Robotics

Amazon Prime Day is now underway as we enter day two of the four-day sale running from July 8 to July 11. You can now find hundreds of markdowns on TVs, home audio, and accessories to help you create the home theater of your dreams without breaking your budget. Get daily deals straight to your inbox during Prime Day when you sign up for ZDNET Recommends, your one-stop newsletter for the sale.You’ll find discounts on big brands like Sony and LG as well as smaller brands like TCL and Roku. Amazon also has deals on its lineup of Fire TV models. Other retailers like Best Buy More

Motorola’s Moto G Power More

Amazon/Grubhub/ZDNETAmazon Prime members can enjoy more than just free shipping during this week’s Prime Day sale More

Alexmia/Getty Images The adoption of AI tools in the workplace is making employees more productive, but new research from freelance hiring firm Upwork suggests it might also be hurting their mental health.  Following a survey of 2,500 workers (including executives, full-time employees, and freelancers) across multiple countries, the research showed that the most devoted users […] More

Imalent/ZDNETWhile your average flashlight shines about 1,000 lumens, there are significantly brighter options built for more extreme circumstances or easier navigability. For example, the Imalent MS32 More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETSamsung announced its eighth-generation Galaxy Watch lineup at its summer event in New York City on Wednesday. The Galaxy Watch8 lineup includes the base model smartwatch as well as the Galaxy Watch8 Classic with a rotating bezel. The Galaxy Watch8 is the thinnest smartwatch made by Samsung yet, with an 11% thinner design than previous devices, and brighter than its predecessors with a 3000-nit display. The smartwatches are built with Gemini AI for the first time, for handling more complex tasks and requests. Not every Galaxy Watch8 update is about hardware. There’s a few feature updates earlier Galaxy smartwatches will get coming from the One UI 8 software update. From a running coach feature that appears to take notes from Apple Watch’s “Workout Buddy” to a bedtime suggestion feature that calibrates your optimized sleep time based on activity and historical rest, here are some of the features Samsung will roll out on its next smartwatch (and which will come to earlier devices). Also: The best smartwatches you can buy right nowFor those interested in trying out these new features ahead of Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch8 shipment, Samsung says they can access them through Samsung’s beta program, which is available to users with the Galaxy Watch5 series or later. However, users who have received this update on their devices report that the features will only apply to Galaxy Watches 8 or higher.  More

Allison Murray/ZDNETThe Petlibro Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder More

Hyrdrow/ZDNETIf you’re looking for a way to change up your fitness routine, there is a great deal on a Hydrow Rower More