Week 4 of the 2019-2020 NFL season is here and this weekend we’ll get to see the Dallas Cowboys take on the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. We’re here to make sure you catch every minute of today’s game - see how to get a Cowboys vs Saints live stream regardless of where in the world you are.

The Cowboys are going into today’s game 3-0 after defeating the Giants in Week 1, the Redskins in Week 2 and the Dolphins in Week 3. Now the team will see if they can maintain their winning streak against the Saints. However, this won’t be as easy as last weekend’s game against the Dolphins as the Saints have won four of their last six games against the Cowboys. The Saints also have the home field advantage and the team has won five of their last six games against the Cowboys in the Superdome.

The Saints aren’t that far behind the Cowboys and the team is going into today’s game 2-1 after defeating the Texans in Week 1, losing to the Rams in Week 2 and defeating the Seahawks in Week 3. The team will be at a disadvantage though as Drew Brees is expected to be out for around six weeks after injuring the thumb on his throwing hand during the Saints’ Week 2 loss. He is currently on injured reserve but he could possibly make a return during Week 10. Brees may be out but don’t underestimate Teddy Bridgewater as the sixth-year quarterback threw two passes that led to a touchdown during the team’s win over the Seahawks.

Whether you’re a Cowboys fan in Dallas, a Saints fan in New Orleans or just want to tune in to see today’s game, we’ll show you how to live stream the Cowboys vs Saints from anywhere in the world so you don’t miss a single play.

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Watch the Cowboys vs Saints game online from outside your country (or in a blackout)

Watching this game from the US, UK, Canada or Australia? We'll tell you how to catch the NFL game further down in the article.

But if you're somewhere else in the world - or if a coverage blackout is stopping you from watching in the US - then there's still a way you can live stream Cowboys vs Saints online (and you don't even have to slum it with a grainy, illegal feed you've found on Reddit). Instead you could use a VPN - or Virtual Private Network - to change the IP address to one in a different state or country which does have a stream. And it's not even hard to do.

How to watch the Cowboys vs Saints in the US

Can I watch with the NFL Game Pass?

Well it's a no and a yes. The NFL Game Pass in the US will only let you watch a replay of the game, but not the live action.

Interestingly, it's a different story with an International NFL Game Pass where all 256 regular season games are being shown absolutely live...shame you can't officially get access to that if you and your laptop's IP address is in the US.

Other ways cord cutters can stream NFL live online

Sling TV $40 per month - Sling TV splits its live NFL options across its $25 a month Blue plan and $25 a month Orange plan. By combining the two, you get a $10 dollar discount and access to Fox, NBC, ESPN and the NFL Network.  

Hulu with Live TV $40 per month - Hulu with Live TV includes CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN but does not come with NFL Network.

FuboTV $35 for the first month - FuboTV gives you the first month at a discounted rate but after that the price increases to $45 a month. The service includes CBS, Fox, NBC and the NFL Network but does not come with ESPN.

DirecTV Now $50 per month - DirecTV Now includes CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and for $5 extra you can add the NFL Network. However, with this service you can only watch football on local TV stations live.

YouTubeTV $40 per month - YouTubeTV gives you access to CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN but just like with Hulu with Live TV, there is no NFL Network.

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Smart Dubai is building a data marketplace in a bid to monetise data through centralised and decentralised platforms, a top official said.

“We have started the data journey three years ago and have accumulated a lot of city-data. Our target, by 2021, is to have 100% of government data available for sharing and exchanging. Our ambition is to reach 75% compliance in 2019,” Younus Al Nasser, assistant director-general at Smart Dubai and CEO of Smart Dubai Data, the government office charged with facilitating Dubai’s citywide smart transformation, said at the CIOMajlis Annual Conference held in Dubai.

Data is the new oil of the 21st century and Dubai government is playing a key role in deriving value out of the data collected, both private and public, in a bid to become the smartest city on earth.

“To understand the value of data, there is an important question which we need to ask. How much data exist today in the world. How are we transforming this data into value and what are we doing with all the data we have as a city, country, company, government and an individual,” he said.

According to research firm International Data Corporation, 175 zettabytes of data will be created by 2025 from 18 zettabytes in 2018.

So, he said that Smart Dubai’s job is to enable the creation of new forms of value out of the city’s data.

“We are looking at the entire city to drive value out of it. Sometimes, we lead by examples to inspire new realities and on other occasions, we will build an environment for innovation – data governance, city data architecture and infrastructure and ecosystem engagement,” he said.

However, he said that data provides a lot of opportunities and also comes with many challenges.

Selects 14 data-driven use cases

Smart Dubai’s approach has four pillars - value creation (what is the problem that needs to be solved), data governance (balancing innovation potential while protecting privacy and value, and ethical AI implementation), city data architecture and infrastructure, and ecosystem engagement.

He said that technology is just an enabler and Dubai’s AI principles are humanity, equality, ethicality and security.

Smart Dubai has collected 400 data sets on Dubai Pulse platform, provided by more than 35 entities, and has worked on it for three months, looking at what are the opportunities it provides.

