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The compact Fan 2 Pro is designed to be carried anywhere and move air around medium-sized rooms, a balcony, or family tent. It features a big 3,600mAh battery for up to 70 hours of very quiet (21dB), cordless operation at low speed, or four hours on max. It can operate even longer when connected to a USB-C power bank or large power station. The blades, filter, and front & rear housing are fully detachable for easy cleaning, and there’s even an integrated nightlight.The Fan 2 Pro can move air up and around thanks to its ability to continuously oscillate 90-degrees…

TAG Heuer and Team Ikuzawa are back together, and have just launched the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph x Team Ikuzawa watch. It’s a follow-up to their 2023 collaboration, and it’s every bit as cool as the previous one. It’s a limited edition run of 150 pieces, with each one individually numbered. The new model takes TAG Heuer’s 39mm Carrera Glassbox, and reinterprets it, inspired by the Heuer Roadmaster stopwatch. George Bamford and Mai Ikuzawa are the creative force behind it. Bamford runs Bamford Watch Department, and he’s known for putting his own spin on classic designs, while Ikuzawa is Team…

I’ve just spent a day driving the new Chery Tiggo 4 super hybrid around Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, and I’ve come away both impressed and a little unnerved. Prices start at £19,995 (approx. US$27,000 although it’s not available in the US) for the Tiggo 4 CSH, rising to £21,995 (approx. US$30,000) for the range-topping Summit trim I tested. For that money, you get a full-hybrid SUV producing 204PS and 310Nm of torque, a 0-62mph time of 8.9 seconds, and CO2 emissions of just 120g/km – all without ever needing to plug in. It shouldn’t be this cheap and feel this good…

Part wireless speaker and part sculptural art piece, the LS Luxe is what happens when industrial designer Ross Lovegrove is given carte blanche by KEF to craft something that looks as good as it sounds. An evolution of the LS50 Wireless II all-in-one speaker pair (which were already creeping into lavish territory) the LS Luxe dials things up even further with a unique look, high-end materials and clever moulding compounds that bring even more clarity and deeper bass. It’s the latest in an ongoing partnership with Lovegrove, who is renowned for his flowing, organic designs. “At KEF, we have always…

With Dyson founder, James Dyson, as his father, there’s no disputing that design is in Jake Dyson’s DNA. After studying Product Design at London’s Central Saint Martins, Jake founded and ran Jake Dyson Light, his own cutting-edge lighting business based in Clerkenwell, London, which was later acquired by Dyson. Now working with his father as Dyson’s Chief Engineer, Jake’s days are busy and varied, as we find out in this interview… Growing up with James Dyson as my dad was cool. He’d wear one pink sock and one yellow sock when he’d pick me up – he had quite a…

It’s practically common knowledge within the tech world that Samsung is supplying Apple with flexible OLED screens for its debut foldable smartphone. The iPhone Ultra is widely expected to make its debut in September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, but I already feel like I’ve had a sneak peek. That’s because I’ve just finished testing the Galaxy Z Fold8. Samsung’s first wide book-style foldable uses the same passport-sized outer screen and 4:3 aspect ratio inner display that Apple is believed to have gone for; the upcoming iPhone is also predicted to have a dual camera array at the rear and…

Introduction It’s been a long time coming, but Android XR has finally landed. Google’s virtual reality headset software might be a distant third place to Meta’s Quest and Apple’s Vision Pro right now, but that could change quickly with hardware partner Samsung at the wheel – especially when its first effort, the Galaxy XR, feels so feature-complete at the first time of asking. The standalone VR headset sits somewhere between the Meta Quest 3S and mad money Apple Vision Pro. Comparisons with Apple’s spatial computing headset are inevitable, but Samsung shouldn’t mind: the Galaxy XR is lighter than a Vision…

US chipmaker Qualcomm has confirmed that it is raising the price of its Snapdragon chips powering mobile handsets, with reports suggesting the increase could reach double digit percentages. At a time when RAM chips and storage are making it more and more difficult for Android phone manufacturers and some PC makers to keep prices within the accepted realms of affordability, Qualcomm raising price it charges for CPU chips will likely send further shockwaves through an industry struggling to cope. It means your favourite smartphone brand is going to have to pay more for the chips that power the phones and,…

RAMageddon won’t be the only reason your next phone costs more — Qualcomm is about to raise prices on all its processors, as well. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said on Wednesday that “prices are going to go up” on the company’s products starting on September 1st, CNBC reports. The price hikes were rumored last week to be “a percentage in the double digits.”Qualcomm announced the planned price increases while reporting a 20 percent year-over-year drop in revenue from its handset business, the lowest it’s reported since 2021. In its quarterly earnings presentation, Qualcomm said this drop is due to “unprecedented…

Soon we will have agents that can work 24/7 on your behalf to help you achieve your goals and improve your life, your health, your relationships, your finances, whatever you want. The first domain that agents have really taken off in is coding. But engineers are more technical and willing to spend time making those agents work, so to build great personal agents, this needs to be a great consumer product that just works out of the box and is easy enough for billions of people to adopt and use. Read the full article here

Microsoft is working on an AI “super app” that combines Copilot’s chat, coding, and agentic capabilities. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the app will span “both consumer and commercial experiences” when it launches this year.“Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to Autopilots,” Nadella said. “This quarter, we are bringing these Copilot experiences together, including code, in one super app… This is a major step forward, and I look forward to sharing more soon.”Nadella’s confirmation comes months after a report from Fortune revealed that Microsoft is working on a super app that blends…

When the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was banning “advanced robotic devices” from entering the United States, the headlines were all about humanoids. But spying doesn’t require legs — and neither does the FCC’s robot ban.The robot ban will sweep up robot vacuum cleaners too, FCC media relations director Katie Gorscak confirms to The Verge.It’s not coming for your existing Roomba, and companies can keep importing and selling already approved ones. But the government claims that future foreign robots pose a national security risk, and even robovac companies are suddenly being asked to commit to US manufacturing.While the government…