Samsung revealed the Galaxy Z Flip 8 at Galaxy Unpacked in London on July 22, 2026. Preorders are open now, and the phone ships August 7 starting at $1,199 for 256GB. The headline change is the FlexWindow cover screen, which gains new gestures, wider app support, and deeper Galaxy AI features rather than a larger […]
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You walk up to your front door with both hands full. No fumbling for keys, no tapping a code, no fingerprint scan. The door just unlocks. That’s what Ultra-Wideband (UWB) smart locks do, and 2026 is the year they finally work well enough to recommend. We dug into five locks that tackle hands-free entry in
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Samsung brought its intelligent eyewear back into focus at Galaxy Unpacked in London, showing how the Galaxy ecosystem could extend into glasses made with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The showcase builds on Samsung and Google’s earlier Google I/O 2026 first look, where the companies framed the project around Gemini, Android XR, and everyday wearability.
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The hard part of buying a laptop under $300 isn’t finding one. It’s avoiding the traps. Search “cheap laptop” and you get hundreds of near-identical listings, most hiding a 4GB RAM ceiling, slow eMMC storage, or a no-name brand with no warranty. Here’s the truth nobody tells you at this price: you buy one strength,
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Samsung came to London on July 22 with more foldables than it has ever put on one stage, and the message was hard to miss: the Fold is no longer a single phone. The eighth-generation Galaxy Z line now splits into three shapes, from a wider everyday Fold to a first-ever Fold Ultra, and Samsung
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Audeze has launched the Maxwell 2 ANC, the noise-canceling version of the Maxwell 2 it released back in January 2026. The company calls it the world’s first full-range planar headphone with active noise cancellation, and it’s leaning on one specific trick: the frequency response stays consistent whether ANC is on or off. If you liked
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Samsung’s biggest Unpacked move wasn’t a new phone shape. It was making Galaxy harder to leave, with a watch that monitors more of your health, glasses that can see what you see, AI that can act across apps, and a wallet that wants a place in every purchase. Price: Galaxy Watch9 starts at $379; Galaxy
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Chinese smart home maker ZemiSmart launched two infrared control devices on July 3 that give aging air conditioners, televisions, and fans a path into Apple Home, Google Home, and Alexa without replacing a single piece of hardware. Both cost $34.95. The catch is in the cloud. The two devices take different architectural approaches to reaching
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You don’t need central air to survive July. You need a portable fan that follows you around the house, the office, or the park bench, then quits being a fan the second you set it down. The category has quietly gotten good: rechargeable batteries now last a full workday, motors moved past the weak hum
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I went into Samsung’s briefing expecting the Galaxy Z Fold8 to feel too wide. That concern faded once I held it. At 201 grams, with a shorter body and weight that felt more dispersed across the wider frame, the standard Fold felt more natural and less top-heavy than I expected. That physical change may be
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