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SteelSeries Sentry review: What is it? Since the Sentry doesn’t fit into any regular category of gaming accessory we thought we’d give a quick explanation. This slightly odd looking bar sits below your monitor (or laptop screen) in order to track your eyes while you play games. It uses three infrared micro-projectors to scan your eyes 50 times per second so it know exactly where you’re looking at all time. This means you can not only analyse your performance, but enhance you’re experience with things like the ability to look around in a game without moving your mouse....

Does the Stigo Bike have what it takes to be crowned the best electric bike of 2018? Find out in our review. UK pricing and availability The Stigo Bike isn’t the cheapest electric bike/scooter on the market, that’s for sure. It costs around £1,449 in the UK, and can be picked up from a variety of specialist retailers including e-Goes, Universal Store London and Speedy Feet. Those in the US can also pick the bike up for around $1,399 from the likes of Bikemania and Kukara....

Surface Pro 3 vs Galaxy NotePro 12.2: UK price The Surface Pro 3 starts at £639 inc VAT, and that’s for the Core i3 version with 64GB of storage and 4GB or RAM. There’s a total of five different configurations available for the Surface Pro 3, with the top-of-the range model (Core i7, 8GB RAM, 512GB storage) costing £1,649 inc VAT. There is just one option available when buying the Galaxy NotePro 12....

This roleplaying/strategy hybrid is set in a Viking-inspired world where humans and giants grudgingly work and live together in an attempt to survive the twin horrors of an extinguished sun and a demonic army made from stone. An elaborate but impressively restrained plot switches between a large cast of characters, any of whom can die or depart at any point. Between that and the constant threat of an impossibly hard Winter, The Banner Saga often seems like a more artful Game of Thrones....

Card games tend to be simpler, lighter, cheaper and quicker to play than their board-based cousins, but that doesn’t mean they lack depth or quality: the ones in this article are all strategically rich and beautiful to look at. In truth most board games involve cards of some kind (the superb Cosmic Encounter, Pandemic and Celestia are all based around them) but when putting together this guide we chose to restrict ourselves to ones where cards are the only significant component....

When is the Tyson Fury comeback fight on? The big fight takes place on 9 June at the Manchester Arena. It will be the first time he’s had a fight in the city since 2011. Fury will be in the ring around 10pm and the fight is expected to start by 10:15pm BST. How to watch the Tyson Fury comeback fight on TV The fight will be shown on BT Sport exclusively so you’ll need access to the channel to watch a live stream....

The other addition, and one that may have mass appeal, is Twitter Communities. So, what is it and when will you be able to use the feature? Here’s everything we know so far. What are Twitter Communities? Information is pretty thin on the ground at the moment, with Twitter only announcing the concept at its 2021 TWTR Analyst Day rather than pinning down any specifics. The principle is much the same as Facebook Groups, in that users can sign up to communities that follow specific topics....

What is the UK porn ban? The UK government has today confirmed that all sites containing pornographic content will soon be legally required to request some form of age verification. If a visitor cannot prove they are over 18, they will not be able to access pornographic material online. This comes as part of the government’s commitment to protect children from online porn. Should a minor manage to break a website’s age-verification defences, there will be more than just slapped wrists as a consequence....

Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 support has ended: Check your version To be clear, the latest version of Internet Explorer available for Windows Vista, 7 and 8 will still be supported. The table below shows which version you need to be running to ensure you’re receiving updates which should fix any security vulnerabilities. The latest version for Windows XP is IE8, but as XP is no longer supported, you really need to upgrade to a newer version of Windows....

When did Fortnite Season 4 end? Fornite ran a countdown to show exactly how much time was left untill the end of season 4. Originally supposed to end on 9 July 2018, the season was pushed back by a few days to Wednesday 11 July 2018. It’s largely suspected that Epic Games do this to give players a few more extra days to unlock the Battle Pass content that will be unobtainable forever, the moment the season ends....

