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Ten years after Google launched its in-house smartphone lineup, discussions around the hardware record reflect a mix of major triumphs and lingering growing pains.
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Ten years after Google launched its in-house smartphone lineup, discussions around the hardware record reflect a mix of major triumphs and lingering growing pains.

Oppo will start rolling out ColorOS 17 on October 29, bringing interface physics, lower RAM demands, and on-device synthetic voice detection to older Find and Reno phones.

Tecno will launch the Spark 50s 5G in India on October 16 with a slimmer body and reworked rear camera module. The company has not yet confirmed specifications, pricing or retail availability.

The original HomePod mini will not support Siri AI. Only the HomePod mini 2, with its S10 chip, qualifies. CNET walked back its earlier claim; Apple’s documentation confirms the split.

The new Siri Remote is available for preorder at $59. That’s $240 less than the $299 Apple TV 4K bundle it ships with — and it works with your existing unit.

Five startups — working on AI scam baiting, wildlife deterrence, lab-grown gut tissue, reprogrammable factory robots, and satellite-based cloud computing — have advanced to the Startup Battlefield finals at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco.

Rugby League World Cup 2026 Australia vs New Zealand live stream: where to watch — Thursday, October 15 at 8.05pm AEDT (Sydney), 5.05am ET (US East), 10.05am BST (UK)

Sonos has pushed an app update that works with Apple's unannounced foldable iPhone, reportedly called iPhone Duo, in both its folded and unfolded forms ahead of a launch expected later this month.

NVIDIA’s RTX Spark N1X chip is official — and it’s shipping in Windows laptops this fall. The first device, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, launches Thursday, October 17, priced at $2,499 in the US and ₹2,19,999 in India.

Microsoft has confirmed and patched a Windows 11 bug causing mouse stutter in games. The fix is in KB5127648, released October 13, 2026, for Windows 11 24H2, 25H2, and 26H2. It does not solve all mouse issues—just one specific OS-level regression.

Anthropic is handing six METR researchers employee-tier access to audit its frontier AI models and risk management, giving up editorial veto power over their eventual safety reports.

Apple's out-of-warranty repair pricing for the iPhone Duo reaches up to $1,499 for severe damage, turning AppleCare+ into an essential add-on before preorders begin.

Microsoft says its latest Windows 11 update makes core desktop tasks up to 20 percent more responsive, while trimming background memory draw on budget hardware.

Grey's Anatomy season 23 arrives on ABC on Thursday, October 15 at 10 p.m. ET. Here is where to watch every episode across the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A38 will reportedly reuse the identical camera array from the Galaxy A37 and A36, leaving any imaging improvements strictly to software and chipset processing.

Apple is urging Mac users to switch from Chrome to Safari, citing up to five extra hours of video streaming battery life, faster page loads on select sites, and stronger default privacy protections—all measured on M5 MacBook Airs.

Chrome is building a native 'Copy Link(s)' button for tab groups and multi-selected tabs — skipping extensions, skipping permissions, skipping 40 clicks.

Apple HomeView is not a product. It’s a video. A two-minute, high-gloss promo clip Apple quietly dropped this week—no press release, no spec sheet, no pricing, no launch date—titled HomeView.

Friends Sex and Games is a German-language series about two friends who reunite at a party and play a keys-in-a-bowl game that triggers partner swapping, jealousy, and relationship questions. It arrives on Prime Video globally on October 15–16, with free trial access for new users.

OnePlus has revealed the OnePlus 16 in China with a 9,000mAh cell and a 200MP camera, but the phone will not see a release in western stores.

Apple and Meta teamed up to run the 816-billion-parameter Muse Spark Open AI model on linked M5 Ultra Mac Studios via Thunderbolt 5, though the required memory setups carry five-figure price tags.

The Pixel 11 starts at $899 in the US and Rs 79,999 in India. It has the same screen, same RAM, same cameras as the Pixel 10 — and a Tensor G6 chip that lags behind rivals. Battery replacements cost under $60. Upgrade logic is thin.

Android Auto users are missing out on Apple CarPlay features like shared music queues, live delivery and sports updates, message reactions, and pinned conversations — all absent from Google’s in-car platform.

Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones are $328 at B&H Photo — the lowest price yet, and only for platinum silver. The deal ends today. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is now available on Switch 2 as a physical cartridge at its lowest price. And the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni gaming headset is down 20% at SteelSeries with code SSPOUT20 — its cheapest ever.