Tech News 17 August 2025 - 15 September 2025

Tech Takeover: How High-Tech Innovations Transformed the 2025 WNBA Playoffs

Player Performance Tracking: Data Dresses the Court Player performance tracking in the 2025 WNBA Playoffs hit a new high-tech peak. Thanks to a landmark deal with Genius Sports, the WNBA installed Second Spectrum optical tracking cameras leaguewide – making it the first women’s pro league in the U.S. with full 3D tracking data wnba.com. An array of cameras in every arena now captures every movement of the players and the ball in x,y,z coordinates. The result is a real-time, dynamic feed of player metrics: speeds, distances run, acceleration, and even detailed shot analytics. For example, teams can see a player’s

15 September 2025

Audioengine A2+ (2025 Edition) Review – Tiny Speakers, Big Upgrades & Bold New Looks

Key Facts Next-Gen Refresh: What’s New in 2025 The Audioengine A2+ has been around in one form or another since 2013 (and traces its lineage to the original Audioengine 2 from 2007). The 2025 edition brings the most significant updates in years, modernizing this beloved desktop speaker while retaining its classic look. In January 2025, Audioengine announced the A2+ “Next Gen” Home Music System, adding several key upgrades: What didn’t change? Crucially, the core acoustic design remains the same – the A2+ still uses two 2.75″ aramid fiber woofers with 0.75″ silk dome tweeters, powered by analog Class A/B amplifiers

27 August 2025

Audio · Reviews · Speakers · Tech · Upgrades

Roborock Saros 10R vs Dreame X50 Ultra vs Ecovacs X9 Pro Omni: 2025’s Ultimate Robot Vacuum Showdown

Roborock Saros 10R is a 3.14-inch-tall robot that uses StarSight 2.0 solid-state LiDAR with dual emitters plus front RGB/IR cameras for navigation. Roborock Saros 10R delivers 22,000 Pa HyperForce suction and is powered by a 6,400 mAh battery rated for about 180 minutes of runtime. Roborock Saros 10R employs a DuoDivide split main brush to prevent hair tangles and includes an auto-extending side brush plus twin rotating mop pads. Roborock Saros 10R ships with the RockDock Ultra 2.0 dock that automatically empties a 270 ml dustbin, refills water, dispenses cleaning solution, washes mop pads at up to 80°C, and dries

17 August 2025

Comparison · Reviews · Robot Vacuums · Smart Home · Tech

Sony A1 II vs A7R V vs A7 IV: Flagship Face-Off

The Sony Alpha 1 II was announced in November 2024 as Sony’s flagship, featuring a 50.1 MP stacked BSI CMOS sensor with 759 phase-detect AF points and a dedicated AI chip. It can shoot up to 30 fps with the electronic shutter (20 fps in lossless RAW) and 10 fps with the mechanical shutter. Video specs include 8K at 30p and 4K at 120p internal recording, plus a 9.44M-dot EVF and a 3.2-inch tilting LCD. It adds a Noise Reduction multi-shot composite mode that blends 4–32 RAW frames to dramatically reduce noise in low-light images. The A1 II delivers up

17 August 2025

Cameras · Flagship Comparison · NYSE:SNE · Photography · Reviews · Tech