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TCL has been hawking smartphones equipped with the eye-friendly NXTPAPER screen for a while now. The key attraction is the screen, which offers a look and feel inspired by paper, and works in color as well as monochrome modes. The tech, which has now been ported over to tablets and even monitors, has so far remained limited to LCD panels. At IFA 2026, the long-awaited OLED upgrade has finally materialized with the new TCL P80 series smartphones. The company is launching three phones in total — the vanilla TCL P80, the mid-tier TCL P80 Pro, and the camera-focused TCL P80…

Crimson Desert launched in March, and since then, developer Pearl Abyss has been hard at work removing generative AI art, improving the game’s story with narrative patches, adding cross-save support, and releasing an “Enhanced Version” last month. Now, the studio is ready to release its first DLC. Titled “Charting The Unknown,” this DLC adds plenty of maritime activities to protagonist Kliff’s massive adventure, and it arrives on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on October 15. The trailer for Charting The Unknown, which was featured in today’s PlayStation State of Play, showcased Kliff exploring the ocean alongside what appears to…

AWOL Vision’s latest flagship projector aims to solve two of the biggest complaints with ultra-short-throw projectors: tricky setup alignment and modest refresh rates. Unveiled at IFA 2026 in Berlin, the new LuxVision is the first UST projector to combine native 4K resolution at 120Hz with a true optical lens shift mechanism. Built for high-frame-rate gaming That 120Hz refresh rate at native 4K resolution gives the LuxVision a distinct edge with high-frame-rate content, rendering fast motion with exceptional clarity. To complement the smoother visuals, AWOL Vision has dropped the input lag to just 1 millisecond, ensuring controls feel immediate during fast-paced…

Belkin has revealed two new UltraCharge Pro power banks at the ongoing IFA 2026 event, both using a semi-solid-state battery design that the company calls BoostSolid Cell. The lineup consists of a slim 5,000mAh magnetic power bank and a larger 10,000mAh model with a display. The charging hardware is fairly familiar, but Belkin is putting most of the attention on the batteries inside them, claiming a longer lifespan, slimmer designs, and improved safety compared with conventional liquid-cell power banks. What does BoostSolid Cell actually change? BoostSolid Cell uses a semi-solid-state design that adds a gel-like layer alongside the liquid electrolyte.…

Anker came to IFA 2026 with over a dozen products to reveal, covering audio wearables, charging gear, and more segments. The most intriguing additions to the lineup are the AeroClip 2 series clip-style earbuds, which tout AI chops as much as they advertise their audio skills. Yeah, AI is now a highlight… for earbuds! Leading the pack is the high-end AeroClip 2 Pro earbuds, which the company markets as the world’s first AI note-taking open-ear clip-on earbuds. Beyond the wordy hype, these earbuds double as a note-taker for meetings, in-person conversations, and simply recording voice notes. The built-in AI assistant,…

MapQuest, the original online mapping service that launched back in 1996, just had its best week in 30 years. The app climbed to the top spot in the Navigation category and eighth place among all free apps on the Apple App Store in the US, its highest position ever, according to parent company System1. What’s behind MapQuest’s sudden popularity The surge traces back to public outcry over Google Maps and Apple Maps renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America after President Trump signed an executive order renaming the lake. MapQuest refused to make the change, keeping “Lake Ontario” on its default…

Labor Day audio sales are packed with discounts that look better than they are. These six stood out because the savings are actually meaningful, the products are worth owning, or both. There’s a little bit of everything here, from a cheap TV audio upgrade to a full-blown surround setup. Samsung HW-Q990F Best Buy has the Samsung HW-Q990F for $999.99, down from $1,999.99, and this is the deal I’d look at first if I were building a serious home theater. It’s an 11.1.4-channel system with a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers, so you’re getting the whole setup rather than starting with…

AI is already finding its way into classrooms, whether students are using ChatGPT for homework or teachers are turning to the technology to create lesson plans. New York City, however, isn’t convinced that younger students need it just yet. New York City Public Schools is introducing a sweeping moratorium on generative AI for students from 2-K through eighth grade for the 2026-2027 academic year, according to ABC News. The policy will affect more than half a million students when the new school year begins next week. The district says it will remove software containing student-facing AI features and prohibit AI…

AI might be taking over the workplace, but Meta employees apparently won’t need to prove quite so enthusiastically that they’re using it anymore. Meta has updated its performance review guidance so employees will no longer be evaluated based on how much they use AI tools, according to a new WIRED report. The change moves the company away from language around AI usage and puts the emphasis back on something considerably simpler: the actual impact of an employee’s work. It sounds obvious, but the distinction matters. Meta told workers last year that “AI-driven impact” would factor into how they were evaluated,…

Most mainstream wearables still guess at your blood pressure, either estimating it from an optical sensor or asking for periodic calibration against a real cuff. Huawei is taking a more reliable, hardware-backed approach with its new Watch D3. First previewed at ESC Congress in Munich earlier this week, the smartwatch is now official, and it delivers medical-grade blood pressure monitoring right from your wrist. How Huawei’s Watch D3 reads blood pressure Most smartwatches, including the Pixel Watch 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9, rely on an optical PPG sensor to estimate blood pressure. The Watch D3 skips the guesswork and…