Dubai Pulse is the digital backbone powering the Smart City to help spread happiness among all Dubai residents and visitors.

Dubai Pulse has processed 120 data requests in the first three quarters of the year.

 “We shortlisted 16 use cases that can be data-driven. Out of that, we selected 14 use cases. Out of that, we prioritised six of them as an enabler for data science activities,” Al Nasser said.

Emiratisation programme

Furthermore, he said that Smart Dubai has shortlisted the top two – future skills planning engine and smart business location assistant while the other four are energy efficiency optimisation platform, city events management dashboard, patient readmission risk model and interactive visualisation of Dubai’s journey through data.

 “The future skills planning engine became the highest use case for Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, emiratisation programme.

“We are now working on future skills planning through data. The second use case is all about businesses in Dubai, as Dubai is an economic hub, and how to drive businesses in the city. The idea was to build a smart business location assistant for people, who are planning to open a business in Dubai such as the success rate, where is the best location to start a business,” he said.

The future skills planning engine and smart business location assistant will be launched by the end of the year with the existing data available on Dubai Pulse.

The other use case which can be replicated, he said is the Dubai economic dashboard which gives data in real-time for decision-makers to know about the economic activities in the city.

“The next level that is evolving in Dubai is the decentralisation of data. We are working on it where we can share data among ourselves without centralising it and still derive value from it,” he said.

• Dubai’s ambition is not just to bring advanced technologies and automating tasks
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The government is to create a £5 billion fund to bring “gigabit-capable connectivity” to areas of the UK that won’t be covered by commercial deployments of fibre and other ultrafast technologies.

The funding forms part of a package set to be announced at the Conservative party conference in Manchester this week. Its hoped that this will also ease regulations for mobile infrastructure, accelerating the construction of 5G networks.

Figures show that 96 per cent of the country now has access to superfast broadband, most of which is powered by Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) which uses copper for the final few hundred metres of the connection.

• Boris Johnson laughs off fibre targets
• Openreach recruits more fibre engineers
• Johnson fibre plan 'needs work'

UK fibre subsidy

Coverage has been aided by a number of funding initiatives, most notably Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), but government policy has shifted in the past few years to indicate that “full fibre” is the technology of choice.

The current government target for switching off the UK’s copper network is 2033, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants this brought forward to 2025. The industry has said such an ambitious goal isn’t out of the question – but only if regulations are favourable and government financial support is present.

Just eight per cent of premises (2.5m) in the UK currently have access to full fibre, with the majority connected via fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), which uses copper for the final few hundred metres of the connection. BT Openreach plans to cover four million properties with fibre by 2021 and 15 million by the mid-2020s, while Virgin Media, CityFibre and TalkTalk are working on their own rollouts.

The government believes that up to 80 per cent of the country will be covered by these deployments, but wants industry to go further. Some have placed the total cost of extending coverage nationwide – including rural areas – at £30 billion.

The £5 billion fund was first reported over the weekend and has since been confirmed by Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan and Chancellor Sajid Javid. Details of how the subsidy will be distributed are unclear, although the use of “gigabit-capable” connectivity rather than fibre suggests a more technologically agnostic approach that would allow Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and cable.

Earlier this month it was reported that Morgan had met with telecoms executives to discuss proposals to extend coverage. The Telegraph has seen documents in which BT CEO Philip Jansen suggests that in order to connect more profitable areas of the country, providers should be obligated to cover adjacent areas too. In effect, this would mean that for every three fibre lines deployed in an urban area, one should be laid in the countryside.

 

 

•  Here are the best BT broadband deals for September 2019

Via Telegraph

Rumours continue to surround the launch date of the hotly-anticipated Sony A9 II, and another reported image of the next-generation model has appeared on SonyAlphaRumors. 

The original Sony A9 has been on the market since April 2017, so it’s ripe for an upgrade, especially with the Olympics coming up next year - the current model is pitched as a top-level professional camera which is particularly adept at sports and action shooting, 

• Read our Sony Alpha A9 Review 
• These are the best mirrorless cameras 2019
• Mirrorless vs DSLR: 10 key differences 

Its headline feature is its ability to capture 20fps at full resolution with zero viewfinder blackout and full autofocus - in short, it’s the perfect camera to capture fast-moving subjects without missing a shot. 

The latest leaked image suggests that the body construction of the A9 II will be almost identical to its predecessor, which is fairly typical of how Sony likes to operate - we’ve seen similar decisions before in its A7 range. 

Rumors of internal specs are a little thin on the ground so far, but it's been suggested that we could see a 36-megapixel full-frame sensor, which would certainly give other fast full-frame shooters a run for their money. We might also be treated to an even faster frame rate, which would make capturing those Olympic highlights almost too easy. 

As for a Sony A9 II release date, rumors suggest an October launch event is on the cards - if so we shouldn’t have to wait to long to get the full low-down. 

• These are the best Sony cameras 2019

Apple’s latest iPad – which for clarity we’re calling the new iPad (2019) – is in stores as of today (September 30), and by Apple standards it’s rather affordable.

Available now from Apple and elsewhere, it starts at $329 / £349 / AU$529 for a model with 32GB of storage, rising to $429 / £449 / AU$689 for 128GB of storage.

