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OnePlus Pulls Out of US and European Phone Markets
OnePlus has confirmed it will no longer release phones in North America or Europe, leaving the OnePlus 15 as the last device for Western buyers.
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Samsung Health Threatens to Delete Data If You Skip AI Training
Samsung Health users who opt out of AI training may lose years of body, sleep, nutrition, and medication data — a choice that isn't really a choice.
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Sony Is Deleting 551 Films UK Customers Paid For
A licensing dispute with StudioCanal means UK PlayStation users lose access to purchased titles including Paddington and Terminator 2 starting September 1.
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T-Mobile Is Force-Upgrading Old Plans to Pricier Ones
T-Mobile will automatically move thousands of legacy subscribers to current plans within the next few billing cycles, with no opt-out option.
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DoorDash Goes Down Again, Four Hours on a Sunday Night
A second outage in two weeks hit DoorDash users across the U.S., leaving orders stuck and support teams fielding complaints on social media.
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Apple Raises Prices and Blames AI Memory Demand
From a $300 jump on the MacBook Pro to a $30 bump on the HomePod Mini, Apple is passing AI-driven memory costs to consumers.
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Apple Raises Mac and iPad Prices as RAM Crunch Bites
Apple hiked prices across Macs, iPads, and HomePods citing AI-driven memory demand — and analysts say the squeeze has years left to run.
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Slate Auto Prices Its Electric Pickup at $24,950
The stripped-down American EV truck arrives with a bigger battery than promised, but the sub-$20,000 dream died with the federal tax credit.
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Slate Auto's Electric Pickup Lands at $24,950
Slate Auto opens preorders for its stripped-down electric truck at $24,950, locking in a price after the federal EV tax credit disappeared.
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Slate's $24,950 Electric Truck Is the Cheapest New Pickup on Sale
Slate Auto's American-made EV pickup undercuts every rival on sticker price by stripping the truck down to its bare essentials.
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Apple Pushes AirPods Beta Firmware Tied to iOS 27
Developer-only firmware for AirPods Pro 2, Pro 3, AirPods 4, and AirPods Max 2 unlocks a new audio interface and custom EQ coming in iOS 27.
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Fitbit Air's AI Coach Is Cautious, Sometimes Annoyingly So
Google's new Fitbit Air pairs solid hardware with an AI health coach that errs heavily on the side of caution.
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Sony's AI Camera Assistant Fails to Impress on Xperia 1 VIII
A week of hands-on testing confirms what Sony's own launch photos hinted at: the Xperia 1 VIII's AI Camera Assistant is not ready.
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Meta Previews Three Smart Glasses Models, Ray-Ban Branding May Be Out
A hands-on preview suggests Meta could be dropping the Ray-Ban name across three new smart glasses models, including a Kylie Jenner edition.
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Nothing Phone (4b) Launches July 7 - Looks Like a Rebadged CMF Device
Nothing teased a new mid-range Phone (4b) days after killing its CMF sub-brand lineup, raising questions about what this phone actually was.
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Wyze Cuts Its Body Composition Scale to $80
Wyze's new Scale BodyScan drops Wi-Fi and a customizable display to hit $79.98, but keeps the retractable handle and multi-point electrode system.
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Snap's AR Glasses Go Consumer at $2,195
Snap is opening its AR glasses to the public for the first time, betting a ready-made Snapchat lens library and dual Snapdragon chips can justify the price.
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Schlage Drops the Keyhole and Ships a $399 UWB Lock
Schlage's long-delayed Sense Pro uses Ultra Wideband to unlock your door as you approach, but at $399, convenience has a price.
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DJI Pocket 4P Arrives With a 1-Inch Sensor and a Price Advantage
DJI's dual-camera gimbal camera starts at roughly $562 in China, undercutting Insta360's Luna Ultra by over $200 before global pricing is set.
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Ring Battery Doorbell Plus Goes 2K in Its Second Generation
The second-gen Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus upgrades to 2K video in what reviewers call a real hardware step up, subscription fee still attached.
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Samsung Patches Three AI Features Galaxy S25 Never Got
The June update delivers Prioritize Notifications, Summarize Notifications, and File Summaries that the first One UI 8.5 rollout quietly skipped.
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Doll Heads Are Fooling Tesla's Driver-Monitoring Cameras in China
Chinese Tesla owners are reportedly using toy heads and blinking screens to satisfy Autopilot's gaze-detection camera while ignoring the road.
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DJI and Insta360 Are Suing Each Other Over Vlogging Cameras
The two Chinese camera rivals are now simultaneously suing each other, with their vlogging camera lines caught in the middle.
