The Best Laptops of 2026: A Disruptive Mac, a Windows Comeback, and an Nvidia Wildcard
The first half of 2026 has been defined by a memory shortage that pushed laptop prices sharply higher – and by a $599 Apple laptop that somehow defied all of it.
A developer ported Half-Life to a Nokia N95, and it runs at 30fps with Bluetooth keyboard support
Follow the Freeman... on an ancient Symbian-based smartphone
Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac will no longer edit documents after July 13
Users can only view and print files unless they upgrade or subscribe to Microsoft 365
The MacBook Neo outsold the MacBook Air in its first three weeks
Apple shipped 1.1 million units in three weeks of availability, and couldn't keep up with demand
Dell's new XPS 13 starts at $599 and is gunning directly for the MacBook Neo
This is Dell's thinnest and lightest XPS 13, but the entry-level config ships with 8GB of RAM and no headphone jack
United flight turns around after passenger's Bluetooth speaker name triggers security scare
The device's name prompted crews to treat the situation as a potential threat
Redmagic 11S Pro gaming phone gets cooling and CPU upgrades, but drops to 16GB RAM as price climbs to $849
The refreshed gaming phone focuses on sustained frame rates and thermal control
Smartphone shipments face worst decline ever: memory crisis and US-Iran war hit market
"For consumers, it means the era of ultra-cheap smartphones is over"
Motorola Razr phones are secretly hijacking Amazon launches with affiliate redirects
Network logs reveal Motorola's Smart Feed app silently rerouting through third-party ad-tech domains
Meta launches Forum, an app for Facebook Groups offered as a Reddit alternative
Facebook Groups gets another standalone app, years after Meta shut the last one down
Asus and HP unveil Intel Wildcat Lake laptops starting at $449 to rival Apple's MacBook Neo
Only available in China for now, but expected to launch globally soon
Sony Xperia 1 VIII AI Camera Assistant images are so bad people think they were mislabeled
Nothing CEO Carl Pei thinks they're engagement farming
The Sony Xperia 1 VIII is the anti-flagship flagship: headphone jack, microSD, and thick bezels in 2026
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 inside, headphone jack outside – and it costs more than Samsung's best phone
Motorola Razr Fold takes on Samsung and Google with a strong first-gen debut
Motorola's first book-style foldable is earning strong early reviews for its sleek design, excellent battery life, fast charging, and stylus support. Reviewers note it still lacks some of the polish of the Z Fold 7 and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, but most agree the Razr Fold is a legitimate foldable contender.
Apple is rolling out end-to-end encryption for iPhone to Android RCS messages
The long, slow death of SMS gets a meaningful milestone
Say goodbye to burner phones? FCC robocall plan raises privacy fears
Carriers could be forced to collect government ID and other personal data before activating service
How Apple Pay Works: The Tech Behind
Apple Pay makes contactless payments feel effortless, but behind that two-second tap is a surprisingly sophisticated chain of cryptography, tokenization, and real-time authorization.
Image generation is now the feature that moves the needle for AI apps
What gets people to download an AI app in 2026 has less to do with smarter models and more to do with images
Apple and Samsung are dominating smartphone sales so thoroughly that only one other company makes the top 10
Apple took the top three spots, Samsung grabbed fourth and fifth, and Xiaomi's $100 Redmi A5 was the only other phone to make the list
Epic Games Store launches on iPhone in Japan, but not one developer has signed on
Currently, only Fortnite and Rocket League Sideswipe are available for download
The Google Pixel 11 will reportedly feature a 5-year-old GPU
The Tensor G6 will apparently use a PowerVR graphics chip from 2021
OpenAI is reportedly building a smartphone where AI agents replace apps
The device aims to let agents handle multi-step tasks in the background using a more proactive interface
Samsung phone division could post its first ever loss as AI drives memory costs higher
Even strong Galaxy sales may not offset surging RAM and storage costs that now rival displays and processors
Bottom line: Samsung's mobile division faces an unprecedented financial threat not from competition or weak sales, but from the AI industry's insatiable appetite for memory components. TM Roh, head of Samsung MX, has alerted company leadership that the division could post its first net loss in the division's history. The culprit is LPDDR5X memory and NAND storage, components now commanding premium prices.
Android wants to replace email verification codes with one-tap credentials
Editor's take: Google is once again trying to simplify something that was already fairly easy and convenient. Mountain View's latest target is email-based authentication, which is now dropping the email-checking step altogether thanks to a new Android API update.
Intel showcases Wildcat Lake reference laptop with aluminum chassis and fanless design
Direct competitor to the MacBook Neo