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October 2026
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Gaming
Modern Warfare 4 Earns Highest Steam Rating for Call of Duty Since 2010
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has notched a 94 percent positive rating on Steam during campaign early access, marking the franchise's best user response on the platform since the original Black Ops in 2010.
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AI
Google Gemini Notebook now gives you real control over Slide Deck and Video Overview creation
Google has added real-time steering to Gemini Notebook’s Slide Deck and Video Overview tools. It surfaces topic suggestions, pauses for your input, and lets you review outlines before rendering. The update is live globally, free to use, and requires no new subscription.
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Breaking
Smartphones
Galaxy Z Fold 8 is shipping now. iPhone Duo won’t arrive until January 25.
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is shipping globally. The iPhone Duo isn’t — and won’t be until January 25, 2027. That six-month gap is real, measurable, and already reshaping buyer decisions.
2 min read
Reviews
Surface Laptop Ultra review: 2000-nits Mini-LED panel is the problem
The Surface Laptop Ultra’s 2000-nits Mini-LED panel has no local dimming, suffers ghosting, and delivers washed-out blacks — despite peak brightness that rivals the MacBook Pro 16 and Yoga Pro. $4,299 gets you 20-core RTX Spark N1X, 64 GB RAM, and a premium metal chassis — but also wobbly hinges, no SD-Express, and a magnetic charger that blocks USB-A.
2 min read
Breaking
Gaming
Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 download size confirmed: 27 GB, launches November 5
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 requires 27 GB — the largest mainline Switch 2 Zelda download to date — and launches November 5.
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Breaking
Laptops & PCs
Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark: First laptop with Nvidia RTX Spark N1X SoC, $7,000 for 128GB RAM
Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark launches globally with Nvidia’s new N1X SoC — $7,000 for 128GB RAM config, 1.78kg chassis, 4K tandem OLED display. Available now.
2 min read
Breaking
Smartphones
iPhone Duo display made by Samsung
Apple confirms Samsung manufactures the iPhone Duo’s display—but it’s a fully custom panel, co-developed to Apple’s specs, not a repurposed Samsung part.
1 min read
Breaking
Laptops & PCs
MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air: Apple teases first touchscreen MacBook Pro for October 28
Apple’s October 28 'Pro and tell' event is widely expected to debut the first touchscreen MacBook Pro — 14-inch and 16-inch OLED models with M6 or M5 Ultra chips — ending years of 'no touch' policy.
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Breaking
Laptops & PCs
macOS 27.2 Golden Gate RC 1 is out
macOS 27.2 Golden Gate Release Candidate 1 is live for developers and public beta users — build 26B118, seeded October 19. Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. New brightness and volume sliders appear system-wide. Gesture recognition tools have been added to built-in apps — possibly foreshadowing the touchscreen MacBook Pro expected at Apple’s Pro and Tell event.
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Deals
iPhone 18 Pro Max case deals: Official Apple cases down to $36 on Amazon
Apple’s official iPhone 18 Pro/Max cases are now at Amazon all-time lows: $36 starting price, up to nearly 30% off. Navy Blue silicone and leather models lead the drop. US-only. No end date given.
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Breaking
Deals
Beats headphones wireless deal: Studio Pro drops to $149 at Walmart
Beats Studio Pro Wireless Headphones drop to $149 at Walmart — half off — as part of its Deals of the Day on October 19, 2026.
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Laptops & PCs
Microsoft Windows Insider wallpapers made on Mac
Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program just turned 12. To mark it, the company released a set of official anniversary wallpapers — and then quietly confirmed they were made on a Mac.
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Smartphones
ChatGPT app free tier gets GPT-6 Luna
ChatGPT 6 is now free on Android and iOS — and it’s building interactive tools inside the chat that Gemini no longer matches for most everyday tasks.
2 min read
Deals
Galaxy Z Fold 8 price drops to $570 off
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is now up to $570 off in open-box condition at Best Buy — the deepest discount yet on the foldable since its July 2026 launch.
2 min read
Breaking
Gaming
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is confirmed for Switch 2 — and it’s the first mainline CoD on a Nintendo console in 13 years. It runs at a target 30fps, supports cross-play and cross-progression with all other platforms, and offers two upscaling options: Filmic SMAA and a Switch 2–specific implementation of NVIDIA DLSS.
2 min read
Smart Home
iPhone 18 Pro Max price, colors, and camera upgrades confirmed: $1,299, Burgundy included, variable aperture lands
iPhone 18 Pro Max is live at $1,299 — Rs 1,14,900 in India — with Burgundy, Glacier, Silver, and Black options. Variable aperture arrives on the main camera. Siri AI is functional but inconsistent. Face ID remains fast. Upgrade rationale narrows sharply for iPhone 17 Pro Max owners.
2 min read
Deals
Switch 2 price: Mouse: P.I. For Hire drops to $25 on Amazon
Mouse: P.I. For Hire is $25 on Amazon for Switch 2 and PS5 — its lowest price ever tracked, according to 9to5Toys.
1 min read
Breaking
Deals
MacBook Pro 16 inch price drops to $3,499 with M5 Max chip on Amazon
Amazon has dropped the price of the 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max chip by $900 — to $3,499 — for the 36GB/2TB Space Black configuration. Best Buy carries the same spec in two colors, but pricing isn’t confirmed. No Indian or global pricing is cited. Apple hasn’t announced an official price change.
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Smartphones
Google Pixel 11 Pro price in India: Rs 74,784 with discount
Google Pixel 11 drops to Rs 78,720 on Amazon India — but the Pixel 10 Pro XL just hit $849 in the US, undercutting its successor on price and battery life.
2 min read
Smart Home
Apple HomeView Max: 9-inch screen, 360° robotic arm confirmed in Bloomberg leak
Apple is developing a robotic, 9-inch version of HomeView — but Gurman says it’s a future-tier product, not a near-term replacement.
1 min read
Breaking
Smartphones
Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold launches in India at Rs 1,86,999
Google has launched the Pixel 11 Pro Fold in India at Rs 1,86,999 — a single configuration only: 16GB RAM and 512GB storage in Olive.
2 min read
Gaming
PS5 games on Xbox One
PS5 games are running on Xbox One hardware—via a port of the KytyPS5 emulator, adapted by developer @Maccosomo and shared publicly on X. It’s not official. It’s not sanctioned. And it’s not playable for most PS5 titles.
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Breaking
Laptops & PCs
Claude Code caught a crypto miner hiding on a Mac
Claude Code AI agent detected and helped remove an xmrig crypto miner from a developer’s overheating Mac—marking the first public case of an AI coding assistant acting as real-time malware watchdog.
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