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Google Gemini Shifts Flash Model Behind Paywall on Android
Free users are now restricted to the Flash Lite engine under a Gemini Auto setting, while Google One Plus accounts lose Pro access.
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October 2026
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Smartphones
Samsung Galaxy S27 Skips Square Selfie Sensor Reserved for Ultra
Samsung's standard Galaxy S27 and S27+ may miss out on the square selfie camera heading to the Ultra, keeping older hardware while component costs threaten price hikes.
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Gaming
Forza Horizon 6 Tops 2026 First Party Revenue With $579 Million
Playground Games has taken the 2026 first-party crown with Forza Horizon 6 driving $579.2 million in revenue, according to new research firm estimates, easily outpacing rivals before heading to PS5.
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TVs
Apple Limits New Siri Remote Precision Finding to Recent iPhones
Apple's updated Siri Remote brings built-in speakers and Precision Finding, but the company's fine print cuts off recent handsets including the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 from the directional tracking feature.
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Breaking
Audio
Sony WH-CH530 vs WH-CH520: wireless headphones comparison
Sony WH-CH530 launch at $70 with Bluetooth 6.0, LC3, Auracast and 55-hour battery — $10 more than the WH-CH520’s original $59, but $34 is still the going rate for the older model in sales.
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Smartphones
Samsung Galaxy A58 camera specs leaked
Samsung Galaxy A58 camera specs leaked: 50 MP main, 12 MP ultra-wide, 12 MP selfie, 5 MP macro — same as Galaxy A57, same macro cam introduced in 2020. No telephoto. No sensor upgrades. No launch date or price confirmed.
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Breaking
Smartphones
Dell laptops: Pro Essential 14 and 15 launch in India at Rs 54,990
Dell Pro Essential 14 and Pro Essential 15 laptops are now on sale in India — starting at Rs 54,990 for the 14-inch model and Rs 57,990 for the 15-inch variant — both available exclusively via dellstore.com.
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Deals
Apple HomeView Pre-Orders Open With Amazon Price Cut to $289.99
Apple's HomeView smart display is open for pre-order at $299, but Amazon has quietly dropped select colors to $289.99 shipped, making it the cheapest place to buy one for now.
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Breaking
AI
Google Calendar app meets Claude AI: what it can and can't do
Claude AI now edits Google Calendar directly — reading, moving, rescheduling and declining meetings with full Workspace integration. It handles time-zone conversions, multi-calendar availability checks, and custom scheduling rules like 'no Friday afternoon slots' or '30-minute buffers between calls'. But it stumbles on recurring events: no native recurrence editor means editing one instance risks…
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Breaking
Laptops & PCs
MacBook Neo Price in India: Rs 67,990 on Amazon
The Apple MacBook Neo is on sale in India for Rs 67,990 during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2026 — down from its MRP of Rs 79,900.
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Cameras
OM System Unlocks 50fps Continuous Shooting Across Three Telephoto Lenses
OM System has released firmware version 1.1 for three telephoto lenses, adding support for 50fps bursts in Pro Capture and Sequential Shooting SH2 modes across OM-1 and OM-3 bodies.
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Wearables
EU Tells Smart Glasses Makers Like Meta to Protect Bystander Privacy
European privacy watchdogs ruled that smart glasses makers cannot push legal duties onto consumers, demanding hardware safeguards as Indian buyers face an unregulated legal vacuum.
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Breaking
AI
Gemini Skills rollout for Google Workspace delayed indefinitely
Google has indefinitely delayed the rollout of Gemini Skills for Workspace users — just one day after it was scheduled to go live on October 13, 2026.
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Breaking
Laptops & PCs
HP ZBook Ultra G3a Mobile Workstation Launches in India at Rs 2.89 Lakh
HP has launched the ZBook Ultra G3a — a 16-inch mobile workstation — in India at Rs 2,89,990 (ex-tax). It’s not a laptop for students or remote workers juggling Zoom and spreadsheets. It’s built for engineers running finite-element simulations, designers rendering photorealistic scenes in real time, and AI developers fine-tuning local LLMs without cloud round-trips.
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Breaking
Deals
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite drops to Rs 30,999 on Amazon India
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite is down to Rs 30,999 on Amazon India during the Great Indian Festival — a Rs 5,000 drop from launch price — with no-cost EMI, exchange offers up to Rs 31,900, and full S Pen support.
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Breaking
Gaming
Nintendo Switch 2 games: Three GBA titles added to Switch Online, including Kururin Palace
Metal Slug Advance, Monster Rancher Advance, and Kururin Paradise are now live on Nintendo Switch Online. Kururin Paradise makes its global debut outside Japan.
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AI
Donald Trump Demands Tech Shift From Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence
Donald Trump is pushing the tech sector to replace the term artificial intelligence with super intelligence, declaring on Truth Social that anyone clinging to the older moniker counts as an enemy.
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Deals
Dell Laptops and Alienware Desktops Receive Steep October Price Cuts
Dell rolled out autumn reductions across its PC catalog, cutting prices on Dell laptops, Alienware gaming rigs and desktop monitors, with targeted promotions for students and loyalty members.
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Smart Home
Eufy E10 Window Camera Launches to Monitor Driveways Through Glass
Eufy has introduced the E10 Window Camera, an indoor device priced at $79.99 that mounts on glass to record outdoor spaces without exterior wiring or drilling.
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Tech Business
RSS Economic Wing Urges India to Block Starlink Internet Rollout
An influential economic wing linked to India's ruling party wants Elon Musk's Starlink internet barred from domestic rollout over national security and data sovereignty concerns.
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AI
Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Heavy Coding and Enterprise Focus
Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon for enterprise and developer workflows, pitching multi-step coding, vulnerability patching and research tasks at $2 per million input tokens.
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AI
Google Gemini 4 Argon Arrives With Massive 1M Token Output Limit
Google has opened its Gemini 4 Argon model to developers, bringing a rare one-million-token output cap alongside introductory pricing that undercuts rival frontier systems.
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Smartphones
Honor WIN 2 Gaming Phone Opens Preorders With Dual Internal Fans
Honor has opened pre-orders in China for the WIN 2 gaming phone, pairing two active cooling fans with a massive 10,100mAh battery and up to 1TB of storage.
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Smartphones
Oppo Find X10 Retail Boxes Reveal Stiff Maximum Retail Prices Before Launch
Leaked packaging photos for the Oppo Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max indicate printed MRPs reaching Rs 2,39,999 in India, along with bundled wall chargers and local assembly.
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