It has been another busy week in the world of tech, which included us testing new Android XR glasses and watching the new Supergirl trailer.
To catch up on both of these and more, scroll down for our picks of the week's seven most important tech news stories. You'll find quick recaps of them all, and links to the larger story if you want to learn more about what's been happening.
7. IKEA gave us a handy little smart light
IKEA has been on something of a smart home roll recently โ and this week it followed up its colorful new speaker-lamps with a handy little motion-sensitive light.
The Gรถmpyssling โ an LED light that automatically turns on when motion is detected โ wasnโt officially announced, instead just quietly sneaking onto IKEAโs European stores. It looks ideal for cupboards and a two-pack costs just ยฃ3 / โฌ4, though we donโt yet know when (or if) itโs coming to other countries.
At that price, we obviously canโt expect any Wi-Fi smarts or phone connectivity, but itโs already shot to the top of our IKEA impulse buys list.
6. DC told us to โLook Outโ for Supergirl
Spoiler alert: thereโs a moment at the end of last Summerโs blockbuster Superman film from James Gunn that literally left you yearning for more; itโs when a dishevelled and perhaps slightly inebriated Supergirl (aka Kara Zor-El, aka Supermanโs cousin) stumbles into the Fortress of Solitude. It was a brief, comedic bit, but from that moment forward, we all wanted to see and learn more about the DCUโs updated version of the last surviving citizen of Krypton.
We now have the first teaser trailer for the Supergirl movie, set to drop this summer. From the looks of things, that brief appearance in Superman was only the…