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Samsung has confirmed their new Galaxy Ring will be released to Australia in mid-October. Australia will be the first country in the South-East Asia and Oceania region to release Samsung's latest wearable technology.  The smart ring is designed to monitor your vitals 24/7 and to achieve this, the ring can run up to 7 days on a single charge. When the ring does need recharging,...

As Tesla's Full Self Driving (supervised) software evolves and the world watches the progress of each update through YouTube videos, inevitable we want the software to find its way to the rest of the world. Tesla has sold the software upgrade into than 14 counties, but as yet, hasn't made its way out of the US and Canada. Naturally a US-based country would develop...

This afternoon, Tesla started shipping software update 2024.27.20 to customer cars. This build contains a long-awaited upgrade to Smart Summon, known as 'Actual Smart Summon'. For those unfamiliar with Smart Summon, this allowed users to connect to their Tesla and request it drive to you, even without anyone in the vehicle. This was impressive as far as being technically possible, but practically suffered from routing...

Samsung Australia announced today they were introducing its latest robot vacuum lineup and naturally in 2024, it features lots of AI. The flagship Bespoke Jet Bot Combo AI is flanked by the more affordable Bespoke Jet Bot Combo. I've never met anyone who loves cleaning, so the opportunity to have a robot do it for you is always inviting. Samsung says the new line-up...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared a new video tonight from inside the Gigafactory in Austin Texas. The recent extension to the south side of the factory now houses tens of thousands of high-performance AI chips, combining to make one of the largest compute clusters in the world. Tesla famously made the decision to redirect Nvidia's H100 GPUs from Tesla to xAI a few months...

Tesla has officially launched the 3rd generation of their home battery storage product, Powerwall in Australia an New Zealand. Powerwall 3 can store solar or grid energy for use later in the day, when the sun goes down or when the electricity prices are high. This can help reduce electricity bills, and power homes during a grid outage. The Tesla Powerwall can be monitored...

Google has introduced its latest wearables: the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2, at an Australian media event a few days ago which I attended for techAU. The Pixel Watch 3 offers improved fitness tracking and battery life, while the Pixel Buds Pro 2 feature a comfort-focused design, enhanced noise cancellation, and the new Tensor A1 chip for advanced audio processing. Both devices integrate...

If you're buying a new EV, then one of the challenges will be affordability. Electric Vehicles have famously had a higher upfront cost, but dramatically lower ongoing costs. Tesla are attempting to lower that barrier with new financing options for their Model 3 RWD and Model 3 AWD LR (sorry Model Y buyers). For those looking to purchase a vehicle using finance, the interest...