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Amazon has Galaxy S26 Ultra models at up to $510 off — more than Samsung’s own $410–$420 discounts — but only for 256GB and 512GB variants.
Apple's desktop lineup has a new M6 Mac Mini and M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studio models, according to Wired's testing, while the iMac remains unchanged since 2024 with an M4 chip starting at $1,499.
Vegalabs AS ran up a $17,600 Claude bill on Azure despite $25,060 in credits — because Anthropic’s models are excluded from Microsoft’s sponsorship program. Both companies declined to refund it, pointing fingers instead.
Apple has cut component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max by up to 15% for October, according to people familiar with the matter cited by GSMArena.
Google Pixel 11 is now available in India at Rs 99,999 — down from its official price of Rs 1,04,999 — during Flipkart’s Big Billion Days 2026 sale.
A lifetime subscription to document scanner app iScanner was discounted to $24.97 from its standard $199.90 list price in a limited promotion reported by Macworld.
Beam Global has agreed to acquire Norway's ScoutDI for roughly $24 million, moving production of its Scout 137 Gen3 confined-space inspection drone to US factories ahead of defense and industrial pushes.
iQOO has begun teasing its next flagship smartphone in India, widely expected to be the iQOO 16 with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor and an 8,400mAh battery.
Anthropic Claude AI agents have constructed the first complete ultraviolet sky map, stitching fragmented space telescope data and inpainting missing regions for researchers.
Black Titanium Apple Watch Ultra 4 with Burgundy Trail Loop is $699.99 on Amazon — matching its Prime Big Deal Days low and shaving $99 off the regular $799 price.
Amazon’s new Alexa Tablet 8 ($230), Alexa Tablet 11 ($349), and Alexa Tablet 12 Pro ($499) run Google-certified Android 16, offer four years of updates, and target Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A11+, Tab S10 FE, and Tab S10 FE+ — but only in the US for now.
Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are shipping now — and they’re the first Windows PCs built on Arm that promise identical performance whether plugged in or running on battery.
Canon Japan is officially winding down repair support for five EF and EF-S lenses by late 2026, ending a 30-year maintenance run for its classic 135mm prime.
Beats has introduced the Beats 360, a $350 over-ear headset featuring swappable ear pads, an IPX4 rating, and twin independent ear cup internals, but no option for wired audio listening.
Jabra's premium office headset, the Evolve2 85, was discounted to $332.50 on Amazon when PCMag spotted the markdown, down $143 from its usual $475 sticker price.
A sluggish package installer in Windows 11 26H2 pushed a user back to Windows 10 after a 20-minute language setup delay stalled an urgent search following a medical emergency.
Amazon has revealed the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, 11, and 8, breaking away from Fire OS restrictions with native Google Play Store access starting at $229.99.
Microsoft launched the Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark silicon, offering up to 128GB unified memory and local AI model support starting at $2,599, with US shipments beginning October 16.
Dell Technologies has launched the Dell Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and Rugged 14 laptops in India, featuring Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips and outdoor-ready builds starting at Rs 2,65,990.
Amazon's Great Indian Festival 2026 brings deep discounts on smartphones and computing gear, slashing the Redmi Turbo 5 to Rs 35,999 while discounting laptops from Apple, Lenovo, Dell, and Asus.
Bose QuietComfort Headphones dropped to $169 across Amazon and the Bose storefront on Thursday, trimming $190 off the original list price as retailers look to clear older inventory.
Ulta Beauty's October discount stack includes a 15% app code, a 10% text-in offer, and a three-tier rewards program that pays out points without an expiration date, according to Wired.
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit repeated, unnecessary abuse or cruelty toward Claude. The policy targets deliberate mistreatment—not frustration, testing, or disagreement—and empowers Claude to end abusive conversations. No user bans are mentioned. It’s the first such clause among major AI labs.
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra trade-in offer promises up to $1,000 for MacBook Pros — but most users will get $45 to $275. Only a 2024 M4 14-inch hits $755. The US-only program is live now.