If you haven’t read up on the new iPad (2019) already, those prices and storage sizes should give you a hint that this isn’t a high-end slate; but then not everyone needs a high-end tablet, and you're still getting a decent amount for your money.

• Read our full iPad Air (2019) review
• The iPad Pro 2019 might land soon
• Check out the best iPad apps

Bigger and better, but only slightly

It has a larger 10.2-inch screen than its predecessor with smaller bezels, and it supports both the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard (though these of course are sold separately).

Its A10 Fusion chipset, meanwhile, should offer reasonable if not top-end power, but it lacks Face ID, coming as it does with an older design than the likes of the iPad Pro 11 (2018), featuring a home button and Touch ID.

We haven’t put the new iPad (2019) through our full review process yet, but in our hands-on review we concluded that it’s a fairly minor refresh, although one that comes in at a decent price. So it could be worth a look if you want iPadOS on a budget, and with a bigger screen than the iPad mini (2019).

If you’ve already pre-ordered the slate it should be with you today (or already if you're reading this after September 30), and if you haven't pre-ordered you can now pick one up immediately; if you’re not in a hurry, though, you might still want to wait for our full verdict on the affordable new iPad.

• These are the best iPad games

Future DLC updates to Red Dead Redemption 2 will focus largely on the online multiplayer aspect of the game rather than the single-player mode, Rockstar lead online production associate Katie Pica has said.

Pica told VG24/7 that the developer is "100% focused" on the online mode of Red Dead, which doesn't leave many percentage points for solo gamers. It's the same strategy Rockstar has used with other titles, like GTA 5.

"There's just so much to do, and we're just hoping to bring everything that a player can love about single-player into the online world, and fleshed out," Pica said.

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The full interview with Pica and other Rockstar staff is well worth a read, as they tease out a few details about the future of Red Dead Online – from being able to take your canine companion out on missions, to possible future expansions of the map.

Slow and steady

One of the key messages from the interview is that Rockstar wants to go slowly when it comes to building out the world of Red Dead Online, whether that's giving players new roles to explore or letting them purchase actual physical property.

"It's definitely a different pace to what GTA offers," said lead open world designer Scott Butchard. "It's a lot slower, it's a lot more intimate, and we just really wanted to build up slowly bit for bit, so the player really feels progression."

That means a lot of focus on the camp and being able to develop it, before taking the experience further. And even as Red Dead Online expands, Rockstar is keen to make sure that newcomers don't ever feel overwhelmed.

It's clear that Rockstar has big, big plans for the online version of Red Dead Redemption 2 to keep players coming back – indeed, we've seen plenty of updates arrive so far, and hints of a possible zombie invasion.

• Red Dead Redemption 2 PC could be riding over the horizon sooner than expected

Via Engadget

As a new term begins at university – or you've settled back in at school or college, you might be looking for a new laptop which can tackle not just coursework and the like, but also provide some downtime with demanding gaming sessions. And naturally you'll want something portable, too. Nobody wants to lug a bulky or heavy notebook around campus with them, or anywhere else for that matter.

In the past, these different needs would work against each other. A high-performing notebook would be a larger, heftier machine, simply because manufacturers couldn't fit more powerful, chunkier components inside a thinner laptop chassis.

However, the good news is that these days, laptop tech has moved on considerably, and a truly surprising amount of power can be packed into a thin-and-light laptop – with Nvidia leading the way on the graphics front in this respect with its latest GeForce RTX and GTX mobile GPUs.

These Turing-based graphics cards are very impressive performers, delivering close to desktop PC levels of GPU performance in neatly compact laptops, and therefore offering some potentially major cost-savings.

Major cost-savings

Cost-savings? How does that work? Well, let's imagine that you decide to go for a cheap bottom-of-the-range laptop for your work at uni or college. Such a model will be nowhere near capable of gaming, so if you want to enjoy some Fortnite or Borderlands 3 in your downtime, then you're looking at also buying a separate desktop PC for gaming.

And when you add up the cost of a decent desktop gaming rig and a basic notebook, it's likely to be far more expensive than getting a good laptop with a capable Nvidia GPU which can handle work, gaming, and indeed anything else you throw at it.

Not only this, but you also get all those portability advantages, as a slim notebook is dead easy to take round to a friend's place, or indeed to a LAN party. A big old desktop rig? Not so much…

Furthermore, there's another reason why Nvidia is a leading player in laptop graphics, and that’s the company's innovative Max-Q technology.

Max-Q is essentially Nvidia's way of optimising the design and power requirements of the graphics solution inside a laptop – inspired by NASA engineering, no less – allowing a powerful gaming notebook to be even slimmer.

There are other benefits of Max-Q, as well, one of which is that it helps devices to run quietly, with no loud fans or other potential sources of noise pollution that could disrupt an environment like a library or lecture hall.

Even when tackling demanding gaming sessions, this tech helps to keep noise levels down, so while you might be piloting an F-15 in a virtual world, your laptop won't be making any convincingly realistic impressions of your fighter's jet engines (unlike some gaming laptops we’ve used in the past).

