Year: 2024

While Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World and Disneyland gets a lot of attention from Star Wars fans and folks visiting the theme parks, true stans will know of the appeal of Star Tours, the Star Wars spaceship simulator ride.  And now, Star Tours is getting the ultimate homage in one of the best, most high-tech toys around. You can now have your own Starspeeder 3000, the acclaimed cruiser, as a toy model. Better yet, it’s modeled after the original form of the ride vehicle from the attraction that opened back…

Lexar Professional Silver Plus MicroSD: One-minute review Lexar is one of the leading manufacturers of flash memory and has been a trusted name for photographers and videographers in the creative sector for years. The Silver Plus line of SD and MicroSD cards are positioned as the mid to high-end storage option.  In this review, we’ve looked at the 128GB MicroSD, which boasts impressive transfer rates of up to 205MB/s, which, considering that this is a UHS-I card rather than the newer UHS-II card, is even more impressive. We’ve tested all…

You don’t need to pay a fortune for a decent entry-level WiFi 7 router, as TP-Link’s newly announced Archer BE3600 is now priced at a bargain $99, making it a promising and affordable option for consumers and SMBs alike. The Archer BE3600 operates on dual-band frequencies, providing speeds of up to 2,882Mbps on the 5GHz band and 688Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. It is equipped with four external antennas featuring Beamforming technology, which boosts signal strength and coverage. It offers Multi-RUs, 4K-QAM and Multi-Link Operation (MLO) for simultaneous data reception…

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 continues the trusted and loved ThinkPad lineup of laptops that Lenovo continues to create with business users in mind. It is yet another durable and reliable business laptop with a robust build, impressive battery, and great ports for connectivity.  While this laptop is designed for business professionals, it also focuses on more than use in the office. Like so many of the best business laptops we’ve reviewed – particularly the best Lenovo ThinkPads out there, the T14 Gen 5 is light and portable, perfect…

Micron recently unveiled its 2650 client SSD, the first to be made using 276-layer 3D NAND, a new record for the company. The Gen 9 NAND offers the fastest IO speed in the industry at 3.6GBps, which Micron claims is 50% faster than competitive NAND shipping in an SSD and with up to 99% better read and 88% better write bandwidth. It’s also 73% denser and has up to a 28% smaller board area compared to competing products. The TLC (3 bits/cell) 2650 SSD uses a PCIe gen 4 interface…

Before artificial intelligence takes over the world, it seems it’ll beat us at table tennis first: Google has reported on a robot making use of its DeepMind AI that is now able to play ping-pong to an “amateur human level” of performance. The DeepMind lab is where Google works on some of its most advanced AI tech, and we’ve previously seen plenty of practical DeepMind experiments: everything from AI adding audio to silent videos,  to discovering new materials. In a new paper, Google’s researchers say their table tennis robot was…

Every year, TV brands update their lineup with the latest models, but there are not always advancements in spec or tech. The previous generation of sets are gradually phased out, but they often don’t carry many differences from the new generation, and end up selling for discounted prices.   2023 had an amazing crop of TVs, with serious advancements in QD-OLED (so much so that at one stage OLED seemed to be over) and even brighter and punchier-looking conventional OLEDs, thanks to the introduction of micro lens array (MLA) tech…

It’s a great time to consider upgrading to one of Sony’s excellent flagship full-frame cameras this week thanks to an impressive range of discounts at Adorama. The retailer currently has record-low prices on the Sony Alpha a7 IV, the Sony Alpha a7R V, and a deal that’s just $100 from the record-low on the A7R III. With three excellent choices, there are plenty of options here to bag a serious discount on some of the best mirrorless cameras on the market.  If you’re looking for a superb all-rounder, then the…