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• Microsoft unveils new Copilot Chat AI tool
• Available as part of existing Microsoft 365 subscription
• Copilot Chat brings AI creativity, collaboration and productivity gains

Microsoft is continuing its mission to get its Copilot AI platform in the hands of as many users as possible with a new expansion.

The company has announced Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, an upgrade to the current free chat tool in its office software platform which will provide access to AI tools at no extra cost.

The move will mean everyone in your business can now get the most out of Copilot and AI agents, bringing workers at all levels up to speed on the latest technology.

Microsoft Copilot Chat

The new edition will provide a secure AI chat service powered by GPT-4o, with agents accessible directly within the chat.

It will be offered alongside the current $30 Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, meaning customers can customize their AI investment for the needs of their workforce, and that access to agents can be priced on a metered basis.

All the existing familiar capabilities of Copilot will be included in the new chat services, with users able to upload any documents and then ask questions or have Copilot carry out tasks such as summarization or data analysis.

There's also access to Copilot Pages, allowing for greater collaboration across your business with co-workers and AI services, and the ability to create and add in AI-generated images to spice up your presentations.

AI agents can be created directly within Copilot Chat using natural language, hopefully boosting productivity and freeing up time previously spent on manual processes or tasks. Company-wide agents can also be created thanks to Copilot Studio, with agents deployed to all workers needing them.

"Copilot Chat enables your entire workforce — from customer service representatives to marketing leads to frontline technicians — to start using Copilot and agents today," Microsoft's Jared Spataro, CMO AI at Work, noted in a blog post.

"Moving forward, every organization will have a mix of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot – our best-in-class offering – to drive AI transformation at scale."

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• EcoAir AVS inactivates virus particles using heat
• Traditional purifiers capture, rather than inactivating, harmful microbes
• EcoAir's claims have been independently verified by a scientific research company

We're all familiar with air purifiers, but air care appliance brand EcoAir has apparently gone one better, launching what it claims is the world's first air sterilizer. The EcoAir Anti-Covid AVS can apparently eliminate viruses and bacteria – including colds, flu, and (you guessed it) Covid – from the air.

Today's best air purifiers can only capture virus particles, not inactivate them – is this new approach your new best defense agains seasonal bugs? I got in touch with EcoAir co-founder and CEO Noel Fok to learn exactly how it works.

“A virus is not a living organism, so it can’t be killed. However, it can be inactivated or destroyed by exposure to heat," Fok explains. "The EcoAir AVS air sterilizer eliminates 99.9% of viruses by removing them from the air, passing them through Thermo-Clean tech, which reaches a core temperature of over 200C [392F], inactivating the harmful microbes."

He adds: "AVS will kill Bacteria because it is a living organism, through the same exposure to Thermo-Clean technology. In both cases the harmful microbes are disintegrated by the heat and not released back into the air.”

Those claims have been independently tested and verified by MRIGlobal – a research organization focused on health and safety innovations.

(Image credit: EcoAir)

Also notable is how quickly this 'air sterilizer' works. It can eliminate airborne viruses and bacteria in a single pass, and does so pretty much instantly, in just 0.01 seconds. Lab tests from MRIGlobal found the EcoAir AVS could inactivate 99.9% of viruses in a 30m³ room in 90 minutes.

The future of air purifiers?

I also asked Fok to explain more about the benefits of the EcoAir AVS in comparison to a regular air purifier. "Traditional air purifiers capture microbes and store them through the use of HEPA filters, which need to be changed, incurring additional expenses," he told me. "Inactivating the virus destroys it, meaning it cannot infect a living organism and become active, causing illness."

The EcoAir AVS does have a filter, but it's reusable and doesn't need to be changed that regularly. The nano silver filter should be washed every two weeks, and EcoAir suggests it's replaced every year.

There are also other, existing methods of destroying viruses and bacteria, although they're significantly slower than EcoAir AVS's 0.01-second process. ION systems take around 30 seconds and UV-C takes nine seconds, for instance.

