Gadgets

"Google's €403 million fine is about where your phone was in 2018"

Cheap RAM is not coming back before 2028, and Micron says robots are next
Micron says the RAM shortage will be much tighter in 2027 and 2028, and robots may need 200GB+ of DRAM each by 2030. What it means for PC and phone ...

Apple's first folding iPhone costs 1,999 dollars, and pre-orders start October 16
The iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable, opens pre-orders October 16 and ships October 23, priced from 1,999 dollars with a titanium book-style hinge ...

Liquid nitrogen is still flowing on Pluto, three billion miles out
A Southwest Research Institute study finds evidence of liquid nitrogen on Pluto reaching the surface through cracks in Sputnik Planitia, its heart ...

Meta Is Making a Camera-Free Version of Its Ray-Ban Glasses
After a run of bad press around its camera-equipped Ray-Ban smart glasses, Meta is developing a camera-free version that keeps the speakers ...

Apple Is Building iPhone Game Controllers and Plans to Sell Them as Beats
Apple is reportedly developing dedicated game controllers for the iPhone, and plans to sell them under the Beats brand rather than its main line. If ...

LinkedIn found 46% more fake activity in six months, most of it AI-generated
Apple first foldable iPhone starts at 1,999 dollars with a 7.6-inch unfolded display, making it the most expensive iPhone ever sold.

How to block ads on every device in your home with a Raspberry Pi
Pi-hole turns a Raspberry Pi into a network-wide ad blocker that covers every phone, laptop, TV and smart speaker in your house. Set it up in twenty ...

Eight things you give up when you buy a foldable instead of a slab
Eight real trade offs to weigh before deciding whether a foldable phone is worth it, covering crease wear, hinge grit, split batteries and screen ...

Do not wipe your old phone until you have moved these twelve things
A phone trade in checklist for upgrade day. Twelve things to back up, move or deauthorise before you factory reset, starting with your authenticator ...

Apple's September 9 Event: Foldable iPhone Ultra, AirPods, and a Price Shock
Apple's 9 September event is shaping up to be the most consequential hardware launch in years, with the foldable iPhone Ultra finally confirmed as the ...

The RAM Shortage Nobody's Talking About Is Already Making Your Next Phone More Expensive
There's a specific reason your next phone is going to cost more, and it's not just manufacturer greed. A shortage of DRAM and NAND flash memory ...

Sony's WH-1000XM4C: Six Years On, a Legend Gets a Comeback
Sony is revisiting one of the best-loved headphones ever made: the WH-1000XM4C brings back the beloved folding design that the XM5 controversially ...

iPhone Ultra Foldable Price: What Apple Is Asking on Wednesday, and What You Get
iPhone Ultra foldable price estimates start near 1,999 dollars ahead of Apple's 9 September event. Here is the spec sheet, and how it reads against ...

Apple's First Foldable Lands Wednesday, and the Crease Is the Only Spec That Matters
The Apple September 2026 event runs Wednesday at 10am Pacific. What to expect: iPhone 18 Pro, the folding iPhone Ultra, A20 Pro silicon and no iPhone ...

iPhone Handoff Will Let iOS 27 Users Share One Number Across Two Phones
Apple's iOS 27, due later this month, includes a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you run the same phone number across two separate iPhones and ...

Apple's 9 September Event: Three Phones, and No iPhone 18
What to expect at Apple's September 9 2026 event: iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max and the foldable iPhone Ultra. The standard iPhone 18 has moved to spring ...

iPhone Ultra Price: Apple Is Reportedly Asking 2,400 Dollars
The iPhone Ultra price is reported at 2,400 dollars, which would make Apple's first foldable the priciest iPhone ever sold. What lands on 9 September.

A Massive 12TB Steam Leak Just Surfaced, and There's Abandoned Half-Life 2 Episode 3 Inside
A 12-terabyte archive containing Steam game builds from 2003 to 2013 has leaked online, and buried inside are assets from the long-abandoned Half-Life ...

A 12-Terabyte Steam Leak Just Resurfaced Half-Life 2 Episode 3 Assets
More than 12 terabytes of Steam data from 2003 to 2013 have leaked online, and buried in the archive are what appear to be assets from the mythical ...

Steam's 12TB Leak Surfaces Abandoned Half-Life 2 Episode 3 Assets
A 12-terabyte archive of internal Steam development builds from 2003 to 2013 has been leaked, and people are still working through its contents. Among ...

A Massive 12TB Steam Leak Just Surfaced Abandoned Half-Life 2 Assets
A 12-terabyte leak of Valve's internal data covering every Steam game uploaded between 2003 and 2013 has surfaced online, and it includes what appear ...

This Cooling Technology Uses Zero Electricity and It Is Going Into Production
Passive radiative cooling, named a top 10 emerging tech by the WEF, drops surfaces below ambient temperature without any power at all.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: Everything You Need to Know Before Tonight
Samsung's biggest hardware event of the summer is almost here, and if you've been waiting to upgrade your phone, today is the day you find out ...

Skullcandy's New Crusher 1080 Puts Bose ANC Inside Its Famous Bass Headphones
Skullcandy has always occupied an interesting position in the headphone market.

Samsung's Flex Titanium Is the Foldable Screen Upgrade Everyone Has Been Waiting For
If you have ever put a foldable phone down on a table and felt a small but persistent anxiety about that crease running down the middle of the screen.

Nothing's Phone (4b) undercuts every flagship on the market
Nothing launched the Phone (4b) at £299, and the spec sheet undercuts most mid-rangers. Here's what you get, and why it's not coming to the US.

OnePlus Is Reportedly Pulling Out of the US Market
OnePlus, the smartphone brand that built its reputation as the

Samsung's July 22 Unpacked event: what's actually landing
Samsung confirmed its next Galaxy Unpacked for 22 July 2026, expected to bring the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Flip 8, plus new Galaxy ...

AirDrop and Quick Share both have unpatched flaws that let strangers push files at your phone
Six issues were disclosed across Apple AirDrop and Android Quick Share that could let a nearby attacker drop files on a device. Here is the simple fix ...

Logitech's Mobi Fold is the travel mouse a trackpad never quite replaced
A genuinely pocketable mouse that folds flat, pairs with three devices, and works with almost everything.

Sony's Xperia 1 VIII is here, and it just outran the Pixel in benchmarks
Sony's Xperia 1 VIII launched in Europe on 19 June 2026 with Android 16 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, beating the Pixel 10 Pro XL in benchmarks.