Author: Press Room
Was this weekend your first chance to finally ditch the winter wardrobe and enjoy some long-awaited sunshine? For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere starting to see trees blossom back into life and temperatures rise, summer feels right around the corner – something Govee wants to help you take full advantage of with its latest set of smart lights. The Outdoor Chromatic String Lights aren’t your regular festoon lights: Govee says they’re first of their kind with per-bulb rainbow effects, for transforming your garden, patio, balcony or pergola into a 24/7 colourful hangout. Launching as 10- and 20-light strings,…
I’m pretty sure Govee won’t rest until every last inch of my house and garden are covered in colour-changing LEDs. The smart light specialist’s latest effort doesn’t even need to take up permanent residence: it’s a freestanding installation that can jazz up any corner of your yard, no drills or ladders required. The Govee Lightwall, which is on sale in the US right now for $450, has what the firm says is the industry’s highest LED density: a whopping 1536 RGBIC bulbs cover a 6.2×8.5m area, giving you a 32×48 pixel grid that can be customised with all sorts of…
I’ve been a fan of electric BBQs ever since I reviewed the Char-Broil Smart-E BBQ and found out how quick and easy it is to BBQ when you don’t need gas or coal to hand. With electric BBQs you literally need to plug them in and within a few minutes they’re up to temperature and ready to go – there’s no easier way to cook outdoors. If you don’t have room for a full size like the Char-Broil Smart-E or want a BBQ you can take camping (along with a decent power bank) you’ll want to look towards a compact…
AirPods are some of the best headphones money can buy, but are AirPods with cameras a step too far? In an age of Meta pervert glasses, your answer might be yes. But, to borrow a much-worn phrase from Meta’s own Facebook, it’s complicated. Apple can avoid the meta pervert glasses trap by taking a privacy-first (and perverts-last) approach to wearable tech with cameras. But will it? And will that be enough? Rumours about AirPods with cameras have done the rounds for years. In 2024, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed Apple was working on AirPods with infrared camera modules. Rather than being…
When it comes to the latest coffee making tech, most hardware is focused on espresso. But the humble drip coffee is overlooked, despite being a great tasting option. Fellow’s latest coffee machine wants to give this type of brew some love. It lets you make better tasting, more precise coffee in each batch, which can serve up to ten cups. This stylish piece of kit is Fellow’s first automatic drip (filter) machine. It promises to shatter the long-standing myth that filter coffee equals a bad brew. Aiden is all about bringing café-quality coffee to your kitchen, minus the faff. Whether…
Govee has finally launched the latest version of one of its most popular standalone smart lights, bringing an even sleeker design and wider illumination to bathe even more of your walls in colour. The Floor Lamp 3 is also being joined by the Govee Lantern Floor Lamp, which sees the firm head into more neutral interior design territory for the first time. Following a public debut at CES back in January, the Floor Lamp 3 goes on sale today in the US for $169.90, through the official Govee website and Amazon US. I’ve had one in the corner of my home office…
The fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time is Ne Zha 2, an animated fantasy adventure film made in China. Most Americans haven’t seen or even heard of this movie, but it’s hugely popular. It’s becoming increasingly common for Chinese movies to make this kind of impact. Take The Wandering Earth, a 2019 sci-fi film that made $700 million at the worldwide box office. With those kinds of numbers, you’d figure the film would be a cultural touchstone, but most people in the United States don’t know about it. However, they CAN watch it on Netflix, which has a long history of…
When the Apple Watch first came out, the uninitiated assumed it would be the death knell of mechanical timekeeping. Why would you ever need another watch? And yet wristwatches haven’t just held on; they’re on the up. Why? Put simply, there are some things that wristwatches can do that no amount of interconnected tech can replace – as well as some things they can’t. Here then are seven reasons mechanical watches are better than the Apple watch (or any other smartwatch) – as well as three reasons they aren’t. What mechanical watches can do better: 1. Unlimited Battery Life Nothing’s…
The original Tado X was already Stuff’s favourite smart thermostat – but there’s always room for improvement, right? The new second generation version promises sleeker looks, easier installation, and more intuitive controls to keep you toasty once the cold weather sets in. Rather than bring back the dramatic black colour scheme seen on the OG Tado X, this new model has gone for subtle Snow White finish that’ll slip into the background instead of commanding attention. Tado also reckons it’s now the thinnest smart thermostat in the European and US markets, at just 17.8mm, so it’ll sit nice and flush…
It’s easy to think AI is just for funny cat pictures or summarising a report you can’t be bothered to read. But there are several ways it’s making a real difference. Take researchers at Queen Mary University of London, for example, who have used AI to assess your pecs and predict how long you have left or whether you’re at risk of heart failure. Turns out skipping chest day might cost you more than your gym selfie. In the study, which was funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, AI…