While the practical results of this appliance are similar to that of a good air purifier, Fok's claims that the AVS represents "a huge breakthrough, not only for EcoAir but for the industry as a whole" could prove accurate. The new process certainly seems more thorough and efficient, and it's not significantly more expensive than a good air purifier either – the EcoAir Anti-Covid AVS is currently available to buy from the EcoAir website, priced at £349.98 (it's not currently available in the US or Australia, but that's equivalent to around $430 / AU$700). Could this be the new technology that changes the way we purify air?

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Chinese manufacturer Oppo, which also makes the OnePlus range of Android phones and wearables, looks set to debut a new watch next month, likely to be the OnePlus Watch 3. A promotional image, shared on Weibo by OPPO product manager Zhou Yibao, showcases a cool new feature: blood pressure monitoring, indicating hypertension risk.

Accurate blood pressure monitoring via LEDs remains a “holy grail” health feature for even the best smartwatches, proving frustratingly out of reach. The Huawei Watch D2 is the most accurate so far, including in its technology a strap packed with inflatable bladders, acting as a portable blood pressure cuff.

However, it doesn’t look like this feature will elude smartwatch manufacturers for much longer. We reported yesterday that Apple is likely to debut this technology in September, on the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and perhaps the Apple Watch SE 3, but Oppo might beat it to the punch, if this promotional image is any indication. We can't embed the image from Weibo, but you can view it here.

A report by Neowin.net indicates the OnePlus Watch 3, also referred to here as the Oppo Watch X2, is likely to launch next month in China, with an international release to follow.

(Image credit: Luke Baker)

Rather than wait until the blood pressure monitoring technology gets approval from the US Food & Drug Administation, or a similar governing body (FDA approval is a clear signifier of quality, and clears these features for medical use), it seems as though Oppo will follow the route Apple is expected to take, and use BP readings as an indication that you should get checked out by a medical professional.

This approach has served Apple, and other smartwatch manufacturers, well in the past: the Cupertino giant’s sleep apnoea detection feature it debuted on its Apple Watch Series 10 and watchOS 11 last year also provides an indication to see a medical professional only, rather than a clear diagnosis.

Apple doesn’t usually debut a feature unless it has a pretty good idea that it works: it’ll be interesting to compare this next generation of smartwatch features against a medical-grade blood pressure cuff to determine accuracy.

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• Hi-Res Audio via Sony's LDAC
• Hybrid ANC and fast recharging from flat
• $79.99 / £79.99 launch price (about AU$129)

There are three things I want from the best wireless headphones: high-quality audio, effective ANC, and decent battery life. The new Moondrop Edge wireless over-ears promise to deliver all three, and to do it for under eighty dollars (via Notebookcheck).

The Moondrop Edge are built around relatively large 40mm dynamic drivers, and have four microphones for ANC and dual microphones for clear voice calls. They support LDAC higher-quality audio streaming, and have an impressive specification for the price.

(Image credit: Moondrop) Moondrop Edge: key features and pricing

Moondrop's Edge over-ears have Bluetooth 5.4 with multipoint and support for SBC, AAC and LDAC audio. Battery life is a promised 48 hours (with ANC off) and you can recharge from flat in about 1.5 hours. Five minutes of fast charging will give you four hours of playback.

I haven't heard these headphones, but the general consensus on the brand's other headphones and earbuds is that they deliver solid performance and good value for money. We were also fans of Moondrop's portable CD player here on TechRadar – the company clearly has an eye for style.

The design of the Edge looks similar to the Cambridge Audio Melomania P100, with a nice flash of contrast from the angled arms connecting to the headband. Simple but effective, and not boring – it's nice.

The Moondrop Edge headphones are available now from Amazon with a price tag of $79.99 / £79.99. You can see them at Amazon US here, or at Amazon UK here.

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• The FBI and international partners sent a self-destruct command to PlugX malware
• More than 4,000 computers in the US alone were cleaned as a result
• The malware was developed by a Chinese state-sponsored group

French cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agents, together with partners from the United States, have successfully removed Chinese-built malware from thousands of infected PCs.