There's a final good reason to consider taking the plunge with a GeForce-powered laptop, and that's some of the deals available on these machines right now. There are lots of top-notch laptops suitable for students with some impressive discounts lopped off, so to give you some inspiration, let's highlight a few models.

Check out these machines (some of which use Max-Q technology) which are currently being offered in mighty tempting 'back to uni' deals which boast up to £300 off.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G

First up is the Asus ROG Zephyrus G GA502DU, a gaming notebook which runs with an AMD Ryzen 7 3750H quad-core processor and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6GB) graphics card that utilises Max-Q technology.

Those core components are backed up with a healthy 16GB of system RAM, and a seriously quick 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD for storage. The 15.6-inch Full HD display has a refresh rate of 120Hz (meaning you'll be able to play games at up to 120 frames per second) and extremely thin bezels. The laptop itself is less than 19mm thin, and can currently be had with a £300 discount from Box.

Acer Predator Helios 300

Then there's the Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-53-71HF which is built around a six-core Intel Core i7-9750H processor capable of Turbo up to 4.5GHz. That's partnered with a GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q (8GB) graphics card, a combo that will make very short work of any game you throw at it.

This Acer gaming laptop is also equipped with 16GB of RAM and a pair of 512GB SSDs (for 1TB of storage in total). You also get a 17.3-inch Full HD screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz. Box has dropped the price on the Predator Helios 300 by £200.

Asus TUF Gaming

Looking for something a little less high-end? Consider the Asus TUF Gaming FX505DT-AL086T which still packs more than enough power with an AMD Ryzen 5 3550H quad-core CPU twinned with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB) graphics card. 

This laptop has a 15.6-inch Full HD display with a 120Hz refresh rate, along with 8GB of system RAM and a 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD. It has been knocked down by £150 at Box.

HP Omen 15

Finally, if you want a machine that hits more of the middle ground – with plentiful storage – check out the HP Omen 15-DC1001NA. This laptop runs with an Intel Core i5-8300H quad-core CPU with Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB) graphics. For system memory, you get 8GB, and there's lots of storage in the form of a 256GB NVMe SSD paired with a 1TB hard drive.

The screen is a 15.6-inch Full HD affair with a 144Hz refresh rate and vanishingly slim bezels, with Box offering a £100 discount on this HP laptop.

Whatever your 'back to uni' budget, there's a thin-and-light laptop out there with Nvidia GeForce graphics that can cater for all your computing, work and gaming needs in one neat and highly portable package.

Windows 10 will take another step forward with the second feature update of 2019 later this week, by all accounts, although it's set to be a minor upgrade compared to past efforts.

Windows 10 19H2 (aka version 1909) is shipping to insiders on the Release Preview ring, and has appeared on WSUS – the Windows Server Update Services server.

As Windows Latest observes, that latter development means this is likely the RTM build (final release candidate), and there’s also plenty of buzz online that the 19H2 update is ready to go.

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The other thing to consider is that timing-wise, Microsoft has a big press event on Wednesday, October 2 – where lots of new Surface devices are expected – so it would seem likely that the update will be shown off there, and the rollout could kick off the day after (or Friday).

We don’t know this for sure, naturally, but everything seems to be lining up for this to be the case.

Update in a minor key

Of course, nobody is getting too excited about version 1909 of Windows 10, because, as mentioned, it doesn’t introduce any major new features – it’s more like a service pack of old, with various fixes and under-the-hood improvements.

That said, there are some interesting introductions in Windows 10 19H2 which might not be major features, but are certainly noteworthy.

That includes the promise of better battery life for laptops running certain processors, and a potential performance boost for CPUs that have multiple 'favored' cores (with any workload being better distributed amongst those particular cores, so any given task should run a bit faster).

Microsoft is also introducing the ability for third-party digital assistants like Amazon’s Alexa to be voice-activated direct from Windows 10’s lock screen.

While it’s likely that this upgrade will be called the October 2019 Update, it's possible that Microsoft will want to avoid that particular name given past history (and the calamity that was the October 2018 Update); it’s also possible that a different naming scheme could be called for given that this is a more minor update.

• Some of the best laptops of 2019 run Windows 10

Every technology provider claims to have the key to improved productivity, providing greater efficiency and ensuring better collaboration. And for the most part, they do. Yet there are so many businesses that still remain stuck in the mire of stagnant productivity. 

One of the reasons is the proliferation of technologies and platforms in use. With information siloed in different systems and with different members of staff preferring different communications apps, it should be no surprise that organisations are not working as efficiently as they could be.

This isn’t how technology was supposed to be, and it’s certainly not how technology vendors imagined their platforms being used. It’s up to each individual business to improve their use of communications apps and other associated technologies.

The power of communication

An estimated 4 million people already work remotely in the UK, with the figure predicted to continue growing to half the UK workforce in 2020. The concept of working from home is clearly here to stay.

Employers have realised the benefits that these initiatives can bring to their workforce. In particular, ‘smarter’ working practices such as remote working have been shown to improve mental health, support efficiency and even boost productivity. 

