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Adobe has released Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects in Firefly for general creators. Hands-on testing found Generate Music the standout, producing fast, increasingly effective licensed tracks for product demonstrations, reviews, and marketing videos. Generate Speech offers improved voiceovers with adjustable pauses, pronunciation, and tone, but its interface is cumbersome and occasional pronunciation errors remain. Generate Sound Effects provides convincing results and useful timeline editing, though prompt quality strongly affects the output. The tools are unlikely to replace professional composers, sound designers, or voice performers, but they can accelerate everyday video-production workflows.

Steve Clark recommends Secretlab’s Atlas office chair over the discounted Titan Evo for work, arguing that its firmer construction provides better posture support and helped relieve his pregnant wife’s back pain. He praises its premium build, ergonomic adjustments, understated design, and relatively low price, while noting that the standard model may sit too low and that its firm seat will not suit users seeking plush cushioning. The Atlas starts at $519 in the US and £429 in the UK, with no current discount.

The Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD is available from Amazon for about $400, just $10 more than the discounted 990 Pro 2TB. With read speeds of up to 14,700 MB/s, hardware encryption, thermal controls, and strong performance for creative, AI, and multitasking workloads, the 9100 Pro is recommended for professionals and workstation users. General users may find the 990 Pro sufficient, and the 9100 Pro requires a motherboard with PCIe 5.0 support to reach its full potential.

TechRadar recommends three Elegoo 3D printers discounted in the company’s back-to-school sale: the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo for multi-color printing, the Neptune 4 Pro for beginners, and the Saturn 4 Ultra for detailed models and miniatures. Testing praised their print quality, reliability, ease of use and value, while noting limitations including the Centauri’s four-color restriction, the Neptune’s need for occasional setup adjustments, and the Saturn’s imperfect AI camera. The discounts are described as unusually strong compared with recent Amazon pricing.

The SanDisk Desk Drive 8TB SSD is discounted to £641.75 in the UK, reduced from £799, while US pricing is listed at $900. TechRadar found it easy to set up and effective for large photo and 4K video transfers, recording read speeds of 1032.48MB/s and write speeds of 1010.49MB/s. The drive is recommended for professionals, creators, homes and small offices needing substantial storage, although buyers who need only 1TB or 2TB can find cheaper and faster alternatives. The offer is considered good but not the product’s lowest historical price.

Zoner Studio representative Thomas Urban explains why the Windows-only photo editor prioritizes workflow improvements over attention-grabbing AI gimmicks. He highlights a unified interface for RAW development, layers, and retouching; non-destructive Smart Healing; a rebuildable catalog based on standard photo metadata; and automatic grouping of panoramas, focus stacks, bursts, and similar images. Zoner Studio still relies on manual keywording and tagging and does not automatically detect every dust spot or blemish, but Urban argues that its speed, file flexibility, pen support, and focus on practical photography make it a strong lower-cost alternative to the Lightroom and Photoshop ecosystem.

TechRadar rounds up discounted 3D printers for beginners, hobbyists, multi-color printing enthusiasts and professionals. Featured deals include the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo at $449, the Bambu Lab A1 Combo at $399 and the Bambu Lab H2D Combo at $1,749. Other recommendations from Creality and Anycubic emphasize affordability, high print speeds, automatic calibration, AI monitoring, enclosed designs and multi-color support, while professional options add larger build volumes, heated chambers, laser cutting and engraving capabilities.

TechRadar highlights discounted business and productivity laptops from Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, and MSI across everyday productivity, enterprise security, and workstation categories. Featured deals include major savings on the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 and Dell Pro Max 16 Plus, alongside lower-cost options such as the HP OmniBook 3 and Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3. The guide emphasizes specifications, battery life, portability, security features, and graphics performance, with several models suitable for students, office work, creative tasks, engineering, and CAD workflows.