2026-07-14

From Extreme Heat to Half a Million Folds: A Rare Look Inside Samsung's Display Lab

During a visit to South Korea, I was among the first people outside of Samsung to see how the company stress tests its foldable displays before they end up in your pocket. [...]

2026-07-14

Beyond the Galaxy Z Fold: Samsung's Future Phone Concepts That Roll, Slide and Expand

I visited Samsung's secret display lab to see what our future smartphones could look like. It was the first time the press has been allowed in. [...]

2026-07-14

This sleek Japanese power strip finally fixes your office desk's ugliest pain point

Kokuyo's Energy Line is offering possibly one of the most unique socket offerings: A plug-in-anywhere power strip that blends into the background. [...]

2026-07-14

OpenAI's First Device Will Reportedly Be a Portable Smart Speaker

The device is expected to possess a "personality" that will serve as a "humanlike AI companion," Bloomberg reports. [...]

2026-07-14

Risk of darkness looms across Europe and America as power-hungry AI data centers and electric cars drain the grid, decimate factory capacity, and engineer a four-year wait for transformers

Global transformer shortages, aging power grids and rising electricity demand are extending delivery times, increasing costs and delaying infrastructure expansion worldwide. [...]

2026-07-14

I'm a Big E Ink Fan, So This New Detachable-Screen Phone From Hisense Intrigues Me

The Hisense A10 has a removable magnetic color screen on the back that lets you swap between E Ink and color. [...]

2026-07-14

Space Mirror: The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Unimpressed

For now, a single satellite has been cleared for a test demonstration, but the company making it hopes to eventually launch 50,000 of them into orbit. [...]

2026-07-14

The American Dream is killing me — until I see Billie Joe Armstrong's new Marshall guitar amp (and then I'm as consumerist as they come)

It would be hard to walk the Boulevard of Broken Dreams carrying Marshall’s new signature amp, but Billie Joe Armstrong still thinks you should try [...]

2026-07-14

SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week

This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit. [...]