Therefore, it’s in an employer’s own best interest to invest in streamlined collaboration technologies to ensure that employees working remotely will no longer have to compromise – or over-complicate – communication and collaboration with employees not sitting in their home office or their kitchen table, which is likely to be all of them. 

Making use of virtual conferencing that provide additional features such as chat and resource sharing all in one platform allows employees to communicate with others regardless of their geographic location. And the main benefit of this is that it enables face-to-face communication in real-time, seamless communication in various forms also encourages further collaboration. 

These benefits that virtual meeting rooms create is what has spiked the interest of many of today’s businesses. With traditional ways of working now in the past, new innovative methods are being introduced which can improve employee productivity. Virtual meeting rooms do just that.

Making use of virtual meeting rooms will create a collaborative atmosphere that will change the way normal meetings take place as well as keeping the workforce happy. 

• Find the best in small business software here

Collaborating in many ways

Due to the explosion of collaboration technologies in recent years, a plethora of tools have become available that can aid communication and day-to-day activities in the workplace. The significant amount of time people spent on switching between apps needs to change. It leads to reduced productivity which can prove detrimental for many organisations, and the market is demanding a new approach to application use.

Many employees have different tech preferences and communication styles which organisations need to streamline by adopting an all-in-one solution. The organisational impact of a solution like this with virtual meetings and virtual collaboration technologies also encourages cooperation and can develop team decision making. 

Simple collaborative solutions can facilitate cross-platform activity where users can go from chatting online to face-to-face meetings in seconds. A fully-integrated application also allows workers to easily connect and communicate — internally and externally — via a web browser or a downloadable desktop or mobile app. This is exactly what the market is demanding.

• Find the best in business computers here

Ensuring the chatter is secure 

As more employees bring new tools into the workplace, IT can get left out of the loop on critical applications that entire teams may be using to manage company data. This, on top of juggling a diverse set of approved tools and apps – including legacy, on-premises, cloud and mobile apps – makes it difficult for IT to know which apps are in use within the business, leaving them unable to protect those apps and the company data within. Managing and securing all of these apps can be a frustrating, manual process.

Having the right tools in place enables IT to set up a more holistic security system, as well as maintain that system going forward. Recent research shows that rather than investing in piecemeal solutions, 93 per cent of IT professionals agree that bringing the various aspects of identity and access management under one solution would greatly benefit the overall security of the organisation.

• Find the best in business smartphones here

If you hope to drive adoption of a collaboration tool at all levels of the organisation, it needs to provide peace of mind that no matter what is being discussed or shared it is secure – especially at the executive level. Single Sign-On technology can add a layer of security to employees logging on from remote locations and with varying devices. It is a good policy for all access needs, but definitely reinforces the benefits of a single, secure, robust communication platform. 

By streamlining processes and utilising a single sign-on all-in-one solution organisations can save valuable IT time, and more importantly provide their employees with tools that facilitate collaboration and creativity in the workplace. When used correctly organisations can cut through platform proliferation and use technology the way it was intended, to make life easier.

 

Stephen Duignan is VP International Marketing at LogMeIn.

• Find the best in Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) software here

Microsoft could soon release a version of its Chromium-based Edge browser specifically for Linux users, and its engineers are carrying out research to find out what it would involve.

As Windows Central reports, the Edge development team recently sent out a survey for web developers to find out their requirements and expectations of a Linux web browser.

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The brief survey asks which Linux distro is most important for web development, and if the developer uses multiple distros, why that is. It also asks what developers use browsers on Linux for (just work, or personal browsing as well), how they prefer to install browsers, and whether their development and testing work means they have any special requirements.

Feeling tempted?

While more choice is always welcome, it's interesting that Microsoft would choose to target Linux users – people who have specifically decided to shun Windows, despite the convenience it offers.

However, the new Chromium-based Edge has been generally well received, offering the best features of Chrome but without the performance issues associated with Google's infamously RAM-guzzling browser.

As Windows Central notes, Edge is already available natively for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, so with Linux on board too, Microsoft will have every major desktop and mobile operating system covered.

• 13 weird and wonderful niche Linux distros of 2019

At the moment most high-end phones and some high-end tablets use OLED displays rather than LCD, with the former generally seen as superior. But Apple could soon start using an even better tech for its iPad range.

That’s according to Ming-Chi Kuo (a respected Apple analyst) who in a research note seen by MacRumors said that new iPads released in late 2020 or early 2021 would use miniLED screens.

A miniLED iPad display would use many more LEDs than an OLED one, but to achieve this each LED is substantially smaller. It’s a change which should allow for thinner, lighter screens (and therefore thinner, lighter iPads), with performance that at least matches OLED, and less risk of screen burn-in.

• Read our full iPad Pro 11 (2018) review
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• New iPad Pro 2019: what we want to see

It’s also a move that should make Apple less dependent on Samsung, as while Samsung is the primary supplier of Apple’s OLED screens, LG Display would apparently be the main supplier for miniLED.

