The Smach Z is a handheld mini PC that’s incredibly ambitious. Perhaps a little too ambitious. It’s been kicking about in some form or another since 2014, with the current iteration is a crowd-funded machine that’ll let you play modern PC games at a reasonable frame rate, in a handheld that’s effectively a Steam controller with a PC embedded into it. That’s the promise, but it’s one I have a hard time believing.
The internet can be a volatile place even when it attempts to clean up its act, which has led many agitators to start adopting LinkedIn as their hate speech platform of choice.
Right now, Huawei is the second largest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet, having beaten Apple to the second place on the podium earlier this year. The company’s seen staggering growth over the years, rising from a “me too” cheap Chinese phone maker, to one that now often leads the way when it comes to research and design. Now, they're coming for Samsung.
Little mini consoles have become oddly popular things. Nintendo kicked it off with their NES, and later a SNES -and we’ve since seen diminutive Mega Drives, miniaturised Neo Geo arcades and next month, Sony will be releasing its own mini PlayStation. Now sombody's ctually trying to make a retro mini PC.
If size and budget are bigger considerations in your 4K TV purchases than HDR, then Skyworth's Google-certified Android TV's are worth looking at.
In this day of always listening AI, sometimes it makes sense to wish back to the days of old. something these new nostalgic Alexa devices are hoping to take advantage of.
With HTC out of the picture, Valve might be preparing to reveal their own VR headset with one very special franchise pegged for an exclusive release.
I am not enamoured with the DualShock 4. It’s a decent enough controller, and it’s far better than the controller included with the PlayStation 3, but it could still use some tweaking. One of the most innovative, but severely underused aspects of the current PlayStation controller though is the front touchpad. In the early days of the system, it was …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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