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Sony Bravia Theater Trio review: enormous immersive sound for any screen size or room shape

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Sony Bravia Theater Trio (HT-A8) review The Sony Bravia Theater Trio is hard to define, but easy to love. Hard to define because its three-speaker (Trio, geddit?) package doesn’t feel quite like either a soundbar or a home theatre separates system; easy to love because it sounds amazing. Sony’s own story of how the Trio came to be states that it was borne from frustration in its audio department about the inability of regular soundbar solutions — even high-end ones — to deliver sound with enough power and scale to convincingly partner with really big TVs. It was deemed that rather than creating a mammoth uber-long single soundbar to solve this problem, a much more practical solution would be to create a three-piece centre, left, right speaker package instead. (Image credit: Future) While the left and right speakers of the Trio system are larger and heavier than the sort of satellite speakers usua...
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Huawei FreeBuds Neo review: tiny, fun earbuds only let down by the software situation

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Huawei FreeBuds Neo: Two-minute review Storied Chinese company Huawei may still be struggling to win friends in the phone and tablet worlds, with its lack of access to the Play Store still making the company's hand-held products impossible to recommend, but the brand's been a surprisingly reliable maker of admirable earbuds. We gave the Huawei FreeBuds 5 Pro a perfect score earlier this year, and I maintain that the Huawei FreeArc are the best hook-style open earbuds I've ever tested. But now, instead of doing something better than everyone else, Huawei is doing something different. The Huawei FreeBuds Neo seem to be the result of someone thinking the AirPods Pro 3 are perfect except for being too big; the brand continues its mission of all-but imitating Apple, while slyly improving the formula. That is to say, these are wireless in-ear buds which are ice-white (note: other finishe...
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DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro data removal service review

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Staying safe online is as imperative as ever, especially since AI has inadvertently increased the volume of cyber attacks. Good online safety leans more on preventing attacks from happening in the first place than on countering them, and certain tools help you do that. DuckDuckGo is most famous for its privacy-focused search engine and browser ( we've reviewed it here ), but it also provides other tools that help users surf the web without giving out their identities. These tools are offered under a single, cost-competitive Pro bundle. It's a VPN, AI tool, and data removal service all in one. I’m reviewing the DuckDuckGo Pro bundle to help you decide if it’s worth adopting for your online security. Read on to learn what this bundle offers, its pros, cons, and how it compares to the competition. DuckDuckGo: Plans and pricing DuckDuckGo follows a simple pricing system, which I like - you ...
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LiberNovo Maxis review: A clever and comfortable office chair for big and tall users

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What you need to know Engineered for users 5'10" to 6'7" Reinforced frame with weight load up to 399 lbs Motorized lumbar support and bionic FlexFit backrest Built-in fan and OmniStretch massager Controlled recline with Dynamic Support I get it. Most people won’t need the LiberNovo Maxis. Most people will see the price, baulk, and close the website. It’s expensive, its headline features run on a rechargeable battery, and it’s more chair than your everyday hybrid or remote worker needs. But it’s also ergonomic, stunningly designed, cleverly engineered, and built for big and tall users without the usual flabby, foamy designs that I see for half or even a quarter of the price of the Maxis. It’s also one of the best office chairs I’ve tested. If you're over 5'10", you'll want to check this out. On top of that, the model I’m reviewing here - the Maxis Airflow - incl...
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Planet Zoo 2 review: an even more diverse, creative zoo-builder

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Planet Zoo 2 is the sequel to 2020’s zoo-building management sim. And it’s crammed with more animals, scenery items, and game modes than ever, so you can really let your creativity run wild. Building zoos is my happy place. Life is stressful, the cost of living is shocking, and politics is so absurd I often feel like I’m being doped with increasing levels of satire to make the world’s first irony-immune man. Playing games like Planet Zoo 2 lets me spend time in a simpler world, where I can spend five hours tweaking the placement of ferns and rocks to make simulated siamangs happy. As a result, I’ve spent a lot of time playing the original Planet Zoo . More than a lot, actually. Over 1,100 hours. That’s more than 45 days straight — a fact that makes me feel slightly queasy about my priorities in life. I’ve spent more time experiencing its highs and dealing with its limitations than I’ve spent wi...
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