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Apple MacBook Neo

MacBook Neo was such a smash hit for Apple that it might soon treat you to a price hike

A depleted supply of binned A18 Pro chips and the DRAM price surge mean Apple may increase the MacBook Neo’s $599 price or drop the base configuration entirely.
Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo is raising Switch 2 price in the US, but there’s still time left to snag one for less

Nintendo confirmed that the Switch 2 will rise from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US from September 1, alongside price hikes in Europe, Canada, and Japan.
New Google Health app.

Fitbit is becoming Google Health, and it’s getting a bunch of wellness upgrades

The Fitbit app will automatically update to Google Health, bringing multimodal food logging, medical records integration, and Apple Health compatibility.
Fitbit Air in all the colors.

Google’s Fitbit Air is a screenless $99 Whoop rival, and its core features don’t need a subscription

Google officially launched the Fitbit Air, a $99.99 screenless fitness band with a 7-day battery, heart rate, SpO2, and skin temperature sensors, with availability beginning from May 26, 2026.
The Dynamic Island on the iPhone 16 Pro.

Sketchy iPhone 18 Pro leak shows a smaller Face ID cutout on the screen 

Fresh CAD renders suggest the iPhone 18 Pro will feature a Dynamic Island 25–35% smaller than the iPhone 17 Pro, with Apple reportedly moving the Face ID flood illuminator under the display.
Claude Dreaming featured image.

Anthropic just taught Claude to dream between tasks, and it makes agents meaningfully smarter

Anthropic launched Dreaming for Claude Managed Agents, a scheduled background process that reviews past sessions, extracts patterns, and refines agent memory between tasks.
Siri running on iPhone

iOS 27 could treat AI models like default apps, and that may finally get me to use Apple Intelligence

Apple is letting users pick their preferred AI for Writing Tools, Image Playground, and Siri. It's the most coherent AI plan any platform has announced.
Motorola Razr Fold vs. Galaxy Z Fold 7 comparison.

Razr Fold vs. Galaxy Z Fold 7: I’m cautiously impressed by what Motorola’s first foldable offers while saving $300

Motorola built a more impressive foldable on its first attempt. Samsung built a more reliable one over seven. The $300 gap sits right in between.
Electronics, Mobile Phone, Phone

iOS 27 could let users pick an AI model of their choice for text and image tasks

Apple's iOS 27 will reportedly let users swap AI models, including Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude, across Writing Tools, Siri, and Image Playground.
Alexa+ arrival on Bose speakers.

Amazon’s Alexa+ just moved into your Bose speaker, if you’re willing to pay the rent

Amazon's Alexa+ has officially landed on Bose speakers in the U.S., making Bose the first non-Amazon hardware brand to carry the AI assistant.
Bost Lifestyle Ultra ecosystem featured image.

Bose turns up the volume on home audio with its sleekest and smartest Lifestyle Collection

Bose has launched the Lifestyle Collection, a trio of premium home audio products featuring a wireless smart speaker, an immersive soundbar, and a powerful subwoofer.
Logo, Text

iOS 27 might finally let you create your own custom digital passes in Apple Wallet

Apple is building a QR-code-based pass builder into iOS 27's Wallet app, with three templates (Standard, Membership, and Event), full customization of styles, colors, and text.
Grok

Grok is about to join ChatGPT and Perplexity on your CarPlay dashboard

A placeholder in the latest Grok iPhone app confirms xAI is bringing Grok Voice mode to Apple CarPlay, making it the third AI chatbot to join the platform.
Razr+ 2026 vs. Razr Ultra 2026 comparison.

Motorola Razr+ 2026 vs. Razr Ultra: Is the $400 price gap actually worth it, and which one to pick?

The Razr Ultra costs $400 more than the Razr+, but is it worth it? We break down every real difference to help you decide.
A Hyundai Ioniq 5 is equipped as a robotaxi.

Self-driving cars will no longer go scot-free in California as penalties go into effect

California's DMV announced that law enforcement can now issue formal traffic citations to autonomous vehicle manufacturers, along with 30-second emergency response requirements.
Amazon one-year pricing history feature.

You can now check a product’s price history spanning a whole year on Amazon

Amazon expanded its Rufus AI assistant to show 365 days of price history on any product, up from a previous 90-day maximum, giving shoppers a full year of pricing data.
Computer, Electronics, Laptop

I held off on the MacBook Neo. I hope the next one fixes these 5 papercuts before I plonk cash

The MacBook Neo is a genuinely impressive machine at $599, but five frustrating omissions are keeping my wallet shut until Apple gets the next one right.
Motorola Razr Fold

The 6,000 mAh battery on the Razr Fold should worry Samsung and Google: Here’s why

Motorola's Razr Fold arrives with a 6,000 mAh battery and 80W charging, specs that no U.S. book-style foldable has offered before. Here's what the numbers mean.
Xbox handheld update.

