We’ve had quite a week this week, so to help you catch up with all the latest tech news, we have this practical one-stop guide to the seven biggest stories about the last seven days.
From Elmo, who is hacked to Chatgpt agent arriving on the stage, we have your firmware update for everything.
And once you’re in the process, be sure to read our guide to the 7 new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend (July 18).
7. Marshall’s new Bluetooth speaker shook our world
We’ve tested the new Marshall Kilburn III and our reviewer Harry Padoan had a lot of positive things to say.
“The Marshall Kilburn III plates up a delicious meal composed of well-spicy sound, fleshy features and a beautiful presentation,” adds, “with a 50-hour battery life, you will hardly ever need to charge it.”
Although he also highlighted some mistakes, which is why it was half a star from a perfect five -star score, namely that it is more expensive and maybe not as robust as some might hope.
6. We saw Stranger Things Season 5 … ‘s trailer
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The first trailer to Stranger Things Season 5 is finally here.
And if you’ve been worried about spoilers, the Co-Creator Ross Duffer series shared that this first trailer “pulls from each episode except 7, but it’s mostly Volume 1 and just scratches the surface.”
Season 5 is divided into three parts, and this trailer mostly takes clips from the first drop coming on November 26, so it shouldn’t give too much of the game away.
5. Fitbit went down with synchronization and login problems
Fitbit users were left high and dry this week when a huge tip in Downdetector reported that a huge power switch has been admitted to Fitbit’s mobile app and web -api, leaving Fitbit users who were unable to sync their devices. When the Fitbit Help Center step was followed, users ended up locked out of their accounts.
Fortunately, Google soon solved the problem and reached out to us to confirm that a solution was underway. However, it has not worked for everyone: There is still what appears to be a relatively small percentage of users who are high and dry, unable to effectively use their devices. S.
Ome of them has reached us via e -mail, while others have taken to Reddit to express their dissatisfaction and warn other users. A poor Reddit poster has even apparently lost all their data since 2018!
4. Elmo was hacked and taught us a lesson
The Twitter account of the lovable Fuzzy Red Muppet was hacked this week and continued to spray more deeply offensive positions on the platform.
Apart from the fact that the kinds of positions may be more at home on Elon Musk’s reproduction of the social media platform than Elmo’s usual messages of love and hugging, hacked us why two-factor approval is so important.
It is not a completely foolproof solution, but it can make it significantly less likely your account will be taken over.
3. Chatgpt -Agent entered the game
Sam Altman, Openai CEO, has just announced the latest addition to Chatgpt. It’s called chatgpt -agent, and it’s designed to perform tasks for you, no matter how complicated. If you can do it online, chatgpt agent can get it done.
The entire concept is a unified remedy that can handle the leg work, make informed decisions about which sites to use and navigate the web independently. Think about things like planning a wedding, booking your car for a service, making an app to solve a problem or planning and booking a vacation. Chatgpt -Agent can do it all and you can even see that work if you want.
If you are a plus, teams or pro-user, you can click ‘Agent’ right from the Tooling menu to use the new tool. The agent uses his own virtual computer to perform his tasks, starting with setting up his desktop environment and then continuing to understand the prompt you have given it and collect the necessary information. It will sometimes ask for more information or a clarifying question.
2. We went bananas to Donkey Kong
While the interest in his message was somewhat warm, it turns out Donkey King Bananza is the biggest Nintendo Switch 2 title to date, according to Dashiell Wood, one of our expert game reviewers.
That’s because the title “utilizes the powerful Nintendo Switch 2-hardware to offer a giant, open world with dazzling destruction that allows you to bash, smash and go down through practically something.”
1. Google Set a date for its pixel telephone drop
The eagerly expected stage of Google Product-Launching event will happen on August 20 at 1 p.m. 10.00 PT / 13:00 ET / 18:00 BST / 3AM AEST, and it seems to be a product -packed event.
We not only expect the Pixel 10 telephone line (so pixel 10, pixel 10 pro and pixel 10 PRO XL), but a new Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which now has a hard action to follow in the 4.2mm thick Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. At least they will both run Android 16.
A new, possibly redesigned, Pixel Watch 4 is also expected, but we don’t have many details for no, W, so we’ll have to wait a little longer to have an idea of what Google is up to the sleeve.
