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A home battery that doesn't care whether you have solar panels or not? EcoFlow's Stream AC 5000 sounds made for renters and apartments, but can you actually use one in Ireland yet? Can't get solar panels, but still fancy the benefits of a home battery? Maybe you're renting, or you live in an apartment where panels on the roof just aren't happening. Or maybe you've got panels already, and on a good day some of what they make heads out to the grid because the house isn't using

Five kilowatt-hours of storage, room for twelve solar panels and a socket that can keep a heater going in a power cut. Anker's latest Solarbank has reviewers talking, but is it one for Irish homes? Solar panels and a battery sound like a natural pairing. Catch the power when the sun does show up, then use it later instead of buying it in. One kind of home battery tries to make that simpler. The battery and the electronics to connect your panels and your home all live in one b

Another big name has joined the home battery race. Jackery, which also makes portable power stations, now has the SolarVault 3 range. It's well reviewed in Germany, but whether it's good value depends on where, and when, you look, and there's no Irish price yet. A home battery does a simple job. It stores electricity, from solar panels or from the grid on a cheap rate, and hands it back when you need it. Many of the newer ones are all-in-one boxes: battery, inverter (the bit

If you've ever dreamed of exploring the galaxy as a rogue with a heart of gold, you're in luck. Ubisoft has just announced Star Wars Outlaws, the first-ever open-world Star Wars game, coming in 2024 to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. Star Wars Outlaws is set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, a time when the Galactic Empire is hunting down the Rebel Alliance and the criminal underworld is thriving. Cleverly sidestepping the moral bla

Sony's Flagship Xperia phones continue to evolve The Xperia XZ2 has taken a leap in specifications and functionality over the Xperia XZ1...

Nokia's 2018 phones have more highlights than the two-tone colour scheme. If last year was a solid, but cautious return to the smartphone...

Big Battery, Wide Angle Selfies Smartphone components have become more affordable as the technology has matured. The screen on most...

Beautiful, edge-to-edge screen, big battery Sony has upped their mobile game lately, with excellent flagship phones like the Xperia XZ...

Versatile Projector turns almost any surface into a screen A projector the size of a mobile phone, fitting comfortably in your hand and...

Yo ho, Yo ho, A Priates Life for Me ... After the successful beta of Sea of Thieves, Rare has lifted the lid to put gamers minds at rest...

Do you get what you pay for with Affordable Technology? The rate of improvement in technology terms has been astounding over the last...

Harman Kardon's voice-activated speaker, with Microsoft's Cortana digital assistant built-in, launched last week and is currently...

Two Belts, Two Covers When you think of UFC, the first name that comes to mind will invariably be Conor McGregor. The man is as talented...

How Smart is Fitbit's first Smart Watch? Rumours have circulated for years about Fitbit releasing a smart watch, heightened by their...

Irish Gamers have never had it so good, no real conventions to speak of and then three come along at once. Looking to break the...

Rumours of the death of PC and Video Gaming have been circling for years, but still prove to be greatly exaggerated. Despite naysayers...

In a little over a week GamerCon, the largest PC and video game convention ever held in Ireland, will kick off at the Convention Centre...

Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, took to Xbox Wire to announce an upcoming subscription-style service for Xbox games, due to launch later this...

January in Las Vegas is an exciting time in the technology industry, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has all kinds of weird...

GarmerCon looks to host the largest gamer convention ever held in Ireland next year. Over the weekend St. Patrick's Day (18 and 19 March...