Even Microsoft got in on the act with the Surface Duo, albeit with a dual-screen design instead of a single screen that folds in half. It was first announced back in October 2019 alongside the Surface Neo, a larger version running Windows 10X. The latter has since been cancelled, but Microsoft is surely still considering a foldable Surface device that can be both a tablet and a laptop. With Windows 12 rumoured to be released in 2024, it could be the perfect opportunity....

A more specific timeframe is yet to be revealed, but many have taken this to mean 2022. The feature will be available in the Windows Insider Program first, with user feedback shaping the final version. The delay will be most keenly felt by those who buy a new Windows 11 device this October – most Windows 10 users will be waiting until next year for the free upgrade anyway. Android app support was one of the most surprising announcements at the Windows 11 launch event on 24 June....

In releasing Windows 8, Microsoft has taken a huge step towards a unified operating system experience across PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Where once small icons and start menus populated the Windows desktop, the simplified Modern user interface, replete with live tiles and controlled with touch gestures, is proving an unfamiliar and often confusing new landscape. Improvements behind the scenes are noticeable, but redesigning the way that users interact with their machines was always going to be a difficult proposition....

Sleeker, slimmer and more powerful than its predecessor, the CyX2 aims to become the handheld of choice for young gadget-heads. It is due to US hit stores in September priced at $150 (about £105). Cybiko will launch in UK at the start of 2002. For now you can see more at the company’s website. The CyX2 features a faster processor, more onboard memory (2.5MB), an updated operating system and a new keypad design with a pager-sized Qwerty keyboard....

We spent some time playing Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and here’s what we thought about the OTT first-person shooter. Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus release date and deals Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus launched on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam (PC) on 27 October 2017. You can buy the Xbox version from Microsoft’s website or for PS4 from the PlayStation Store for £49.99/$59.99, while on PC you can grab it from Green Man Gaming for £33....

If you’re wondering why Xiaomi has jumped from the Mi6 to the Mi8, therefore skipping the Mi7, it’s due to the company celebrating its eighth anniversary. At the event, the firm also announced the Mi TV 4, Mi VR Standalone and Mi Band 3. Also see: Best Xiaomi Phones and Best Xiaomi Deals When is the Xiaomi Mi8 release date? As mentioned there are three versions of the Mi8 including the regular one as well as the Mi8 SE and Mi8 Explorer Edition....

The Redmi Note 11 marks this particular sub-brands first effort of 2022, and it’s another classy yet affordable effort. There aren’t many well-under-£200 phones out there offering the configuration that the Redmi Note 11 does. In the process of doing this, it also steps up from the Redmi Note 10 in a couple of significant ways. Design & Build Stylish looks8.1mm, 179gIP53 Last year’s Redmi Note 10 family impressed with its design, which could be summed up as ‘plain but relatively classy’....

On paper, the ZTE Grand S 2 looks like a solid high-end Android smartphone, it ticks all of the specs boxes and looks great. The big 5.5-inch 1080p HD (401ppi) screen is incredibly bright and clear; the 13MP rear-camera is plenty; the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 has more than enough oomph to drive the phone; 2GB of RAM is ample; 16GB of internal storage is okay especailly when coupled with a microSD card slot....

£60 is a bargain price for an unlocked smartphone, but before you get too carried away, the ZTE Open C isn’t meant to be a rival to budget Android handsets. It runs the open source Firefox OS, which is intended to help bring the price of smartphones within reach of those in emerging markets. It’s also aimed at anyone looking to upgrade to their first smartphone from a feature phone, and you can buy it in the UK from ZTE’s ebay store....

Avast recently discovered 47 such games which had this despicable behaviour and reported them to Google. Around 17 remain available to download, including Disc Go!, on the Google Play Store. They contain a ‘Trojan’ which displays adverts even if you’re not running the app you downloaded. It’s part of the HiddenAds family, which Avast discovered by analysing the apps’ activity, features and information they were sending to and from the internet....