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Anker is making a giant battery pack for your house

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Anker is synonymous with battery packs for your phone, which help you to eke out a little more life from your device between power socket charges. And now it’s set to make its biggest one yet, but the battery is not for a handheld gadget – it’s for your whole house. For people looking to live off the grid or rely on more environmentally-friendly electricity sources, solar power can be a great boon, but being reliant on the sun has its faults. In the evening and overnight you won’t be generating any electricity, and during the day you’ll likely produce more than you can use. This is where batteries like Anker’s newly announced Solix battery can come in. Excess electricity produced by your panels can be stored in these battery packs for your home, and then – when the sun goes down – you can draw from them to keep your tech powered up. The largest Solix battery is roughly the size of a refrigerator, and depending on your needs you can get an array that offers 5kWh up to 180kWh.
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The AI backlash begins: Snapchat fans revolt against ChatGPT-powered bot

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The rise of AI chatbots has been meteoric this year, but there's growing evidence that they could be spreading just a little too fast. A large number of Snapchat users are voicing their frustrations about the app's ChatGPT -powered 'My AI' assistant. Earlier this week, Snapchat rolled out its new AI chatbot to all of its global users, after trialing it on Snapchat Plus subscribers. And it hasn't exactly been met with universal acclaim, according to reports tracking the app's ratings on the App Store. As spotted by TechCrunch , data from analysts at Sensor Tower revealed that, over the past week, Snapchat’s average U.S App Store review was only 1.67 stars, with three-quarters of those reviews being one star. The reason? Further data from Apptopia shows that 'AI' has been the most common keyword in Snapchat’s App Store reviews during the period. Both of these reports show that Snapchat has received far lower ratings, and three times as many one-star
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New Nikon Z8 leaks show it'll be a smaller version of the world's best pro camera

A pretty substantial leak is making the rounds for the upcoming Nikon Z8 DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, revealing much of its specifications. From the looks of it, the new model is slated to be a miniature version of the Nikon Z9, a camera that we believe is the best for professional photographers . This information comes from a recent report by Nikon Rumors , and if you compare the two devices, you’ll see a lot of similarities. The new model will have the same 45.7MP stacked sensor for high-resolution images. When burst shooting, the Z8 will apparently be capable of taking RAW photos at 20 FPS (frames per second) with a maximum of 120 FPS when in JPEG mode. Shutter speed is, it seems, the same at 1/32,000 of a second. The Z9’s native 64-25,600 ISO range is being carried over to the Z8 as well, according to the leak, as its ability to shoot 8K video at 60 FPS. Other notable features like the electronic shutter and electronic viewfinder are migrating too, it seems. From
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DJI Mavic 3 Pro launch live: all the latest from DJI's big new drone launch

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Welcome to our liveblog for today's big DJI drone launch, which the rumors are strongly suggesting will be for a DJI Mavic 3 Pro with no less than three cameras. DJI's livestream kicks off at 9am ET / 2pm BST / 11pm AEST today (Tuesday April 25) and we'll be building up to the big announcement here, rounding up all the leaks and official info, and seasoning it all with our early thoughts on what is a pretty exciting new drone. While DJI hasn't officially said that today's launch will be for the DJI Mavic 3 Pro, it's left some pretty strong hints – not least the teaser image for YouTube livestream, which shows a drone gimbal holding a camera with three lenses. Those three lenses could make DJI's drone its most versatile yet, giving fliers three different focal lengths to choose from on one of its consumer drones for the first time. In short, it's shaping up to be a flying equivalent of the world's best camera phones . But despite all of the leak
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Presidents' Day sales live blog: today's best deals

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Presidents' Day sales: all the latest news and deals Presidents' Day sales are finally here, bringing you huge savings across appliances, TVs, laptops, headphones and much more.  With dozens of retailers offering big discounts, it can be hard to separate the trash from the treasures - so we're here to help you find a great deal. We'll be sharing regular updates throughout the day, to ensure you spend your money wisely and don't miss a bargain. As well as rounding up the best offers on some of the most popular products, we'll be sharing some hand-picked favorites that come fully recommended by TechRadar reviewers. For instance, right now you can pick up the Apple AirPods Pro 2 for just $199 at Amazon - a saving of £50 and the lowest price we've seen for them. For the full picture, do check out our Presidents' Day sales hub for a wider breakdown of all the offers available now. Today's best Presidents' Day sales Amazon: 45% of
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Microsoft is holding a surprise event and it might be about Bing and ChatGPT

Microsoft is holding a surprise, and secretive, launch event at its Redmond headquarters on Tuesday, Feb 7. It might be Bing ChatGPT integration 's coming out to party or something else altogether, we just don't know yet. The Windows 11 parent company sent out invites to a select group of tech media and analysts last week, but is only allowing everyone to talk about it – after some possible leaks – today. In the invite the company says it's "sharing progress on a few exciting projects" and that CEO Satya Nadella will lead the discussion. What's missing here is, well, a number of things. The company has no plans to live stream the event; it's also offered zero information about the kinds of products, projects, or even product categories that will be discussed. What we do and don't know What we do know is that there will be hands-on demos. That could be hardware like a Microsoft Surface Duo 3 smartphone. But with the recent apparent Bing ChatGPT
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Watch and freak out a little as Boston Dynamics puts Atlas robot to work

The most stunning thing you've ever seen a robot do is no longer parkour, it's a robot finding, fetching, and delivering a tool bag to a human worker. This week, Boston Dynamics posted its latest Atlas Robot demonstration video , but this one was different. In previous videos, we've seen the humanoid, bipedal robot, walk, run, dance, climb stairs, and do parkour. We've even seen it perform synchronized dances with a robot dog ( Spot ), but we've never seen anything like this. In the scenario, which features Boston Dynamics' first human actor, a construction worker is building a scaffold until he realized he forgot his tools. Enter Atlas. The now-familiar robot has been equipped with grabbers. In the video, it appears to seek a path to reach the worker, which includes finding a wood plank and making a bridge between the stairs and scaffold. Atlas then locates the tool bag, grabs it, walks up the stairs, across the plank, and, when it's just a level below
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