Author: News Room

I want you to sit with this for a second. Qualcomm, the company whose Snapdragon chips sit inside your Android phone and tablet, your Windows laptop, your Meta smart glasses, your Galaxy Watch, and your wireless earbuds, reportedly sent a letter to every major customer telling them prices are going up by double digits.  The price hike will be in effect from September 1, 2026, a recent Bloomberg report claims. Essentially, all the companies placing their chip orders after that will pay a higher price.  Why is Qualcomm raising prices now, and who is actually to blame? Qualcomm isn’t doing…

I’ve been following the Minimal Phone since its initial crowdfunding days. The first iteration had the right idea trapped inside the wrong body, I’d say. Plastic build, no 5G, an underwhelming camera, and e-paper ghosting that frustrated early adopters; all these issues kept the phone from reaching a wider audience.  Now, founder Armen Youssefian has posted what appears to be a 360-degree render of the Minimal Phone 2 on X, and from what I can see, the team has done its homework. What do the renders actually reveal about the MP02’s design? Quite a bit, actually. The phone will be…

The European Commission has accused TikTok of falling short on protecting minors, saying the platform’s current account settings don’t meet the child safety standards required under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The findings are preliminary, but if upheld, TikTok could face a fine of up to 6% of its global annual revenue. Why the EU thinks TikTok isn’t doing enough According to the Commission, TikTok allows minors to set their accounts to public, making their content visible to anyone — including people without a TikTok account. Regulators also say that content posted by older teenagers (aged 16 and 17) can…

One of Steam’s biggest success stories of 2026 has suddenly found itself at the center of a security scare. A security researcher has discovered that a community-made Meccha Chameleon Workshop map contained code designed to write files outside the game and launch a hidden PowerShell process that attempted to download an additional payload from an external server. How did a custom map become malware? The investigation, published by security researcher Feint, began after players noticed a Command Prompt window briefly flashing on screen while Steam downloaded a custom Workshop map called Laser Tag Neon. Digging deeper, the researcher found that…

Tesla’s electronic door handles have been a safety talking point for years, mostly on Reddit threads and EV forums where people debate whether sleek design is worth the tradeoff when a car is on fire and power is out.  Now the US government has formally weighed in (via The Washington Post). The outcome, I’d say, is bigger than most people think. Why did NHTSA say no to a Tesla investigation but yes to new rules? Because the agency already has ongoing investigations into door-release systems on the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. So, opening another would be a sheer…

Every few months, another piece of tech that seems obsolete crawls out of a drawer and becomes cool again. The age of minimalism has revived the popularity of iPods among younger buyers. Dumbphones have become an escape hatch from endless notifications. Similarly, digital cameras are dangling from bags again. Physical media keeps attracting people who want something they can actually hold instead of another frustrating subscription. All of this makes it the perfect time for Sony to bring back the classic Walkman, which was a phenomenon during the 80s and 90s. I would love one. Give me a compact cassette…

The company has announced a major update for Flow Music Spaces, bringing a suite of new AI-powered creative tools directly into collaborative workspaces. Instead of jumping between different apps or sessions, users can now generate and edit songs, split audio stems, create images, write lyrics, and even generate videos without leaving a Space. What’s new in Flow Music Spaces? With the latest update, Flow Music Spaces is becoming much more than a collaborative workspace. Users can now generate and edit songs using Cover, Replace, and Extend tools, split audio stems into individual tracks, generate lyrics, create images, and even produce…

Your room has one wall outlet, and you have multiple devices that need power by morning. Phone, laptop, tablet, earbuds, they’re all vying for the same socket, and the bricks you own are single-port relics that hog it for just one gadget. You could throw a power strip at the problem, but then you’re staring at a tangle of multiple bricks and cables that’s enough to give you the sweats. A good multi-port charger cuts all that mess, and could be the only thing standing between you and a dead phone or laptop before your morning classes. Back-to-school season is…

Summer break did what it usually does. Your sleep schedule drifted, workouts happened less often than you’d hoped, and by the time August rolled around, you were feeling it. You’ve got a plan to get back on track once the school year starts and your days have more structure, but you know how that usually goes. The first two weeks are solid, then the routine quietly slips. A fitness tracker won’t get you off your couch. What it will do is put a number in front of you every day, one that makes it obvious whether you stuck to your…

Somewhere between the last day of school and the first day back, your phone conked out. Perhaps the screen shattered after a particularly nasty fall, or its battery regularly gives up by noon, or apps take so long to launch that by the time they do, you’ve forgotten why you opened them in the first place. You don’t think it’ll last another school year, but between all the school supplies and everything else, a budget phone is all your wallet can handle right now. Fortunately for you, cheap phones have come a long way, offering better screens, bigger batteries, and…