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ScalaHosting web hosting review

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ScalaHosting is an experienced Dallas-based provider with 18 years in the hosting industry and one of the best web hosting companies in the business. Its range includes shared hosting, WordPress, self-managed VPS , and managed cloud products for personal sites, businesses, online stores, and agencies. Its defining feature is SPanel, an alternative to cPanel and WHM. It combines website, email, security, backup, and server management tools and is included with Mini and ScalaHosting's managed cloud products. Want to try ScalaHosting? Check out the website here ScalaHosting: Pricing & plans ScalaHosting shared hosting ScalaHosting's shared hosting offers lots for your money (Image credit: Future) ScalaHosting's shared range starts with Mini. During our sales check, ScalaHosting quoted $35.40 for the first year, equivalent to $2.95 a month, or $11.95 with monthly billing. This is n...

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11 Aura Edition review: A creative studio that fits in your backpack

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Calling all creatives who want a laptop that will not quit. This 16-inch laptop is designed for photo and video editors who don't necessarily need a full 4K display, but still want an RTX 5060 GPU and a touch-based OLED panel. It has a laptop touchpad with designer pen input and photographic design input, with a level of precision most laptops only dream of. It has spectacular ports, an incredible refresh rate, and jaw-dropping color accuracy. In my tests, this proved it's not just a laptop. This is a creative graphics studio that fits in your backpack. If that is the world you live in, then this laptop is purpose-built just for you. Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11 Aura Edition: Price and Availability The Lenovo Pro 9i AE Gen 11 16-inch OLED Touch comes in several build options, and is available from Lenovo US , Lenovo UK , and other territories. Prices start at $2,499.99 / £2,719.99 at the tim...

Sony ECM-W5 review: a pricey wireless mic with a unique trick

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Sony ECM-W5: two-minute review Sony’s ECM-W5 is a prosumer wireless microphone system cut from the same cloth as the DJI Mic 3 , Insta360 Mic Pro and Rode Wireless Pro. Like all those, it's available in a package featuring two clip-on transmitters, a receiver that plugs into your camera or phone, and a charging case to keep everything topped up. At £350 for the full kit, however, it costs more than any of them — so it needs to bring something extra to the table. It does just that. The headline feature is in-camera 32-bit float recording, something no other wireless mic I’m aware of can do. Rivals will happily record 32-bit float files to their transmitters' internal storage, but that leaves you syncing separate audio in the edit. With the ECM-W5 mounted on a Multi Interface Shoe camera such as the Sony A7 V, that extra headroom is baked straight into your video files. Most people won’t ...

The Wyze BodyScan smart scale redefines what is possible at a budget price point

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Wyze BodyScan smart scale: One-minute review Over the years, Wyze has released a number of high-profile smart products across a range of different industries. They began with cameras but have expanded their range to offer vacuums, lights, locks, and a collection of affordable smart scales. The Wyze BodyScan sits just underneath their most premium offering, the BodyScan Ultra, and is the brand’s most affordable 8-electrode BIA (which stands for bioelectric impedance analysis, the method many smart scales use to scan users’ bodies) scale. Offering segmental muscle and fat analysis across a user’s arms, legs, and torso, the BodyScan is more capable than almost all other smart scales at this price point. As for its positioning in the market, the best smart scales for home users range from $20 for the Vitafit Smart Bathroom Scale all the way up to $599.95 / £449.95 / AU$895 for the Withings BodyScan...

Mova V70 Ultra Complete review: a full-featured robovac let down by subpar performance

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Mova V70 Ultra Complete: Two-minute review If you've never heard of Mova as a brand, you're not alone as it was initially only available in select European and South-East Asian countries. The brand, which is owned by Dreame Technology, is now expanding and is supposed to be value-focused side of the company — although you'd be hard pressed to believe that when its latest flagship robot vacuum costs upwards $1,000 / £1,000 / AU$3,000. However, the Mova V70 Ultra Complete brings everything you expect from such an expensive robovac, including some industry-first features that are now being adopted by other brands. This includes suction that's a whopping 42,000Pa at its maximum, as well as the impressively long reach of the side brush and mopping arm (12cm and 17cm respectively). I even love the fact that it eliminates the need for dust bags by using a tank you can clean out every now...