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LG's never-released rollable phone gets torn down, revealing wild engineering
JerryRigEverything has taken apart a working unit of the never-released LG Rollable on camera. The basic premise with these devices was that instead of folding open like a Galaxy Z Fold, the Rollable uses a small motor to slide an extra screen out of the side. With a simple swipe…
Motorola returns to tablets with Moto Pad, revamps Moto G Stylus smartphone
The Moto Pad is an 11-inch 2.5K tablet with a 90Hz display, powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 6300 5G chip and paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, along with a microSD slot that supports cards up to 2TB.
Apple and Samsung named the least repairable phone brands in new report
The repairability scores come from the Failing the Fix 2026 study by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.
MacBook Neo demand is so strong it's creating supply headaches for Apple
The lightweight laptop – available in four colors and two configurations – was built around Apple’s A18 Pro processor, the chip that powered last year’s iPhone 16 Pro. In the Neo, that silicon wasn’t newly fabricated; instead, Apple repurposed remaining batches from the initial iPhone run, according to Ben Thompson of Stratechery.
Chrome finally gets vertical tabs, plus an improved Reading Mode
Rolling out from April 7 on desktop Chrome (download here), the vertical tabs feature gives users the option to move the browser’s tab strip from the top of the window to a sidebar on the left.
NASA just dropped new high-quality Moon photos from Artemis II
Around two dozen high-resolution photos of the Moon, taken by the Artemis II mission crew, are now available to download on NASA’s website and the agency’s Flickr page. During the mission, four astronauts observed portions of the Moon’s far side that humans have never seen directly.
Used EV sales surge as gas prices top $4 per gallon, though another factor is also involved
According to Cox Automotive, sales of new electric vehicles in the US were down 28% year on year in Q1 2026 after the Trump administration killed off the $7,500 consumer tax credit.
Intel is in talks with Google and Amazon to power AI chips with new packaging tech
Packaging has shifted from a back-end afterthought to the center of Intel’s manufacturing strategy as AI workloads push designers to stitch together many specialized dies into a single system. At its Rio Rancho, New Mexico, site – once home to a shuttered Fab 9 that sat idle for years –…
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Review: AM4 Keeps on Giving
AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500X3D extends AM4’s life once again, but is it worth it? We tested 14 games to see how this cut-down 3D V-Cache chip stacks up against Zen 3, older Ryzen parts, and newer CPUs.
Google's AI search is producing millions of wrong answers every day
According to The New York Times, testing suggests that approximately one in 10 Google AI search overviews contains false information. Given that the search engine processes roughly 5 trillion queries per year, users could be exposed to more than 57 million inaccurate answers each hour – nearly 1 million per minute.
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