The Rise Of The Machines. Has Technology Done More Bad Than Good?

Would we be better off without technology? Chris Hallam weighs up the many pros and cons of modern life

Hurrah for technology! Let’s face it: it’s great. Without technology, you would probably be sitting in a darkened cave now, listening to spiders scurrying about like some prehistoric Robert the Bruce dreaming of some Raquel Welch-like cave girl. Assuming you could even read, you wouldn’t be reading this. You wouldn’t have the internet for one thing. For another, without technology as a subject, this article wouldn’t be here for you to read anyway. You’d probably be reading one about woolly mammoths or something instead.

Turn Your Monitor Into A Smart TV

James Hunt shows you how to make your display do a little more

It may not have escaped your notice that the line between TVs and computer monitors is pretty thin these days. An LCD panel with high-definition pixels and incredibly bright backlight? Sounds familiar to us. Indeed, if you have a high-end monitor, it may even look better than your TV.

The £50 iPad Beaters

Amazon has just released its cheapest Fire tablet yet. But is it good enough? David Crookes asks whether we’re only getting what we pay for with the rising number of £50 tablets

In November, a new Apple tablet is set to be released in time for the Christmas rush. Called the iPad Pro, it’s being billed as thin, light and epic, and it is certainly bigger than any other iPad, with a 5.6 million pixel Retina screen measuring 12.9 inches.

Bloodborne: The Old Hunters

Entering another nightmare

After a long silence regarding the next content piece for Bloodborne, Sony and From Software used this year’s Tokyo Game Show to reveal the first big addition since the base game’s launch. While a 15-minute demo is hardly enough time to determine the expansion’s full quality, I’m excited by the promised breadth of content, as anyone should be who has delved deeply into the atmospheric action game.

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Lara’s latest ramps up the intrigue

Lara Croft has certainly changed since she was thrust into danger in 2013, seeking out adventure in Rise of the Tomb Raider rather than becoming a victim of it. Thankfully, the elements that made her last outing a winner seem to be holding steady, with danger and intrigue in plentiful supply.