options, for example. If anyone other than you – perhaps a child – is going to be playing games on your phone then it’s worth checking they won’t be able to purchase any of these extras without your permission....

In fact, it’s your money and identity that the criminals are after: they don’t create viruses and other malware for fun. They also know that you – the user – are the easiest target. It’s far simpler to trick you into clicking on a link in a WhatsApp message than to code a sophisticated virus. But modern security software will alert you if you’re about to log in to a fake website and prevent dangerous websites from loading when you tap on those dodgy links....

Traditionally, in order to sell your home, you’d ask a few local estate agents to come and value it and then pick one to sell it for you. In return for their services they typically charge a small percentage of the sale value. But even 1.5% of £300,000 is £4,500, which is a lot, and a figure that may be better spent on your new home. The good news is that the internet can make your life a lot easier as well as saving you some serious money....

Update: if you pre-order the LG G7 ThinQ from O2 before July 31, 2018 you can get a free Star Wars snap-on case worth £19.99 with a design from the Han Solo film. See the best LG G7 ThinQ deals here. For other quirky cases, check out our round up of the best Disney phone cases of 2018. Watch out R2-D2 there’s a new droid in town! This OtterBox phone case is slim and offers drop resistant protection for your phone....

The technology, which Beko is calling HarvestFresh, works by mimicking the natural cycle of daylight. The crisper drawer is bathed in light, the colour of which changes throughout the day. In the morning, there are four hours of blue light, to replicate dawn. This is followed by two hours of green light to recreate midday and then six hours of red light for dusk. The lights then shut off for 12 hours overnight....

It looks very 2019, but will be one of the first phones launched in 2020 with a reflective glass rear casing and vertically aligned quad camera set up. Realme is Oppo’s sub-brand but is increasingly operating as an independent company, as suggested recently by its CCO. The release of the X50 5G should see the Chinese market gain a more affordable 5G handset compared to those from Oppo and Samsung....

Both the flagship 865 and the 765 are 5G-ready for every device they end up in, showing Qualcomm helping the industry push forward an encourage 5G adoption in 2020. But there’s a particular hardware detail we find interesting about the high-end Snapdragon 865, and that’s its ability to support 144Hz refresh rate displays. It’s the first time this has been made possible on a mobile device, and the refresh rate has only been seen previously on larger monitors and televisions....

When asked if people should download TikTok, Pompeo said “Only if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,” in a remark that will further fuel US suspicion of Chinese tech companies. The May 2019 US trade ban placed on Huawei by the Trump administration has crippled Huawei’s European business, with 5G contracts scrapped and smartphones unable to access or run Google apps and services....

The upright, book-like design of the TEW-818DRU –TrendNet’s first 802.11ac router – is hardly inspiring. As with legions of other routers, it’s no more than a plain, chunky plastic box. But its trump card isn’t its appearance, but the potential value for money it offers – it has an excellent specification and costs £120, a little less than many other 802.11ac routers. See Group test: what’s the best wireless router?...

Even if you decide not to sign-up for Apple Music, you can still get the experience of Beats 1 as a music discovery tool. It won’t help you listen to the exclusive interviews or get to know the station’s DJs, but it will give you access to their playlists. Tweeting Beats 1 Developer Callum Jones created the automated Twitter account Beats 1 Plays, which tweets out every single song as it hits the “airwaves....

Fortunately, though, there’s a lot more to this device than taking pictures. Xiaomi Mi Note 10 features a stylish premium design with massive battery backup. Look wise, some even say that it is similar to Huawei P30 Pro. With this mobile, the company yet again proved that they are the best android manufacturer when it comes to satisfying users. Here, we’ll guide you to unlock the bootloader of the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 smartphone....

Taking a leaf out of Nintendo’s book with Yoshi’s Woolly World, Unravel is a charming new game featuring ‘Yarny’, a character made from a single thread of yarn which unravels as you play – hence the title of the game. Unravel features various environments which you’ll play in including snowy Northern Scandinavia and you’ll interact with the levels using the yarn which unravels from Yarny. You’ll be able to swing across gaps using it as a rope, attach it to a kite to hitch a ride and even bounce on it like a trampoline....

Steam users own the games they purchase and should be able to resell them when they want to, just like owners of traditional card or board games can, said Carola Elbrecht, project manager for consumer rights in the digital world at the VZVB, on Thursday. But while those traditional game owners can resell their games whenever they like, Steam users often cannot, she said. In theory, a Steam user could download a game, burn it on a CD and resell it, she said....

Processor temperatures are kept in check by a Cooler Master Seidon 120V – a sealed-unit liquid cooler with a 120mm fan and fitted with a blue LED on the impeller unit which lights up when in operation. The internal design of the case makes it very easy to keep things tidy, thanks to cable management grommets, a separate compartment for the power supply, and 3.5in drive bays which are accessed from the side of the case facing the back of the motherboard....

Vodafone Smart Platinum 7 review: Price, availability and rivals As you might expect, the Vodafone Smart Platinum 7 is only available through Vodafone. The cheapest you can pick it up for on a 24 month contract is £24 with £50 up front cost, but this only gets you a paltry 500MB of data per month. However, the Platinum (as it shall now be christened) is actually more compelling as a SIM-free or pay as you go handset, selling at the time of writing for £295 outright....