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4K TVs Responsible For Electricity Bill Increase, Says British Gas

4K TVs supposedly use a third more electricity than HD counterparts, with British Gas warning that the proliferation of Ultra HD could lead to higher bills...

Oppo Launches UDP-203 Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray Player

The Oppo UDP-203 is the latest Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray player on the market, and it supports Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Dolby Vision ...

Amazon Echo Gains IFTTT Support In UK, Better Logitech Harmony Control

The Amazon Echo is finally a little bit more useful in the UK, with IFTTT support launching to the voice-activated Bluetooth speaker...

Dolby Atmos Confirmed For Xbox One Launch In 2017

Xbox One users will get Dolby Atmos support in 2017, Microsoft has confirmed. That's despite Xbox One Preview Program members already having the update...

Android Things Ousts Brillo As Google’s IoT Operating System

Google is rebranding Brillo to Android Things, the latest IoT operating system to handle complex tasks for internet-connected devices. ...

Alexa-Powered Smart Homes Planned By American Housing Developer

Alexa-powered smart homes will soon begin popping up across Virginia, as Brookfield Residential makes plans for new build homes of the future...

Microsoft To Bring Cortana To Harmon Kardon Speaker, Taking On Amazon’s Echo

Microsoft could be planning to launch a ‘smart connected’ device to take on Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home - and it'll use the Cortana voice assistant...

Neil Young Plans Tidal Competitor Made From Pono’s Ashes

A Tidal competitor could rise from the ashes of Neil Young's ill-fated high-end music player, the Pono player - and it'll be offered to all...

McIntosh Reveals D1100, MP1100 Preamplifiers, Woos Vinyl Lovers

McIntosh is attempting to woo lovers of all things vinyl, with the company unveiling the D1100 and MP1100 preamplifiers ahead of CES 2017...

Xbox One Preview Program Gets Dolby Atmos

Xbox One Preview Program members are finally gaining access to Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and DTS:X, with the update available now for Xbox One and Xbox One S...