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Music festival season might now be in full swing, but not everyone fancies muddy fields and moshing crowds. Govee’s second-gen smart light/speaker combo blends stadium-strength sound with the light show to match – just on a scale small enough to squeeze into your bedside table. The Table Lamp 2 Pro x Sound by JBL ($180) was first revealed at January’s CES show, and is finally going on sale later this month. I’ve had the sleek-looking lamp illuminating my office for the last week. It’s a tech world team-up, with JBL supplying a punchy 2.5in full-range driver (plus the EQ tuning…
Klarna, the buy-now-pay-later service, is launching a mobile phone service. The $40 per month phone plan is launching in the US in the “coming weeks,” offering unlimited 5G data, calls, and texts on AT&T’s network — making it yet another MVNO in an increasingly crowded space.MNVOs, or mobile virtual network operators, are companies that sell phone service on another carrier’s network. They’ve become more popular in recent years, and include brands like Mint Mobile, Visible by Verizon, Cricket Wireless, Xfinity Mobile, and now the Trump Organization’s new phone service.Klarna says its service is powered by Gigs, a firm that’s supposed…
The next generation of Xbox consoles is finally starting to take shape. Microsoft has now officially confirmed that we’re not just getting one new console, we’re getting two: a traditional living room box and a handheld console version. But there’s one crucial change. Apparently, these consoles won’t be locked into Microsoft’s walled garden anymore. That’s because they’re going to run Windows at the core, which will allow an ecosystem to develop. Xbox President Sarah Bond made it clear that the future of Xbox isn’t a single device. Rather, it’s an ecosystem that follows you around. Microsoft wants you playing Xbox…
Blame Ryan Reynolds. With a new wireless brand from the hosts of SmartLess emerging last week, and the debut of Trump Mobile this week, it sure seems like there’s a hot new trend in Celebrities Selling Things: phone service. How did it come to this? Why can’t they just stick to tequila? I talked to a couple of experts about the situation, and it’s not entirely the Deadpool actor’s fault. But also: it is kind of his fault. To be clear, none of these celebrities / political figures are building new cell networks from scratch. What they’re launching are Mobile…
If you stumbled across Terence Broad’s AI-generated artwork (un)stable equilibrium on YouTube, you might assume he’d trained a model on the works of the painter Mark Rothko – the earlier, lighter pieces, before his vision became darker and suffused with doom. Like early-period Rothko, Broad’s AI-generated images consist of simple fields of pure color, but they’re morphing, continuously changing form and hue. But Broad didn’t train his AI on Rothko; he didn’t train it on any data at all. By hacking a neural network, and locking elements of it into a recursive loop, he was able to induce this AI…
What’s the best gaming console? That’s a question gamers have debated for as long as consoles have existed. The truth is, it’s one of the most subjective discussions in the world of technology. But don’t worry – we’re here to help you figure out which one might be the best option for you. Of course, the answer will depend on your gaming preferences, budget, and who you plan to play with. If you’re after a console for family gaming, your choice will probably differ from one geared toward solo adventures. And if handheld gaming is your thing, we have a…
Garmin has announced a new sleep-tracking band that can be strapped to your upper arm, which could make it more comfortable to wear overnight. The Index Sleep Monitor tracks sleep stages, heart rate, and even your breathing to create a “comprehensive view of overall fitness and recovery,” with a personalized sleep score delivered every morning so you know how well you slept, according to Garmin.The Index Sleep Monitor is now available through Garmin’s online store in S-M and L-XL sizes for $169.99. The tracking is handled by a small, removable electronic module that features motion sensors and an optical heart…
In my house there’s usually quite a lot of food on the go, but until I tested the Char-Broil Smart-E, BBQs at home were limited to a couple per year. That’s not because my family doesn’t enjoy them, quite the opposite, more that we’re always on the go and by the time we get back to base it’s usually too late to start messing about with briquettes…We (were) much more likely to use a BBQ on the beach or at a campsite than have one at home. It took about an hour and a half to put the Char-Broil Smart-E…
How does a person come to found a huge tech company? Well, according to Gtech founder and CEO Nick Grey, it’s about your drive and creativity, rather than toeing the line at school. Read on to find out more… I am one of seven, so it’s a very big family. There were loads of things around – the garage always had interesting-looking stuff that hadn’t been touched for years, so I used to fix things and muck about. Mostly it went alright; some things I couldn’t fix, but generally I would find a use for things that took my interest.…
Introduction That Nintendo was in no hurry to replace its first hybrid handheld is hardly a shocker. The original Switch transformed the gaming landscape and went on to be one of the best selling games consoles of all time. But for those of us running out of patience with games that evidently needed a bit more juice (never mind the barely acceptable ports), an update couldn’t come soon enough. On first inspection an update seems to be exactly what Nintendo has delivered with the Switch 2, to the extent it feels more like an iteration than a truly new generation…
Handheld gaming is having a moment. If you’re looking for the best way to play your games on the go, you’ve come to the right place. From big hitters like the Switch and Steam Deck, to powerful Windows machines, cloud-based creations and curios like the Playdate, we’ve reviewed the best handheld gaming console you can buy right now. To test the best handheld gaming console contenders, we use them in every situation we think you will. That meant long sessions on the sofa, dealing with our backlogs in bed, killing time during flights and even booting up a game in…
Introduction Are sweaty warm weather commutes are your idea of hell? Sony’s latest quirky wearable aims to prevent work shirt ‘pit stains – and wants to keep you warm in winter too. The Reon Pocket Pro climate control neckband keeps your hands free, unlike a portable fan, and is smart enough not to keep chilling when you get somewhere with effective air conditioning. At least, that’s the theory. Can cooling a single spot really stop you from feeling the heat, to the extent that justifies the £199 asking price? (There’s currently no US launch planned, with Sony using this Reon…