Carrie Marshall

Carrie Marshall

Contributor

Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than twenty books. Her latest, a love letter to music titled Small Town Joy, is on sale now. She is the singer in spectacularly obscure Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind.

Articles by: Carrie Marshall

A screenshot of the Max website where you can add an extra member to your plan for $7.99

Sorry, Max's password crackdown just got serious – here’s how much it will cost to add an extra member to your subscription

By Carrie Marshall published

Max out your streaming budget by adding an extra person to your plan.

Leaked images of Motorola open earbuds and smartwatch

The second pair of open earbuds with Bose tech are coming, but not from Bose

By Carrie Marshall published

A new report says that Motorola is preparing to launch its first pair of open-ear headphones, and a smartwatch too

Nick and Charlie look lovingly at each other, smiling.

Netflix finally reveals the fate of one of its best shows by confirming that Heartstopper will end as a movie

By Carrie Marshall published

The final chapter for Nick and Charlie will be a feature film that starts shooting in mid-2025.

Amazon Fire TV

Brace yourselves, Fire TV Stick fans – Amazon may make a huge, risky software change later this year

By Carrie Marshall published

Amazon is planning to move to a whole new software stack for its Fire TV devices

Watch Grey's Anatomy season 17 episode 11 online

Grey's Anatomy continues to dominate the streaming charts – here are 3 more medical series on Hulu with over 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

By Carrie Marshall published

Hulu subscribers can't get enough of Grey's Anatomy – here are three more highly-rated medical shows to stream next.

Comodo Firewall

Comodo Firewall review

By Sead Fadilpašić last updated

Downloads Keep your PC safe whenever you’re online with this excellent firewall.

Goldmund Theia Passive speakers in a sand-colored space

These heavyweight luxury speakers look like Doctor Who villains, but they promise a heavenly audio experience

By Carrie Marshall published

Just don't drop them on your foot: when I say heavyweight, I mean heavyweight

Taissa and Van stand together in Yellowjackets season 3

Yellowjackets season 3 finale made me shocked, surprised and sad – here are 3 things you may have missed

By Carrie Marshall published

The Yellowjackets season 3 finale was shocking, surprising and sad. What else might it be telling us?

Samsung RGB micro-LED on display at CES 2025

Samsung says a next-gen TV with RGB backlight is still coming this year – but the size will rule it out for most of us

By Carrie Marshall published

The future of TV tech means big screens – and big prices too

Poster for Citadel on Prime Video

Prime Video cancels Citadel spinoffs that have way higher Rotten Tomatoes ratings than the original – but Citadel season 2 is still coming

By Carrie Marshall published

Citadel's reviews were often awful, but it's proved surprisingly popular

Alvaro Rico as Elmer in The Gardener. He's wearing fall-appropriate clothes and smiling at a person in what looks like a forest; the focus is pm Rico and the other person is blurred

This new hitman series is a streaming hit on Netflix – here are 3 more great thrillers to watch, including one with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

By Carrie Marshall published

I have good news for fans of sinister conspiracies, gangsters and ninjas. That's everyone, right?

Dangbei N2 mini portable projector rendered in a lifestyle image. It's on a table pointing slightly upwards. Behind is a large window showing a city at the end of sunset.

This cheap projector has a gimbal stand and smart auto adjustments so it's easy to stream Netflix and Prime Video anywhere

By Carrie Marshall published

1080p at up to 120 inches from this super-small and attractively priced portable projector with streaming built-in

Stratton Acoustics Element 6 and Element 8 speakers in a sound-treated white room

These amazing stereo speakers look like they belong in Elton John's house – and I'd take a pair too if I had Rocket Man money

By Carrie Marshall published

Stratton Acoustics' new Element luxury speakers look absolutely astonishing

A pair of black Studiosonic Production Headphones in front of a grey and greenish stone background

These affordable studio wired headphones have big drivers and a frequency range to turn audiophiles' heads – but they're from a revered pro video brand

By Carrie Marshall published

50mm drivers and huge frequency range without the need for a headphone amp

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in Another Simple Favor. They are wearing bathrobes and standing in front of what appears to be a spa pool surrounded by candles.

Prime Video's most chaotic femme fatale is back for Another Simple Favor and I can't wait to find out her deadly secret

By Carrie Marshall published

The trailer for Another Simple Favor looks like Prime Video might have another streaming hit on its hands.

A bearded man in an urban area on a sunny day wearing a beanie and a set of Orange 'O' Edition Mk II ANC headphones

Orange Amps' new noise-cancelling headphones suggest it still hasn't learned Marshall's smartest lesson

By Carrie Marshall published

Orange's new wireless headphones don't look very Orange, and not very rock and roll.

Audio-Technica Hotaru turntable

Audio-Technica's new glowing, floating turntable is as cool as it is strictly limited edition

By Carrie Marshall published

The Hotaru uses magnets to float its illuminated turntable away from unwanted vibrations

Sennheiser Accentum Open earbuds on a blue background

Sennheiser launches AirPods-like open earbuds, and if they're as good as the rest of its Accentum headphones, they'll be a bargain

By Carrie Marshall published

The Accentum Open are lightweight, open earbuds with an attractively low price and a slim case design

A young androgynous-looking person wearing Audeze LCD-S20 planar magnetic headphones in front of a dark grey brick wall and a dark red plant that reminds me of a Triffid.

Audeze’s new cheaper planar magnetic headphones look like a dream for mid-range audiophiles

By Carrie Marshall published

These new wired over-ear headphones could be a SLAM dunk

Screen grab from the trailer for Murderbot on Apple TV Plus showing a robot with a mask-like face in front of a large structure that may be a spaceship

10 new Apple TV+ shows and movies are coming in mid-2025 – here are the 3 I'll be streaming on my Apple TV 4K

By Carrie Marshall published

There's lots of great stuff to stream on Apple TV+ in 2025 – but some big names are missing from its latest lineup too.

Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Coleman

Netflix’s next Jane Austen series is shaping up to be a better adaptation than Persuasion after landing Emma Corrin, Olivia Coleman and Jack Lowden

By Carrie Marshall published

"Better than Persuasion" may be a low bar, but we're optimistic about Netflix's latest Jane Austen adaptation.

BenQ W5850 and W4100 projectors on stands in front of a black background.

BenQ launches two new 4K projectors – one promises theater-grade image quality, and one brings AI processing to home projectors

By Carrie Marshall published

BenQ's new projectors deliver bigger images from shorter distances and cinema-grade calibration too.

A man wearing JLab Epic Open Sport earbuds with a harbour in the background

One of the best budget earbuds brands just launched two super-cheap noise cancelling buds, and some open earbuds with Hi-Res Audio

By Carrie Marshall published

Incredibly affordable ANC, Spatial Audio and open-ear audio too

A scary creature that looks like a female cyborg with something less scary - an alien, perhaps - clinging to its shoulder. From Love, Death & Robots Volume 4

Netflix's Love, Death and Robots gets a new explosive and exciting teaser trailer

By Carrie Marshall published

The award-winning animated series Love, Death and Robots returns on May 15.

Two young women in casual wear slouch on a sofa. The sofa is in a residential street and is bookended by small chests of drawers with cushions, boxes and other junk on top.

Netflix's #2 most-watched movie is a new buddy comedy with 94% on Rotten Tomatoes – here are 3 more to watch next

By Carrie Marshall published

Already streamed One Of Them Days? Here are three more of the best buddy comedies to stream on Netflix tonight.

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