Pogue: Google Home Max “sounds like cardboard” compared with HomePod

Former New York Times technology columnist David Pogue has spent some hands-on time with Apple’s HomePod and came away impressed with sound quality. In his glowing HomePod review on Yahoo (viaThe Loop’s Dave Mark), hewrotethat Apple set up a devastatingly effective demo for cherry-picked journalists by pitting the $349 HomePod against Google’s $400 Home Max speaker, the $200 Sonos One and Amazon’s $100 Echo. All devices were volume-matched and rigged to an A/B/C/D switch, allowing a single song to hop from one speaker to the other with a flick of the switch....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Stacie Wright

Rolls-Royce Spectre Turns Soothsayer To Deliver Electric Coupe's Killer Cosseting

Rolls-Royce Spectre Turns Soothsayer To Deliver Electric Coupe’s Killer Cosseting New details about what’s shaping up to be the most intriguing Rolls-Royce in decades keep emerging, and the countdown to the big unveil ofthe Spectre all-electric coupecontinues. Set to be revealed in full by the end of the year, the luxury two-door is still currently clad inits distinctive camouflage wrapas testing is underway, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have some extra clues about what’s going on underneath....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Richard Patton

Sakamoto Days Episode 3 Review – If Sakamoto Is John Wick Then Shin Is the Daredevil of the Anime

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed I would have watchedSakamoto Dayseven if it relied on PowerPoint-level animation. The story is so well made and gripping that it has a way to entrance the audience without needing to rely on over-the-top, grandiose animation. It has 3 episodes and somehow each of them has given out more about the character than most stories do with an entire season....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 964 words · Ian Ball

Samsung Galaxy Book 3 to reportedly launch alongside S23

Samsung will reportedly unveil the next Galaxy Book series during itsUnpacked launch eventon 15 August 2025. A teaser for the Samsung Galaxy Book 3 was unearthed by leaker Ishan Agarwal, which complies with the mention of a new Galaxy Book on an officialpre-order / reservation pagewe wrote about yesterday. Samsunghas an area on its own website whereby you may “reserve” the new “Galaxy smartphone”, a new “Galaxy Book”, or both....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Lisa Kim

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE briefly appears officially

Shortly after we’d seenofficial-looking rendersof the Galaxy Tab S7 FE, it briefly appeared officially on Samsung’s own site in Germany before being pulled. The ‘Fan Edition’ of Samsung’s flagship Android tablet is expected to come with most of the features foundin the pricey S7+, but with a few tweaks to cut costs. It’s been reportedby WinFuture.dethat the tablet was actually live onSamsung’s retail pagein Germany, but checking since reveals that it is no longer there....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Shane Ortiz

Samsung Impression Review

Samsung Impression Review The Samsung Impression is one of the many phones AT&T dropped a few weeks back that features a full QWERTY keyboard. The Impression stands out from the rest as a full touchscreen device that uses an AMOLED display. The phone mimics many smart phone features, and has a very polished UI that reacts smoothly to the user’s command. It’s honestly a great feature phone, yet the experience using it left me feeling I was using a very limited smart phone, which might be the point....

June 11, 2025 · 7 min · 1341 words · Kevin Mcdowell

Sanrio and Roblox to bring Hello Kitty and friends to the platform soon

Following the success of other recent Roblox collaborations that have brought exceptionally popular brands, such asSquishmallows, to the platform, Sanrio has made its way into the Roblox Metaverse with the creation ofMy Hello Kitty Cafe. This experience, while not yet open, will invite players to create and manage their own Hello Kitty-themed cafe with the help of a few familiar faces, including the famed feline herself,Hello Kitty. Though information beyond this broad description is limited at the time of this article’s publication, the development company has been teasing a few sneak peeks on its officialTwitter account, and the experience is expected to release onApril 25, 2022....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Christopher Johnson

Space Jam 2: A New Legacy Director Praises LeBron James for His On Set Work Ethic

As a general rule, not a lot is expected of non-actor celebrities who decided to step in front of the camera for occasional acting stints. But LeBron James has proven he can keep up with other actors when it comes to comedy, from a few stints onSaturday Night Liveto a memorable supporting role inTrainwreck. Now, the basketball star is getting ready for the release of his first film as the main lead,Space Jam: A New Legacy....

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Kimberly Whitney

The amazing electric cars of Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022

Goodwood Festival is Speed is a celebration of the car. Held annually in the grounds of the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, UK, it attracts thousands to come to show off their cars, get a closer look at cars they’ve only ever dreamed of owning - and just to soak up the festival atmosphere. Burning rubber, unburnt petrol, the sweet oily sweat of an old engine, that’s what draws people into Goodwood, the smell of nostalgia that hangs in the air....

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 982 words · Caleb Walker

The Bowtie Tips in REPO

Quick Links R.E.P.O.’s Bowtie is maybe one of its strangest enemies. Looking like some kind of melted, armless confectionery mascot, it stomps around maps only to turn into a fan when it has decided it’s time to fight. Initially pretty intimidating, this creature is extremely manageable if you know what to expect. R.E.P.O. Chat Features Learn all about the hidden features present in R.E.P.O.’s chat function that allow you to edit text size, text color, and more!...

June 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1021 words · Sara Smith

This tweak prevents Spotify radio stations from playing songs you’ve Liked in the past

Anyone who uses Spotify to listen to their favorite music might be able to benefit from a new freejailbreak tweakcalledSpotStationNoLikedSongsPlzbyHiDaN, as it helps to diversify what you hear on a regular basis from Spotify-based radio stations. It’s intended to work in tandem with the freeSpotifyMusic app by preventing the radio stations in the app from queuing songs that you’ve already liked in the past. Consequently, you aren’t going to hear the music that you’ve saved previously or heard so many times already....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Christine Lyons

Toast’s wooden skins add life to your iPhone [review and giveaway]

Over my time blogging, I have only spotted a few wood or faux wood skins for iDevices, but have never had the opportunity to review one. Thanks to my new friends at Toast, I have been using their real bamboo iPhone skin for a little over a week and my completely custom skin is getting even better everyday I use it. With theiDownloadBloglogo darkly emblazoned on the pale wooden backdrop, my iPhone skin is the talk of the town…...

June 11, 2025 · 3 min · 562 words · Jason Mann

Unc0ver enters internal testing with support for A12(X)-A13 running iOS 13.0-13.3

Hot off the heels of a plethora of teasers that have been shared over the course of the past couple of weeks, Pwn20wnd has officially commenced an internal beta testing phase for theunc0verjailbreak with iOS 13.0-13.3 support on A12(X)-A13 as of Wednesday afternoon – a feat made possible with Brandon Azad’soob_timestamptfp0 exploit. The news surfaced by way of Pwn20wnd’s official Twitter account, which earlier this morning noted that unc0ver would soon move into the internal testing phase....

June 11, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Stephanie Miller