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watchOS 27 Cuts Support to Six Watches, and AI Isn't the Sell
Apple's fall update drops the Series 6, 7, 8, first-gen Ultra, and second-gen SE, leaving a pool so thin that the AI pitch can't justify a $399 upgrade.
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Qingping Upgrades Its E-ink Thermometer With Thread for Apple Home
The Qingping temperature sensor moves from Bluetooth to Thread mesh networking, making it a more dependable presence in Apple Home setups.
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iOS 27's Clean Up Tool Now Generates Faces Instead of Hiding Them
Apple updated Clean Up in iOS 27, and the face-hiding feature now synthesizes a replacement face rather than blurring the original.
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Apple's 15-Product Rush Rests on a Siri Two Years Late
Apple plans at least 15 devices in H2 2026, from a foldable iPhone Ultra to a smart home hub, all built around a Siri that just reached beta.
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Apple Notched the WWDC Audio to Stop Siri From Waking Your Devices
Spectrograms of the keynote video show Apple surgically removed four frequency bands every time a presenter said "Siri" — and it still didn't fully work.
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AirPods EQ Controls Are Live in Beta - Hold Off for Now
Apple is rolling equalizer controls to AirPods and AirPods Pro owners, but only through multiple beta releases most people shouldn't install.
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iOS 27 Health Skips AI Ambitions and Delivers Perimenopause Tracking
Apple's planned AI health service didn't make the cut, but iOS 27 still brings perimenopause alerts, camera-based food scanning, and GymKit for non-Watch users.
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iOS 27 Adds Custom Wallpaper Creation to iPhone
For the first time, iOS 27 lets iPhone users build their own wallpapers rather than choosing from Apple's curated annual selection.
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Ads Are Keeping Smart TV Prices Down Despite the Memory Crunch
A new report finds that advertising revenue has cushioned TV makers from passing component costs on to buyers during an ongoing memory shortage.
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The Trump Phone Is Essentially a Rebadged HTC, iFixit Finds
A teardown reveals the Trump-branded handset shares virtually every internal component with the HTC U24 Pro, differing only in battery.
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Waymo Launches $30-a-Month Premium Tier for Priority Pickups
Waymo Premier gives invite-only members priority pickups and 10% cash back for $29.99 a month, borrowing the subscription playbook from the incumbents it wants to replace.
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US Roads Have a Headlight Problem Europe Solved Years Ago
American headlights have become a glare hazard, and the adaptive beam technology that could fix it took a decade to clear US regulations.
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iOS 27 Brings Dual-Camera FaceTime to iPhone 17 Lineup
Apple's fall update adds simultaneous front-and-rear video, better call quality on spotty connections, and Traditional Chinese Live Captions.
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iFixit Confirms Trump T1 Phone Is a Rebadged HTC U24 Pro
A CT scan and full teardown confirm the T1 and the HTC U24 Pro share near-identical internals, right down to swappable circuit boards.
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WhatsApp Bumps iOS Minimum - Older iPhones Need a Patch
Meta is raising WhatsApp's iOS floor to 15.5 in November, affecting five older iPhone models that just need a software update to stay compatible.
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Paramount+ Scores with Starfleet Academy While Netflix Adds More Coben
A new Trek series leads a two-week streaming haul that also includes a Netflix Harlan Coben thriller and an A24 comedy that lands with a thud.
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iOS 26 Adoption Is the Second-Worst Since 2015
Apple's App Store data puts iOS 26 adoption at 79% overall - only iOS 8 has managed a slower uptake since 2015.
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WhatsApp Is Cutting Off Older iPhones This November
Meta will raise WhatsApp's minimum iOS and iPadOS requirements on November 30, 2026, leaving users on older software without access.
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What Samsung's Green Dot Actually Means
The indicator lights up whenever an app accesses your camera or microphone — and tapping it shows you exactly which app is responsible.
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Apple Wallet Adds Card Scanning and AI Bill Splitting in iOS 27
iOS 27 expands Apple Wallet beyond payment cards, letting users digitize any barcoded loyalty pass and split bills using Apple Intelligence.
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Apple's Best On-Device Siri Model Works on Only Three iPhones
AFM Core Advanced, Apple's most powerful on-device AI model, is limited to three iPhone models, leaving most Apple Intelligence users on a slower tier.
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Fake Chargers on Amazon Haul, eBay, and B&Q Can Electrocute You
A Which? investigation named Amazon Haul, eBay, and B&Q as outlets for counterfeit chargers that can electrocute users or start fires.
