Articles by Carrie Marshall

'Somebody’s gotta pay for all the useless Siri AI no one likes': I love my Apple TV 4K, but there's nothing compelling about the more-expensive new model — and Apple fans online feel even more strongly about it

By Carrie Marshall Published 13 October 26

The new Apple TV isn't significantly better than the existing model, many users say, but it's more than double the price

A coffee maker asking to access your call history and contacts list

10TB of mystery data and access to your calls and contacts: 'smart' coffee makers are the perfect example why there's a privacy revolt happening

By Carrie Marshall Published 9 October 26

Should we be thinking more critically about letting devices get connected?

Nyrius Phoenix Prime 4K30 transmitting video of a football match from a laptop to a TV in what looks like a living room

There's a new cheap wireless 4K HDMI system that's super-tempting if you want a cleaner TV or projector setup — but it's held back by limitations on Dolby Atmos, gaming, and picture quality

By Carrie Marshall Published 9 October 26

Cutting the cables is now even cheaper, but it means compromising on some key 4K features

LG 32LQ6300 with rocky landscape on screen

TVs are finally being hit hard by the AI-fueled memory crisis: for the first time, the cost of the processors is higher than the display panels in some models

By Carrie Marshall Published 3 October 26

The ongoing AI-driven component crisis is making itself felt in the TV industry, with prices of memory and even Wi-Fi modules rocketing

The Nvidia Shield has been discontinued at last, but the Shield Pro lives on — only with a 50% price hike due to the memory crisis

By Carrie Marshall Published 2 October 26

The standard Shield is dropped, and the Pro gets a huge price hike. If only Nvidia knew who was responsible for making GPUs and memory so expensive

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A split image, with a phone showing the ESPN+ streaming screen on the left, and a screengrab showing the US Open playing in 4K HDR on the right

ESPN will now stream tons of sport in 4K HDR, including Monday Night Football, NHL, NBA and (of course) the next Super Bowl — it's coming to Apple TV 4K first, but other streamers and smart TVs later

By Carrie Marshall Published 1 October 26

Apple TV and iOS are the first devices to get ESPN's new 4K HDR streaming. Other platforms will be added for US viewers this Fall.

A split image. The Amazon Fire TV 4K Stick with its remote on one side, and the new Fire TV Remote Plus is on the other side.

There's a new Amazon Fire TV Stick that's faster to use, and a redesigned remote — and it'll have a huge discount for Amazon's big Prime sale coming soon

By Carrie Marshall Published 30 September 26

Amazon unveils a new, faster Fire TV Stick 4K plus a new remote design and updates for Alexa+.

A young woman in a lilac cardigan and sunglasses holds her phone while wearing Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds

Bose's latest ANC earbuds come with something you probably wouldn't expect (it begins with W and rhymes with 'tires')

By Carrie Marshall Published 29 September 26

They're similar to Bose's wireless ANC earbuds, except there are in fact wires

Product shot of the Nothing Headphone (1) Pro

Nothing's priciest headphones ever land — and our full review verdict is in

By Carrie Marshall Published 29 September 26

Nothing's new Headphones (1) Pro are designed to deliver both everyday audio and studio precision

A press image of two Ford Fathoms, both in heavy camouflage, shot from an angle at the rear

Ford's upcoming Fathom EV truck could have a tailgating-friendly 'frunk' shelf so you can put an actual TV on there to watch sports outdoors — at least, Ford's applied for a patent on the idea

By Carrie Marshall Published 24 September 26

Ford's patent for what looks very like the Ford Fathom shows a multi-use front trunk including the option to house a TV

A man wearing the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

'Not easily visible… particularly outdoors and in direct sunlight': Meta Glasses' recording indicators get harshly criticised by German privacy agency, confirming what many feel already — but the light-covering exploit has been fixed, at least

By Carrie Marshall Published 23 September 26

Meta has updated its Meta Glasses to stop a malicious secret recording strategy, but critics say it isn't enough to stop surreptitious or non-consented filming.

Hisense UR8 (left) and Samsung QN80H (right) showing a green frog on a branch on screen. The frog appears brighter on the QN80H

Cheap LCD TVs could be in trouble for Black Friday — the Chinese companies who control production are reportedly raising prices at a crunch time, while Samsung may be looking to abandon QLED TVs

By Carrie Marshall Published 22 September 26

LCD panel prices are going up just in time for the peak TV buying season, and Samsung is considering dropping QLED

The LG C6 OLED TV with its Game Hub menu on screen

Samsung and LG vow to remove 'botnet' apps from their smart TV app stores that turned sets into an AI scraping machines — but the shocking claim that over 40% of webOS apps had 'residential proxy' code raises the question of how things got this bad

By Carrie Marshall Published 21 September 26

Millions of smart TVs, including Roku and Fire TV as well and LG and Samsung, have been infected with malware that can make their TV join botnets.

