The new MagicPad 4 is a full millimeter thinner than last year’s model. | Image: Honor Honor has announced a new version of its already slim MagicPad tablet that's now even thinner. Last year's MagicPad 3 was just 5.8mm thick, but the new MagicPad 4 squeezes that down to 4.8mm. That's thinner than the 6.1mm thick iPad Air and 5.1mm iPad Pro, or the 5.1mm thick Samsung Galaxy Tab S11, and only bested by E Ink tablets like the reMarkable 2, at 4.7mm.The MagicPad 4 has a slightly smaller 12.3-inch screen than its 13.3-inch predecessor. But that's a minor trade-off given the new tablet now uses a 165Hz OLED display instead of LCD. Its battery is, not surprisingly, also a bit smaller at 10,100mAh, and while Honor hasn't shared ba …Read the full story at The Verge.

Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S26 lineup at its recent Unpacked event in San Francisco. As expected, the new series consists of the baseline S26, which starts at $899.99, and the bigger S26 Plus, which starts at $1,099.99. At the high end, there's also the $1,299.99 S26 Ultra, which is the largest in the lineup and comes with a bigger battery, better cameras, S Pen support, and expanded options for both storage and RAM. The price difference between Samsung's cheapest and most expensive S26 phones is $400 (last year, it was $500).While some of its updated Galaxy AI software features are new, it's another year of minor hardware updates for Sam …Read the full story at The Verge.

As expected, Samsung has taken the wraps off its flagship lineup for 2026. Introduced during the company's recent Unpacked event, the new Galaxy devices - which include the standard S26, the larger S26 Plus, and the high-end S26 Ultra - will be available on March 11th. Preorders are now open ahead of launch, with pricing starting at $899.99 for the base-model S26, $1,099.99 for the Plus, and $1,299.99 for the Ultra.Overall, the forthcoming S26 lineup looks largely similar to last year's S25 series, only with a handful of notable upgrades. The biggest changes this year are on the software side, with Samsung introducing a privacy display in …Read the full story at The Verge.

Kalshi, the prediction betting market, has disclosed its first fines for insider trading, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. In addition to handing down a $20,000 fine to a MrBeast editor, Kalshi also charged a California gubernatorial candidate over $2,000 after a video on X "appeared to show him trading on his own candidacy."In a notice on Wednesday, Kalshi claims MrBeast editor Artem Kaptur traded about $4,000 on YouTube streaming markets, violating its insider trading rules. "Our surveillance systems flagged his near-perfect trading success on markets with low odds, which were statistically anomalous," Bobby DeNault, legal …Read the full story at The Verge.

When I first set up local AI on my home lab, I wasn't under the impression that it would replace any of my cloud-based AI usage. I thought it might be a fun experiment to play with, but would inevitably be forgotten about. It certainly didn't replace any of my subscriptions, but it was far more useful than I had anticipated. I won't be canceling anything, but beyond just LLM usage, these 6 tasks were almost entirely taken over by my own local AI.

Gemini can now prep a rideshare or grocery order, though you’ll have to submit the order yourself. | Image: Google Google's Gemini AI is getting one step closer to being more like an actual assistant. Starting with some Pixel 10 phones and the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, Gemini will be able to hail an Uber or put together a DoorDash order on its own.It's called task automation, and it starts with a prompt to Gemini - something like "Get me an Uber to the Palace of Fine Arts." Gemini then launches the app in a virtual window on your device and goes through the process step-by-step. You can watch it all happen, with options to stop the automation or take control if necessary, or just let it run in the background while Gemini does its thing. The assistant …Read the full story at The Verge.

Sluggish Wi-Fi may not be a permanent fixture in our lives, but when it happens, it can get on our nerves. Blaming your ISP-provided router or the plan speed is natural, but you should check your router's settings first. Most people never think about modifying their router's settings, but they are one of the quickest and simplest ways to optimize Wi-Fi performance. The default settings are rarely ideal, and once you see the difference a few tweaks can make, you'll regret not doing so earlier. Whether it's the wireless channels you're connected to, your router's QoS settings, or the firmware itself, changing these settings is highly recommended. Some of them may require you to replace your ISP's router, but it's worth it.

Sometimes, bigger isn't always better. It's easy to believe that, if you want to create a Raspberry Pi project, your best bet is to purchase the biggest and strongest board available. However, one of the Raspberry Pi's strengths is its small size, which allows it to fit into use cases that its bigger cousins just can't fit into.

Google just announced that Gemini will soon be able to take care of some multistep tasks on your phone, like ordering food or hailing a car, starting first with the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S26 phones. It all sounds a bit like features Apple announced for Siri way back at the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference - before Apple delayed those planned features in March 2025 and which still aren't released.Onstage, Sameer Samat, Google's president of Android, showed off a demo of how Gemini's new agentic features would work to help wrangle a pizza dinner order from his busy family group chat. Samat asks Gem …Read the full story at The Verge.

Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting exclusively on older hardware, trying to find ways to make the most demanding AAA titles 'playable' on gear that most people have already written off. We're talking an RTX 2070 Super with no native FP8 support, paired with a Ryzen 5 3600. It's safe to say you'd find most workstations equipped with newer chips.

I have always believed that the perfect workflow required a specialized tool for every micro-task: one for time tracking, another for project management, and a third for managing a growing pile of tasks. But instead of feeling organized, I felt fragmented. I lost precious focus every time I switched between browser tabs and subscription-heavy dashboards.

I used to be that guy who didn't mind Windows 11's automatic updates. After all, they're rarely intrusive in my experience. Most of the time, they quietly download in the background and install when my PC is inactive. Not having to keep an eye on security patches and having them install automatically just felt convenient. And considering Windows 11 has been around for several years now, I assumed Microsoft had largely ironed out the kind of update issues that used to make people nervous.