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One in Three Home Routers Predate Modern Wi-Fi
A new report finds roughly a third of home routers run on near-20-year-old Wi-Fi tech, quietly canceling out the broadband upgrades users are paying for.
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GM Activates Vehicle-to-Grid for EV Customers
GM Energy has enabled bidirectional charging, letting electric car owners feed power back to their homes or the local grid.
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AT&T Sells $3 Daily Unlimited iPad Data With No Plan Required
AT&T's new Unlimited Day Pass gives any eSIM-capable iPad 24 hours of data for $3, no monthly commitment or carrier loyalty required.
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iOS 27 Brings Custom EQ to AirPods, a Decade Late
Apple will finally let AirPods users tune their own sound profile in iOS 27, a feature Android rivals have offered for years.
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Apple's iOS 27 Beta Is Live, But Only for Developers
Apple seeded developer betas of iOS 27, iPadOS, and watchOS, kicking off the annual countdown to a fall public release.
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Rivian's R2 Undercuts the R1 on Price and Performance
Rivian's smaller SUV comes in cheaper than the R1 while outperforming it, but picking the right trim could make or break the purchase.
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iOS 27 Finally Cleans Up the AirPods Settings Mess
Apple reorganizes years of feature sprawl into a navigable AirPods menu, starting with the first iOS 27 developer beta.
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iOS 27 Code Points to a Folding iPhone Apple Hasn't Announced
Hidden strings in the iOS 27 beta describe fold states and hinge angles — Apple's usual way of telegraphing hardware before it ships.
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iOS 27 Beta Code Points to a Foldable iPhone
The first iOS 27 developer beta contains code tied to foldable hardware, making it Apple's clearest signal yet that a folding iPhone is coming.
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iOS 27 Spares Every iPhone, Drops a Few iPads
Apple's iOS 27 won't strand any iPhone owners, though a handful of iPad models are cut from the update list.
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Apple Adds Visual Intelligence to the iPhone Camera in iOS 27
iOS 27 turns the iPhone Camera into a visual search tool, letting you point at anything and ask Siri questions, with lookup history saved.
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iOS 27 Will Run on iPhones Going Back to 2019
Apple is extending support to the iPhone 11, crediting efficiency gains as the reason older hardware makes this year's cut.
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iOS 27 Adds Custom EQ to AirPods, Years After Rivals Did
Apple will let AirPods owners manually tune bass, mids, and highs starting with iOS 27, closing a gap rivals filled years ago.
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Apple Adds Customizable EQ to AirPods in iOS 27
iOS 27 brings manual sound tuning to Apple's earbuds, a feature Android rivals have offered for years.
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iOS 27 Developer Beta Is Available to Download
Apple's first iOS 27 developer beta is live, opening the annual summer testing cycle ahead of a public release later this year.
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Apple's Camera Gets a Bill-Splitting Trick via Siri
A new Siri in Camera feature reads restaurant bills through the iPhone lens and routes each person's share through Apple Cash.
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Amazon Is Teasing Alexa+ Hardware Before Prime Day Deals Drop
Amazon's pre-Prime Day hub spotlights new Echo and Alexa+ devices at full price — the actual discounts don't land until June 23.
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Apple Watch Series 11 Fares Well in WSJ Fitness Tracker Test
The Wall Street Journal tested Apple Watch Series 11 against Oura, Fitbit, and Whoop in a health tracker roundup, and Apple came away with favorable marks.
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Motorola's Routers Stopped Working When Its App Did
Motorola's MotoSync Plus app went offline and took the company's entire router lineup with it, with no warning and no explanation offered.
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Withings Bets Its New Scale on the GLP-1 Drug Boom
Withings is marketing its new BodyFit scale to GLP-1 drug users, a positioning that says more about tech's latest marketing wave than the hardware itself.
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Galaxy Z Flip 8 Reportedly Ships With Two Different Chips
A leak suggests Samsung will run Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in some markets and its own Exynos 2600 in others, reviving a familiar regional divide.
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Filtr Blocks Ads System-Wide on iPhone and Mac
The new app uses Apple's native filtering infrastructure to strip ads and trackers from nearly every app, not just the browser.
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Apple Opens iMessage to Its First Third-Party AI Agent
Poke became the first third-party AI agent approved for iMessage, raising the question of how far Apple will actually open one of tech's most closed apps.
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Cash App Now Sells a Tap-to-Pay Magic Wand Keychain
Cash App's new keychain wand processes contactless payments without a phone, a novelty from Block that seems designed to earn headlines as much as transactions.
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Google Wallet Digital IDs Are Coming to the EU This Summer
Google will offer ID passes and bank-backed age checks in select EU states, entering a market shaped by incoming digital identity rules.
