Technology News for Tuesday 8th July 2025

1. AI-enabled piezoelectric wearable device offers accurate and low-cost joint health tracking

In the pursuit of more effective and accessible solutions for joint health monitoring, researchers are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance the capabilities of wearable devices. A recent article published in Nano-Micro Letters, ...

2. You're not going to believe this: Apple AirPods Pro 2 are down to $149 at Amazon

The best-selling Apple earbuds weren't even this affordable for Black Friday 2024. · Apple AirPods Pro 2 are on sale for $149, a 40% discount, the lowest price since Black Friday 2024. · The sale is part of the first-ever four-day Amazon Prime Day event, ...

3. 11 deals worth shopping during Best Buy's Black Friday in July Sale

Best Buy's Black Friday in July is here, and the retailer is offering discounts on products from many popular brands, including Apple, Samsung, Garmin and more. The sale runs through July 13, and discounts are available online and in-store.

4. Your Privacy, Secured: Inside the Tech Powering Safe, Personalized Galaxy AI Experiences

The Personal Data Engine and Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection analyze and secure data to redefine AI security. The potential of AI is limitless, but to truly unlock the full potential of what it can do, user inputs that power personalized experiences ...

5. Samsung Introduces Future-Ready Mobile Security for Personalized AI Experiences

New innovations including Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection, updated Knox Matrix threat response and quantum-resistant Secure Wi-Fi strengthen privacy and user control for upcoming Galaxy smartphones. SEOUL, Korea – July 7, 2025 – Samsung Electronics ...

6. Are these Prime Day Apple deals real? Get the lowest prices of 2025 on AirPods, iPads

Save on best-selling MacBooks, the Apple Watch 10, an iPad Air and more during Prime Day. · Amazon Prime Day 2025 will run from Tuesday, July 8th to Friday, July 11th. · Readers can sign up for text alerts, subscribe to newsletters, and follow social media ...

7. Get Samsung's The Frame TV For Its Lowest Price Ever This Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day may be here, but the best Prime Day deals aren't necessarily on the e-tailer's website. One of Samsung's best-selling, all-time favorite TVs, the 75-inch The Frame QLED 4K TV, is currently marked down by 55% in the Samsung store right ...

8. Citizens' petition to 'Stop Killing Games' reaches 1 million signatures, likely triggering EU review

The European Commission will likely have to decide whether the European Union needs new laws to force video game companies to preserve discontinued online games, after a successful citizens' petition. A European Citizens' Initiative called ...

9. We're Tracking Amazon Prime Day Deals Live

A Toothbrush That's Gentle on Gums and the Planet · The Oura Ring 4 Has Never Been Cheaper · The Kindle Paperwhite Is $125, a Match of Its Lowest Price · My Favorite Travel Straightening Iron Is Finally on Sale · This MagSafe Power Bank Is a Summer Must-Have.

10. The Best Prime Day Action Camera Deals

There are a lot of action cameras on sale right now, but this is the best deal. The Hero 13 Black was a big update for GoPro's flagship cam. It now features an interchangeable lens system, which makes it a much more versatile camera.

11. Best Prime Day Apple deals

Apple AirPods Pro 2 are some of the best wireless earbuds you can buy if you own an iPhone. They are compact, comfortable and have stellar noise cancelling and transparency modes — I use them regularly for work, travel and commuting.

12. Epic Games Settles App Store Antitrust Claims Against Samsung

Epic Games Inc. settled its antitrust case against Samsung Electronics Co. that alleged the company was conspiring with Alphabet Inc.'s Google to block rival app marketplaces through default settings on mobile devices sold by the electronics giant.

13. Should you buy The Frame TV from Samsung?

Need to know · Art TVs are designed to display artworks in standby mode, instead of a black screen, so they blend into your living space · They use special matte screens that replicate the look of a canvas or print but this can come at the cost of picture ...

14. Oura Ring's Newest Model Gets a Crazy-Rare Prime Day Price Drop

The stylish, celebrity-loved smart ring is equipped with sensors to track breathing, heart health, body temperature, sleep, activity, stress and dozens more metrics. By Erin Lassner. Plus Icon ...

15. 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X is a 1250 HP American Hypercar

From its mid-engine layout to its implementation of the first production all-wheel-drive and electrified variant, the eighth-generation Corvette has seen a massive shift for Chevrolet's sports car icon. We figured the 1,064 horsepower ZR1, ...

16. Introducing The Last of Us Part II Remastered Chronological Experience, out today

The free update lets players experience Ellie and Abby's story chronologically and also includes unlockable skins and trophies. Jonathon Dornbush Editorial Content Manager, Naughty Dog. It's been such a thrilling time for us here at Naughty Dog, ...

17. Buy Now: Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9 With AI-Powered QD-OLED Display

With the introduction of QD-OLED technology to the M9 and advanced AI features across the lineup, the new offerings provide a more personalized and connected screen for work and entertainment. “The Smart Monitor series ...

18. The 141 Best Prime Day Deals, From Gadgets to Gizmos

Amazon Prime Day is now almost a week. Prime Day started today and will go on for three more days. We'll be dangerously caffeinated and working shifts 20 hours a day from now through Friday, July 11. The WIRED Reviews team has been prepping for weeks ...

19. 50 Of The Absolute Best Amazon Canada Prime Day Deals And Discounts For 2025

Love a good bargain? Well, you've come to the right place. The Amazon Prime Day has officially begun in Canada, and the deals are next-level. Because scrolling can get tedious, we've found the best discounts, and here are our favourite finds.