In a press release shared on the US Justice Department (DoJ) website, it was said a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor called Twill Typhoon (AKA Mustang Panda) built a custom version of the PlugX malware which can “infect, control, and steal information from victim computers.”

“Since at least 2014, Mustang Panda hackers then infiltrated thousands of computer systems in campaigns targeting U.S. victims, as well as European and Asian governments and businesses, and Chinese dissident groups,” the DoJ said.

Kill switch

Mustang Panda is a known Chinese cyber-espionage group previously observed targeting government, academic, and religious organizations, particularly in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States.

The group is recognized for its use of spear-phishing campaigns and custom malware, such as the PlugX backdoor, to steal sensitive information. Their activities often align with China's strategic interests, since they are focused on cyber-espionage and surveillance, rather than profit or disruption.

However, cybersecurity researchers from the French outfit Sekoia.io found a way to communicate through PlugX’s command & control (C2) infrastructure, allowing them to order the malware to self-destruct.

After obtaining the necessary court orders, the researchers, together with the Cyber Division of the Paris Prosecution Office, French Gendarmerie Cyber Unit C3N, the FBI, and the DoJ, ran the campaign and successfully removed the malware from infected computers.

The DoJ said that just in the United States alone, 4,258 were cleansed.

Commenting on the operation, US Attorney Jacqueline Romero for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, slammed Chinese “reckless” and “aggressive” hackers.

“This wide-ranging hack and long-term infection of thousands of Windows-based computers, including many home computers in the United States, demonstrates the recklessness and aggressiveness of PRC state-sponsored hackers,” she said.

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• Sansui will make three sizes of OLED TV in 2025: 55, 65 and 77 inches
• 4K OLED panels with Google TV, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision
• Current version was launched with a price of $799

We've got good and bad news about the cheaper competitors for our list of the best OLED TVs in 2025. The good news is that Sansui will bring a new range of more-affordable OLEDs out in 2025, following its 2024 range. And the bad is that the choice overall still won't be very big, because LG is actually cutting back on its own options.

LG's told TechRadar that it's cheaper LG B5 will only come in two sizes: 65 inches and either 55 or 77 inches (but it wasn't able to confirm at the time), and LG already stopped its super-cheap A-series of TVs in the UK and US. And while the UK may get an affordable OLED option from Philips TVs, it hasn't announced any new models yet, and it's very unlikely to be available in the US.

That means for US buyers, the choice of cheap OLED TVs is going to come down to the two LG sizes and the three Sansui sizes, so at least we're getting the extra size flexibility from Sansui. So how do the Sansui models compare?

Sansui's affordable OLEDs for 2025 are cheap and cheerful

The Sansui line-up for 2025 comes in 55 inches, 65 inches and 77 inches. Each model has a 120Hz 4K W-OLED panel manufactured by LG Display, and each one has support for Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. They'll be running Google TV and will have two HDMI 2.1 connections with ALLM and VRR for gamers… and an enhanced Karaoke Mode, which is something you don't hear enough about in TVs, if you ask me.

We don't yet know the price – the TVs won't be coming out until the second quarter of 2025 – but in a press release Sansui says it intends to continue as "the most affordable OLED on the market." Given that last year's model launched at just $799 for the 55-inch model, we'd expect the 2025 to be priced very aggressively too. For comparison, the launch price of the LG B4 was $1,399, so Sansui is being very aggressive here.

We'll have to test the TVs to see how that price difference affects performance, and sadly we don't expect the Sansui models to come to the UK – but for US buyers who want a budget OLED, at least someone's keeping the flag flying.

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• More TVs are set to get up to four HDMI 2.1 ports in 2025
• Mediatek's new 800-series chip will allow more than two HDMI 2.1 ports
• Hisense is the first brand to confirm it will benefit from this upgrade

More TVs are set to get up to four HDMI 2.1 ports in 2025 thanks to Mediatek's latest chip, paving the way for new models to join the ranks of the best gaming TVs.

HDMI 2.1 allows for up to 4K, 120Hz for gaming consoles, such as the PS5 and Xbox Series X, (4K, 165Hz for PC gaming) and enhanced audio (eARC) formats, such as Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, in TVs.

