We say this every week, but what week it was in technology: we have seen a wave of new product launches, reported on a seismic change in one of the biggest film franchises in history and spent time With the thinnest foldable phone on the planet.
This is a lot to follow, that is why our weekly “in case you miss it” exists. Get a drink, sit in a comfortable place and pass through everything that has happened in the last seven days.
Once you are fully caught up, we are all ready for next week in technology – and you can count on Techradar to bring you all the technological news that matters, as happens.
8. You told us how you use AI
The Techradar team questioned the general public in a new special report which takes the temperature of the way in which the tools of AI continue to change our lives: there is no media threw here, just real data taken to Hundreds of users in the United States and the United Kingdom.
We have made interesting discoveries on the most popular AI tools, how polite we are to our Companions of AI, to which AI is really useful and why research on AI is a real threat to Google – It is worth reading through all of this in full. Or just do your favorite AI tool to summarize them, at least.
7. James Bond obtained a new boss
The MGM studios belonging to Amazon bought the Bond franchise in 2022, but now, the company has a complete creative control on the property: long -standing guards for the creation of Ian Fleming, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, away.
It’s a huge change, and James Bond’s world will never be the same again. Hopefully the leaders of MGM Studios keep everything that is great in the suave spy and resists the desire to produce 12 spin-off television shows that we can never see.
6. Amazon resulted in a useful kindle function
When he does not draw the future of James Bond, Amazon makes ereders: and the owners of older Kindles lose the possibility of downloading their electronic books bought on a computer. In the future, these files will be transferred wirelessly and locked on a Kindle.
It was a useful way to save electronic books that you bought directly on Amazon, but it was also a feature that people operated to hack files and distribute them on the web. Again, normal users lose due to the shady actions of a minority.
5. We met the new OnePlus 3 watch
Freshly out of the launch of the excellent OnePlus 13, OnePlus has now pushed the OnePlus Watch 3 to go with – and we spent time with the big and beautiful laptop. It is an iterative update, but it is always impressive.
Our Revue Full OnePlus Watch 3 is still pending, but the immediate protruding facts are the long service life of the battery, the classic watch look, the new health characteristics and the in -depth support of the Google third -party applications. This could be one of the best smart watches for Android to date.
4. Canon teased a promising small video camera
Vloggers on the market for a compact and capable camera would do well to consider the newly teasing cannon Powershot V1. Discreetly anchored on the Canon Japan website, it has a whole new sensor of 22.3 MP and certain rather practical features for video manufacturers.
We are still waiting for all the details of the camera and world prices, but we love what we have seen so far. Although there are already a lot of vlogging cameras to this type of price, Canon may have offered the perfect price and performance mixture here.
3. Amazon revealed two powerful Wi-Fi 7
When he does not track the future of James Bond or does not make lists, Amazon also manufactures routers. The EERO series has long been an excellent choice for the affordable and reliable domestic networking kit, and there are now two new Wi-Fi 7 available models.
The Eero 7 and Eero Pro 7 are at cheaper prices than the Premium Eero Max 7, but always seem to do a fantastic job to cover your whole house in fast Wi -Fi – ideal for busy households and power users. The devices are starting to ship on February 26.
2. We examined the thinnest foldable phone in the world
Complete brands to the OPPO engineers, who have managed to build a foldable phone which measures only 4.21 mm from front to back when it is unfolded. It’s incredibly thin, and we put said phone – the Oppo finds N5 – testing in a complete examination of its capacities.
In short: Samsung should worry, because the Oppo finds N5 is pulled very well against the Galaxy Z Fold 6. Not only is the phone very thin and light, it has some excellent screens and offers an impressive level of duration of Battery life for a foldable handset.
1. The iPhone 16th A landed – and replaced the series
There is no doubt to the biggest news of the week: with the iPhone 16th, Apple has reorganized its most affordable iPhone series, abandoning the home button, the Touche ID support and the name of The iPhone is at the same time. And there is a new modem chip to make a good measure.
Discover everything you need to know about the iPhone 16th on Techradar below, including internal specifications (which compare very favorably with the iPhone 16), and how much it will cost you. It may well be the best value on the market at the moment.
