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Poco F8 Ultra: Two-minute review The Poco F8 Ultra demonstrates what’s possible when performance doesn’t come at a premium. Packing a top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, a huge 6,500mAh battery, and a bright 120Hz AMOLED display, it's among the very best phones on paper — but it's Poco's photography chops and unique Bose partnership that set the F8 Ultra apart from other ‘flagship killers’. A trio of rear cameras steals the show. Poco phones (as well as those made by its parent company, Xiaomi) often sneak under the radar for photographic performance, but having shone in both day and nighttime environments during my testing, there’s rarely been any situation where the F8 Ultra’s cameras haven’t exceeded expectations. What’s more, Xiaomi’s HyperOS 3 seems to finally be fulfilling its AI-centric potential, with genuinely useful photo features that allow beginners to fine-tune the...

In my opinion, 4K Blu-ray is easily the best way to view a movie at home. It delivers unmatched picture quality that will give the best TVs a chance to shine, along with uncompressed audio that, when played through one of the best soundbars or a full surround system, is unbeatable. Since I started testing 4K Blu-ray for TechRadar back in November 2024 as part of the Blu-ray Bounty (where we test the latest 4K releases from each month), I’ve come to appreciate the format even more, and I've even become a fan and collector during that time. 4K Blu-ray is also a staple of my AV testing, as it uses that exceptional picture and audio I mentioned to really push AV equipment to its limits. I’ve spoken before about my favorite discs of classic movies , as I believe 4K Blu-ray has worked wonders for some older titles. But in recent months, there’s been a few new discs that have impressed me in one...

The HP OmniBook X Flip 16 gives you considerably more flexibility than a conventional laptop. Its 16-inch touchscreen can be folded all the way back for tablet use or positioned at different angles for presentations, streaming and creative work. In its 60th Anniversary Sale, the HP OmniBook X Flip 16 is now $750 (was $1200) at Best Buy . That's a massive $450 saving, equivalent to 37.5% off the regular price. You get plenty of performance for the money too. The Core Ultra 7 256V is paired with 16GB of fast LPDDR5X memory, a spacious 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD and Intel Arc 140V graphics. Omnibook X Flip 2-In-1 Touchscreen Laptop: was $1199.99 now $749.99 Connectivity includes Thunderbolt 4, a second USB-C port, two USB-A connections and HDMI 2.1. You also get Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth, a 5MP IR webcam and a backlit keyboard. View Deal Why we recommend it The Core Ultra 7 256V is a modern Series 2 processor w...

UKSOL says it's the first in the UK to achieve regulatory compliance for plug-in solar products It's ground mount kits with one or two solar panels go on sale on August 27 That's when solar is legal in the UK, and we can expect more of these kits to be available UKSOL has announced that it's the first solar company in the UK to achieve regulatory compliance for plug-in solar kits , the first of which will be on sale in just a week. Those products are the UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Compact 460W Ground Mount Kit (consisting of a single solar panel), and the Plug-In Solar Pro Duo 890W Ground Mount Kit (two panels). Both of these go on sale from August 27 in the UK — when plug-in kits become legal in this country — albeit in "limited stocks" to begin with. A pair of hybrid mount kits — a single panel 515W offering, and a 920W two-panel product — have also been approved, and the...

The reMarkable Paper Pro doesn't come with Android installed, but a YouTuber fixed that The port isn't perfect, but solves several flaws with the ereader The YouTuber wants to release a more accessible Android 13 port We adored the reMarkable Paper Pro when we first reviewed it back in 2024 . The “elegant writing tablet” combines a large color e-ink display with speedy writing response, and a distraction-free operating system to create a package that seriously delivers. Though we found it often lacks more features than it boasts. This is a downside of its proprietary Linux-based OS. It keeps distractions low so you can focus on writing, but means there’s a lot of essential apps without ports for this tablet. The solution, as YouTuber Chalid Raqami found, is to simply install Android yourself. Running Android 13 on the reMarkable Paper Pro comes with a slew of major benefits. It can suppor...

Here's something I never thought: What if my ears could see? The very idea of it conjures visions of earlobes with clusters of tiny, spider-like eyes. Of course, now we're all considering this possibility thanks to what appears to be a stunning crack in Apple's typically rock-solid dome of product secrecy. As we reported earlier this week , MacRumors dug into one of the macOS 27 release candidates and unearthed a short bit of video featuring a man wearing AirPods Pro earbuds but somehow using them with Apple Intelligence to save an image of a book for later. The guy isn't wearing glasses, so it's not the rumored Apple iGlass or Apple Vision Wear at work here. Instead, everyone believes this is the first confirmation that Apple is working on AirPods with cameras or "AirPods Vision," a pair of Bluetooth earbuds also equipped with vision sensors that, in concert with y...

Implementing AI systems will become more expensive as models become cheaper, experts warn Cost-efficient tokens are resulting in more complex AI agents Soaring costs could result in changes to how businesses rely on AI, as the inference paradox becomes more apparent The drive towards agentic AI workflows could be about to hit its first real challenge: cost. With more companies using agentic AI over chatbots, the costs are set to mount up. Analysts have raised the alarm on token economics, citing evidence that as the price of a token decreases, the resulting workflows are becoming increasingly complicated. Consequently, rather than driving agentic AI workflow costs down, increased token use is pushing costs up. The research by Gartner warns of the realities of the "inference paradox," which may lead to businesses reappraising their approach to AI development and use. What is the inferenc...