HP OmniBook Ultra 14 MSRP $ 1,680.00 “The HP OmniBook Ultra 14 is fast and efficient, but a couple of shortcomings hold it back.” Excellent build quality Strong productivity performance Good battery life Very good keyboard High-resolution webcam Touchpad should be haptic IPS display is just OK List prices are expensive HP continues to roll […]
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Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325 review: AMD laptop perfection?
Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325 review: AMD laptop perfection? “The Asus ZenBook 13 OLED is a must-buy laptop, so long as you don’t need a headphone jack.” Brilliant OLED screen Excellent touchpad and keyboard Battery life is spectacular Supremely thin and light No headphone jack I may have found the perfect laptop. Or, at the […]
Review: Sean Bean gives Snowpiercer a charismatic villain to stir the pot
Snowpiercer was overtaken by the supply train Big Alice in the S1 finale. YouTube/TNT Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) is briefly thrown into the snow. YouTube/TNT Melanie discovers her presumed-dead daughter, Alexandra (Rowan Blanchard) is still alive. YouTube/TNT It’s Sean Bean! He plays Mr. Wilford, who is not happy with Melanie for commandeering his train. YouTube/TNT […]
OnePlus 9 review: Ultimate performance with a middling camera
OnePlus 9 5G “It’s let down by a boring design and a camera that just cannot compete with other devices in the same price range.” Excellent performance Smooth software Stunning display Boring design Camera still needs work Rising prices MSRP $ 729.00 A lot has changed in the smartphone industry over the past year or […]
Insta360 Go 2 Review: Going to places no other cameras can go
Insta360 Go 2 “You’ll be inspired to capture some interesting perspectives that are unlocked thanks to its size.” Ultracompact size Versatile set of accessories Smooth stabilization Durable construction Frequent app crashes Quality takes a dip under low light MSRP $ 300.00 There are many reasons why people choose action cameras over traditional mirrorless cameras and […]
Maquette review — A haunting puzzle game about love and loss
The power of data in gaming’s red-hot market Learn how to seize the power of data to attract and keep players, create personalized gaming experiences, and cash in on the industry’s seismic growth. Register Now Something was amiss in Maquette’s idyllic landscape. The leaves traded their pastel reds and purples for more muted tones. The […]
DJI FPV Review: A powerful drone for serious pilots
DJI FPV Combo “The DJI FPV is a speedy and agile drone for serious pilots.” Incredible agility and speed Responsive controls Low-latency video transmission Steep learning curve Soft video quality under low light MSRP $ 1,299.00 When it comes to variety in the drone world, DJI offers perhaps the most extensive lineup, one that caters […]
Review: Separated siblings struggle to survive a brutal world in Tribes of Europa
The same people who brought us Dark are back with the dystopian sci-fi drama Tribes of Europa. The folks who brought us three captivating seasons of the existential time-travel thriller Dark are back with a new science fiction series for Netflix: the dystopian drama Tribes of Europa, featuring warring factions battling over what is left of the […]
Nvidia RTX 3060 review roundup: What you’ll get with some variants of this GPU
Unlike Nvidia’s early premium and flagship desktop graphics cards in the GeForce RTX 3000 series, the company’s latest budget-friendly RTX 3060 doesn’t come in a Founders Edition. Instead, Nvidia is relying on partners — like Asus, MSI, EVGA, Gigabyte, and Zotac — to release more than 50 different variants of this card. While a lot […]
Review: The Dig brings a famous archaeological find to vivid life
Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes star in the new Netflix film The Dig. Just before the outbreak of World War II, a widow and a local archaeologist team up to excavate large burial mounds in Suffolk, England, and discover priceless treasure, in the new Netflix film, The Dig. It’s based on the 2007 novel of […]
Google halts Play Store ‘review bombing’ by GameStop traders
Getty Images Google has removed a wave of negative reviews of popular stock-market trading apps targeted by furious investors. Platforms such as Robinhood have been hit after preventing independent traders buying GameStop and AMC shares. Users of a Reddit message board had managed to upset the market by buying the shares and inflating their value, […]
Apple Mac Mini M1 review: Miniature footprint, maximum performance
Apple Mac Mini M1 “The Mac Mini M1 resets expectations for just how fast a small, affordable desktop can be.” Blistering CPU performance Incredibly fast SSDs Superb value Compact, sturdy design MacOS Big Sur is great Subpar gaming performance MSRP $ 699.00 The Mac Mini has often been seen as the ugly duckling in Apple’s […]
Review: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ends run with disappointing finale
Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) is a half-human, half-witch teenager facing the coming of the Eldritch Terrors. Netflix Then there’s Sabrina Morningstar (red headband), a version of Sabrina from an alternate timeline who becomes the Queen of Hell. Netflix Lucifer Morningstar (Luke Cook) is Sabrina’s father. His former lover Lilith (Michelle Gomez) is pregnant with his […]
LG 27GN950 review: The perfect 4K gaming monitor, almost
LG 27GN950-B “The LG 27GN950 is a 4K gaming monitor worthy of the next generation of PC graphics.” Extremely good image quality Superbly fast gaming performance Intuitive, sharp and responsive OSD Classy looks Easily access I/O No HDMI 2.1 Unimpressive stand MSRP $ 799.00 If you’re one of the lucky few that managed to get […]