With its beta phase now over, Eustella has officially launched, complete with a free tier. I wanted to see how far Europe's ChatGPT alternative could be used without a subscription, but I ran into its limits much sooner than expected.

Marshall is bringing two of its most popular Bluetooth speakers into the next generation with the Acton IV and Stanmore IV. Despite keeping prices unchanged, the company has equipped both speakers with improved sound, LDAC, Auracast, and, for the first time, a direct connection for turntables.

The power adapter included with the Schenker Connect 15 is remarkably small and lightweight. However, in Performance mode under sustained stress, we measured a steady power draw of around 48 W from the wall outlet. While that may sound like the adapter is being overloaded, there's actually a technical explanation that shows there's no cause for concern.

We tested the Connect 15 as a business notebook in the recommended balanced mode, which significantly limited performance. In performance mode, the Schenker Connect 15 shows a very different side of itself. Especially in gaming benchmarks, the business notebook surprisingly moves much closer to comparable devices.

With eustella, a new European AI alternative is officially exiting beta, including EU-based servers, a no-tracking approach, and a free entry tier. The Vienna-based startup newsroom.ai is deliberately positioning itself as a counterpoint to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Pricing and subscription tiers have now also been announced.