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Samsung has a been a giant of the modern flip phone resurgence pretty much from day one, but has stayed there by playing it safe. The Galaxy Z Flip8 might be the firm’s most restrained (some might say boring) effort yet, but this year’s effort does refine the formula in a few key places. I got an early look at the Flip8 ahead of Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked reveal event. While it doesn’t have the freshness factor of the short’n’wide Galaxy Z Fold8 or the high-end hardware of the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, I still walked away impressed by how Samsung…

Garmin’s take on the no-screen fitness tracker is finally official. The Cirqa puts automatic activity detection and 24/7 health monitoring in a distraction-free device which – unlike class king Whoop – doesn’t require an ongoing subscription. I got the chance to try the compact and lightweight tracker at a London gym space ahead of the July 24 public release. It’s still early days – especially as a sluggish Play Store update meant I wasn’t able to pair to my Android phone – but it already looks like the Cirqa gets a lot right. How does the Cirqa stand out from…

Getting fit is easy to talk about and much harder to actually do, especially once the initial motivation wears off. That’s where a good fitness app comes in handy. Cheaper than any gym membership, fitness apps make for one of the easiest ways to get sweaty. Using the tool already in your pocket, your smartphone, you’ve access to thousands upon thousands of workouts, tutorials, and logs to track them all in. I’ve tried as many as I could get my hands on, and picked out the eight best you can use to get moving. Fill up that water bottle, lace…

In an astonishingly brief period, AI has woven itself into the fabric of everyday life, whether for professional purposes, studying, or just getting life advice. Some even use it as a therapist or to fill the loneliness gap, treating it as a friend or a romantic partner. This got me thinking: If people trusted AI to handle their real-life decisions, how well would they fare in scenarios involving ethical dilemmas for which no one has the right answer? To put that to the test, I placed several AI models in Joel’s position from The Last of Us and asked whether…

Analyst Adobe Digital Insights has predicted spending on TVs will be up 45% across this summer with streaming devices up 65% and projectors by 60%. Now’s the time to buy! But buying a new TV can be a daunting task, with a jungle of options and technical jargon to navigate, often leading to all manner of TV-buying mistakes. To help you make a more informed decision and spend your hard-earned cash in the wisest way possible, we’ve identified a few common mistakes that people often make when purchasing a new television. Here’s what to watch out for when you’re in…

When people watch a historical drama, there’s an unspoken assumption that a lot of what they’re seeing is probably made up. That holds true for a show like Downton Abbey, which is set in the early 20th century and doesn’t pretend to be inspired by any actual events or people; or The Dig, a Netflix movie about a 1939 archeological excavation that does involve real people, although so many of the details are changed it might as well not. Then there’s a show like The Great, which ran for three seasons on Hulu between 2020 and 2023. The Great freely…

There’s a good chance you already have a robot living in your home. It might not have arms, legs, or an unsettlingly cheerful metal face, but that little robot vacuum diligently trundling around beneath the sofa still counts. Robot vacuum cleaners had a rocky start, mind, beginning as fairly dim appliances that bounced between walls and ate charging cables. Today’s best models can map several floors, recognise different objects, wash their own mop pads, empty their bins, and return to their docks for a recharge without requiring much attention. They’re also being joined by robots that mow lawns, clean windows…

Local LLM models are fantastic because they’re local, and for us normal people with regular hardware, that’s usually where it ends. But, I’ve got a surprise. NVIDIA’s latest voice model doesn’t feel like that. It was astonishing, simply because it was astonishing, regardless of the medium. The fact that it was running locally on my hardware added to the astonishment, it didn’t cause it. I could describe it, but I think it’s best if you just see for yourself. PersonaPlex is a full-duplex voice model NVIDIA has been cooking lately When I say latest, I mean a bit late. PersonaPlex…

Your smart TV most certainly has plenty of mainstream apps pre-installed, like Hulu, but what about the obscure ones? These apps, for one reason or another, don’t get the attention they deserve, so I’m here to help. Lifetime Movie Club I love artsy movies and having my brain and perspective challenged, but sometimes I just want to enjoy cheesy, low-effort content. For nearly a year, I’ve had a subscription to Lifetime Movie Club, and boy, is there a lot of cheese here. I can’t help but admit it’s what makes the movies really entertaining, like the strange pull The Room…

It takes a lot to leave a successful career for a startup and equally it takes a lot to make a startup successful. Together with his co-founder, Rex Kuo has done both of those things, taking Orbitkey from Kickstarter success story through to a global business, selling organisational products in over 40 countries. Here we chat to Rex about making it happen…  I used to work as a pharmacist. I started Orbitkey with a schoolfriend of mine. I was already working as a pharmacist full-time and Charles, my co-founder, was an industrial designer. I always dabbled in little side businesses…