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A $2,149 price tag and Intel Panther Lake silicon could not save Dell's premium laptop from landing second from bottom on the camera benchmark.
Google is rolling out an opt-in Enhanced protection mode for Google Messages that uses Gemini AI to spot scammers hiding behind slow-burn conversations, plus new call-forwarding and screen-share protections for Android.
Apple is enabling default Mac speaker support on the HomePod mini 2 and second-generation HomePod, but the setup requires a Mac with Wi-Fi 6E networking released since 2023.
PlayStation Plus October 2026 game catalog is live — Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, and Mycopunk headline the additions for Extra and Premium subscribers. Dino Crisis 2 and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition join the Premium tier’s library as well.
Windows 11 26H2 is live. It saves up to 3GB of RAM on high-memory PCs — but leaves 8GB systems untouched. Microsoft confirmed memory optimization as a 2026 goal, yet the gains skip the official minimum spec entirely.
Apple HomeView smart display is $289.99 at Amazon US — $10 off — in gray and starlight. Launches globally November 13. No Indian pricing or availability announced.
Disney Plus is raising UK prices across all tiers, pushing ad-free Standard to £11.99 a month. Existing subscribers face the higher rates starting in November.
Sony's new ECM-W5 wireless audio kit lands in mid-November for $399.99, packing 64GB onboard memory per transmitter, 32-bit float backup, and direct hot-shoe camera integration.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar warned businesses against using cheap Chinese AI models, even as her company manages security fallout and an employee arrest over a hidden bug.
Amazon and Walmart discounted physical preorders for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake to $59.88, matching digital pricing ahead of the Switch 2 launch on November 5, 2026.
The average gap between major AI model releases is now eight days. Users are abandoning chase culture for role-based discipline — and some haven’t even opened Claude’s latest models.
KB5127648 is the final update for Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions. It fixes mouse stutter in games, adds Copilot key remapping, restores File Explorer previews, and patches two zero-days — including one actively exploited in the wild. Support for 24H2 Home and Pro ends October 13, 2026.
Apple has launched the HomePod mini 2 at $149 in the US and Rs 12,990 in India — a $20 jump over the current $129 model, and $50 more than the original $99 launch price. Pre-orders open today; units ship Friday, October 30.
Best Buy is offering open-box Pixel Watch 5 units at more than $100 off the 45mm models, beating Prime Day's best discount of $65. New units stay full price at Amazon and Best Buy for now.
Early Black Friday deals have knocked the price of Nintendo Switch 2 bundles down to as low as $499, with discounted controllers, cases and microSD cards also showing up at Best Buy and Amazon.
Below Deck season 13 premieres Monday, October 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the US. In the UK, Canada, and Australia, episodes land Tuesday, October 13 — the day after the US broadcast.
Apple has teamed up with ADT to provide professional installation for its new wall-mounted HomeView smart display and compatible smart accessories across the United States this autumn.
A jailbroken Sony PlayStation 5 running native Vulkan drivers can now operate as an 86W local AI machine, serving large language models like Qwen3.8-27B and Llama 3.2 at respectable speeds.
Google is bumping up bug bounty rewards for its Chrome browser, offering researchers payouts reaching $20,000 for critical write flaws alongside the return of its fuzzer bonus.
A counterfeit Google Chrome app gathered more than 100,000 installations on Android after securing sponsored placement at the top of Play Store search results.
Nothing is reportedly working on two smart glasses models, splitting audio playback and a camera-equipped frame with ChatGPT voice integration across separate releases.
Google has started rolling out native call, Wi-Fi, and mobile data diagnostic tools originally built for the Pixel 11 series to older supported Pixel handsets through Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1.
Microsoft has silently removed the 'Learn more' link workaround in Windows 11’s setup, making forced Microsoft account sign-in harder to avoid — even for users with no technical expertise.
Samsung Galaxy S26 phones are now listed alongside Pixel devices in a new ‘Shop devices’ tab inside the Google Play Store — with full Google Store checkout, credit support, and 10% Google One cashback.