Not just iPads

Kuo doesn’t say what iPads would get these displays, but given that this is a new, high-end tech, they’re likely to initially be reserved for iPad Pro models. These miniLED screens would also apparently be used for new MacBook models launched in the first half of 2021 – and while Kuo doesn’t say as much, we wouldn’t be surprised if these screens are eventually used for iPhones as well.

Then again, Apple might leapfrog miniLED and go straight to microLED for its phones. Apple has been rumored to be working on microLED for a while, and as the name suggests, it’s similar to miniLED but with even smaller LEDs (keeping many of the advantages and likely being more power-efficient too).

However, microLED displays are also currently trickier and more expensive to produce, which is reportedly why Apple isn’t using them yet. As such, we wouldn’t expect to see them on the iPhone 12 – but for the iPhone 13 they’re a real possibility.

• These are the best iPad apps

Welcome to TechRadar's fifth – yes, fifth! – annual PC Gaming Week. This is the TechRadar Computing Team's favorite time of year, a time in which we get to celebrate the joys and explore the depths of arguably the most powerful and versatile gaming platform of all time.

This time around, we've rounded up a fine selection of analyses, interviews, opinions, how-to guides and features both old and new for all kinds of PC gamers. Whether you've been gaming on computers since the days of baud modem-powered multi-user dungeons, or you have no idea what we just said (but can clean house in Fortnite), we've got some excellent reads for you.

We’ll be updating this page daily as new articles are published, just so you don't miss a thing. Keep coming back throughout the week for fresh, new pieces and looks at gems from the TechRadar archives that you may have missed last time around.

OK, enough with this loading screen, let's get TechRadar's 2019 PC Gaming Week started right now.

How Remedy and Nvidia teamed up to push PC gaming to its limits with Control

Control is one of the most graphically ambitious PC games in years, so we chatted to the team at Remedy Entertainment, the devs behind the game (as well as Max Payne and Alan Wake), and Nvidia about how the companies worked together to push PC gaming to its limits.

The most graphically-impressive PC games of all time

The PC is the place to play some of the most beautiful games ever made. In our rundown of the most graphically-impressive PC games of all time, we look at some of the best looking games in recent history.

Game changers: the PC gaming moments which have most wowed us in the last 30 years

PC Gaming week is all about celebrating this brilliant platform, and what better way of doing it than listing the PC gaming moments which have most wowed us in the last 30 years?

I spent way too long playing with the new Steam library

Just in time for PC Gaming Week 2019, Valve released a beta update for Steam that completely changes the way the library looks. So, we took the opportunity to dive in and play with all the new features. And, we liked what we saw.

Game ownership in the digital age: what do you do in a post-ownership age?

If you buy a lot of new games, you've probably noticed that we're not stacking up new games all the time like we used to. That's why we thought we'd take the opportunity to dive into what PC game ownership means during PC Gaming Week. 

I expect you to die! The 10 best ever villains in PC gaming

Over the years we've seen some truly memorable – and terrifying – villains while playing on our computers, so to celebrate PC Gaming Week 2019, we've listed the 10 best ever villains in PC gaming.

How to run your old PC games on Windows 10

The PC has a huge back catalogue of some of the best and most groundbreaking games ever made, and it's relatively easy to get older PC games running on newer hardware – giving you the ability to play decades of games.

So, check out our guide on how to run your old PC games on Windows 10 to find out how you can get the PC's awesome back catalogue on your modern gaming rig.

How to play PC games on a cheap laptop

One of the best things about PC gaming is how easy it is for almost anyone to get involved. Sure, you can spend loads of money on a fancy new rig to play the latest games at full graphical settings, but you don't need to spend a fortune.

In our guide on how to play PC games on a cheap laptop, we show you how you can play games on a budget laptop – with a few choice tweaks to make the games run as smoothly as possible.

The history of Minecraft – the best selling PC game ever

Minecraft is the biggest selling PC game ever – so to celebrate, we look back at the history of Minecraft, from its humble beginnings to world domination.

5 movies that should have been made into PC games

It always seems like the worst movies get made into PC games, right? Well, for PC gaming week, we take a look at 5 movies that should have been made into PC games. Who knows, there's still time, right?

Best gaming mouse pads 2019: the best mouse mats for gamers

Gaming keybaords get a lot of attention, so do the gaming mice. But, the gaming mouse pads sadly get ignored far too often. That's why we went ahead and gathered up the best gaming mouse pads 2019 has to offer. 

Best gaming keyboard 2019: the best gaming keyboards we've tested

You can't celebrate PC gaming without celebrating the essential peripherals, right? That's why for PC Gaming Week, we decided to take a look at the best gaming keyboards you can buy today. 

The 35 best indie games on PC

Just ask any PC gamer, and they'll likely tell you that PC gaming is just as much about indie games than the big-budget AAA adventures – maybe even more so. That's why for PC Gaming Week, we took a look at the best indie games on PC right now. 

How MSI builds some of the smallest gaming PCs in the world

When you think of PC gaming, it's likely you imagine a giant tower of a PC. But, you can have all of that power inside a tiny little chassis that will fit next to your TV. So, for PC gaming week, we took a look at how MSI builds some of the smallest gaming PCs in the world. 

