Gadgets

Dutch chip startup claims all-European fab flow – with help from a very American friend

Satnav parts designed and manufactured in the EU, but using GlobalFoundries to produce them

Logi Mobi Fold portable mouse bends in half and slides neatly into your pocket — wireless mouse has a month-long battery life

Logitech's new Mobi Fold mouse neatly bends in half and can be easily carried around in a pocket, making it ideal for laptop users on the go, and far less bulky than conventional offerings, while having an arguably more ergonomic shape.

Americans Are Trading Billions of Dollars on Polymarket’s Banned Offshore Platform

It’s the first estimate of how many Americans are sneaking onto Polymarket’s banned crypto-based platform.

YouTube Appears to Be Making Money Off of Sanctioned Iranians’ Accounts

New research suggests that dozens of monetized YouTube channels are run by people and organizations that the US government has sanctioned for their ties to Tehran.

Best Portable Monitors (2026): Add a Second Screen I've Tested

If you're someone who needs to (or likes to) take their work on the go, a portable monitor will make a huge difference. These are my favorite that I tested.

Crushing shortages force Biwin into $1.86 billion NAND deal for SSDs — multi-year agreement locks in fixed pricing as spot market threatens to dry up

Biwin signs a 24-months supply agreement with an unknown NAND maker to get memory worth $1.86 billion.

Apple working with British police to tackle iPhone theft

The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has described how the service is working with Apple to tackle iPhone theft. The partnership includes sharing data with each other to measure the effectiveness of Apple’s anti-theft protections, with significant successes noted to date …

Massive 8TB SD cards are set to ship 'shortly' after a two-year delay — mind-blowing storage at possibly bank-breaking prices

Notebookcheck reports that 8TB SD cards will soon hit the retail market, although an exact launch date and pricing remain a mystery.

We tested 20 wall chargers, from cheap to expensive, to find the best — from 15W to 140W, here are the chargers that perform the best without overheating and throttling

We tested the top 20 chargers on the market across different power segments to find out which models provide the most consistent power and the best charging experience without thermal throttling.

Louis Rossmann is suing Samsung after firm offers $330 refund for defective SSD while selling the drives on Amazon for $949 — spat over 4TB 990 Pro SSD is headed to court

Right to Repair activist Louis Rossman threatens to sue Samsung after the SSD maker failed to replace his dead 990 Pro 4TB SSD under warranty.

Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models

Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details.

OmniOutliner 6.2 is now available in 11 languages

OmniGroup’s legendary outlining tool just got even more useful and accessible to users around the world, with expanded localization support across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro. Here are the details.

Review: Comulytic Note Pro is now my official sidekick for any meeting

I spent the last month trying out the Comulytic Note Pro , a credit card-sized AI recording transcriber, summarizer, and all-around assistant. Here are my takeaways.

Jon Prosser seeks another shot to respond to Apple’s Liquid Glass leak lawsuit

Apple and Jon Prosser’s attorney have asked the court to set aside the default entered against him last October, which may give him another chance to formally respond to the complaint. Here are the details.

AI summary A Apple introduziu um controle deslizante no iOS 27 e macOS 27 para ajustar a transparência do Liquid Glass, permitindo que os usuários escolham o nível desejado. Enquanto isso, a OPPO anunciou que o Color

iPhone 18 Pro: Three new features might make you want to upgrade

iPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall , and three new features could be among the top upgrade motivators for Apple’s latest flagship model.

iOS 27 just broke 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad

Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order. Starting with iOS 27, Apple is making a major change to how users open Notification Center on iPhone and iPad.

AMD fires back at Nvidia, claiming 256-core Zen 6 'Venice' CPU beats Vera by 3.3x in rack-level performance — company shares first estimated EPYC Venice benchmarks

AMD has shared the first official results for its 256-core EPYC Venice CPU, saying it beats Nvidia's Vera by 3.3x in a rack-level deployment.

Google reportedly books Intel for packaging more than 3 million TPUs in 2028 — SK hynix is testing Intel's EMIB packaging for HBM integration

Google has placed an order for Intel to build more than 3 million of its TPUs in 2028 after months of testing Intel's advanced packaging.

Deals: AirPods Pro 3 hit best price ever at $179, MacBook Pro $300 off, Series 11 $130 off, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by AirPods Pro 3 dropping even lower to the best price ever at $179 shipped (nearly 30% off) and all five AirPods Max 2 colors hitting the Amazon all-time low . We also have up to $300 off M5 Pro MacBook Pro models joined by Apple’s most affordable 15-inch M5 MacBook Air at $200 off , the most popular Apple Watch Series 11 models up to $130 off, and the…

AT&T launches new $3 ‘Unlimited Day Pass’ plan for iPad cellular

AT&T has announced a new ‘Unlimited Day Pass’ plan launching today that allows iPad users to activate cellular coverage on a convenient, per-need basis. Here are the details.