Tag: Consumer Discretionary
Philips Hue’s new outdoor Dymera wall lights beam up and down
Philips Hue is expanding its outdoor smart lighting lineup with a new model called Dymera that beams both up and down, allowing dramatic effects for your home’s exterior (or interior). The lights feature a black design and two individually controllable beams, letting you set illumination and individual colors for each…
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 raises $2.5 million for cancer research
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 has wrapped after a nonstop weeklong speedrunning marathon. This year’s charity raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Other highlights included four broken world records and a dog named Peanut Butter beating the oddball NES classic Gyromite. This year’s AGDQ, which took…
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The Morning After: Samsung reveals the Galaxy S24 Ultra
Samsung’s big Unpacked event yesterday unabashedly focused on the company’s annual flagship phone refresh. No smart speakers, no tablets, no wearables (pretty much…) just three more phones, each with entirely different unique features. Just kidding: It’s mostly just changes to cameras and screen size. Same as it’s been since the…
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra hands-on: A fresh titanium frame combined with a big bet on AI
With the launch of the Galaxy S24 family, Samsung is boldly declaring an end to the smartphone camera wars as it moves into the AI era. And the $1,300 S24 Ultra is its torchbearer for this new age of mobile design. While it may not look like a ton has…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S24 lineup puts generative AI front and center
Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S24 devices at its first Unpacked of the year. As expected, the three smartphones have a heavy focus on artificial intelligence-powered features, from the likes of live translations to image editing. Galaxy AI, as Samsung is calling the devices’ overarching AI system, is behind a number…
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Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus hands-on: Samsung’s AI phones are here, but with mixed results
I’ve never thought of Samsung as a software company, let alone as a name to pay attention to in the AI race. But with the launch of the Galaxy S24 series today, the company is eager to have us associate it with the year’s hottest tech trend. The new flagship…
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