TNWGear & Gadgets Zwift companion app not working? Try this TNW - Matthew BeedhamWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Over the past winter, and sporadically ever since, I’ve been using
TNWGear & Gadgets iOS 13.5 is now rolling out with an easier way to unlock your iPhone while wearing a mask TNW - Ivan MehtaApple has started rolling out the iOS 13.5 update for iPhones last night. It brings one of the most sought after updates in the time of this pandemic — the ability to easily unlock your phone while wearing
TNWAirPods Apple’s next iPhone may not come with EarPods so you can buy AirPods instead TNW - Napier LopezApple’s EarPods are perhaps the most iconic accessory ever included with a gadget. The white headphones have been through a few revisions, but they’ve been a staple ever since the original iPod, only more
TNWGear & Gadgets Honor’s making a serious move into the smart home TNW - Callum BoothI’ve always loved the idea of the smart home, but the reality is very different to the Jetsons-style world we were promised. Instead of a technological home overhaul, we’ve received a slow drip of products
TNWGear & Gadgets Razer made a surprisingly classy pair of $200 noise-cancelling headphones TNW - Napier LopezI’m always a little skeptical when there’s a new challenger to the noise-cancelling headphone market because the current popular options — Sony and Bose, primarily — are so good. But Razer may have just
TNWplayGear & Gadgets Lumen, the fitness tracker that claims to ‘hack’ your metabolism, is now available TNW - Napier LopezIt was nearly two years ago that we first covered Lumen, a gadget and app combo that claims to track your metabolic flexibility — how good your body is at switching between energy sources. It does so measuring
TNWApple Apple’s AR goggles might be called ‘Apple Glass,’ according to new leaks TNW - Callum BoothThere have been countless rumors about Apple’s AR goggles, but we might have just got a whole load more information about them — including a name. So, say hello to Apple Glass. Yes, in a video just posted
TNWTechnology Google’s Pixel 4a is reportedly abandoning squeeze-based Assistant activation TNW - Napier LopezPixel 4a leaks have been coming non-stop as the phone approaches launch date. Though the phone looks set to offer much of the more expensive Pixel‘s features at a lower price, we now know one thing you
TNWTechnology Google plans to axe Motion Sense with the Pixel 5 TNW - Callum BoothThe Pixel 4 was a good phone — but it wasn’t a great one. Apart from the photography, it never captured the public’s imagination. And arguably the biggest failure? Motion Sense. Yep, according to reports,
TNWplayGear & Gadgets Review: The Revelo Thinstem helps bikes take up way less space in your home TNW - Napier LopezBicycles are probably the best way to get around New York City, especially during these days of empty roads and social distancing. There’s just one problem every aspiring city cyclist faces: bikes take
TNWGear & Gadgets Ding dong, the butterfly keyboard’s dead TNW - Callum BoothThis is from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it (and our other great newsletters) here. Today, I’m gonna talk about Apple’s butterfly keyboard. More specifically,
TNWGear & Gadgets The Pixel 4a might be cheaper than anyone expected TNW - Napier LopezThe Pixel 3a was arguably the best Pixel of its generation, providing so much of what makes Pixel phones great — the camera and software, mainly — at a far cheaper price of $399. And though almost every
TNWTechnology Trump extends the Huawei ban to 2021 TNW - Napier LopezIn case you were hoping the Donald Trump‘s government would ease its restrictions on Huawei anytime soon, I’ve got some bad news for you. The president today extended the May 2019 executive order barring
TNWGear & Gadgets The brain behind the Google Pixel’s amazing camera has left the company TNW - Napier LopezUnlike Huawei, Samsung, and Apple, Google’s Pixel phones have historically had some of the best cameras on the market despite their hardware, not because of it. Google’s image processing is, to this photographer’s
TNWMacBook Pro A eulogy for my ‘vintage’ MacBook Pro TNW - Callum Booth“No, don’t listen to Apple. You’re not a ‘vintage’ MacBook Pro. You’re as beautiful as the day I met you. More so, even. Shhh.” At this point, I gently close my laptop‘s lid, turn off the lights, and the
