Author: Doudou

Let’s address the elephant in the room first: thermostats are not exciting. They’re the beige box on your wall that you poke at when you’re too hot, too cold, or when someone in the house has declared thermostat war. Most of us set it once, argue about it twice, and ignore it forever.So when a thermostat is named the “Best Overall Smart Thermostat” by Tom’s Guide and an IoT Breakthrough Award winner in the same breath, it earns at least a second look. The Honeywell Home X8S is that thermostat — and once you get past “it controls temperature,” the…

Samsung has released the One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy Tab S11 and Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, making them the first tablets to be upgraded to stable One UI 8.5. Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra 5G The One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy Tab S11 comes with firmware version X736NKOU5BZE3, while the update for the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra has firmware version X936NKOU5BZE3. Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 5G The One UI 8.5 stable update for both tablets is currently rolling out in South Korea, but the rollout should expand to other markets soon. Samsung Galaxy Tab…

AI is not just getting smarter and faster, it is also getting far more autonomous. With the new Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google has introduced a high-speed execution engine for real-world tasks. It works as an active problem solver with the ability to think quickly and act efficiently.  According to Google, Gemini 3.5 Flash can handle complex tasks that involve multiple steps while still responding quickly. The goal is to build AI systems that can plan tasks and complete them at the same time – with less user guidance. The model is available for general use through the Gemini App and…

The partnership aligns with Ethio telecom’s broader “Next Horizon: Digital & Beyond 2028” roadmap, which aims to expand the company’s reach beyond traditional telecom services into fintech, AI, cloud computing, and digital platforms. ethio telecom  has strengthened its strategic partnership with the African Development Bank as both institutions intensify collaboration on financing and infrastructure projects aimed at advancing Ethiopia’s digital transformation agenda. The renewed engagement follows a high-level meeting between Ethio telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru, AfDB Vice President Solomon Quaynor, and senior officials from both organizations. The discussions centered on supporting Ethio telecom’s ambitious “Next Horizon: Digital & Beyond 2028”…

Image Credit: Wall St EngineThere’s a moment during the Google I/O 2026 keynote that I keep coming back to. Josh Woodward is on stage demoing Gemini Spark, and he says, almost as an aside, “You can close your laptop.” Then, a little later, he pulls out his phone, fires off a voice command stacking three separate tasks, and puts it face-down on a table. He doesn’t pick it up again. The crowd barely reacts. But that moment—a phone sitting idle on a stage, doing nothing, while Gemini does everything—is the most consequential thing Google showed.I don’t think they meant to…

Samsung has now started testing the upcoming One UI 9 on the Galaxy S26 FE, according to a usually reliable tipster on X. The first build is identified as S741NKSU0AZE5, and the Korean S26 FE’s model number is now confirmed to be SM-S741N. The fact that Samsung is testing One UI 9 on this device means it will be launching with that version of the company’s skin out of the box. And that in turn means the Galaxy S26 FE will not come out sooner than the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Flip8, which will mark the debut of One UI…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX committed to spending over $2.8 billion in recent months to buy gas turbines to power data centers for its artificial intelligence unit, the company revealed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.The relatively large investment shows that Musk is continuing to double down on gas turbines, even after SpaceX’s use of them prompted public complaints, a lawsuit, and regulatory inquiries into whether the company may be polluting the air with carbon emissions and dodging environmental requirements.A shortage of electricity is the leading constraint on an otherwise roaring data center boom happening across the US. Portable gas turbines—generators that…

As part of the opening day activities, delegates embarked on a guided tour of Galaxy Backbone’s digital infrastructure facilities, providing participating countries with firsthand insight into the organisation’s capabilities and the role robust infrastructure can play in enabling Digital Public Infrastructure not only in Nigeria, but across Africa. Galaxy Backbone  officially commenced the “Building Africa’s Digital Foundations Together” conference in Abuja, convening delegates and digital transformation leaders from 11 African countries to strengthen collaboration around Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), connectivity, cloud services, cybersecurity, digital identity, and inclusive digital growth across the continent. The high-level gathering, organised in collaboration with Co-Develop,…

Image Credits: EMEETI want to start this review with a confession.I’ve developed a quiet bias against webcams over the years. Not because they’re bad–they’ve gotten genuinely better–but because the category itself feels stuck. Every new webcam launch follows the same script: slightly bigger sensor, slightly smarter software, slightly nicer box. Nothing actually changes.So when the EMEET SmartCam C960 Ultra started showing up in conversations, I wasn’t expecting much.Then I actually looked at what they built.Image Credits: EMEETAnd for the first time in a long time, I had the strange experience of reading through a spec sheet and forgetting I was…

Xiaomi has just listed a new Poco tablet on its global website, silently launching it in the process. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Poco Pad C1. If its specs sound familiar, that’s not a coincidence, for this is a rebranded Redmi Pad 2 9.7. That device was released last month, and now the Poco version is on its way. Like the Redmi Pad 2 9.7, the Poco Pad C1 has a 9.7-inch LCD screen with 2048×1280 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, and 600-nit peak brightness, the Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 chipset at the helm, 4/6GB of…