Xbox Ally X gets its own DLSS-rivaling frame upscaling tech, among other updates

Xbox rolled out Auto SR preview for the ROG Xbox Ally X, an OS-level AI upscaler that works on any DirectX 11 or 12 game without developer support.
Google Gemini Workspace Intelligence

Gemini can now turn your chat into a finished PDF, Word document, or spreadsheet in one tap

Google updated the Gemini app on April 29, 2026 to generate finished, downloadable files on request — nine formats including PDF, Word, Excel, LaTeX, and Markdown.
Computer Hardware, Electronics, Hardware

Your Google TV experience is about to get chaotic with a dedicated YouTube Shorts feed

Google has announced a dedicated "Short videos for you" YouTube Shorts row is coming to Google TV home screens in the US this summer.
Tesla

Tesla promises HW3 owners a lite version of FSD, but its months away

Tesla announced FSD V14 Lite for international HW3 owners, a stripped-down Level 2 driver-assistance system, after 3,000 European owners across 29 countries filed a €6.5 million collective legal claim.
Motorola Signature

Motorola’s next budget phone leaks in two Pantone colors with a 200MP camera in tow

Evan Blass leaked official-looking Moto G87 renders on April 29, 2026, revealing a 200MP OIS camera, square camera module, and Pantone Overture Gray and Blue Atoll colors.
Google Home icon on home screen.

Your Google Home just got a lot better with the latest April update

The April Google Home update brings Gemini for Home up to 1.5 seconds faster for device commands, AI timeline descriptions for Premium camera subscribers, and a redesigned camera UI.
Motorola Razr Fold

Motorola’s Razr Fold is official, and it undercuts the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by $100

Motorola’s first book-style foldable comes with an 8.1" 2K LTPO OLED, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, triple 50MP cameras with DXOMARK Gold, 6000mAh battery, and 80W charging.
Using the Clean Up tool on iPhone.

Apple is finally building the AI Photo editor that Google and Samsung have had for years

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 will add three AI photo editing tools, Extend, Enhance, and Reframe, to the Photos app.
YouTube custom multiview.

YouTube TV custom multiview lets you mix NFL Sunday Ticket with any channel

YouTube TV officially launched fully custom Multiview on April 28, 2026, letting subscribers mix any live channel, including NFL Sunday Ticket add-ons, into a four-stream view.
Asus dual-screen laptop America.

Asus puts the outrageous dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo on the shelf at an eye-watering price

Asus opened pre-orders for the ROG Zephyrus Duo, the world's first 16-inch dual-screen gaming laptop with two 3K OLED 120Hz touchscreens, Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, and up to RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.
Amazon Kindle Scribe dark mode featured image.

Finally, Amazon fixes the one thing that made reading on Kindle Colorsoft painful after dark

Amazon rolled out system-wide Dark Mode to the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, covering Home, Library, Settings, and Workspace with per-surface customisation via Quick Actions.
The RTX 5070 in a graphic.

Nvidia quietly released a new version of GeForce RTX 5070 GPU inside a driver blog post

Nvidia confirmed a 12GB GDDR7 configuration of the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU on April 28, 2026, using 24Gb G7 memory modules to address constrained supply.
Samsung Galaxy S23 showing Google Play Store

Google Play Store will make it easier to find apps that don’t look terrible on tablets and foldables

Google Play Store version 51.2 introduces a new badge system highlighting apps optimised for tablets and foldables, removing the guesswork of finding apps that properly fill large screens.
google-gemini

Gemini wants to read your emails, calendar, and notifications to help you before you even ask

A Google app beta teardown reveals Gemini's upcoming Proactive Assistance feature, delivering personalized suggestions from user-selected apps like Gmail and Calendar.
Electronics, Mobile Phone, Phone

Apple’s new App Store plan lets you pay monthly for annual subscriptions with a catch

Apple launched a new App Store subscription type with monthly billing at annual-equivalent rates, with a 12-month commitment and payment tracking and renewal notifications built in.
iPhone Fold CAD-based AI visualization.

Apple has apparently locked iPhone Ultra and MacBook Ultra as its next flagships

Apple is expanding its Ultra branding to include the iPhone Ultra (its first foldable, launching September 2026) and MacBook Ultra (OLED touchscreen, M6 chip, early 2027).
Nothing Essential Space gets cloud backup.

Your Essential Space content can now follow you wherever you go in the Nothing ecosystem

Nothing rolled out cloud backup for Essential Space on April 27, 2026, syncing notes, voice captures, screenshots, tasks, and summaries across all 2025–2026 Nothing and CMF phones.
Viture One smart glasses atop MacBook Air.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Glasses have leaked, and the looks don’t impress

Android Headlines published the first real images of Samsung's Galaxy Glasses, featuring plain matte-black frames running Android XR with Gemini AI and a 12MP Sony camera.
Satellite by Starlink

Meta’s latest outrageous deal is getting solar power beamed even at night from satellites

Meta has signed a deal with startup Overview Energy to receive up to one gigawatt of solar power beamed from a fleet of 1,000 satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
Samsung Wallet Trips feature.

Samsung’s wallet gets a cool trip planning tool that will make you want a Galaxy phone

Samsung has launched Trips, a new Samsung Wallet feature that organizes flights, hotel bookings, car rentals, event tickets, and travel memos into a single timeline.