TNWGear & Gadgets Huawei re-releases the P30 Pro so it can keep Google apps TNW - Napier LopezWhen a Trump administration decree prevented American companies from working with Huawei, the company was forced to abandon Google apps on new phones. But the company has managed to exploit one loophole:
TNWplayGear & Gadgets Moog’s Subharmonicon is the perfect instrument for people who think math is beautiful TNW - Tristan GreeneMoog today introduced its new Subharmonicon, a semi-modular analog synthesizer featuring six-tone subharmonic chords and organic polyrhythms. That’s a fancy way of saying it’s a musical instrument that
TNWApple Uh oh, Apple’s new headphones will bankrupt me, won’t they? TNW - Callum BoothApple’s headphone division is doing big business these days, leading to a lot of talk about their upcoming products. And who are we to buck that trend? Yes, more details have emerged about Apple’s AirPods
TNWTechnology The Poco F2 Pro is the Xiaomi K30 Pro with a new name TNW - Ivan MehtaPoco, a Xiaomi spin-off brand, launched its second flagship — called the Poco F2 Pro — today. This is the company’s third device after it first launched the $300 Pocophone F1 in 2018. Earlier this year,
TNWGear & Gadgets Report: The iPhone 12 Pros will come with 120Hz screens and bigger batteries TNW - Napier LopezWe won’t be seeing new iPhones until the fall – and that’s if coronavirus doesn’t delay things further – but that isn’t stopping the leaks from coming. According to Max Weinbach and EverythingApplePro,
TNWChromecast How to stream local files to your Chromecast or Android TV TNW - Callum BoothWelcome to Plugged Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Chromecasting is amazing. Now the majority of modern
TNWTechnology Xiaomi, Samsung, and other phone makers poised to resume manufacturing in India TNW - Ivan MehtaIn March, when India announced its first lockdown to curb the coronavirus spread, major smartphone makers such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Oppo, and Vivo had to shut down factories. Now, as the country’s government
TNWGear & Gadgets Xiaomi’s $46 streaming box might give the Amazon Fire Stick a run for its money in India TNW - Ivan MehtaThe box was originally launched in the US — under the name Mix Box S — in 2018 with a $60 price tag. Now, it has arrived in India at a significantly discounted price. The device has Chromecast functionality
TNWGear & Gadgets Smartwatch shipments are up 20% — and Apple is the big daddy… again TNW - Callum BoothWell, there’s one tech sector doing well during coronavirus pandemic: smartwatches. Yep, according to a report from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments have grown 20% over the past year. In
TNWTechnology LG launches its $734 Velvet phone with stylus support and ASMR video mode in South Korea TNW - Ivan MehtaAs countries around the world are slowly opening up their economies, phone makers are also starting to launch new phones again. Today, after much teasing and touting, LG released its new Velvet smartphone
TNWGear & Gadgets Sonos’ new high-res app launches in June, just in time for its new speakers TNW - Napier LopezSonos had more than just a new soundbar to announce today. The company also revealed a release date for the new Sonos app teased it teased earlier in the year: June 8. The new app will kick off the Sonos
TNWGear & Gadgets Sonos announces the Arc soundbar, its first Dolby Atmos speaker TNW - Napier LopezSonos makes some of the world’s most popular wireless speakers, but when it comes to home theater, the company omission of Dolby Atmos support has long been a sore point. Fret no more: Sonos today announced
TNWGear & Gadgets Microsoft launches its Surface Earbuds and Surface Headphones 2 TNW - Callum Booth and Ivan MehtaIt’s a big day for Microsoft. Not only has the company released the Surface Book 3 and the Surface Go 2, it’s thrown its hat into the audio ring too. So, welcome to the world, the Surface Earbuds and Surface
TNWMicrosoft Surface Go Microsoft’s $399 Surface Go 2 brings a larger screen and faster processors TNW - Napier LopezI have a soft spot for tiny computers, so it’s no surprise Microsoft’s original Surface Go was one of my PCs. The 10-inch tablet was surprisingly usable for everyday tasks, its small size made it easy
