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Meta's camera-free glasses, announced in September, pack a 12-hour battery and weigh less than the camera-equipped Wayfarer, and a Wired reviewer calls them the best smart glasses the company has made.
iOS 27 adds a Captured by Me filter to the Photos app that strips out screenshots and saved WhatsApp images, leaving just photos shot with an iPhone linked to the same Apple ID.
OnePlus has confirmed ColorOS 17 for the OnePlus 15 in India, while Oppo is sending the update to the Find X9 series and other models in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand ahead of schedule.
Sony ranks second worldwide in camera sales behind Canon and holds over 50 percent of the image sensor market, but a Digital Camera World analysis argues the brand still lacks the emotional pull of rivals like Leica or OM System.
Lenovo has brought its LOQ Essential 15IRH11 budget gaming laptop to the US and Canada, pairing a 165Hz 1200p screen with a 75W RTX 3050 and a Core 7 230H chip, priced at $1,476.99 and CAD 1,910.99.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 launched in July 2026 at $1,899 and is now widely discounted, with open-box units at Best Buy dropping as much as $580.
A developer running local AI models on a personal GPU says handing Claude Code a partially finished build, instead of a blank prompt, cut one coding project's cost by 43 percent while avoiding Claude's usage limits.
A TechRadar review of the Apple Watch Series 12 praises its new Readiness Score and upgraded health sensors but finds little reason to upgrade from a Series 10 or 11, since the design barely changes and Apple's AI features aren't ready yet.
GameStop and other US retailers say many stores will see no restock of the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 console or its matching Pro Controller at launch, with Nintendo admitting it underestimated demand.
Google's privacy policy, updated October 16, now says personalized ads can draw on Gmail, Drive and Photos data once a user enables Personal Intelligence, reversing earlier language that ruled this out entirely.
The Open Home Foundation is rolling out version 1.5.0 of its Matter server for Home Assistant, adding Matter 1.6.1 support, two-way camera audio, and custom cluster support for upcoming Aqara and IKEA devices.
Ahead of its October 23 launch, iPhone Duo units are reportedly arriving at Apple Stores for auditing, with leaked unboxings surfacing online. Apple is also said to be canceling orders from buyers who exceeded a two-unit limit.
Bill Murray's new golf docuseries, A Course Called Ireland, starts streaming on BBC iPlayer October 23 and hits Paramount+ in the US, Canada and Australia on October 25.
The unofficial KyTyPS5 emulator now runs Gran Turismo 7 on PC with no visible graphical glitches, though framerates stay below 20fps. It follows earlier wins with Demon's Souls and Astro Bot.
Amazon's Great Indian Festival Reloaded sale kicks off at midnight with up to 40% off smartphones, 65% off TVs and projectors, and flat 50% off select home and kitchen products, alongside bank cashback and exchange offers.
Microsoft is pulling eight Copilot-powered actions from the File Explorer context menu for OneDrive files, folding them into a single Ask Copilot entry as it trims back AI clutter in Windows 11.
Honor has unveiled the Win Tablet, an 8.4-inch gaming tablet with a 2.3K 240Hz OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and a 10,000mAh battery. It goes on sale in China on October 31st; India pricing is unannounced.
A Redditor's attempt to debloat a Samsung Tizen TV with Claude turned into an 11-hour project after the AI discovered it wasn't dealing with Android TV at all, and had to borrow a phone camera to see its own progress.
Xiaomi has confirmed its Redmi Book 2027 laptops will launch on October 27 in China, with a new 14-inch model joining the Redmi Book 16, both running Intel's Wildcat Lake chips.
The standard iPhone 18 skipped Apple's September event and is now expected around March or April 2027, alongside the iPhone 18e and iPhone Air 2, according to industry leaks and analyst notes.
Apple is reportedly testing iPhone Duo 2 prototypes with Face ID hidden under the outer display, addressing complaints that the first foldable iPhone shipped with only a Touch ID side button.
Qualcomm has introduced Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, a chipset platform that can scale audio quality between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, potentially narrowing the gap between wireless and wired headphones for open-back designs like Audio-Technica's and Grado's.
Nvidia's GeForce 621.01 WHQL driver adds Advanced Shader Delivery for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Gears of War: E-Day, aiming to kill shader-compile load screens. A journalist reports lower RAM use, though CPU load stays high.
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S12 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 are all discounted today at Amazon and Best Buy, according to 9to5Toys, alongside a $1,000 cut on LG's C6 OLED and a batch of free Android games and apps.