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iOS 26 Gives CarPlay a Setting It Should Have Had All Along
Apple slipped a long-overdue CarPlay option into iOS 26 with no fanfare - and iOS 27 is already promising more.
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Waymo Robotaxis Run Empty for Nearly Half Their Miles
A study finds self-driving cars produce as much deadhead driving as ride-hailing, undermining a core efficiency argument for the AV industry.
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Slate Truck Skips the Cellular Modem to Keep You Untracked
Slate Auto's electric pickup has no embedded modem, making it architecturally incapable of the data harvesting that has become standard in modern cars.
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Acer Launches a Phone-Powered Portable Monitor With Keyboard
The PM161Q JB is a 15.6-inch screen that pairs with a pogo keyboard and your phone, trying again to make your handset a working PC.
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Withings BodyFit Brings Body Scanning to Mid-Range
Withings' new BodyFit brings body scanning to a lower price, testing whether the market for body composition data runs deeper than its premium tier showed.
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iPhone Ultra Leak Points to Vapor Chamber Cooling
A Weibo leaker claims Apple's iPhone Ultra will ship with a vapor chamber - a heat-management approach Android flagships have used for years.
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HomeKit App Lets AI Build Your Automations From Plain English
Controller for HomeKit's new update takes a plain-text description of what you want your home to do and generates the scenes and automations automatically.
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Apple's iPhone-Shot MLS Broadcast Comes With a Big Asterisk
Apple TV aired what it's calling the first live professional sports broadcast shot entirely on iPhone 17 Pro Max, but the fine print is working hard.
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Apple AI Glasses Slip to Late 2027 While Meta Holds the Lead
A Bloomberg report pushes Apple's AI glasses back by roughly a year, as a lighter Vision Pro variant targets 2028 at the earliest.
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ThermoWorks Bets Its Accuracy Rep on Its First Kitchen Scale
The Thermapen maker is entering the crowded scale market with the Gravitas, which sports a detachable display and a 20-minute weight memory.
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Acer's Aspire 18 AI Pitches Giant Screens to Everyday Users
Acer's largest-ever Aspire laptop and a dual-chip Swift Spin 2-in-1 debuted at Computex 2026, testing whether mainstream buyers want desktop-scale screens.
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Oura Ring 5 Slims Down and Adds Proactive Health Tracking
Oura's fifth-generation ring arrives thinner and with new Health Radar features — a response to a smart ring market that is no longer a solo act.
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Satellite and Fixed Wireless Give Cable Real Competition, Per Readers
PCMag's 2026 reader survey of US and Canadian ISPs arrives as satellite and fixed wireless turn broadband into an actual competitive market.
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Energizer's Coin Batteries Are Built to Limit Burns When Swallowed
The Ultimate Child Shield line adds a chemical coating to reduce internal burns and a blue dye to signal ingestion — engineering over warning labels.
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AirTags for Checked Bags: Do They Actually Work?
Bluetooth trackers like Apple AirTag can help locate lost luggage, but airlines and privacy laws are catching up.
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Smart Apps and Planters Are Now Standard Plant Parent Gifts
A plant gift guide grew from 15 to 19 items in six weeks, with smart apps and connected planters among the new picks.
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Tesla brings Chinese-made Model 3 to Canada at record low price
Tesla is now selling Shanghai-built Model 3s in Canada starting at $39,490 CAD, undercutting its own US pricing.
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This Owl-Shaped Adapter Adds a Rear Seat Camera to Your Car
Ottocast's tiny CarPlay adapter packs a camera for monitoring backseat passengers, no installation required.
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Waymo adds age checks to block kids riding alone in driverless cars
The self-driving service is verification-testing adult riders after reports of children traveling solo.
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LG's 2026 Gram Laptops Start at $1,150
LG's latest featherweight laptops hit the market with entry-level pricing that positions them as premium ultrabooks.
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Oura now tracks how birth control affects your body
The smart ring can log contraception type and correlate it with biometric data, promising insight into side effects.
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Ferrari sharpens Purosangue SUV ahead of first EV
The four-seat Ferrari SUV gets more power and sharper handling before the brand goes electric.
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Chinese EVs Are Loaded With Screens and AI. Does It Matter?
Chinese automakers are packing vehicles with displays and artificial intelligence, but whether Western buyers care is another question.
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Apple Posts Record Sales in Cook's Final Quarter, Warns of Chip Shortage
The iPhone maker's $124.2B quarter coincides with its CEO's departure and fresh supply-chain warnings.