Tech Radar

• 'Not the USP I wanted': Nothing’s new Ear (3a) earbuds sound good and the ANC is effective, but they hide a troublesome secret I found it hard to get past during testing

  Is everything coming up roses for Nothing's new $99 / £99 noise-cancelling earbuds? Depends on whether the USP sits well with you, I think…

• The Crow Girl season 2 is the 'unhinged, wild and deadly' crime drama you need to stream on Paramount+ and Channel 5 this weekend — I still can't wrap my head around its shocking finale

  What do you get when you cross a group of dead bodies, an unhinged psychologist, a vulnerable detective, and the mother of all unforeseen twists? The Crow Girl season 2, of course.

• ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 to the Garmin Cirqa

  There was a lot of top-tier tech content published on TechRadar this week, and these are the highlights.

• 'The government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems': Industry trade board warns UK government over data center thirst for resources

  Water UK calls out the government for not taking water seriously enough, despite plans to treble data center capacity by 2030.

• Iran-linked group caught hiding surveillance tools in fake apps

  Researchers at Recorded Future found evidence that an Iran-linked group is spreading MarkiRAT spyware through fake VPN and media player apps promoted on social media, targeting Farsi speakers worldwide.