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The upcoming software rollout expands FaceTime Dual Capture to group calls, splits podcast queues, and brings user profiles to the TV app.
Microsoft leaves several protective tools disabled by default in Windows 11. Here is how to configure folder guards, Dynamic Lock, drive encryption, and Tamper Protection on your Windows laptop.
AMD has rolled out FSR 4.1 to Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs, Ryzen AI Max 300 and 400 series laptops, and Ryzen AI 9 300 and 400 series devices — effective immediately with Adrenalin Edition 26.10.1 drivers.
Liverpool vs Villarreal Champions League 2026/27 live stream: where to watch — Tuesday, October 20 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST / 6am AEDT Wednesday, October 21
Apple AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off at $199 on Amazon — the best current US price, shipped, no Prime required. No Indian pricing, no AirPods 4 speculation, no review comparisons. Just a live deal, confirmed by 9to5Mac.
FSR 4.1 is coming to Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Ally X — but not the base Xbox Ally. Microsoft and AMD confirmed the rollout late Monday, positioning the upscaling tech as a developer tool to boost performance without sacrificing image quality on lower-spec hardware.
Apple has added the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to its Self Service Repair program — effective immediately. Genuine parts, tools, and repair manuals are now available for both models via Apple’s dedicated online store.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches on the Switch 2 on October 22nd — priced at $59.99 in the US and Rs 4,999 in India. It is the first full sequel in the Nintendo Switch Sports line, built from the ground up for the Switch 2 hardware, and it arrives with 12 sports, an open-world island setting, and motion controls that rely entirely on Joy-Con gestures — no new peripherals required.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches globally today for $59.99 — the first major party game built for the Switch 2, and the first in the series to fully embrace Wuhu Island as a persistent, explorable hub.
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra launches at $2,599 — the base model, not a configuration. It runs Windows on Arm with Nvidia’s new RTX Spark architecture, shares 32GB RAM between CPU and GPU, and delivers strong AI app performance but laggy OS responsiveness. Battery life is ~10 hours. No Indian pricing or launch details are reported.
Rambler voice typing is now running on Pixel 8 Pro — and any Android phone — via a modded keyboard called PixelBoard. No Pixel 11 required.
The Google Fitbit Air lasts five to seven days on a single charge — if you adjust six key settings. That’s the core finding from Android Police’s 100-day wear test, published today.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra launches at $2,599.99 — a Windows on Arm laptop built not for portability, but for local AI workloads. It runs Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, the first consumer device to ship with the N1X chipset and a 6,144-core GPU.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches October 22, 2026 — exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2. It costs $59.99 in the US and ₹4,999 in India.
Apple has capped iPhone Duo pre-orders at two units per customer across the US, UK, Japan, Spain, and other markets — a move confirmed by 9to5Mac and echoed by Engadget’s own cart tests.
Microsoft has added a persistent navigation bar to Xbox Mode in Windows 11 Insider builds for 25H2 and 26H2. It includes direct shortcuts to Exit to Desktop and Power Options — replacing the Win + F11 keyboard shortcut that excluded controller-only players.
Google has launched the Pixel 11 Pro XL at $1,299 in the US and ₹1,14,999 in India — matching the iPhone 18 Pro Max’s price while delivering a camera system that reviewers call dependable, not dominant.
Fitbit Air users can now feed their health data into Gemini to generate personalized 7-day workout plans—no subscription required.
Just One Before I Die streams free on Tubi in the US and UK starting October 21, 2026 — but not in India, Canada, Australia, or anywhere else. No TV broadcast. No alternative platform. No VPN guidance. Just the facts.
HP Omnibook X Flip 2-in-1 drops to $1,199.99 at Best Buy — a 25% discount on the 16-inch 2K OLED model with Ryzen AI 7 445, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark SoC is shipping now in the Asus ProArt P16. It’s ARM-based, integrates up to 20 CPU cores and 6,144 CUDA cores, and enables true hybrid agentic AI — local models for privacy, cloud models for scale — all on one chip.
Anthropic and Nscale are negotiating a second $45 billion compute deal — just weeks after closing their first one. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reports the talks are advanced but not final.
Activision has opened early access for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ ahead of the game's full launch on October 23, unlocking extraction operations for digital pre-order buyers on PC, consoles, and Switch 2.
Gemini 4 Argon helped physicists extend exact mathematical solutions for magnetic confinement in fusion reactors — breaking a symmetry limitation that had blocked progress since 1967. The work, verified computationally and manually, gives researchers new reference models for testing simulation software. No consumer release. No price. No timeline.