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Sony has a new patent that imagines a PlayStation controller built around on-screen buttons you can rearrange. The concept swaps most fixed top-face inputs for a large touchscreen surface. Instead of living with one D-pad and one face-button cluster, you’d place touch zones where your thumbs actually land. You could also resize them, or turn some off when a game doesn’t need every input. The description ties that flexibility to comfort and accessibility, including an option to invert the arrangement and move a D-pad to the right side. There’s no product name, release window, price, or platform detail attached to…
If you’ve driven the same route long enough, you probably know exactly where a sign has faded away or where a pothole keeps getting “fixed” but never really goes away. Road problems like these are easy to spot from behind the wheel, but getting them onto a maintenance schedule often takes far longer. To address this, Honda has joined hands with DriveOhio on a new AI-powered road safety initiative that aims to spot and report issues proactively, using data gathered directly from vehicles as they move through everyday traffic. In its official announcement, Honda says it has completed what it’s…
Apple’s Studio Display is long overdue for a refresh. Launched in 2022, the current model features a 27-inch 5K IPS panel with a 60Hz refresh rate and packs the A13 Bionic chip. Recent leaks suggest that Apple is finally preparing a meaningful upgrade that could bring a new chip, a 120Hz panel, and HDR support. A new report now claims the revamped Studio Display could launch in the coming months. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s new Studio Display “has been in the works for some time,” and is “slated for a launch in the first half of 2026.” While…
Apple may be setting up a familiar kind of price hike, one that doesn’t look like a price hike. By changing the entry storage option, it can raise what you pay to get the model you want. Last fall, Apple discontinued the iPhone 17 Pro model with 128GB of storage. Buyers who wanted that Pro had to start at 256GB instead, which meant paying $100 more up front. That matters for iPhone storage pricing because it changes the baseline, not just the premium choices. You’re no longer deciding whether extra space is worth it, you’re being moved into it. An…
CarPlay Ultra has had a rough start. So far, it’s been tough to find outside of an Aston Martin priced north of $200,000, which is an odd place for a company with Apple’s scale to leave a new platform. That may change before year’s end, according to a report from Bloomberg. CarPlay Ultra is said to be headed to at least one big new Hyundai or Kia model in the second half of this year, a move that would put the system in front of far more drivers than its current niche run. Why the rollout has crawled CarPlay Ultra…
SpaceX is aiming to fly its next-gen Super Heavy booster next month, according to a recent post on X by the company’s CEO, Elon Musk. As part of the Starship rocket that also includes the upper-stage Ship spacecraft, the Super Heavy is the most powerful booster ever built and has so far flown 11 times, with varying degrees of success. SpaceX has just rolled out the new rocket, called Booster 19, for preflight testing, and on Sunday it shared some video clips captured by a drone. You can watch the footage by selecting the top left image in the post…
For years, the concept of a foldable iPhone has felt a bit like Bigfoot – everyone claims to have seen signs of it, but actual proof has been scarce. We have watched Samsung and Google iterate on their foldables generation after generation, while Apple has sat on the sidelines, presumably waiting until they could get the formula exactly right. Well, if the latest whispers from the supply chain are to be believed, that wait might finally be nearing its end, and Apple isn’t just planning to join the party; they are planning to crash it with the biggest battery we…
Let’s be honest: for a long time, Siri has been the “dumbest” smart assistant in the room. We all have that shared experience of asking Siri a simple question, only to be met with “Here’s what I found on the web,” or worse, total misunderstanding. It has been years of incremental, barely-noticeable updates while competitors raced ahead. But if recent reports are accurate, Apple is finally ready to stop the bleeding and give Siri the brain transplant it desperately needs – and they are doing it with help from an unlikely source. The “Frenemy” Collaboration In a move that likely…
If you currently have a shiny new MacBook Pro sitting in your digital shopping cart, do yourself a huge favor: close the tab and step away from the credit card. We are officially in the “danger zone” of the Apple buying cycle. All the classic warning signs are flashing neon red, signaling that a refresh isn’t just possible – it is imminent. According to the latest Power On newsletter from Bloomberg, Apple is in the final manufacturing stretch. The new machines – internally tagged with the unsexy codenames J714 and J716 – are reportedly already boxed up and sitting in…
The year 2026 is going to be a stacked one for Apple’s portfolio, but one of the most eagerly-awaited products is the upcoming foldable iPhone. Heavily rumored to debut in the Fall season this year alongside the iPhone 18 series, it would mark the first time that Apple is entering the foldable phone segment, one where Samsung currently reigns supreme. A surprise shift But it seems Apple is working on an even more ambitious idea, one that is more pocketable, and possibly, more pocket-friendly, as well. We’re talking about a clamshell-style foldable iPhone, one that would challenge the likes of…