Best hard drives 2019: the top HDD for desktops and laptops

SSDs might be all the rage, but a good hard drive is a great place to store all the dozens of PC games that you don't want to delete, but maybe don't load up very often. That's why, for PC gaming week, we took a look at the best hard drives 2019 has to offer. 

Touring Maingear: the hypercar auto shop of gaming PC builders

For PC Gaming Week, we take a look around the head quarters of Maingear, a boutique PC builder that makes some seriously impressive gaming PCs.

Why (and how) Acer makes the most extreme PC gaming hardware

Acer makes some of the most powerful – and over-the-top – gaming hardware money can buy. So, we talk to Acer President of IT Products Jerry Kao about Acer's passion of PC gaming, and why the company wants to provide insanely powerful PC gaming hardware.

How much RAM do you really need in your gaming PC?

Recently we've been seeing games with ever more demanding specifications – including RAM. While component makers and PC manufacturers are perfectly happy to sell you large amounts of RAM, we look at how much RAM do you really need in your gaming PC.

Make sure you read this before splashing out on huge amounts of memory – it might just save you a lot of money.

The best gaming PC 2019: 10 of the top gaming desktops you can buy

For PC Gaming Week 2019, we pick the very best gaming desktop PCs that money can buy right now. If our PC gaming coverage has got you desperate to fire up a rig and play some games, then this list is an excellent starting point.

PC gaming has entered the eye of the subscription service storm

PC gaming is changing thanks to subscription services like Xbox Game Pass. For PC Gaming Week 2019, we take a look at how PC gaming has entered the eye of the subscription service storm – and what it means for our favorite pastime.

How Sega became one of the biggest names in PC gaming

Sega used to be best known for console games featuring a certain speedy blue hedgehog, but these day's it's one of the most powerful players in PC gaming.

In an exclusive interview, we talk to Gary Dale, President of Sega Europe and Anna Downing, VP of Marketing for Sega Europe, about how Sega became one of the biggest names in PC gaming.

How to turn a second hand PC into a gaming beast

You don't need to spend a fortune to build yourself a decent gaming rig as our guide on how to turn a second hand PC into a gaming beast shows.

All you need is an older PC and a few choice components and you can create a gaming PC that can handle most modern games for not much money.

What’s it like to game on a $40,000 PC?

How good a gaming rig could you get if money is no object? We put that to the test as we explore what it's like to game on a $40,000 PC.

We visited Overclockers UK's head quarters to test out the phenomenal 8Pack Orion X2, which costs £33,000 – or around $43,000 if you’re in the USA – which is more than most people's house deposits. But just how good at playing games is such an expensive machine? Read on to find out...

Best controllers for PC 2019: the best PC game controllers you can buy today

It may sound blasphemous to some, but game controllers absolutely have their place in PC gaming. This is especially true when you consider the glut of indie platformers and other games of their ilk on the platform.

With that, it's about time that we collect the best PC game controllers in one place for your perusal, from overall greats to specific pads for those retro gems.

Best SSDs 2019: the top solid-state drives for your PC

With the amount of massive PC games releasing on an annual basis, peppered with countless indie releases that just demand playing, the need for a fast, sizable solid-state drive is more dire than ever.

So, we've incorporated our guide to the best SSDs on the market in several categories into PC Gaming Week 2019. Here's what we think are the best SSDs for several use cases and occasions.

How to build a cheap gaming PC that doesn't suck

We get it: PC gaming can be an awfully expensive hobby. However, we also have come to learn that it doesn't necessarily have to be, especially if you're able to save.

So, we've built a gaming PC for not much more than an Xbox One X that doesn't compromise where it counts. This thing can store plenty of games and play them swimmingly at 1080p resolution. So, here's how to build a cheap gaming PC that doesn't suck.

Epic Games Store vs Steam: a tale of two digital storefronts

We ran this piece for the first time earlier this year, just as the Epic Games Store was coming out of the gate from a December 2018 debut. As it turns out, not a whole has changed in comparing it against the elephant in the room, Valve's Steam.

Regardless, we've slightly updated and repurposed the piece to examine both online PC game stores as they are in late September or early October 2019. Here's where the Epic Games Store vs Steam debate stands today.

The best PC gaming headsets of 2019

Being huge fans of PC gaming, we test every end of the hardware experience, even the vast PC gaming audio market. We particularly enjoy the immersion of a good gaming headset.

Since we figure at least some of you share the same desire for excellent audio from our PC games, we've included our comprehensive list of the best PC gaming headsets we've tested in 2019.

Why Corsair believes in the wireless future of PC gaming

Last year, we spoke with game peripheral maker Corsair about its long-awaited journey into wireless gaming accessories. 

Given that it's well into producing some of the best wireless mice and keyboards on the market today, we thought it fitting to revisit this piece.

The best gaming PC 2019: 10 of the top gaming desktops you can buy

Has all this talk of PC gaming got you wanting to upgrade your rig? Then check out our pick of the best gaming PCs of 2019.

We've picked the best desktop PCs that are packed with some of the latest and greatest gaming components, and can handle the very latest PC games with ease.

