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Tecno’s new Spark 50s borrows the Pixel 11’s pill-shaped camera bar and flat rear — but swaps Google’s AI for MediaTek, MIL-STD-810H, and a ₹19,999 starting price.
Gemini 4 Argon now converts PDFs into interactive visual web apps — free, in-browser, no signup beyond a Google account. Digit India confirmed it’s live as of 16 October 2026.
Gemini 4 Argon hits 97.5% on ARC-AGI-3 — but only with Google’s own API tricks. In the standard test? It falls to 49.8%. No price. No release date. Just a high-stakes benchmark tug-of-war.
Windows 11 users across the US and India are reporting Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and VPN authentication failures after installing Microsoft’s October 2026 security update — and the culprit is not a bug, but deliberate enforcement of a years-old deprecation plan: NTLMv1 is now blocked by default.
Grok’s Android app is live globally, bundled with X Premium at $8/month (US) or Rs 699 (India). It includes image/video generation, Notion sync, Voice Mode, and Cursor IDE access — but no standalone pricing, no iOS version, and no claim of technical superiority over ChatGPT or Gemini.
Amazon has dropped the price of the 2026 Apple TV 4K and the new HomeView streaming device to $289.99 for preorders. Both go on sale November 13, 2026. The discount applies to all HomeView colors except Black.
The Surface Laptop Ultra is reviewed: $2,599–$5,899, RTX Spark chips, 2,000-nit MicroLED, Magnetic Connect — and AI features that mostly don’t work out of the box.
Reviews of the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra from Wired and Gizmodo detail a $2,600 starting price, a nearly $6,000 top configuration, a bright Mini-LED screen and the compromises of Nvidia's new ARM chip.
9-1-1 Season 10 live stream: where to watch — October 17, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT on ABC in the US; October 18 at 1 a.m. BST on Disney+ in the UK; November launch expected in Australia on Disney+; October 17 at 8 p.m. ET on GlobalTV and StackTV in Canada.
Blockintosh runs Minecraft Bedrock Edition on Apple Silicon Macs and enables full crossplay with all other Bedrock platforms — but it’s unofficial, unannounced by Mojang, and currently limited to Discord-based previews.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra launches globally at $2099 / Rs 1,74,999 — no Flip sibling, no Exynos option, and one upgraded camera among otherwise iterative refinements.
Amazon has begun discounting pre-orders of Apple's new Apple TV 4K, pricing it at $289.99 shipped while some direct Apple orders have slipped to late November, according to 9to5Toys.
HP is running steep discounts on laptops, monitors and printers through HP.com this week, including a ProBook cut to $501 and a ZBook Fury workstation at $1,509, Wired's coupon roundup reports.
Tulsa King season 4 starts streaming Friday, October 16 — here's where it's available, what it costs, and why Indian viewers are locked out.
Samsung has set a mid-October deadline for Qualcomm to fix thermal throttling in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip—or the Galaxy S27 Ultra will launch with Samsung’s own Exynos 2700 instead.
OpenAI has rolled out GPT-Live-1.1, its latest voice model for the ChatGPT app — and with it, a broader, more regionally tailored set of voices across six languages, including Hindi, Japanese, Korean, French, German and Mexican Spanish.
KB5127648 breaks Smart App Control on some Windows 11 24H2+ devices — but only if it was previously disabled. Microsoft offers registry and Group Policy workarounds for IT admins. No consumer fix is available.
Google Home now supports local Matter control for Philips Hue lights, improving responsiveness and enabling operation without internet. The upgrade rolls out automatically, alongside refreshed smart home controls and minor Gemini for Home improvements.
Samsung's internal lab evaluations show Qualcomm's 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 throttling heavily under prolonged workloads, prompting a request for thermal fixes this month.
Honeycomb will release the Echo Aviation Controller XPC on November 20 for $179.99, bringing dedicated flight simulation controls and swappable throttle sliders to Xbox and PC players.
Samsung has scheduled the Galaxy F70 5G India launch for October 18. Teased on Flipkart below Rs 20,000, it brings a 120Hz AMOLED screen, Gorilla Glass Victus, and OIS.
Samsung is testing its in-house Exynos 2700 for the Galaxy S27 Ultra following thermal issues with Qualcomm silicon, while regulatory listings reveal a reshuffled four-phone lineup with stripped-back connectivity.
Apple iPhone Duo pre-orders open in India today at 5:30 PM IST — the first time the company’s long-rumoured foldable is available for booking. It arrives as Apple’s most expensive iPhone yet, with prices starting at Rs 2,99,900 for the 256GB model and climbing to Rs 4,49,900 for the 2TB variant. Sales begin October 23.
Vivo V80 launches globally with Zeiss-branded telephoto, AI-powered portrait tools, and a 7,200mAh battery — priced at ₹34,999 in India, $499 in the US.