Alll four Wharfedale Nova subwoofers on a gradient grey background and dark reflective surface

Hi-fi and home theater legend Wharfedale announces four(!) new subwoofers, and if that seems like overkill, wait until you see how big the largest one is

By Carrie Marshall Published 18 September 26

Wharfedale has announced four new Nova subwoofers ranging from 8 inches to 15 inches in size.

A collage image. On the left is a phones a phone screen emitting an extremely bright light from the screen. On the right are two business executives on stage greeting each other

Samsung unveils next-gen OLED tech that hits 10,000 nits of brightness — but the bit you should be excited about is the 30% efficiency improvement

By Carrie Marshall Published 17 September 26

Samsung Display's new OLED stack can deliver up to 10,000 nits of peak brightness with much higher efficiency

Image of the Nyrius Phoenix Home wireless HDMI in use in a neutrally decorated room

Forget long HDMI cable headaches in your home theater setup — there's a new wireless HDMI connector for 4K 60Hz video at up to 75 feet through walls, making it way easier to beam images around the home

By Carrie Marshall Published 17 September 26

The Nyrius Phoenix Home aims to clear the cables and deliver true 4K/60 without drilling, drivers or wiring.

The Panasonic DMR-4X1010 Blu-ray player on a white surface with a pink background

Panasonic is launching a new 4K Blu-ray player! Okay, it's very niche and is coming to Japan only so far — but it's the second new player this year, and I'm just happy we're getting new hardware

By Carrie Marshall Published 16 September 26

Panasonic's new flagship Blu-ray player and recorder launches in Japan in October 2026.

A screenshot of the YM Pro hi-res audio player for Mac

This new free 'bit-perfect' Hi-Res Audio player for Mac was apparently a 'nightmare' to make, but could become the lossless player of your dreams

By Carrie Marshall Published 15 September 26

YM Pro is a Mac music player that bypasses the system mixer and communicates directly with your DAC

The Philips Smart Lighting Screen Sync with Strip Light system lighting up the walls behind and beside a TV in a darkened room

Don't buy Philips Hue's new TV Screen Sync just yet — there's a cheaper setup that also includes the light strip and, confusingly, is also by Philips

By Carrie Marshall Published 11 September 26

Philips Smart Lighting has launched a system that's more affordable than the Philips Hue Screen Sync, and comes with a light strip in the box.

The Nintendo Switch 2 in docked mode in front of a TV, with an inset of the HDMI port on the Nintendo Switch 2's dock

The Switch 2 is finally getting VRR in docked mode for smoother performance with compatible TVs and monitors — but there's a classic Nintendo wrinkle

By Carrie Marshall Published 10 September 26

Docked variable refresh rate is here at last — but not all games will support it

LG C6 (left) and LG G5 (right) with a shot of an owl on screen. Both TVs deliver the shot with real precision and authenticity.

'It's extremely creepy': LG TVs collect far more data on you than you'd expect, says new report — but LG hits back, saying the claims made 'are not true'

By Carrie Marshall Last updated 9 September 26

Updated A new investigation says that LG TVs collect and transmit much more information than customers might expect.

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It looks like Apple will finally support four HomePods in Dolby Atmos surround sound with Apple TV 4K — and it'd be a pretty good price compared to Sony's equivalent system

By Carrie Marshall Published 8 September 26

Apple's audioOS code reveals support for four-speaker HomePod audio, which isn't currently available in any of Apple's products

IFA 2026 'Best in Show' awards: our 25 favorite reveals at the Berlin tech expo, from somersaulting robots to modular solar batteries for renters

By Carrie Marshall Published 4 September 26

Our 15 favorite innovations from the enormous IFA 2026 tech exhibition

The Magnetar Ultima 4K Blu-ray player, which consists of two large silver units stacked on top of each other

Surprise: someone’s actually making a new 4K Blu-ray player! But it’s not exactly a mainstream option — this reference player is for audiophiles as much as cinephiles

By Carrie Marshall Published 3 September 26

Magnetar's Ultima is a reference-grade player for UHD Blu-Ray, SACD, DVD, CD and digital sources too

The Google TV Streamer interface with two Google Home Speakers connected on either side

The Google TV Streamer just got a huge price hike — you're way better off with an Apple TV 4K or Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K now

By Carrie Marshall Published 1 September 26

Google's TV streamer has gone up 50% in the US, with other countries set to follow.

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