This is why we’re excited to not only see the Xbox Series S consoles available to buy at the Microsoft Store, but also with a discount on additional controllers when bought as a bundle. Head to Microsoft to see this deal before it goes. The console itself still costs £249.99, but Microsoft is offering up to 20% off an extra controller. The discounts are as follows: £16 off the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – Was £159....

But if your wine collection is more extensive – or if you’d like it to be – you might be interested in the larger model, the HWS77GDAU1. At £849, it’s just £100 more than the smaller bank, although it has almost double the capacity. It’s 127cm high (about two-thirds the height of a standard UK fridge) and can hold 77 bottles over seven shelves (a 192 litre capacity). It’s also available to buy from AO....

It’s an official ‘World Cup 2018’ TV and displays the logo when you turn it on. That’ll seem strange a few months after the tournament finishes, but a software update could change it for something subtler. Hisense U7A review: Price & Availability The U7A is the baby brother of the U9A range, being both smaller and having lesser specifications. It’s available in 50, 55 and 65in models, the latter of which is the only crossover with the U9A that comes in 65- and 75-in versions....

The evhome Security system is much the same: there are various starter kits and you can build upon them with extra sensors, remote fobs and more. Honeywell evohome Security: Price The starter kits (as with many alarm systems) come with only the basics. They may be enough for a small house or flat, but chances are you’ll want to buy extra door / window sensors (£34), motion sensors (£33) and even a useful carbon monoxide alarm (£73)....

Honor is technically a start up, but it exists as part of Huawei, the huge telecoms brand that has itself moved successfully into the smartphone business in recent years. The Honor 8 Pro is the latest phone to use Huawei hardware and software under Honor’s cheaper branding. Does this make it inferior? What is clear from the off is that this is a change of gear for Honor; the 8 Pro is the highest spec phone its ever released, and it’s incredibly fast and powerful....

It gains the popular 18:9 display and has a mirror finish to the back casing which will delight some and annoy others. Here is everything you need to know about the Honor 9 Lite. When is the Honor 9 Lite release date? How much will the Honor 9 Lite cost? As announced at the reveal event, the Honor 9 Lite costs only £199.99 in the UK, making it one of the cheapest 18:9 display smartphones on the market right now....

Fear not, though, as we’ll be bringing you full details of the new phone as soon as it is announced. Plus, there’s not a lot we don’t already know about the new LG flagship. The company has itself already confirmed the following details: Name: LG G7 ThinQDisplay: 6.1in QHD+ (3120×1440) FullVision, 19.5:9, notch, 1000 nits, optional Second ScreenAudio: BoomBox Speaker for 6dB higher volume and twice the amount of bass, DTS:X 3D Surround Sound, HiFi Quad DACAI: G7 ThinQ will build on the AI smarts of the V30S in voice recognition and Vision AI camera integration, and improve connectivity with other LG consumer tech...

The good news is that it’s actually very easy to add more wired network ports to your router. All you need is an Ethernet hub. They’re also called Ethernet switches, which is a bit confusing. Really, they are just like those extension cables that you’ve probably got plugged into various mains sockets around your home, providing extra sockets from a single one in the wall. There’s more good news: Ethernet hubs are cheap, even if you want Gigabit speeds....

If you’ve ever shopped around for a better phone tariff and put a new SIM in your phone without transferring your old number to it (this most likely applies to those of you with ‘disposable’ PAYG SIMs), you may find that people are having trouble getting hold of you. (Or they will anyway.) Also see: Best SIM-only deals. This is because WhatsApp lists your old phone number rather than your new one, and your friends will be able to see your account only if they keep your old number on their phone or have an active conversation with you....

They’re also perfect if you need people to add information to a file without being able to change or edit it. One downside is that the size of the files can be substantially bigger than a comparable Word or PowerPoint document. Fortunately, if you’re stuck with a massive PDF that is making it impossible to email to people, there are ways to make reduce that file size. How can I compress a PDF online?...

So when you’re at a desk, it pays to hook up a large monitor to make things a bit easier. And you can even carry on using the laptop screen for extra desktop real-estate. An increasingly popular option is a portable monitor which you can carry around with your laptop and power from a USB-C port. Lenovo’s M14 – shown above – is a good example, and isn’t horribly expensive at $199 (around £220 in the UK)....

Downloading video from certain services might be against their terms of use, so do support your favourite creators by watching adverts before their videos wherever possible. Most people ask how to download YouTube video, but it’s really the same process no matter which website the video is on. And most video downloader apps and websites support all the popular video sites – they’re not exclusive to just one site....

How to get found online: Search engines First up, this isn’t an article explaining every last detail about search engine optimisation (SEO). There are entire books on the subject, and it is well worth reading up on SEO to more fully understand it. Here, we’ll explain the basic principles of how to ensure your website gets found by customers. Most search engines will automatically pick up your site, so there’s no need to manually add it using their online forms....

One of the quickest ways to find out your number is to ring another phone that you can access. So long as you haven’t chosen to withhold your number, it will be displayed on the other phone’s screen as an incoming call. If the other phone already has your details stored as a contact your name might appear instead, but a quick visit to the contacts app and a search for your name should bring up all your contact information, including your number....

Twitter is celebrating its eighth anniversary by allowing everyone to view their first Twitter postings. You can find out what anybody on Twitter first posted. Want to know how your heroes got started on Twitter? Here’s how to find out. We’ll also show you how you can read your old Tweets by month, or search your archive to find Tweets with certain words, phrases, hashtags or @usernames. We also tell you why you should know what you posted long ago on Twitter....

Luckily a damaged screen doesn’t mean you need a new phone, as there are a few different options available to you depending on how extensive the damage is. Is your iPhone feeling slower than usual? Check here to see if Apple is slowing down your phone. How to fix your phone screen Step one First of all, assess the damage. Carefully look around your phone to make sure you have a good idea of the extent of the break, ideally in properly lit conditions and on a solid surface....

With delicate electrical components such as RAM, graphics cards and CPUs, caution and delicate handling are always watchwords. CPUs in particular can get fried very easily by errant static electricity. However, avoiding this potentially expensive disaster is a simple matter of properly grounding yourself before handling any components. Read on to find out how. For more CPU guides, check out our guide on how to monitor CPU temperature, or our comparison of AMD vs Intel: which processor is best?...

Your washing machine is one of your priciest home appliances. It’s also one of the items you’d most struggle to do without. So, we’ve got some tips to help you ensure that you never have to. Just a general note of caution to kick things off: before you go digging around into hoses and filters and wandering feet, unplug your machine from the electrical supply. It’s safer that way. The other thing to bear in mind is that if you’re in doubt about anything to do with your machine, check the instruction manual....

In this tutorial, photographer and illustrator Tigz Rice shows you how to use the Render Flames tool to add a fire to an unlit fireplace in a digital composite. Tigz also provides a wide range of tips and techniques to blend the flames into your artwork and create a realistic glow. We’ve used Adobe Photoshop to complete this process, which is available separately or as part of Adobe Creative Cloud....

There are hundreds of movies and TV shows on Netflix, but it can be so difficult to find a movie if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, particularly if you’re using Netflix on your TV via a PlayStation, Xbox or set-top box. Here, we provide some tips on how to navigate movies to find the best movies and TV shows, and how to improve your Netflix recommendations. See also: The 80 best movies on Netflix UK If you’ve used Netflix before, you’ll know that the service offers up scrollable cards arranged into (sometimes questionable) genres and categories....