As tempting as it is, compared to buying directly from Apple where it’s £999, you can find a better offer from the Apple retailer KRCS, which is selling the same model for £899 – a full £100 discount. You’ll have to be quick though as only the silver option remains in stock at this price. Shop all MacBook Air laptops at KRCS. The new MacBook Air received an update earlier this year with several improvements in tote, including better performance, a strong 11-hour battery life and a back-lit Magic Keyboard that’s quiet and much more comfortable compared to past generations....

Google says that 20% of its Hubs are in the bedroom and that figure will surely rise with this new sleep tracking feature. With clever radar technology, it can do this without the need for a camera or to wear anything in bed. The bad news is that you might one day have to pay to use Sleep Sensing. The feature is free as a ‘preview’ until 2022 when Google will review the situation and may ask for some kind of subscription fee for the service....

Here’s all we know so far about the model that could be the benchmark for mid-range Android phones in 2023. When will the Google Pixel 7a be released? We don’t have an official release date for the Google Pixel 7a at the time of writing, but the company usually releases its a-series of Pixels in the summer. Here’s how the previous models lined-up: Google Pixel 6a: July 2022Google Pixel 5a 5G: August 2021Google Pixel 4a 5G: October 2020Google Pixel 4a: August 2020Google Pixel 3a: May 2019...

Reports from Google suggest that Google+ hasn’t exactly been a runaway success as it sees low usage and user engagement. However, they do want to keep the server alive in some state for enterprise customers who use it for communication while at work. Take a look at the latest Google Pixel Slate information, and the specs and price for the Pixel 3. Google is also reportedly focusing on a “secure corporate social network” which could be in line to be a combination between LinkedIn, Google+ and Slack....

It launched in 2016 with much hype (and many teaser trailers, below), but early models suffered from problems and were all recalled. The drone then went back on sale in Spring 2017, but faced huge competition from the DJI Mavic Pro and then in May, the Spark. With seemingly no follow-up model in the works, or at least nothing to rival the competition, GoPro has thrown in the towel. 250 employees will be laid off, too....

A group of five hackers writes in a posting on Pastebin that they worked for two weeks to find the bug and developed code to exploit it. They’ve offered the code for the price of 2.5 bitcoins, around US$870. A new flaw in OpenSSL could pose just as much of a threat as Heartbleed did. But the hackers’ claim was met with immediate suspicion on Full Disclosure, a forum for discussing vulnerability reports....

It’s the second game to be announced under the Portkey Games brand. The brand, owned by Warner Bros, focuses on the development of new games set in the Harry Potter universe. The brand is still in its infancy, so hopefully, we’ve got lots of HP-themed games still to come! Anyway, we digress. Here’s everything we know so far about Jam City’s Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, including release date, platforms and the latest gameplay news....

Here’s all you need to know about the HoloLens 2, following an MWC 2019 announcement. Best in Show – See our MWC 2019 Award Winners! When will HoloLens 2 be released? While the HoloLens 2 was revealed by Microsoft at MWC in Barcelona, there’s no firm release date right now. Microsoft has confirmed that it’ll be shipping later in 2019, but gave no hint as to when that might be....

Honor 8 review: Price and release date In the UK the Honor 8 is available in three colours: Sapphire Blue, Pearl White and Midnight Black. A fourth Sunrise Gold version is available only in the Middle East and Russia for now. The phone comes in 32GB and 64GB variants with up to 128GB of additional storage possible through micro-SD, though this card occupies the Honor 8’s second SIM slot. Both have 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM....

Latest Gmail Phishing scam One of the latest scams does a very good job of making you think the login page for Gmail is the real deal, when in fact it’s not. It seems this phishing attack is so good that even tech-savvy experienced users are falling for it, explains Mark Maunder, CEO of WordPress security plugin Wordfence. This particular attack involves an email that may look like it’s from one of your contacts, likely because they have been hacked....

Here’s what you need to do to ensure that your apps will happily make the transition from one phone to another. Backing up your apps and data The simplest way to back up your apps and their relevant data is to employ the feature included within Android itself. Google states that so long as you use Google Drive as the save destination then the following will be included in your backup:...

Besides, it sports Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 Qualcomm Processor with 16 GB of internal storage and 2 GB of RAM. It even features 13 megapixels of primary camera and 5 megapixel of front camera for selfies. It was launched with Android 4.4.4 KitKat OS which was further upgraded to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OS. Download mode is a special state or we can say a sub-system of an Android device and is mainly used to flash stock firmware through official means....

Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime, also known as Samsung Galaxy On5 (2016) has some mouth watery specs and features including 5.0 inches of PLS TFT screen with 720 x 1280 pixels of resolution, Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 Exynos Processor with 32 GB of internal storage and 2 GB of RAM. It also features 13 megapixels of primary camera and 5 megapixel of front camera for selfies. It comes with Android 6....

Recovery Mode refers to a special bootable partition that is natively built into the Android source code. Almost all phones including Samsung comes with an unlocked stock recovery. You can easily access this stock recovery and perform various functions like gaining root access, applying OTA (over the air) updates, wiping data or cache partitions for factory reset purposes, and implementing various system-related tasks as well. Since Android is an open-source, building a customized version of this stock recovery with more features is relatively easy....

See also: How to turn off GPU hardware acceleration in Google Chrome Step 1: Click the Chrome Menu in the top right hand corner of the Google Chrome browser and select “Settings”. Step 2: Scroll down and click “Show Advanced Settings”. Then scroll down until you see the “Web Content” heading, as shown above. Once you’ve found the Web Content menu, click “Customize fonts…” Step 3: Change your font! The preview on the right hand side of each font selection will update to reflect your newly chosen font....

The covid situation has restricted everyone to live in a limited environment with few activities to occupy themselves. It seems that life is in pause mode. We are experiencing social distance, self-isolation, and quarantine. Yes, people can Netflix and chill or binge-watch TV programs, but up to a certain limit. This possibility of not experiencing new things has led to people getting bored and depressed. At such times, staying positive and beating boredom is necessary to enjoy life to its fullest....

Editing digital photographs once required powerful PCs with expensive bespoke software. Photoshop has become the suite of choice for many professionals and consumers alike, so much so that now people use it as a verb – ‘did you photoshop that?’ Could it be then that it’s actually possible to run something as complex and demanding as Photoshop on the humble Chromebook? We take a look at how to use Photoshop on a Chromebook, and the best alternatives....

There are a number of ways a phone can be hacked and a bevvy of programs out there that make mobile espionage even easier. So how do you find out whether you’re phones been compromised and what can you do to prevent it? How to spot signs of hacking Evidence that suggests that a smartphone might be being monitored, spied on or is bugged in some way is often, unsurprisingly, well hidden....

How to get a fake girlfriend (or boyfriend) online: Invisible Girlfriend So, what options are available to you if, for whatever reason, you need to have a pretend girlfriend or boyfriend? The most professional option seems to be Invisible Girlfriend, a website that doesn’t only provide you with someone that’ll text you from time to time, but also provides you with a backstory for how you’ve met, photos to show off and even advice on how to make the ‘relationship’ seem real....

So if you’ve left it a bit late and need an instant gift that can be delivered digitally and immediately, a Kindle ebook can be a bit of a lifesaver. How to buy a Kindle eBook for someone else There’s also space to enter a message for the recipient. After that, click the Verify and Pay Now button, and you’ll shortly get a confirmation email, and the recipient will get an email explaining how to redeem their gift....