Gadgets & Hardware

Commodore's $499 flip phone blocks social media by design

Samsung P9 Express microSD drops to $48, 40% off

Redmi K90 Ultra debuts this month with 8,500mAh battery

Vivo X Fold6 launches June 26 with 200MP camera, 6,900mAh battery

SteamOS boots on Intel Arc B580 after Radeon swap hack

OnePlus N6 launches June 30 in India, priced under ₹20,000

Samsung tests One UI 9 for budget Galaxy A16 5G

Samsung UK offers up to £300 cashback on Galaxy devices

Samsung finally adds network speed indicator to Galaxy S26

UK bans social media for under-16s starting next year

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Wide may get thicker glass than Ultra

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB Drops to $370 After 42% Discount

Newegg has slashed the Samsung 990 Pro 2TB to $369.99, a $270 savings that marks the lowest price in months for one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs available. The drive maxes out the PCIe 4.0 interface with 7,450 MB/s sequential reads and remains a top choice for PS5 upgrades and workstation builds.

Galaxy A57 Tops Trending Phones as Mid-Range Demand Surges

Samsung's Galaxy A57 reclaimed the top spot on GSMArena's weekly trending chart, overtaking Xiaomi's 17T series. The shift reflects growing consumer preference for mid-range devices with flagship aesthetics and extended software support over premium yearly upgrades.

iOS 27 Gets Gemini-Powered Siri, Galaxy S27 Hits IMEI Database

Apple unveiled a standalone Siri AI app powered by Google's Gemini models at WWDC 2026, while Samsung's Galaxy S27 appeared in regulatory databases confirming active development. The week also brought OnePlus's 8,000mAh battery phones and Google's halved AI subscription pricing.

How Apple Turned a Pentagon Export Ban Into Marketing Gold

In 1999, the US government classified Apple's Power Mac G4 as a weapon because it exceeded 1 gigaflop of computing power. Instead of fighting the ban quietly, Steve Jobs turned it into one of the most memorable Mac ads ever made.

AMD vs MacBook Neo: Only 5 of 20 Top PC Games Run Natively

AMD is targeting Apple's budget laptop with marketing that highlights a stark gaming compatibility gap. The chipmaker claims 15 of the top 20 PC games won't run natively on the MacBook Neo, while its Ryzen-powered machines support all 20. But the fine print reveals a more complicated story.

SpongeBob Speedrunners Smeared Discs With Grease to Clip Levels

Speedrunners discovered that strategically placing fingerprint smudges on Xbox game discs creates read errors that enable level-skipping glitches. The technique, confirmed by current record holder SHiFT, involves an eight-stroke grease pattern that induces lag without making the disc unreadable.

Yunus İnce's Kürşat 3.0 Stealth Coating Achieves 45 dB Radar Attenuation in Independent University Test

Independent laboratory testing at Pamukkale University reports 45 dB of electromagnetic attenuation for the Kürşat 3.0 volcanic-mineral stealth coating in the S-band, exceeding the project's internal 43.2 dB benchmark.

Pixel 10, Galaxy S26+, Nothing Phone 3 Get Major Price Cuts

Google bundles its Pixel 10 lineup with a free Google TV Streamer and World Cup merchandise, while Samsung and Nothing slash prices on recent flagships. The deals arrive as the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, with Google positioning its phones as the official tournament companion.

AMD's $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo Undercuts Nvidia DGX Spark by $700

AMD has opened preorders for its Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform, a compact AI workstation priced $700 below Nvidia's competing DGX Spark. The mini PC packs 128GB of unified memory, a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, and ships with either Windows 11 Pro or Linux.

$130B in Data Center Projects Blocked in 2026's First Four Months

More than 75 data center projects have been halted or delayed across the United States between January and April 2026. The blocked investments equal the entire total stalled throughout 2025, as local communities push back against rising electricity prices and water consumption.

Nvidia Hikes RTX Pro 6000 Price 55% to $13,250

Nvidia has quietly raised the price of its flagship Blackwell workstation GPU to $13,250, up from $8,565 at launch just months ago. The increase reflects broader memory shortages and intense AI demand reshaping the professional hardware market.

AI Subscription Costs Hit a Wall: Why Firms Are Turning to Open-Source

New research from SemiAnalysis reveals that OpenAI and Anthropic lose money when users exceed just 5.7% and 10% utilization on their top-tier plans. The findings explain why enterprises are rapidly adopting multi-model strategies and Chinese LLMs to control costs.

Intel Plans DDR4 Comeback with 'Raptor Lake Next' in 2027

Intel is reportedly preparing a third refresh of its Raptor Lake architecture for the first half of 2027. The move would extend LGA 1700 socket support to four CPU generations, mirroring AMD's long-running AM4 strategy.