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Watchdog Criticises Smart Appliance Makers – Says Support Doesn’t Last Long Enough!

I can honestly say that I don’t have a single ‘smart appliance‘ within my home. Predominantly because it’s quite old (I’m very happy there ...

January 16, 2023 at 8:25 am by

Survey Finds 3 in 4 UK Consumers Approve of Microsoft’s Activision Takeover!

I haven’t exactly made it a secret that I am not a supporter of Microsoft’s potential acquisition of Activision/Blizzard. And getting one point very quickly out of ...

December 23, 2022 at 9:58 am by

Nintendo Updates Repair TOS to Exclude People Who Harass or Abuse their Staff!

If you buy a tech product and it breaks shortly after, you clearly have a right to not just have it repaired (presuming it’s in warranty) but also to perhaps be a little ...

November 14, 2022 at 9:35 am by

UK Consumers Warned of Vehicle Tax Email Scam!

It’s a sad reality that there are many individuals and organisations out there that are absolutely determined if not to steal your money, then to at least learn as much ...

August 5, 2021 at 9:03 am by

European Investigation Called for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift

It’s been well documented since the initial launch of the Nintendo Switch that while the controllers certainly represented something more than a little innovative, a ...

January 28, 2021 at 9:02 am by

Facebook Is Officially The Least Trusted Tech Company

Facebook Is Officially Not Trusted! Over the last year, Facebook has certainly seen it’s fair share of PR disasters. Be it their mismanagement of our data or the public ...

December 27, 2018 at 3:28 pm by

Consumer Reports Warns About Microsoft Surface Reliability

Microsoft‘s most recent Surface products have been taken off Consumer Reports from their recommended list due to “poor predicted reliability”. This is also ...

August 11, 2017 at 4:20 pm by

Valve Given $3m Fine by Australian Federal Court Over Refund Policy

Earlier this year Valve was found guilty of breaking Australian Consumer Law, and the Australian Federal Court aren’t taking that lightly with their decision that Valve ...

November 22, 2016 at 3:45 pm by

FFC To Create “Nutrition Labels” For Your Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission do a lot of things, including monitoring and investigating companies which have less than kind business practices. In their latest ...

April 5, 2016 at 1:00 am by

Phantom 3 Creators DJI Announce New Agricultural Drone

DJI is a company known for their drones, the recognisable phantom 3 is one of their models after all. While the public seek to use these drones more and more, with everything ...

November 27, 2015 at 6:00 pm by

4K Television Shipments Predicted to Reach 40% in 2016

The consumer adoption of high-definition Televisions has taken a considerable amount of time but this isn’t surprising considering the fairly low quality footage on ...

November 6, 2015 at 11:00 pm by

New Firefox Testing Feature Warns Of Insecure Website Password Submission

Consumers are exposed to a myriad of cyber threats which are intent upon harvesting as much information as possible, from bogus emails offering state cash refunds to spoofed ...

October 22, 2015 at 2:00 pm by

Reports of iPhone 6S & Plus Randomly Powering Down

Smartphones have moved on leaps and bounds over the last decade, the processing power which is confined within a portable device is quite mind-blowing. But, these devices do ...

October 3, 2015 at 11:00 am by

Consumer Rights Act 2015 Comes Into Force

The Consumer Rights Act (2015) was enacted into law today which properly outlines the responsibilities retailers have to their customers in a transparent manner. Previously, ...

October 2, 2015 at 2:00 am by

First 2TB Consumer SSDs Are Now Available

Samsung announced that they would be releasing 2TB versions of their popular 850 Evo and 850 Pro families a couple of months ago, but thus far no one has spotted the drives ...

September 10, 2015 at 9:30 am by

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