Aaron Brown

1 week ago | gbnews.com | Aaron Brown

Tired of hearing your neighbours celebrate goals before the stream on your television has caught-up to the action? Or finding out the final result of a critical sports fixture from the ping! of a notification on your smartphone before the final whistle on your stream? BBC is in the midst of trialling a new low-latency streaming experience that could make these headaches a thing of the past.

1 week ago | gbnews.com | Aaron Brown

Microsoft's most affordable Copilot+ PCs are now available in the UK. Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch are smaller, lighter, and cheaper Windows 11 machines packed with the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) features. Rather than replace the Surface laptops released last year, these smaller Windows 11 machines complement the existing lineup. Microsoft is positioning the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch as more portable alternatives, with a focus on battery life and AI.

1 week ago | gbnews.com | Aaron Brown

Struggling with painfully slow internet speeds? You're not alone. According to new analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics, 48,000 British homes are still stranded with broadband speeds below 10Mbps. Regulator Ofcom defines a "decent broadband" connection as having a minimum of speed of 10Mbps and an upload speed of 1Mbps. Below this threshold, you can be cut off from essential online services that most in the UK take for granted.

1 week ago | gbnews.com | Aaron Brown

Samsung could permanently delete your data in the next six weeks. Yes, really. The South Korean is hoping to spring-clean inactive accounts from its cloud storage servers. Any Samsung account that hasn't been accessed in the last 24 months will be considered inactive and wiped. If you used to own a Samsung Galaxy phone, tablet, or laptop and want to ensure your personal data isn't erased, you'll need to login to the account before July 31, 2025.

1 week ago | gbnews.com | Aaron Brown

Apple executives have revealed an early glimpse at the next major software updates coming to iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Vision Pro device owners later this year. If you watched the keynote from its Worldwide Developers Conference — or WWDC, for short — you'll be aware that Apple has crafted a brand-new design to unify all of its operating systems, dubbed Liquid Glass. It's also simplifying the names of its software updates, so that everything matches the upcoming calendar year.