20. Best Prime Day Apple deals: Save on iPads, MacBooks, and more

Prime Day is here, and with it, discounts on some of the most popular tech items on the market. One of the most exciting brands for many shoppers is Apple, with popular items like MacBooks, AirPods, and iPads down to all-time low prices.

21. Review: Nothing Phone (3)

Good performance, nice battery life, and solid cameras. Bright display, wireless charging, NFC, 256 GB of storage. TIRED. Not the best value from a specs-to ...

22. Wagon Party: 2025 BMW M5 Touring vs. Audi RS6 Avant Performance!

What is it about car people and fast, sporty wagons? Well, they generally feel like secrets only you and your car-nerd friends know about. Plus, they're fast. And sporty. And carry more stuff than a typical sedan.

23. Samsung Introduces Future-Ready Mobile Security for Personalized AI Experiences

New innovations including Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection, updated Knox Matrix threat response, and quantum-resistant Secure Wi-Fi bring strengthen privacy and user control for upcoming Galaxy smartphones · Next-Generation Mobile Security for AI ...

24. 'Tone-Deaf' Xbox Producer Tells Fired Workers To Use AI For Support, Faces Backlash

In the aftermath of Microsoft confirmed latest round of mass layoffs, an Xbox executive has gone viral for his tone-deaf comments. Matt Turnbull, executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, advised those laid off to seek help from artificial ...

25. The Best Prime Day TV Deals for Binge-Watching Your Favorite Shows

We don't recommend just any TV discounts; here at WIRED, you'll find only the top models we've thoroughly tested in a wide variety of styles and budget tiers at their lowest (or close to the lowest) prices, ensuring there's something for everyone.

26. Oura Ring is on sale for Amazon Prime Day

If you've been thinking about getting a smart ring, the Oura Ring is currently on sale, matching its lowest price ever. It's one of my favorite smart rings, and a great fit for anyone who wants to do health, sleep and fitness tracking without a bulky ...

27. The Largest Martian Meteorite in the World Is Heading to Auction and Could Sell for $4 Million

The chunk weighs more than 54 pounds, which makes it about 70 percent bigger than the next-largest known Mars meteorite, according to Sotheby's. NWA 16788 is so large that it represents more than 6 percent of all Martian material ever found on Earth.

28. This electric three-door EV with a dog bed is the future of Bentley – unless you hate it

Should it be… taller? Offer lopsided doors? Change shape altogether? And how does Bentley stay, well, 'Bentleyish', when it begins building EVs? Those ideas and more all collide in this new concept car dubbed EXP 15. Yowser.

29. EXP 15 design vision concept: A story reimagined for the future

EXP 15 is a design vision for the future transforming inspiration from heritage into a thoroughly modern concept; Full-size exterior model and virtual reality interior, while never intended for sale, combine to provide clues to the brand's first ...

30. 5 must-shop Samsung Galaxy devices on sale during Amazon Prime Day

As a sworn Samsung Galaxy user, I haven't owned an Apple device since the original iPod Touch back in 2007. I'm drawn to the customizability that Android offers and I'm convinced that competitors still lag behind in technological advancements.

31. Samsung Introduces Future-Ready Mobile Security for Personalised AI Experiences

New innovations including Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection and updated Knox Matrix threat response strengthen user control for upcoming Galaxy smartphones. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a new set of security and privacy updates ...

32. 9 running and walking shoes to save on during Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day is here, offering discounts on sneakers during the four-day sale, exclusive to Prime members. You can also find deals on tech, beauty, kitchen appliances and more. I frequently cover shopping events like Prime Day, Black Friday and ...

33. Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 130 vulnerabilities, none actively exploited

Researchers are especially concerned about a high-severity defect in SQL Server and a critical vulnerability in SPNEGO, a foundational protocol. By Matt Kapko. July 8, 2025. Listen to this article. 0:00. Learn more. This feature uses an automated voice ...

34. AI Tool Shows Promise for Faster, More Accurate Autism and ADHD Diagnoses

Participants performed touchscreen-based reaching tasks while wearing wireless motion sensors, which recorded linear acceleration, angular velocity, and roll-pitch-yaw orientation at millisecond resolution. Advertisement.

35. Amazon's tariff-clouded, seller-confused, AI-researched, weirdest Prime Day ever

If you look back 10 years to the first and original Amazon Prime Day sales event, you can squint and see the outlines of today's annual discount shopping extravaganza. Recommended Video. But some of the details, and a lot of the external environment, ...

36. At MIT, musicians make new tools for new tunes

In the Fabulous MIT Laptop Ensemble (FaMLE), students pursue music performance in a “living laboratory.” Driven by the interests of its members, FaMLE explores digital music, web audio, and live coding, an improvisational practice exposing the process of ...

37. Amazon Prime Day 2025 deals live: Laptops, TVs, beauty devices and more chosen by our experts

Amazon calculates its discounts against the recommended retail price (RRP). However, products on Amazon are rarely sold at this price. We use historical price-tracking tools to calculate the average cost over the last six months, only recommending a saving ...

38. You Can Now Play The Last of Us Part II in Chronological Order

The video Game publisher Naughty Dog released a free update to The Last of Us Part II today that adds a new chronological story mode. The mode effectively replaces the game's nonlinear structure that bounced players between two separate characters.

39. The 99 Best Prime Day Deals, From Gadgets to Gizmos

We'll be dangerously caffeinated and working in shifts covering 20 hours a day through the end. The WIRED Reviews team only recommends deals on products we've actually tested and approved, and which are actually discounted.