Creative Labs Sound Blaster X7 Review

Creative Labs Sound Blaster X7 Review

at a glance (+) Guiness DraftPlenty of top-shelf components; lots of connections.(-) Natty IcePricey; unwieldy; lacks HDMI. The gold-plated kitchen sink of soundcards In the constantly shifting landscape of PC tech, soundcards have risked becoming a footnote, like dial-up modems and network adapter cards before them. When a system seller like Dell or HP can…

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Apple and Meta have been fined a total of €700,000,000 for non-compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act. Which, in their billion-dollar world, is just chump change

The European Commission has found that both Apple and Meta have breached the Digital Markets Act, and have received fines totalling €700,000,000. In Apple’s case, the breach was related to a violation of anti-steering rules, and the associated fine was set at €500 million—whereas Meta was found in breach of an obligation to give consumers…

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‘It’s all good, it’s all good’ says Mark Zuckerberg as his catastrophic live demo of Meta’s new smart glasses goes horribly wrong: ‘You spend years making technology and then the Wi-Fi on the day catches you’

Never work with children or animals, so goes the famous advice for stage performers, entertainers, and anyone having to present something live in front of an audience. Perhaps smart glasses should be added to that list, if yesterday’s Meta Connect 2025 livestream is anything to go by—as the new Ray-Ban Meta glasses took the opportunity…

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Mini Review: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell (Switch) – This Exquisite Metroidvania Is The Series’ Best

A fitting farewell. We love it when a studio demonstrates significant growth and improvement with each of its subsequent projects. With Bombservice specifically, the team has always boasted a strong understanding of what makes Metroidvanias ‘click’, and with Momodora: Moonlit Farewell, it’s delivered what may well be its finest game yet. The latest chronological entry…

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It seems Terraria’s developer is as bad at making small updates as it is final ones, as it says its latest balance patch is much more than ‘adjusting a few numbers’

Back in January, Terraria finally received its gargantuan 1.4.5 patch. Three years in the making, 1.4.5 was supposed to be the final update for the long-running, massively successful survival-crafting game. But it turns out that developer Re-Logic is terrible at making final updates, having committed to at least one further major patch in the future…

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