Tag: Software

The wait is over! Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset has finally landed in the UK, and I couldn’t be more excited

Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset is finally coming to the UK It lands on July 8, and will cost £1,699 It lands ahead of Samsung’s Android XR glasses expansion After months of waiting, the Samsung Galaxy XR headset is finally ready to bring Android XR to countries beyond the US and…

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‘I got chills’: Dolby Atmos brought Audible books and Rocket Man to life in a way that whisked me to another time and place

Maybe it was the 38 speakers, or the other luxury accoutrements of the Cadillac Escalade, but when the backing vocals on Sir Elton John’s 1972 classic, Rocket Man, hit, I got chills. I’ve been listening to that song for 50 years, and yet I’d never heard it quite like that.…

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Microsoft continues the good work on Windows 11, with tweaks to ‘quiet’ ads — and that big taskbar change is ‘coming soon’

Microsoft has toned down the ads and annoyances with Windows 11’s widgets panel In testing, the new default settings are a lot less in-your-face and distracting This is part of a large slab of work to improve Windows 11 in the past month, and Microsoft has further promised another major…

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Windows 11 is such a memory hog that I’ve had to resort to RAM optimizers — but can Microsoft turn things around with project K2?

Microsoft has a tough task ahead to optimize Windows 11, with the reported project ‘K2’ described as an effort to effectively eliminate the issues of bloatware, excessive AI usage, and provide better gaming performance, and it wants to match the latter with Valve’s SteamOS to win users’ trust back. I…

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I don’t know if Vision Pro is alive or dead, but it is still the most sophisticated, powerful, and coolest hardware Apple ever built — and we can surely thank it for the glasses that will follow

Rumor has it, Apple‘s pricey Vision Pro is headed for the scrap heap of failed tech gadgets. Rumor also has it that it’s fine and will see either further upgrades or iterations. Rumor further has it that even if the Vision Pro doesn’t get significant upgrades, it will stand as…

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I ditched my iPhone and used the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta (2nd gen) by using it as my travel guide in Rome, Italy — but I absolutely got the wrong pair

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. Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2): two-minute review Between the boom in generative AI technology and the ability of manufacturers to…

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