Intel’s love affair with PC gaming

Intel isn't just one of the biggest names in computing, thanks to its processors that powers so many of our rigs, but it's also a big supporter of PC gaming.

For TechRadar's PC Gaming Week, we explore Intel's love affair with PC gaming, and how the company is helping grow esports, while also giving players and creators the powerful tools they need to get the most out of their games.

The best PC games 2019

PC Gaming Week wouldn't be complete without our definitive rundown of the very best PC games you can play right now.

From the top single player games, to hectic multiplayer madness, we've selected what we think are the best PC games in 2019. Each one has been thoroughly played by us, and they all prove why the PC is the best gaming platform. 

5 secret tips for building a great gaming PC

Think you know all there is to know about building a gaming PC? Think again, as we kick off TechRadar's PC Gaming Week 2019 with this guide to the best secret tips for building a great gaming PC.

From winning the silicone lottery, to PSU and cooling tips, these handy hacks will have you building a killer rig in no time.

Having both struggled in their opening matches, today's 2019 Rugby World Cup clash between Scotland and Samoa is a chance for both teams to make amends in Kobe City.

The last encounter between the two teams saw a 44-38 win for Scotland at Murrayfield in an autumn international back in 2017, and today's game should be an equally close affair. 

You can watch the match live in full, no matter where you are in the world with our Scotland vs Samoa live stream guide.

Scotland were easily beaten against Ireland, failing to score a single try in the 27- 3 defeat. Meanwhile, Samoa initially made hard work of outsiders Russia before a strong second half saw them eventually ease to a 34-9 win.

The Scots' defeat against the Irish was further compounded by injuries for Hamish Watson and scrum-half Ali Prince that have ruled them out of the rest of tournament, while reckless tackles from Rey Lee-Lo and Motu Matu'u for the Pacific Islanders against Russia mean potential disciplinary action could rule them out. 

Who will run out winners in this crucial Pool A clash? Read on to find out all your Scotland vs Samoa live stream options, no matter where you are in the world

• Discover how to live stream every single Rugby World Cup game and for free

How to watch the 2019 Rugby World Cup from outside your country

If you're abroad for any of the Rugby World Cup and don't want to miss out on catching the coverage from your home country, you'll inevitably find it geo-blocked when you try to stream online. But don't sweat. With the option of a VPN, you can tune into those fixtures no matter where you are in the world without resorting to some dodgy feed on Reddit. And best of all, it's really easy to do (or read on for details on how to stream coverage from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA).

How to stream Scotland vs Samoa live in the UK 

How to watch Scotland and Samoa: live stream in Australia

How to watch Scotland and Samoa live in New Zealand

How to live stream Scotland and Samoa in the US

• Hulu with Live TV $40 per month - Hulu with Live TV includes CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN.
• FuboTV $35 for the first month - FuboTV gives you the first month at a discounted rate but after that the price increases to $45 a month. The service includes CBS, Fox, NBC and the NFL Network but does not come with ESPN.
• DirecTV Now $50 per month - DirecTV Now includes CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN and for $5 extra you can add the NFL Network.
• YouTubeTV $40 per month - YouTubeTV gives you access to CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN.

Live stream Rugby World Cup 2019 match in Canada

Sony Xperia phones are designed to be great for watching movies and gaming with their 21:9 aspect ratio, but they’re also processing powerhouses, with the Sony Xperia 1 getting one of the highest benchmark scores we’ve ever seen. However it looks like Sony’s next Xperia handset could beat that.

That’s because it looks like its next release could have the upcoming Snapdragon 865 chipset. If that name’s unfamiliar, it’s because currently no phones have the chipset. Most high-end handsets have the Snapdragon 855, and the newer version hasn’t been announced yet.

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That’s according to Japanese news site Androplus, which has reported on tests Sony conducted to use Snapdragon 865 in its Xperia 1 smartphone. This indicates the next Xperia smartphone could come with this futuristic chipset.

We’ve seen the Snapdragon 865 benchmark scores leaked already, so we know the next-generation chipset will come with incredibly high processing speeds, as well as native 5G support, which could lead to an influx of 5G phones.

This could make Sony’s upcoming smartphone a true processing beast, although we’ll likely see the chipset first in the Samsung Galaxy S11, since Samsung had a hand in creating the Snapdragon 865.

Since the Sony Xperia 1 with a Snapdragon 855 chipset was almost as powerful as the iPhone XS, Snapdragon 865 could help the new Xperia phone top the iPhone 11’s power.

Things to come...

What do we know about the upcoming Sony Xperia smartphone? Not much, really. Before IFA 2019 an influx of leaks pointed to a eight-camera beast of a phone, but instead we got the Sony Xperia 5, a compact version of the Xperia 1.

We don’t even know what the new phone will be called, but since the Xperia 5 was named that since it’s halfway between 1 (like the Xperia 1, Sony’s flagship) and 10 (like the Xperia 10, Sony’s affordable phone), it likely won’t be called the Xperia 6. Our closest guess so far is the Sony Xperia 2.

Sony will likely announce its new phone in early 2020, stay tuned to TechRadar until then to follow all the surrounding leaks.

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