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Apple promises faster page loads and five extra hours of video playback on M5 Macs, taking direct aim at Google's browser dominance.

Meta has released Muse Spark Open — a new open-weight AI model built for desktop agentic work — and says it runs best on Apple’s Mac Studio with M5 Ultra chip.

Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are here — and they’re not just another AI PC refresh. They’re a new hardware platform, built from the ground up on Arm, with the Grace Blackwell architecture, unified memory, and NVLink-C2C interconnect baked in.

Google confirms the Fitbit Edge lacks NFC, Health Guardian’s Sleep Breathing Quality metric, and core safety features — all by design, not delay.

9-1-1: Nashville Season 2 live stream: where to watch — October 15, 9 p.m. ET/PT in U.S. and Canada | 9 p.m. BST in U.K. (TBC) | 6 a.m. AEDT in Australia (TBC)

Google has issued a rare feature update for older Home and Nest speakers through its Preview Program, tweaking Assistant responsiveness and media streaming on devices dating as far back as 2016.

Google is testing a new Chrome feature that lets users copy every tab link within a group at once, aimed at speeding up workflows for AI chatbots and research tasks.

Apple is reportedly starting base iPhone 18 production at the end of November, targeting a March launch alongside an iPhone 18e following the earlier release of the Pro models.

Amazon reduced the AirPods Max 2 price to $429 across all color options on Thursday, matching its earlier Prime Day low while discounting the AirPods Pro 3 to $199.

Microsoft is pitching Windows 11 upgrades on everyday responsiveness and game loading speeds rather than raw AI tricks, sweetening the deal with a $500 Xbox bundle for eligible new systems.

Samsung started its annual promotional push with markdowns up to $500 on the Galaxy Book6 Ultra, alongside discounts across Galaxy S26 phones, Motorola item trackers, and Lenovo OLED Chromebooks.

Apple's new Apple TV 4K and HomeView devices launch November 13, but online preorders placed now are already quoting delivery estimates into late November, according to 9to5Mac.

Google's Universal Cart, a shopping tool built into Search and the Gemini app, is now live in the US. It draws on 60 billion product listings but has no stated EU launch date amid ongoing antitrust fines.

Microsoft has reworked Windows for Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark laptops, introducing a two-click agent onboarding process, tuned x64 emulation, anti-cheat gaming support, and unified memory management sliders.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is officially eligible for the 2026 Game Awards — and it makes the cutoff by one day. Rockstar’s long-awaited open-world title launches globally on November 19, 2026.

The Traitors Telugu premieres Thursday, October 15, 2026, at midnight PT / 3 a.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. IST / 7 a.m. GMT — as Prime Video drops the first three episodes globally in supported regions. New episodes follow every Thursday through the finale on November 5.

Every official James Bond movie—from Dr. No to No Time to Die—is now streaming on Prime Video globally as of October 2026. Amazon owns MGM and Eon Productions, giving it full control over the franchise’s digital distribution.

Vivo launched its X Fold6 globally with an 8-inch screen, 5,000-nit peak brightness, and a Zeiss-branded triple rear camera system centered on a 200MP sensor.

Sony's PlayStation Plus October game catalog brings Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, and classic revival Dino Crisis 2, with the main wave arriving on consoles starting October 20.

Google is sending 30 percent discount codes for the Pixel 11 series to Google AI Pro subscribers, which stack with trade-ins to drop the Pixel 11 Pro to $384.

Grand Theft Auto VI arrives Nov. 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X at identical prices, but console costs diverge sharply, with a PS5 running $150 cheaper than an equivalent Xbox.

Lab testing shows Apple's iPhone 18 Pro hits a base PWM flicker rate of just 60Hz, leaving sensitive users with more eye fatigue than rival Android flagships.

Microsoft has rolled out fixes for Windows 11 sign-in black screens and Explorer crashes caused by updates released since August, targeting virtual desktop deployments across current OS builds.

Early testing of Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip shows how on-device AI agents handle OS settings and creative tasks in DaVinci Resolve, backed by up to 128GB of unified memory.