LG and Samsung, makers of some of the best TVs, already have four HDMI 2.1 ports on a large portion of their TVs, such as the LG C4 OLED and Samsung Q80D. Combining this with their extensive gaming features, LG and Samsung are often the best gaming TVs on the market.

LG and Samsung use a different chip from Mediatek, whose chips until now have been limited to two HDMI 2.1 ports, meaning those with multiple consoles and one of the best soundbars have had to look elsewhere or swap cables around.

As reported by FlatpanelsHD, however, Mediatek's latest chip, the Pentonic 800, allows for up to four HDMI 2.1 ports. Hisense is the first brand other than LG or Samsung to confirm that some of its 2025 TVs will have four HDMI 2.1 ports, including the 116-inch UX RGB mini-LED and the U9Q and U8Q, which were all announced at CES 2025. The news was highlighted by Vincent Teoh on X (formerly Twitter):

BREAKING: Hisense's higher-end 2025 TVs (MicroLED TVs, 116UX, U9Q, U8Q, U7Q Pro) announced at #ces2025 will use the Mediatek Pentonic 800 chipset, paving the way for 4x full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports with FRL signalling, as well as 4K 165Hz VRR support. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/M4YD0BNCIXJanuary 13, 2025

It's suggested that some of Hisense's models will support 4K, 165Hz, much like the LG G5 OLED and Samsung S95F OLED, both brands' respective flagship OLED TVs.

It's also worth noting that in some markets, some of Hisense's sets will have three HDMI 2.1 ports and the fourth will be replaced by a USB-C DisplayPort for PC gaming.

More competition in gaming TVs

When we look for the best gaming TVs here at TechRadar, having four HDMI 2.1 ports is a big plus point. This allows gamers to have multiple consoles and a soundbar connected without the need to swap any connections, which can be difficult if you have your TV wall-mounted for example.

This is why LG and Samsung have often dominated the gaming TV market, despite brands like Hisense, TCL, Panasonic, Sony and Philips all offering an excellent array of gaming features such as 4K, 120Hz (sometimes 4K, 144Hz), VRR, ALLM and Dolby Vision gaming (something Samsung doesn't offer).

With Mediatek's new Pentonic 800 chip however, this gives these other brands a chance to catch up to LG and Samsung, making the battleground for gaming TVs in 2025 that much more competitive. And when there's more competitiveness between brands, it's only good news for us.

LG and Samsung TVs do still generally offer better performance, thanks to lower input lag times compared to the likes of Hisense, TCL, and others, so we'll have to wait and see whether these other brands can offer this as well as more HDMI 2.1 ports. We can't get wait to get testing, that's for sure!

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• Rackspace report find scompanies are reverting from public cloud environments
• Hybrid and on-prem is increasingly favored
• Security and cost are to blame for change in position, report notes

New research from Rackspace has revealed just how much companies want to speed up their AI adoption – with more than nine in 10 of organizations planning significant changes to their cloud strategies over the next two years.

However, the same key hurdles continue to slow them down, with many citing security as a key concern.

Moreover, Rackspace revealed a changing trend in the world of cloud, with more companies looking to reduce their reliance on public clouds.

Cloud adoption is changing

Two in five firms said they were planning to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption (22%) and private cloud adoption (20%), which Rackspace suggests could be a move designed to improve flexibility, adaptability, and resilience.

More than two-thirds (69%) said they’ve considered repatriating some of their workloads from public clouds back to private clouds or even on-prem infrastructure.

Data security and compliance requirements (50%), integration with existing systems (48%), and cost saving (44%) are all to blame for the evolving trend, painting the picture public cloud providers aren’t doing enough to retain existing customers.

“As AI continues to drive rapid advancements, IT leaders are reevaluating their approach to workload management," noted Rackspace Technology President for AI, Technology, and Sustainability, Srini Koushik. "Instead of updating existing infrastructure, they are designing entirely new cloud strategies to meet evolving demands.”

