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The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 26 and iPadOS 26

Your iPhone and iPad will look significantly different when iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 roll out this fall. And no, you haven’t missed seven operating system upgrades since iOS 18 last year. Apple has changed the naming structure of its OS updates and made them all consistent—visionOS 26, watchOS 26, …

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Samsung Teases Z Fold Ultra, Bing Gets AI Video, and Nothing Sets A Date—Your Gear News of the Week

We have a few details so far. The phone may not have the Glyph light interface on the back anymore, though it seems like Nothing has cooked up a new dot matrix light pattern instead. The company says it’ll be its first true flagship phone with premium materials, and it’ll …

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The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

Apple executives always describe new hardware and software as the “best” or “biggest” ever, but the delivery doesn’t usually live up to the hype (see last year’s iPads). However, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 might be deserving of a few of those adjectives. The latest version of the operating system …

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Meta Ray-Bans Now Speak Your Language, Roku’s New Streaming Sticks, and Kia EVs Get Supercharged—Your Gear News of the Week

I’ve experienced Meta’s translation with text before and found it adequate for reading my children’s books in Spanish; Meta AI even offered, unprompted, some funny insights. When traveling, my coworker Kate Knibbs discovered that live translation is a little awkward when it’s limited to the written word. Live translation with …

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