Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: The Apple Watch Series 8 is the new best smartwatch
Apple is rolling out no fewer than three new smartwatches – and we’ve already spent a week with two of ‘em. While we’re still waiting to put the priciest Watch Ultra through its paces, the $399 Watch Series 8 is now Apple’s best wearable. Crash detection and a new skin…
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The Morning After: The verdict on the iPhone 14 Pro
It was a big day for tech reviews. Alongside the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro, there are also new action cams from both GoPro and DJI – and we’ve got detailed reviews on all of them. Engadget But let’s kick things off with the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro and 6.7-inch…
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The Morning After: Nintendo’s next Zelda game has a release date
The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild finally has a name: Tears of the Kingdom. And it’s finally got a release date, too: May 12th, 2023. This was arguably the big reveal of Nintendo’s Direct live stream, alongside a Pikmin sequel. We got an all-too-brief teaser…
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The Morning After: Meta’s next-gen VR headset leaks
Meta’s Quest Pro headset is due to arrive next month, but there are always leaks to spoil the party. In a video from Ramiro Cardenas, you can see a black headset with three cameras on the front that resembles the minimal glimpses we’ve seen of the Project Cambria headset. Cardenas…
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The Morning After: Marvel is getting the ‘Pokémon Go’ treatment
I wasn’t sure Marvel could shoehorn its characters and stories anywhere else, beyond all the movies, TV shows, games and toys, but now it wants you thinking about those heroes wherever you go. It’s teamed up with Pokémon Go developer Niantic to create an augmented reality mobile game launching next year.…
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The Morning After: France’s plans for an EV lease program
France’s Budget Minister Gabriel Attal announced plans for a lease program to open up EV use. “We know that for many French, [EVs] remain very expensive,” he said, adding the government was working to figure out how quickly it could implement the measure. Reuters At the moment, under a subsidy…
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