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Black Friday’s a great way to stock up on kit that might otherwise just be outside of your price range. And, when it comes to the smart home, there’s a chance that a smart product will also help save you money in the long term (or at least make life that bit more convenient). Of course, there are thousands of deals to be had, but these are the products that I’d particularly look out for. If the smart home’s not quite your bag, then check out our live Black Friday coverage for the best deals across all products. Philips Hue Bridge…
Notifications are important as they alert you the moment something important happens. For example, when you have an upcoming meeting, you don’t have to keep checking the clock, as you’ll be notified just before it begins. Similarly, a security notification about an app trying to access your files is important because it needs your attention. Windows, however, sends you notifications for almost everything under the sun, including one for not opening an app for a while. Winhance is a free Windows optimization app that can help you tame all the annoying notifications without digging through the settings. However, make sure…
It’s a great time to upgrade your smartphone, as Amazon’s Black Friday sale brings solid discounts on Samsung devices. The Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25 are both available at reduced prices, while the already affordable Galaxy S25 FE is now an even better deal. The Galaxy S25 Ultra is £250 off during the sale. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy SoC and offers a large 6.9-inch AMOLED LTPO display with QHD+ resolution. It gets a quad-rear camera setup with a primary 200MP sensor and dual telephoto cameras. The phone packs a 5,000mAh battery…
Anthropic released its most capable artificial intelligence model yet on Monday, slashing prices by roughly two-thirds while claiming state-of-the-art performance on software engineering tasks — a strategic move that intensifies the AI startup's competition with deep-pocketed rivals OpenAI and Google.The new model, Claude Opus 4.5, scored higher on Anthropic's most challenging internal engineering assessment than any human job candidate in the company's history, according to materials reviewed by VentureBeat. The result underscores both the rapidly advancing capabilities of AI systems and growing questions about how the technology will reshape white-collar professions.The Amazon-backed company is pricing Claude Opus 4.5 at $5…
Tel Aviv, Israel, November 24th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Blast is introducing a new operating model for cloud security with a first-of-its-kind Preemptive Cloud Defense Platform, replacing reactive response with continuous prevention. Blast Security, a cybersecurity startup founded by industry veterans from Solebit (acquired by Mimecast) and elite IDF units, today announced its launch from stealth and a $10 million seed round co-led by 10D and MizMaa Ventures. Blast is redefining how organizations eliminate cloud risks using preventive guardrails to ensure environments remain secure by design. The company is already working with numerous global enterprises to secure their production environments, preventing cloud…
Huawei has already announced that it’s making the Mate 80 series official on November 25, and ahead of that, today the company has continued teasing the devices with two videos. The first one, embedded below, is all about the Mate 80 Pro Max. The already revealed design is in full view. The phone will have great dust and water resistance, including resistance to water jets, as is made obvious by the video. The next teaser video is all about the cameras – specifically, their output, enabled by the processing pipeline which Huawei calls the second generation Red Maple imaging. The…
Facebook Groups are getting more Reddit-like with newly added support for nicknames. The feature, which allows users to post under a custom username instead of their real name, provides an alternative to posting anonymously. With anonymous posting, users can share without the post being connected to their Facebook profile and real-life identity, but this approach also doesn’t allow other group members to get to know them or their personality, or to follow their updates over time. Image Credits:Facebook Meta says that nicknames will allow people to participate in groups more personally while maintaining privacy, particularly in groups where users want…
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android AuthorityGoogle isn’t the best example of consistency, but you have to give the company fair credit for maintaining a consistent design language for its Pixel Watch lineup so far. The original Pixel Watch and its follow-ups in the form of Pixel Watch 2, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Watch 4 have retained the same overall design language that many have loved. But after four generations of using the same design, is it holding the Pixel Watch back? Would people be interested in a different look for the Pixel Watch? As it turns out, people really love…
To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our home planet from above, countless NASA astronauts have described feeling awed by the astonishing sight and a profound shift in perspective that followed. This unique experience is known as the overview effect – a term coined in 1987 by space philosopher and author Frank White in a book of the same name. The phenomenon creates powerful changes in the way astronauts think about Earth and life and can be particularly strong for those who lived…
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Analogue 3D: Two-minute reviewThe Analogue 3D is finally here, and it’s one of the best retro games consoles available on the market. After multiple delays and what felt like a longer wait than those excruciating Christmas Eve sleeps as a kid, Analogue’s take on the iconic Nintendo 64 is in my hands, and I’ve been testing it thoroughly over the last couple of weeks.The Analogue 3D is a modern…