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The Ray-Ban Display – Meta’s flagship smart wearable glasses – the ones with the display overlay and not to be confused with the seemingly more popular camera-only models- are getting quite a significant update. After months in a limited-access beta state within Messenger and WhatsApp, Neural Handwriting is finally available to all. It works on both iOS and Android and across Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and your phone’s message notifications to search for contacts and to send and reply to messages. Naturally, you do have to be wearing the Neural Band accessory that comes bundled...

Introduction Today, we've got the latest in an ever-growing lineup of Honor laptops. This is the Pro model for 2026, and as such, it's pretty cutting-edge, which isn't surprising coming from Honor. It was among the first makers to move to OLED, and it has always used innovative 3:2 screens with high refresh rates. The specs overview is pretty impressive, too. Upfront is a 14.6-inch 3120x2080px OLED touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a max refresh rate of 120Hz. Inside is an Intel Core Ultra 5 338H processor with 32GB of RAM. There's 1TB of storage. The laptop is powered by a 92Wh...

This week’s deals feature a mix of familiar phones and a few new arrivals. At this point, it would be more surprising if Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series and Google’s Pixel 10 lineup weren’t on sale. We’ve also got a couple of Xiaomi phones, the Motorola Edge 70, and Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge on sale. Just like last week, the Samsung Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Ultra are available at a discount. While the savings are relatively modest, £100 off at checkout is pretty neat for smartphones that have only been on the market for a few months. ...

The Sony Xperia 1 VIII feels like it’s from a different timeline – one where smartphone makers didn’t remove the microSD slot and the 3.5mm headphone jack, where they didn’t adopt punch-hole displays... or big, fast-charging batteries. We’re not going to sugarcoat it, the Mark 8 flagship has a hefty starting price of €1,500 / £1,400 and the inclusion of a free pair of the excellent WH-1000XM6 doesn’t quite make up for the fact that you are only getting a 5,000mAh battery with 30W wired and 15W wireless charging (no magnets either). A lot of people in the comments under the announcement...

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing a very bold sign-up incentive for the Apple Card. The new deal is expected to go live as early as next week and will apparently only be available in Apple retail stores. It goes like this. Sign up for an Apple Card in-store and you will get $249 cash back if you purchase a pair of AirPods Pro 3. Since the AirPods Pro 3 cost exactly $249, you are in effect getting them for free. The Apple Card was introduced back in 2019 in the US, in partnership with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard. It's a credit card that lives on your iPhone...

The Motorola Edge 70 price has been dropping for a while, but this week it reached the 50% off mark – the 12/512GB unit sells for €400. The phone is aimed at fans of slim and light devices as it measures only 6mm thick and weighs 159g. This is with a large 6.7” display (120Hz 10-bit OLED with 1220p+ resolution). It’s a tough device with an IP68/IP69 rating and MIL-STD-810H compliance, though battery life does suffer – the 4,800mAh capacity was enough for a 13:36h Active Use Score in our tests. Yes, it could have been better, but this result compares favorably with some of the other phones...

ChatGPT can now take care of your personal finances, which definitely sounds like a good idea. In the US, subscribers to ChatGPT Pro can now connect accounts from over 12,000 financial institutions, thanks to a partnership OpenAI has established with the financial connection service Plaid. Once you connect your account(s) to ChatGPT, you'll see a dashboard of your portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments. ChatGPT can answer questions about your spending or plans to save money with context from your actual financial situation. You can manage the...