Xiaomi has quietly released a new budget smartwatch outside China. Now sold in Europe, the Redmi Watch 6 Active has arrived in three colours, each with a bright AMOLED display and compatibility for connecting to Android or iOS devices.

Lenovo has released a new alternative to the MacBook Neo in more countries. Eventually launching globally with an optional OLED display, the IdeaPad Slim 3 14IWC11 combines Intel Wildcat Lake processors with up to 32 GB of RAM and a battery rated for 21 hours of usage between charges.

Xiaomi has officially released a new budget smartwatch. Available with a 1,500-nit AMOLED display, the Redmi Watch 6 Lite is also said to last up to 18 days on a single charge.

As the iPhone 18 Pro manufacturing costs have risen over 40%, Apple is preparing to raise iPhone prices in line with what Google and Samsung did for their flagship phones. The good news is that it might eat some of the bill of materials increase and pass the rest on to the buyer.

The Garmin Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro are expected to be officially unveiled as early as Tuesday, possibly alongside the Enduro 4 and a new Fenix E. Rumors are already suggesting what differences can be expected between the Fenix 9 and the Fenix 9 Pro.

Xiaomi has released a tall and powerful vertical light feature that it still calls a study lamp. The second generation offers a 384-LED array with upper and lower light source design.

Back-to-school shopping tends to fixate on the big-ticket items — the laptop, the tablet, the noise-canceling headphones. Charging gear usually makes the list only after something goes wrong: a cable left in a lecture hall, a power strip that can't keep up, a phone dying at 3 p.m. with two classes to go.

Ugreen has started selling a new 2-in-1 wireless charger in the US. Designed to charge an iPhone and AirPods simultaneously, the stand supports 25W Qi2 charging and features a built-in cooling fan and battery health monitoring display. Update (August 24 02:48 PM CEST): The charger is now available in Germany.

The Honor Play 20A aims to set itself apart from the competition as an affordable mid-range smartphone featuring a secondary display in the camera module. Among other things, the secondary display allows users to take selfies with the higher-resolution main camera.

Casio and VRChat is giving away five GM-5600U-1JF G-Shock watches engraved with its logo, tied to a virtual item launch on the platform. Entrants must follow two X accounts and post a G-Shock photo in VRChat with #VRC_GSHOCK by 30 September.

Due to numerous issues, the Google Pixel 11 isn’t as good a choice for smartphone photographers as the Apple iPhone 17. While the base model of the Pixel 11 series delivers very good image quality in certain situations, the tiny sensors in the ultra-wide-angle and telephoto cameras are a compromise.

A new dual-screen handheld is reported to be on the way to challenge the Anbernic RG DS. However, while it has a similar design to its rival but will have an integrated stylus like the Nintendo DS.

The Casio AE1200WH-1A has dropped to $19.99 on Walmart, undercutting the brand's own F-91W, which currently sells there for anywhere from $21.92 to $24.50. The world time watch adds a map display, dual time and 100 m water resistance.

With the Poco X8 5G and the Poco X8 Power 5G, Xiaomi is set to launch two brand-new mid-range smartphones very soon. A leak has revealed the smartphones ahead of their official launch, showing that Xiaomi will offer a battery with a capacity of up to 10,000 mAh, a water-resistant body, and six years of updates.

Lost in Play looks like an interactive cartoon series and has won over 98% of Steam reviewers. Now, the charming puzzle adventure is available for less than $4 for the first time.

HMD Global has integrated the power bank directly into a feature phone, which is designed not only to deliver extremely long battery life but also to charge other devices. The phone features a particularly bright LED flashlight, a microSD slot, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Heatwarped brings the spirit of Need for Speed Underground 2 with neon-lit streets, tuned cars, drifting and old-school arcade racing. The indie project has already caught the attention of NFS fans, while a playable PC demo is available on Steam.

CyberLeeks, the notorious GTA 6 hacker, has introduced an unusual paid contact system combining Monero and Session. It requires prospective contacts to pay 400 XMR (about $169,000) simply to initiate a private conversation with CyberLeeks.

On paper, the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL doesn’t offer quite as impressive cameras as the flagship models from many competitors, but in DxOMark’s in-depth analysis, Google’s latest flagship can almost keep pace with the best camera flagships.

Xiaomi is set to present its new Poco flagship phones shortly. The Poco F9 Pro and Poco F9 Ultra will launch globally next week, and will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset.

YouTuber ETA Prime has compared the performance of the Valve Steam Machine and the OneXPlayer 3 handheld gaming console. While the comparison is not fair, it does paint the Intel Arc G3 Extreme powering the OneXPlayer 3 in pretty good light.

Anyone looking to sync smart lighting with a TV will soon have a much more affordable option with the Philips Hue Play Sync Box Lite. The latest Sync Box is already listed at a retailer, so details about the price and features are known even before the launch.

