Month: July 2025
Spotify’s new 30-hour audiobook plans are too short to finish long books
Spotify has launched two new Audiobooks Plus add-on subscriptions that allow Premium users to double their audiobook listening limit to 30 hours. They’re available to individual Premium subscribers and users who manage Family and Duo plans. Other users on Premium accounts can now also request 15 hours of audiobook access…
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Galaxy Watch 8: My first days with Samsung’s smartwatch have been promising
Samsung announced its newest devices during its Galaxy Unpacked event on July 9. That happened to fall on the second day of Amazon’s Prime Day event. Do big tech companies not know what the others are doing? Do they care? Do they like making the lives of tech reporters difficult?…
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24,000 e-bike batteries recalled because the US can’t get its shit together
The US federal government’s consumer watchdog has issued a recall for “about 24,000” batteries sold with cheap VIVI e-bikes at retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and AliExpress for prices between $365 and $950. At least 14 incidents of overheating batteries have been reported, with three reported fires. No injuries have been…
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Dune Awakening PS5 and Xbox Series X|S – everything we know so far
Dune Awakening is a survival MMO from the creators of Conan: Exiles. It aims to adapt the iconic series of sci-fi books, giving players the challenge of surviving on Arrakis, the most dangerous planet in the Universe. Currently, it’s out on PC, with a console release planned in the future.…
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US government wants to ban Chinese technology in submarine cables
New proposals look to secure subsea cables against foreign adversaries This includes a default denial of contracts to Chinese firms Subsea cables carry 99% of internet traffic A recent proposal by the FCC outlines plans to ‘unleash submarine cable investment’ in order to ‘accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure’ across…
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Here are the Nintendo Switch 2 launch games that arrived alongside the new console
The Nintendo Switch 2 is out now, with a whole host of games launching alongside it. It was a solid launch line-up, with an absolute juggernaut leading the pack alongside an impressive third-party offering, and new versions of Switch games. The headline launch title was easily Mario Kart World, which…
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