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Every year, Samsung raises the bar on specs. This year, it raised something else instead — the price. The Galaxy S26 series landed this week, and all three models now start with 256GB of storage as the baseline. On paper that sounds like a win. In practice, the pricing tells a different story. The Galaxy S26 starts at $899 for 256GB, versus $859.99 for the 256GB Galaxy S25 — but the more telling number is that the S25’s 128GB base was $799, meaning the cheaper entry point is simply gone now. Revised introductory price for Galaxy S26 The S26 Plus…

Honor is preparing to take battery innovation to the next level with its upcoming Silicon-Carbon Blade Battery. The company today shared a teaser offering a first look at the ultra-thin power pack, and it’s anything but conventional. In the short clip, Honor showcases a battery as thin as a playing card, hurled through the air by a Guinness World Record-holding card thrower. The dramatic demonstration not only highlights the battery’s razor-thin profile but also its durability, as it slices through pieces of fruit mid-flight. While Honor has yet to disclose detailed specifications, it claims the Silicon-Carbon Blade Battery features higher…

The internet used to be something you “went to.” Now it’s the invisible engine running the entire home — streaming 4K movies, powering Zoom meetings, supporting smooth gaming sessions, and keeping dozens of smart devices connected. That kind of load can expose the limits of traditional cable, where buffering, frozen video calls, and slowdowns can become daily frustrations. The problem isn’t just speed; it’s your network’s ability to handle everything happening at once.  T-Mobile Fiber Home Internet is built for this new reality. Instead of the traditional cable model, it delivers symmetrical upload and download speeds, with speeds up to available tiers in supported areas, helping improve video…

Partnership marks major modernisation in vehicle leasing through digitised authorisation Vivek Harikrishnan- Head of Product & COO -Direct Debit System, Rahul Singh -Managing Director – Thrifty-Dollar Car Rental Group, Benny Thomas -Group CFO – Thrifty-Dollar Car Rental Group Direct Debit System (DDS), the UAE Central Bank–licensed fintech platform for automated collections, today announced its partnership with Thrifty Car Rental and Dollar Car Rental, to enable remote mandate authorisation, paperless transactions, and faster reconciliation across their nationwide leasing portfolio. With operations spanning all seven emirates and a strong focus on personal, fleet and commercial vehicle leasing, Thrifty and Dollar are two…

Ultrahuman today announced the Ring Pro, its third-generation smart ring, alongside Jade, a new real-time biointelligence AI platform. The Ring Pro marks a significant step up from the Ring Air, bringing refinements to battery longevity, on-device processing, and expanded ecosystem integration. Ultrahuman claims that the Ring Pro delivers up to 15 days of battery life on a single charge and can store up to 250 days of health data directly on the device. It features a titanium unibody design and is available in Bionic Gold, Space Silver, Aster Black, and Raw Titanium finishes in sizes 5 to 14. Hardware upgrades…

Google Translate is getting better at the messy parts of language. A new update rolling out today uses Gemini AI to help you decode idioms, slang, and phrases that never translate cleanly. Instead of just swapping words, the app now shows you alternative ways to say things. It also explains the context behind them. The feature tackles a familiar frustration. If you’ve ever typed “It’s raining cats and dogs” into a translator and gotten gibberish, this update is for you. Google says the goal is to help you find the right phrasing. That applies whether you’re texting a friend or…

Samsung’s bold experiments with radical foldable phone designs, like the ultra-slim flagship Galaxy S25 Edge and its first triple-folding device, may not see a traditional yearly release. An executive has revealed that the company remains uncommitted to launching more insanely pricey smartphones anytime soon. Why the next TriFold isn’t a given During an interview with Bloomberg, Won-Joon Choi, chief operating officer of Samsung’s Mobile Experience Business, said the brand is skeptical about successors for the Galaxy S25 Edge and Galaxy Z TriFold. The sales of these devices lagged behind expectations compared with their more mainstream models like the Galaxy S…

A new investigation from The New York Times reveals how quickly YouTube floods feeds with bizarre AI-generated videos aimed at the youngest viewers. After a single CoComelon video, more than 40 percent of the recommended Shorts in a 15-minute session contained synthetic visuals. The algorithm pushes content from channels claiming to teach toddlers about the alphabet and animals. But the clips themselves are often nonsensical, featuring warped faces, extra body parts and garbled text. None run longer than 30 seconds. Experts say that format leaves no room for repetition or narrative structure, both essential for young children learning from media.…

Apple has just scored a major security certification from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), clearing both the iPhone and iPad to be used with classified information up to the “NATO restricted” level without needing any special software, custom configurations, or security add-ons. What the NATO Approval Means In its recent newsroom post, the brand announced that iPhone and iPad join an exclusive list of devices deemed secure enough to handle sensitive data used in alliance operations and communications. While “restricted” is technically just the entry level of classified data in NATO’s classification framework, it still covers information that would be…

Google Nano Banana was a hit sensation at its launch, with millions of users creating images using Google’s latest AI image generation service. One of our team members tested Nano Banana’s capabilities by creating social media posts, and the results were surprisingly good.  That said, like all other generative AI models, including ChatGPT, Nano Banana struggled with creating images containing text. The poor text rendering was always a dead giveaway that the images were generated by AI.  Google claims that it has solved this problem with its latest Nano Banana 2 engine. It delivers improved text rendering along with several…