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We asked Alexa some weird stuff this year, plus new Galaxy S25 leaks and more
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Artificial intelligence
We've been wowed by Sora's AI video skills
Sora is out of testing (Future)
ChatGPT developer OpenAI has made its AI video generator Sora available to paying subscribers, so the TechRadar team has been giving it a whirl – and our early impressions of this groundbreaking new technology are most definitively positive.
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Smart Home
Here are the weirdest questions we asked Alexa in 2024
The Amazon Echo Show 21 (Amazon)
Amazon has shared a list of the most popular Alexa queries for 2024 in the UK – and the topics included here cover everything from Henry VIII to cake pops. There are some surprising entries in the list, as well as some rather worrying ones...
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Computing
The MacBook Pro could add OLED and ditch the notch
The MacBook Pro notch might not be around for much longer (Future)
Changes are coming for Apple's MacBook Pro series, according to a roadmap leaked by a well-known tipster: the flagship laptop is set to have its screens upgraded to OLED at the same time as the display notch is ditched, but we'll have to wait a while.
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Phones
New Galaxy S25 leaks aren't inspiring confidence
The Samsung Galaxy S24 (Future)
The Samsung Galaxy S25 leaks are clearly going to continue all the way up to the phone's launch in January, and we've just got some more hints about the price points and storage options we can expect from Samsung – and it's not all positive news.
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Audio
Creative's latest desktop speakers are futuristic orbs
The Creative Pebble Nova (Creative)
Full marks to Creative for doing something different with its latest Pebble Nova speakers: these orb-shaped audio players include some eye-catching lighting effects as well as high-quality sound output, and we're looking forward to testing them out.
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