This week, we hosted our very personal Good House Week to have fun the most recent and biggest tech within the good residence sector and provide you with tips about the way to use your devices extra successfully.
We additionally noticed the arrival of some good new Bluetooth audio system, a Floor Professional that lastly provides the iPad Professional a run for its cash and several other occasion date bulletins from Prime Day to the Pixel 9 launch occasion.
So, in case you missed it, listed here are the seven greatest tech information tales from the previous seven days.
7. We hosted Good House Week 2024
We launched our new Good House Week for 2024, the place we have given you all the most well liked ideas and tips for establishing and profiting from your good residence. This consists of guides on the way to arrange and use Alexa sound detection and our ideas on new merchandise like this Chicken Buddy good hen feeder.
We have additionally requested consultants for insights into how secure good residence safety cameras actually are and challenged each Google and Apple to step as much as the plate with new {hardware} earlier than Amazon pulls even additional forward within the race to dominate the good residence market.
6. We reviewed the Floor Professional 11 – and known as it the very best Floor ever
Due to its “snappy efficiency, wonderful battery life, improved compatibility, and new AI-powered apps that may solely get higher with time,” we have already dubbed the brand new Microsoft Floor Professional 11 the very best floor ever.
Beginning at $999.99 /£1,049.99 / AU$1,899.99 this pill is not a mere pill; it is a bonafide Home windows 11 OS-powered machine with a 10-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus chip, 2.8K LCD show, 16GB RAM, and 256GB SSD – although you may improve to a mannequin with a 12-core Snapdragon X Elite chip, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD beginning at $1,499.99 / £1,549 / AU$2,699.
That is the primary correct competitors the iPad Professional has ever had, and as we are saying in our evaluate, “Apple ought to completely be apprehensive.”
5. Prime Day 2024 dates had been revealed
After by accident leaking the dates for Prime Day 2024, Amazon formally confirmed that Amazon Prime Day will happen on July 16 – 17 within the US and UK.
As a part of the sale, Prime members can anticipate to see actually 1000’s of offers throughout a variety of common tech manufacturers, together with Sony, Samsung, Ninja, GHD, Fitbit, Oral-B, Bose, and Shark, to call only a few.
In the event you’re not a Prime member already (and have not subscribed to Prime beforehand), you may join a 30-day free trial beneath to reap the benefits of a handful of early offers which have appeared and be prepared for the total sale when it goes stay in a couple of weeks.
4. Google and Samsung set dates for his or her subsequent cellphone launch occasions
Each Google and Samsung introduced the dates of their subsequent tech occasions, with Galaxy Unpacked touchdown sooner on July 10, 2024, with an occasion beginning at 9 am ET / 6 am PT/ 2 pm BST.
We anticipate to see the arrival of its new foldable telephones, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, a successor to the Galaxy Watch 6 of some variety (perhaps even a Galaxy Watch Extremely), and the extremely anticipated Galaxy Ring.
Google’s announcement is extra shocking, as as an alternative of October its Pixel cellphone launch occasion is scheduled for Tuesday, August 13. We all know it is a Pixel cellphone occasion as properly (fairly than for another {hardware}) as a promo clip exhibits us a have a look at the Pixel 9 Professional, and is titled “AI… meet IX” – IX being 9 in Roman numerals.
3. Final Ears and Beats gave us bombastic new audio system
As we head into the hotter Summer time months (no less than right here within the UK, the place this author relies), which means one factor: out of doors events. Be it on the seaside, by the pool, within the backyard, or at a park, there’s nothing higher than being outdoor soaking within the rays and having fun with a BBQ. And if you wish to preserve everybody entertained with music, there are two new contenders on the scene.
The brand new Beats Capsule landed, and whereas it seems to be much like the last-gen mannequin, its makers promise huge issues. It is apparently louder, boasts IP67 mud and water resistance, has Bluetooth 5.3, helps USB-C for each audio passthrough and charging, and it prices simply $149.99 / £149.99 / AU$249.95.
Then there’s Final Ears’ new Everboom. This 360-speaker can get actually loud and nonetheless delivers a stable sonic efficiency with just some distortion at its max 89-decibel quantity. At a extra reasonable loudness (which is the place you will be listening anyway), it sounds unbelievable. Plus, it boasts IP67 mud and water resistance, and it floats, making it excellent for any gathering the place it would take a dip.
2. Leaks confirmed us a Terrific Superman film character
Is it a hen? Is it a aircraft? No! It’s a few new enormous updates on James Gunn’s Superman film. The forthcoming DC movie is presently being shot on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio – and, as many people anticipated, some huge leaks have emerged as filming on the DCU Chapter One flick continues apace.
And after we say huge, we imply huge. Not solely did a new Superman film leak reveal a brand new have a look at the Man of Metal’s costume, nevertheless it gave us our very first have a look at one in every of his fellow heroes in Mr. Terrific. Just a few days later, the identical character was seen encountering Clark Ken’s most loyal pal in a Superman film video leak, too. Let’s hope some surprises are saved for the Kryptonian’s return to the large display screen.
1. The UploadVR Summer time Showcase 2024 served VR gaming goodness
Meta may not have held its summer season Quest Gaming Showcase this 12 months, however the 2024 UplaodVR Summer time Showcase launched us to video games and apps headed to the very best VR headsets within the coming months.
The hour-long occasion had rather a lot to point out off, however some highlights for us included Lovesick – a punk-themed VR escape room, Pencil! – a mixed-reality drawing instructor and assistive device; and Chilly VR – a reverse Superhot the place time hastens if you decelerate.
