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TechRadar's review of HP's EliteBoard G1a says the AMD Ryzen keyboard PC is water-resistant, easy to clean, and able to withstand liquid splashes. It has a 32Whr battery but no touchpad.
Hiyd, led by former Apple engineer Salah Batroukh, has built a slim microsuction sensor that adds heart rate, sleep, movement and other tracking to an existing watch. It is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt and plans a November Kickstarter.
Google has made Android phone number verification opt-out, automatically verifying a device's number and attaching it to every Google account signed in on the phone, including work and secondary profiles. A support page describing the behavior was updated between August and October 2025.
TechRadar says Sony’s WH-CH730N deliver strong value and solid sound, but need EQ tuning and lack LDAC.
Suidek's 7-in-1 CD/DVD drive is $44.99 at Amazon, adding an M.2 NVMe slot and card readers, TechRadar reports.
TechRadar: Hasee X5 with Intel Core i9-12900H is $559.99 on Newegg until Oct. 18, offering high-end CPU performance.
TechRadar's five-star 360 camera, the Insta360 X5, is selling for $464.99 on Amazon, $85 under its $549.99 list price, per the site's deal report.
Apple announced the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K on Tuesday, dropping the cheaper Wi-Fi-only model and pricing the remaining 128GB version at $300. The Verge's reviewer says new features are welcome but audio passthrough and 4K/120Hz output remain absent.
Deezer will add an on/off toggle letting subscribers remove AI-generated tracks from their streaming experience by the end of the year, as AI uploads now account for more than half of new tracks on the platform, according to Engadget.
YouTube adds “Made with AI” labels for songs primarily made by generative AI, starting on YouTube Music.
Google Play offers up to 20% off gift cards from 30 retailers through Oct. 19, including Barnes & Noble, REI and GameStop.
TechRadar reports Squarespace and Titan have partnered to offer professional email at $3 per month, with few additional details available.
CNET corrected its report and confirmed Siri AI will be exclusive to the HomePod mini 2, whose S10 chip is built to handle those requests, and will not come to the original S5-based HomePod mini.
The Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song says she spent about 100 days feeding metabolic data to a Twin Health digital twin, which used continuous glucose monitor and other data to predict food responses with red, orange and green labels. Twin Health remains experimental and is available through corporate or private health plans.
Pennsylvania startup Mosqitter is turning chemical-free mosquito traps into an AI-powered surveillance network that uses computer vision to identify species, track populations and flag disease risk, as it prepares to launch its Febris monitoring system for governments, health agencies and airports.
Google Play adds private personal Android apps built with Google AI Studio, initially in the U.S. for users 18 and older.
Anbernic has shared video of its RG DDS dual-screen handheld emulating 3DS, Xbox and PS3 titles, with 3DS-matching screen dimensions and a Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 chip. Price and full performance details are still undisclosed.
Zero DS covered 271.23 miles on one charge in France, setting a Guinness electric motorcycle range record.
An Android Authority reader survey suggests Kindle users are reluctant to pay $80 for Amazon's Page-Turn Cover, an accessory that brings physical page-turn buttons to select Signature Edition Kindles.
Apple’s first smart display, the HomeView, is set to launch November 13 for $299, but Amazon is already offering it for $289.99 in two colors, according to The Verge.
The US Department of War’s Operational Energy - Innovation Directorate has awarded PowerLight Technologies a contract to develop Aerial ReCharge, a laser-based power beaming system that recharges drones and payloads while in flight. According to TechRadar, ARC can deliver kilowatt-class power to units up to 5,000 ft away.
Ray-Ban Meta users say the glasses saved audio and transcripts without the wake command. Meta says the issue is resolved but has not explained the cause.
Square is launching the Square Kiosk, a 21.5-inch touchscreen ordering device with a conversational AI voice layer. It costs $1,999 for Plus or Premium subscribers, plus a $99 monthly per-device software fee.
Four former CoScreen engineers have released Petal, a free open-source screen-sharing and pair-programming tool, after Datadog retired CoScreen on July 31. It runs on macOS, Windows and the web over LiveKit.