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There was a time when upgrading to a new flagship phone felt like stepping into something noticeably better. Bigger batteries, sharper cameras, faster charging – real, tangible upgrades that justified both the hype and the price. The Galaxy S26 Ultra doesn’t quite feel like that moment. It feels like refinement masquerading as reinvention. On paper, Samsung has done what it always does. The S26 Ultra comes with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, delivering roughly a 10% CPU and 15% GPU improvement over last year’s model. It now supports up to 60W wired charging, up from 45W, and…

If you have ever signed up for a free trial, forgotten to cancel, and watched money quietly vanish from your account, you know the pain of unwanted subscriptions. The UK government is now cracking down on the subscription trap with new rules.  Announced on April 2, these new rules will make it easier to cancel subscriptions, escape sneaky free trials, and avoid being silently rolled onto expensive long-term contracts. The government estimates these changes will save UK consumers around £400 million every year. How bad is the subscription problem right now? Pretty bad. There are 155 million active subscriptions across…

Before your iPhone fit in your pocket, it looked more like something you’d find on a workbench. Apple’s 50th anniversary archive reveals how oversized and unfinished its biggest ideas once were, including an early iPhone prototype that barely resembled a phone. That prototype wasn’t a device so much as a sprawling circuit board built to test whether touch input and core components could function together. Apple focused on getting the system working first, knowing it could shrink everything later. Tim Cook said even inside Apple, success wasn’t guaranteed. Early testers saw screens scratch against keys in a pocket, forcing a…

NASA’s Artemis II mission is one of the biggest spaceflight milestones in decades. Seeing old clips of astronauts going to space has its own nostalgic vibe, but the first videos coming out of the capsule have a much more familiar energy. The crew can be seen tossing around iPhones in zero gravity inside Orion, giving the historic mission a strangely modern feel. This contrast is what makes the footage so distinct. Artemis II is the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, and taking a gadget that millions of people already use is a relatable touch. The iPhone…

Just when it felt like AI had quietly settled into phones and laptops, it’s now making its way into your car dashboard, too. In a move that feels both inevitable and slightly surreal, ChatGPT is officially rolling out to Apple CarPlay. The official announcement by OpenAI brings the chatbot’s voice mode directly into the driving experience. And yes, this means casual conversations with AI while stuck in traffic are now very much a thing. How does ChatGPT work in CarPlay? The integration arrives as part of the latest iOS 26.4 update, which quietly opened the door for third-party voice-based apps…

NASA’s Artemis II crew got off to a great start on Wednesday when their Orion spacecraft reached Earth orbit following a spectacular launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a day checking the spacecraft’s systems, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, together with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, have just executed a critical burn that sets them on course for a close encounter with the moon some 250,000 miles away — the first since Apollo 17 in 1972. It’s also the first-ever lunar mission with a woman, a person of color, and a…

Samsung has officially announced its 2026 The Frame lineup, and the most unexpected part is not a new AI feature or another design tweak. It is the fact that the 2026 The Frame Pro is cheaper than last year’s model across the same sizes. This is not something you see often, especially in premium TV refreshes. Why this is a better deal The Frame Pro starts at $1,999.99 for the 65-inch model, while the 75-inch model costs $2,799.99. The top-of-the-line 85-inch variant has a hefty $3,999.99 price tag. In comparison, last year’s Frame starts from $2,199 for the 65-inch model,…

Apple has been on a full-blown color spree ever since the iPhone 17 series dropped, and honestly, I’m still trying to process it. A bright orange iPhone? That’s not something you’d expect in an era obsessed with muted tones and minimalism. It feels bold, a little rebellious even. And every time I see it, I can’t help but wonder: who is this really for? But then again, I have seen people confidently rocking that color in the wild, and that answers the question better than anything else. Maybe that’s exactly the point.  What’s even more fascinating is that this playful streak doesn’t…

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have earned a reputation for being creepy, with growing backlash over reports of users secretly recording people in public. Swedish journalists found that Meta moderators had reviewed intimate footage captured through the glasses, including people using the toilet and having sex. Meta responded that it takes data protection seriously and that footage stays on a user’s device unless they choose to share it. Reports of the company’s plans to implement facial recognition haven’t helped either. But here’s the thing – the same glasses are also quietly changing lives in ways that are hard to argue with.…

Samsung’s TVs have been steadily getting better each year, but 2026 feels like a proper design rethink rather than just a spec bump. Having already upgraded its MiniLED TV lineup and the Frame TV lineup for 2026, it’s time for OLED TVs this time around. The company’s latest lineup introduces a noticeably more premium, almost “art-piece” approach, paired with meaningful upgrades to brightness and glare handling. And while that might sound like a small tweak on paper, it could actually change how these TVs perform in real living rooms. What’s new with Samsung’s 2026 OLED TVs? At the center of…