Opinion

OPINION: Recent news about streaming has been mostly doom and gloom. People are railing about price…

OPINION: Despite all the doom and gloom about physical media in recent months, it continues to walk – perhaps a little unsteady, but it’s still one foot in front of the other. Streaming is where the majority of consumers have moved to, and from a convenience perspective, it’s a move that I can understand. However, […]

MWC has officially wrapped up, giving us a short break from the chaos of mobile launches as we step into March. Here's our winner and loser for this week.

This week, I look forward to the big Surface Laptop refresh.

Hopefully Samsung has learnt from its mistakes with the Galaxy S23 FE.

OPINION: This week, Apple surprised us all with the announcement of a brand new MacBook Air laptop. Apple has upgraded the processor to the new M3 chip, which not only boosts performance but also unlocks support for Wi-Fi 6E and the ability to connect up to two external displays when the laptop lid is closed.  […]

OPINION: This could be a big few weeks for the iPad, with up to four possible new models of Apple’s tablet rumoured to be getting their big reveal very soon. News leaked out over the weekend, from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that Apple wouldn’t be holding a dedicated March event as the brand’s latest wares are […]

OPINION: It’s around this time of the year when AV journalists do the rounds and get invited to manufacturer’s TV events to see what’s new for the coming year. I’ve seen what Philips has in the bag, as well as Samsung’s play to increase its market dominance, and the next few weeks will see more […]

It’s March now, meaning one of the biggest events in the mobile world has just wrapped up. Here are our winner and loser for this week.

This week, Ctrl takes a look at two competing industry trends

OPINION: I’m no stranger to the show, having attended multiple times during my time as a journalist, but things just feel a little bit… different this year.

OPINION: Greedy publishers can’t continue cuts and expect studios to produce great games. Thousands of redunancies ensure a brilliant era of gaming is wholly unsustainable. As gamers, we’ve never had it better. The quality and variety of gamers is greater than ever. Cloud gaming allows us to take AAA titles everywhere, portable PCs like the […]

OPINION: Samsung's bringing its glare-free screen tech to is flagship OLED, but do the benefits outweigh the disadvantages?

Tech should be fun, and Tecno knows it.

I've been blown away at how fast rollable concept phones are maturing, but I think it's the wrong form factor for rollables.

MWC, or Mobile World Congress, is a mobile tech show that has, in the past, been the home of huge releases by Samsung, Sony, LG and more. In the past few years though, the focus of the show has changed slightly as most of the big players in the mobile space transitioned to their own […]

OPINION: Reports say Nintendo may be holding off the Switch release to stop scalpers getting their mitts on hardware and jacking up prices for gamers. It’d be a great first step to combat a practice that shouldn’t be legal in the first place. The latest scuttlebutt surrounding the Switch 2 release suggests it may have […]

The Fujifilm X100VI has forced me to reconsider why I had ever dismissed the humble compact camera. This is why.

It’s an incredible feat of engineering that’ll likely find its niche, but the Humane AI Pin isn't a replacement for smartphones.

OPINION: Mobile component chipset announcements aren't always that exciting, but that's certainly not true of the FastConnect 7900.

OPINION: Qualcomm has kicked off MWC 2024 with a bang, with a range of GenAI-focused announcements, a new Wi-Fi chipset for mobile devices, new on-device GenAI demos and much more.  While much of this is focused on the MWC expo in Barcelona this week, including on-site demos of the first large multimodal model running entirely […]

Lenovo's futuristic device has surprising implications

I attended as guest to the World of Samsung in Frankfurt, where the Korean electronics company laid out its vision for the devices it makes, all of which could be summed up as an unrelenting focus on AI. At the core of Samsung’s products is AI that relieves annoyances, AI that relieves stress or fuss, […]

Winner: Fujifilm launches the X100VI Loser: Switch 2 release date ‘pushed’ until 2025

This week's Ctrl+Alt+Del analyses the news that PlayStation's latest headset could soon work with your PC

Samsung phones are usually some of the best around, but the latest Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus are just a bit boring.

With the official announcement of the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds, it looks like wearable audio is here to stay, whatever it is exactly...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch and Amazon Prime Video earned our winner and loser titles this week. Keep reading to learn why.

OPINION: There’s been a lot of chat this week about the future of console gaming, from Xbox and PlayStation directly as well as their respective communities. The general vibe is one of openness, and that could present a bright future for PC gaming. Over the majority of my three decades on this planet, I’ve been […]

Previous iOS updates could pale in comparison to what Apple has planned for iOS 18 if rumours are to be believed – and I can’t wait.