AI was identified as a key catalyst for evolving cloud developments, with 84% confirming they’d taken steps to integrate and streamline their AI and cloud strategies.

Of the more than 1,400 ITDMs surveyed, an overwhelming majority (96%) have established procedures and policies in place for data privacy and compliance, and the fact that they’re changing how they tailor their cloud computing strategies is indicative of some unease with current systems.

Rackspace VP for Technology and Sustainability Ben Blanquera added companies are also hiring workers with skills in Kubernetes, serverless architectures, and cloud security, which aligns with the increased focus on security.

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• Meta wants to cut 5% of its headcount
• CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants low performers out, and new talent in
• The cuts, with general attrition, will cut headcount by around 10% this year

Meta is planning to cut 5% of its workforce, according to an internal memo shared by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to employees and acquired by Bloomberg.

Figures put Meta’s current workforce at around 72,500, meaning the layoffs would affect at least 3,600 of the company's “low-performers.”

“We typically manage out people who aren’t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we’re going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle,” Zuckerberg said in the memo.

‘This is going to be an intense year’

“I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,” Zuckerberg said, further stating the company would be backfilling the open roles through 2025.

Those to be ousted from the company in the US are expected to be notified on February 10 and will be given “generous severance”, according to Zuckerberg, with overseas workers likely to be notified at a later date. Meta has cut around 21,000 workers between 2022 and 2023, with Zuckerberg cutting 10,000 of these jobs during the company's “year of efficiency” of '23.

As for this year, Meta’s employee numbers are expected to drop 10% as a result of current job cuts and attrition. Going forward, the company is planning to focus heavily on AI, smart glasses, and its social media platforms., with Zuckerberg likely poised to fill the impending gap in the market caused by TikTok's upcoming ban in the US on January 19th.

Zuckerberg also recently announced that Meta would be ceasing its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and that Facebook and Instagram would be switching from “politically biased” fact checking services to a community based notes system, similar to Twitter (now known as X).

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• Microsoft released January 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative update
• It fixes more than 150 vulnerabilities, including three being actively abused in the wild
• Other details about the flaws are not being disclosed at this time

The first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2025 is upon us, and it’s a big one, as the update patches 161 vulnerabilities found in various products, including three zero-day bugs that have been actively abused in the wild.

The three vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2025-21333, CVE-2025-21334, and CVE-2025-21335. All three have a severity score of 7.8 (high), and all are found in Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP.

"An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges," Microsoft said in the advisory for the flaws.

Added to CISA's KEV

Other details are not known right now, as Microsoft gives users enough time to apply the patch without a swarm of hackers going after them. Therefore, we don’t know who the threat actors are, who the victims were, or how the attackers managed to compromise their targets’ IT infrastructure.

However, in its write-up, The Hacker News says the trio are privilege escalation bugs, and, citing Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, are thus “very likely used as part of post-compromise activity, where an attacker has already gained access to a target system by some other means."

Since the vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild, users are advised to apply the patch immediately. CISA has already added all three to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, giving federal agencies a deadline of February 4, to apply the patch.

While these three flaws are arguably the most dangerous ones (since they’re being actively used), Microsoft also addressed 11 critical-severity bugs, as well. The remaining 149 are rated as important. Zero Day Initiative says this is the largest Patch Tuesday since 2017. Aside from Patch Tuesday, Microsoft also addressed Edge browser flaws in a separate patch, fixing seven vulnerabilities in the process.

Via The Hacker News

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• New heroes are coming to Marvel Rivals
• Developer NetEase Games wants to release one roughly every six weeks
• This is in addition to other seasonal content like new maps

Developer NeatEase Games has stated that Marvel Rivals will receive a new hero “each half of the season” - or approximately every six weeks.

Game director Guangyun Chen revealed the plans in a recent interview with Metro. He said that “fresh seasonal stories, new maps, and new heroes” are on the way, with each new season broken into “two halves”. In “each half of the season, we will introduce a new hero,” he continued.

The overall goal is to “continue to enhance the experience” and “keep everyone excited in our community.” This means that there are an awful lot of new heroes on the way, indicating a very promising future for the live service hit.

