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Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks are usually the top recommendation for streaming sticks. But, the newly announced Roku Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus are set to launch in June, and they look like the better buy every day of the week. The standard Roku Streaming Stick comes in at just $30/£30. For that, you’re getting an intuitive software experience without having to faff around. Improved Wi-Fi connectivity means it should actually stay connected without you having to do a rain dance next to the router. Plus, the addition of a voice-enabled remote at this price point feels like a proper…

Introduction Honor just fired the latest salvo in the ongoing foldable phone slimness battle. The new Honor Magic 5, launching today in China ahead of an expected wider rollout in the coming months, sets the new standard for book-style folders at an incredible 4.1mm when open. Yet it hasn’t skimped anywhere on the spec sheet to achieve it. The successor to the Honor Magic V3 arrives with the full-fat version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, a trio of flagship-grade rear cameras, and one of the biggest batteries you’ll find in any phone, let alone a folding one. It’s skinnier…

After launching its first portable power stations last year, DJI just launched the Power 2000 with double the capacity, more output power, and big scalability.Unlike a fixed Tesla Powerwall solution, DJI’s followup to the Power 1000 I reviewed last year is designed to scale in support of your day-to-day energy needs no matter where you go while also offering the fastest charging times for your DJI drones.For example, you can take the Power 2000 along to a job site or weekend barbecue. Add solar panels and a few expansion batteries for longer car-camping trips or a vanlife summer, and then…

The iPad mini might be small in stature, but the latest model packs a mighty punch. In fact, it’s my favourite iPad (and one of the best iPads you can buy) thanks to its portability. Apple’s pint-sized powerhouse comes with refreshed internals and a design that makes it as pocketable as it is practical. And its even more of a steal with this Amazon deal ahead of the mega Prime Day sale. During Amazon’s Spring Sale, the iPad mini (A17 Pro) is discounted by $100 from $499 to $399 – that’s a rather excellent 20% saving on this top-rated tablet.…

Honor has announced the Magic V5, which it says is the thinnest foldable phone in the world right now — though only if you ignore the raised camera module, and only for its white version. The phone launches today in China, but Honor says an international release is coming “soon.”At 8.8mm thick when folded shut, the V5 is indeed impressively thin, and beats the 8.9mm Oppo Find N5. That 0.1mm difference is imperceptible in practice, though a very slight curvature does help Honor’s phone feel a hair thinner than the Oppo. That’s only true for the phone’s “Ivory White” version…

OnePlus has been drip-feeding details of its upcoming phones for a little while now. However, it’s now unexpectedly revealed most details about its cheap Nord CE5 – aside from the price. Given the predecessor device hit the £199/€229/₹22,999 price point, we’d expect the new model to do the same. We’ll find out during the OnePlus Summer Launch Event at 9.30am BST/2pm IST on July 8th. We’d suggest that OnePlus won’t be launching its cheapest phone in the US since the Summer Launch Event is not publicised on its US website. Also both the Nord 4 and Nord CE4 Lite did…

Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US. After wrangling over hundreds of amendments for more than 24 hours in a so-called “vote-a-rama” on Monday and Tuesday, Senate Republicans advanced the bill with provisions that make it near impossible for many renewable energy projects to qualify for tax incentives Congress passed in 2022. But a last-minute amendment eliminated a proposal to impose a new excise tax on solar and wind projects, which industry groups and advocates warned could have done even…

T-Mobile is bringing some of its Uncarrier energy to Ultra Mobile, the carrier’s international-focused MVNO that operates on its network. It announced that its plans now have slightly higher data caps and more international perks, but with the same prices as before for new and existing subscribers — a rare thing to see these days.The plan with the most notable increase in data cap is its $39-per-month tier, which jumps from 15GB to 24GB per month. It also includes 5GB of data you can use in Mexico before international data roaming charges kick in. If you’re accustomed to churning through…

X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts.Like humans, the “AI Note Writers” will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a post “if found helpful by people from different perspectives,” X says in a post on its Community Notes account. Notes written by AI will be “clearly marked for users” and, to start, “AIs can only write notes on posts where people have requested a note.”AI Note Writers must also “earn the ability to write notes,” and…

Figma, the platform that specializes in collaborative interface design, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company will trade under the ticker symbol “FIG” as it prepares to “double down” on its investments in AI.Figma was nearly acquired by Adobe for $20 billion in 2022, but the two companies scrapped the deal in 2023 after facing pressure from regulators in the UK and the European Union. Last year, Figma CEO Dylan Field hinted at going public last year during an interview included in The Verge’s Command Line newsletter, saying, “There are two paths that venture-funded startups go down.…

Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people “Admin” and “Member” roles.People with Admin status have full control of all the devices, services, and users within their smart home, while Members can only use “basic” device controls, like watching the live view of a security camera. However, admins can grant Members additional privileges by giving them “Settings” access, allowing for control over device and home-wide settings. Admins can also turn…

Earlier this year, Sonos permanently dropped the price of its Era 100 speaker to $199, making it more affordable for people looking to build a multiroom wireless speaker setup. Now, the small-but-mighty speaker is even cheaper to kick off summer. Sonos is offering the refurbished Era 100 for just $119 ($40 off), the lowest price we’ve seen on the smart speaker. Sonos Certified Refurbished products are thoroughly inspected, cleaned, and tested by the brand’s in-house team, and you get the same one-year warranty as new Sonos products.The Sonos Era 100 is the brand’s mainstream home speaker, offering stereo sound, line-in…