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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…
On today’s episode of You Asked: What’s a good TV that can double as a work monitor and gaming TV? Plus, an increasingly important question: What are some good TVs that don’t spy on you? TVs that don’t spy on you @raffin2040: Do you know any good TV’s to get that don’t spy on you? Not very specific, but that makes it easy. If you’re looking for one under $1,000, and I’m assuming a 65-inch TV, the TCL QM7K is a good one. Even better, the Hisense U8QG is on a huge sale right now for less than $1,000. That’s one…
A long-standing obstacle for augmented reality (AR) and mixed-reality smartglasses may finally be on the brink of being solved. A team of researchers led by Professor Sanghyeon Kim at the School of Electrical Engineering, in collaboration with Inha University and industry partners, has developed a micro-LED display technology capable of ultra-high resolution on the order of ~1,700 pixels per inch (PPI). That’s roughly three to four times sharper than most flagship smartphone screens today, with a level of detail that could make immersive wearable visuals far more convincing. For context, Micro-LEDs are a form of self-emissive display technology that holds…
Electric vehicle startup Slate Auto may have grabbed headlines with its ultra-affordable electric pickup, but it doesn’t intend to stop there. In a recent interview with InsideEVs, CEO Chris Barman said that while the company’s first model, a stripped-down EV truck designed to cost in the “mid-$20,000” range, still needs a final price and production ramp-up, Slate aspires to build additional electric vehicles beyond its debut model. The first Slate truck, a compact rear-motor, two-door electric pickup with an optional extended range battery, has quickly become one of the EVs to look forward to, which is expected to start production…