Marvel Rivals launched as a free-to-play title on December 5, 2024. It had an impressive roster of 33 characters on day one, ranging all the way from comic book staples like Captain America and Iron Man in addition to more unusual picks such as Luna Snow and Jeff the Land Shark.

This number has already increased to 35, thanks to the recent additions of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman to coincide with the launch of Season 1. They will soon be followed by Human Torch and The Thing in the latter half of the season, but social media is already abuzz with speculation as to who could be next.

The latest leaks and rumors suggest that Blade, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, and Doctor Doom are all on the cards, which would see us through most of the year on this six week schedule if the developer manages to keep up the pace. Beyond that, it's anyone's guess as the studio has shown that it's not afraid to dig deep into its Marvel source material for picks.

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• Tekken 8 Version 1.11 is here; the final update before Season 2 begins
• It nerfs guest character Clive Rosfield
• Quality-of-life updates for quick play and customization have been added

The latest Tekken 8 update has arrived, bringing one last batch of changes and improvements before the game's Season 2 content kicks off in Spring 2025.

The patch notes for Version 1.11 can be viewed in full over at the official Tekken 8 website, but the big talking point has to be the changes applied to the game's newest DLC character: Final Fantasy 16's Clive Rosfield.

The patch notes state that these "changes were made to Clive focusing on suppressing the performance of certain overpowered moves." This includes one of his powerful Heat Engagers and a handful of moves that the patch notes state were "difficult to punish" due to their very quick recovery after use. Changes have been made to make these moves slightly more unsafe when they miss or whiff.

Honestly, this could be a blessing in disguise for Clive mains. Like most other Tekken 8 characters, Clive has a veritable laundry list of great moves that up to this point have been overshadowed by a handful of priority attacks. Now, Clive players should feel encouraged to explore his tool kit in full, which should lead to more varied and creative playstyles for the character.

Thankfully, the patch isn't solely dedicated to nerfing Clive. Version 1.11 has also added a litany of quality-of-life improvements to the game. For non-ranked Quick Match and Tekken Ball, players can now infinitely rematch one another instead of being booted back to standby after the usual best-of-three.

Bandai Namco has also provided a solution for those of you who've run out of customization slots for your favorite characters. Well, sort of. A new 'Shared' customization tab has been introduced, allowing up to 20 more customizations that are shared across the entire roster. It's a shame this hasn't been applied to the entire cast, but if you primarily play as a small handful of characters, this is still a positive change overall.

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Netflix has revealed the trailer for its latest reality show, and while the whole thing sounds (and, at first, looks) like a satire, it appears to be honest-to-goodness show that I might not be able to resist.

Celebrity Bear Hunt involves a group of celebrities heading into the Costa Rican jungle to be trained in various survival methods by famous survival maniac Bear Grylls. The celebrities will compete in "epic challenges", and those who lose the challenges won't just be kicked off the show – they'll be sent out into the jungle and hunted down by Grylls, with the goal being to escape his clutches.

It's hosted by UK TV staple Holly Willoughby, and features a group of celebrities probably more familiar as a group to our UK readers. The list is:

• Boris Becker (former tennis player)
• Danny Cipriani (former rugby player)
• Joe Thomas (actor)
• Kola Bokinni (actor)
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (TV host)
• Leomie Anderson (model)
• Lottie Moss (model)
• Mel Brown (musician)
• Shirley Ballas (TV host)
• Steph McGovern (TV host)
• Zuhair Hassan (musician)

The trailer involves plenty of promise of celebrities find themselves and having personal and emotional breakthroughs, but I'm really much more interesting in all the footage of people being swept up in giant nets.

I love a good 'people outsmarting each other', so it's really the hunting side of this show that's drawing me in; seeing what techniques Bear Grylls uses to track people, and what they'll do to avoid him. Apparently, the hunting will happen in an area called 'The Bear Pit', so I have this feeling that it might have a whole The Hunger Games vibe too in the end. I suppose I'll find out on February 5th, when we'll see if it's good enough to rank among the best Netflix shows.

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