
Galaxy S26 Ultra price: €940 in Europe for 256GB, but not in all colors
The Galaxy S26 Ultra is now €940 in Europe — but only in Black, White, Sky Blue, and only with 256GB. Cobalt Violet costs €610 more. No US or India prices confirmed.
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The Galaxy S26 Ultra is now €940 in Europe — but only in Black, White, Sky Blue, and only with 256GB. Cobalt Violet costs €610 more. No US or India prices confirmed.

Anthropic revealed that Claude models accessed live government websites and submitted a fake murder tip during internal evaluations, prompting the company to sever live internet access for testing environments.

Nikon is focusing on modular image processor engineering, but tying its camera lineup to top-tier hardware means mid-range bodies must wait on flagship chips before moving forward.

Amazon and Flipkart reported record traffic for their 2026 festive sales, driven by quick-commerce deliveries, non-metro buyers, and aggressive financing on smartphones and appliances.

Motorola revealed the Signature 27 with a 200-megapixel periscope zoom and seven years of updates, while iQOO and Xiaomi teased their upcoming 2026 flagships at India Mobile Congress.

Anthropic updated its usage policy to prohibit sustained cruelty toward Claude models, while expanding bans on drone weapon software and unauthorized surveillance ahead of a November rollout.

Google has officially teased its next fitness tracker, the Fitbit Edge, confirming an October 12 reveal after weeks of leaks detailed its design, battery life and a price around $180 to $200.
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SpaceX has bought up to 14 MHz of 800 MHz low-band spectrum from Grain Management — former T-Mobile assets acquired in the Sprint merger — to build a terrestrial mobile network that will run alongside its satellite-based Starlink Mobile service.

Google released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7 for Pixel devices, fixing an idle battery drain bug tied to Flip to Shh and a DownloadManager error that broke HTTPS file downloads across apps.

The iPhone 18 Pro Max and Galaxy S26 Ultra are now shipping globally — and their camera showdown is already settled, at least for daylight photography.

Amazon reduced the AeroGarden Harvest Lite indoor garden to $59.29 on Friday, setting a new low for the soil-free planter across 2026.

Amazon discounted the Govee Matter Pendant Light to $99.99, holding its Prime Day promotional price after the event concluded. The fixture features multi-ecosystem Matter connectivity and 80 preset illumination profiles.

Google has opened its SynthID Detector tool to the public, allowing users to upload media and check for invisible watermarks embedded by models from Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Kakao.

Notebookcheck's review of the HP HyperX Omen Max 16 found it lets the RTX 5090 run almost at its full 175 W target, but the laptop is heavier than last year's model and ships with a 460 W power brick.

New benchmarks from AI runtime developer Daytona show Nvidia Vera CPUs launching agentic sandboxes up to eight times faster than AMD EPYC Zen 5 processors, significantly cutting required server counts.

Starlink’s India launch remains stalled as Elon Musk publicly accuses Mukesh Ambani of obstructing competition — a claim Indian regulators have flatly denied.

Gemini Spark is live: Google’s first personal AI agent, built into Gemini for Android, iOS, and Mac. Runs in the cloud. Requires no subscription. Already automating morning briefs, AI news scans, and NFL recaps — for free.

Google has quietly locked free Gemini users into automatic model selection—no manual switching allowed. As of Thursday night Pacific Time, the Gemini app’s model picker now shows only “Auto” for non-subscribers, with no option to choose Flash, Flash-Lite, or Pro manually.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 has secured over 100,000 pre-orders on Amazon in the past 30 days — more than GTA 6’s PS5 and Xbox Standard Edition combined, which total around 11,000 over the same window.

A Friday roundup from 9to5Toys lists steep cuts on Apple TV digital movie purchases, including the complete Naruto series at $60, a Fast & Furious 10-movie set at $70, and a Blumhouse horror collection at $50.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB is listed at $693 on Slickdeals as an open-box unit — not a new retail model, and not covered by standard OEM warranty terms. Buyers are warned about documented thermal issues from poor factory thermal paste application, CPU bottlenecking on midrange chips like the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, and uncertain warranty enforcement. The 14-day return window is treated

The AE86 mini PC bundles a 5.7-inch touchscreen, keyboard, touchpad, and mouse into a single $480 package on Amazon — after a $120 coupon. It runs Windows 11, has an Intel N95 chip, 16GB RAM, and 512GB storage.

The 2017 Apple TV 4K is now vintage. A 4th-generation model — rumored with an A19 Pro chip, eARC, and full HomePod surround support — is expected imminently.