How to Fish has surged past numerous established Steam hits with around 268,000 concurrent players. In this article, we explain why the game has become so successful and why players are calling it “Doom but with gills.”

4A Games reveals Metro 2039 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Play as The Stranger against the Novoreich regime in this dark 2027 first-person shooter.

Xiaomi has released the XRing O3, a 10-core "all-big" SoC built on TSMC's N3P node that ditches efficiency cores entirely. Its GPU reportedly leads rival mobile GPUs by a wide margin, while its CPU appears to rival Apple's M4 in raw throughput. It is also the first SoC to support LPDDR6 memory.

The Honor Pad 20 Pro Paperlike Edition is now available in Malaysia. Unlike the standard Pad 20, which is also offered in a 5G version, the Pad 20 Pro Paperlike Edition comes only in a Wi-Fi configuration. It features a 165Hz display and a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset.

Niantic and Capcom's Summer of Hunters 2026 event brings the Tropical Cannon Gunlance, boosted rewards, and 24-hour Velkhana interceptions to Monster Hunter Now through September 6.

Fans have spotted a small HUD icon in the latest GTA 6 leak that suggests the relationship between Jason and Lucia could be influenced by player behavior. However, there is also a much simpler explanation.

Strong performance, extremely long battery life, a premium display - there are many things that manufacturers can offer to sell a laptop. In the case of the ZBook 8 G2a 14, its manufacturer HP offers mainly one thing: 64 GB DDR5 memory.

The MSI Codex R2 AI desktop gaming PC has received a big discount at Walmart. Now $500 cheaper, the MSI Codex R2 comes with an RTX 5070 desktop GPU, a 20-core Core Ultra 7 265F CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and more.

The Casio A130WE-3A and the A130WE-9A vintage watches are now available in India. The company has advertised these watches as "retro-futuristic," a fusion of digital and analog. Both get a square resin case paired with a stainless steel band. Plus, both feature world time across 48 cities and an amber LED backlight.

Konami launches Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 on August 27, 2026. Play MGS4, Peace Walker, and Ghost Babel on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC.

You switched off "Improve the model for everyone" under Data Controls and assume that settles it. The toggle does exactly one thing, and only from the moment you flip it. Memories, connected apps, uploaded files and the safety checks carry on regardless. One gesture even sends a whole chat into training anyway.

YouTube now counts a view the moment playback starts, with no minimum watch time, across Shorts, long-form videos and live streams. Public view counts will climb faster without more people actually watching. Earnings are unaffected, and the stricter number lives on as engaged views in YouTube Analytics.

Japanese retailers are listing early September for the next Casio F-B100W delivery, though back-orders mean unreserved stock may not even show up until late in the month. Obon holiday closures were responsible for stalled distribution after launch.

The Xring O3 has now been detailed, and one of the first devices to be powered by this flagship SoC has been confirmed. It will be the Xiaomi 18 Fold, which was previously rumored to be called the Mix Ultra.

The Lecoo Air 16 Core Edition, powered by the Intel Wildcat Lake platform, has been unveiled in China. This MacBook Neo rival from Lenovo features a slim and lightweight design, but the display doesn't bring any fancy specs. The launch price is CNY 4,699, around $699.

Apple is preparing to launch a new 24-inch iMac powered by the upcoming M6 processor before the end of 2026. The desktop refresh will feature new color options and efficiency improvements driven by the 2-nanometer M6 chip.

Anthropic is investigating elevated errors affecting several Claude models, including Opus 5, after another service disruption on August 24. The outage also hit Claude Code and follows multiple incidents recorded earlier this month at once.

A brightness comparison shows that the Pixel 11 Pro's camera flash and torch are dimmer than those of rivals like the Galaxy Z TriFold and iPhone 17e. The likely culprit is the same diffuser that powers the HiLight notification ring, which sits directly over the main flash LED.

Sony has begun sending emails to PlayStation users, serving as a stark reminder that digital game purchases are merely licenses to play rather than actual ownership of the product. The poorly timed reminder arrives just as the company faces mounting criticism over its controversial decision to completely phase out physical game releases starting in 2028.

The black Casio F-B100W-1A has sold out on Casio's UK store a week after launch, leaving only the teal F-B100W-3A at £55. For reference, Japan's entire launch allocation cleared on day one. No US pricing has been announced as of writing.

Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij dismisses recent GTA 6 leaks as inconsequential, arguing they are unlikely to affect the game’s launch or long-term success. Take-Two is taking a harder line, giving Discord until September 4 to disclose the identity of leaker CyberLeek under a DMCA subpoena.

The dark smooth gray surfaces attract unsightly fingerprints more quickly and easily than on even most ThinkPads.

Interest in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta waned as the first weekend unfolded. Steam player counts dwindled from 115,145 to under 38,000 as known issues piled up. Reviews on Valve’s site focus on performance drawbacks and an unfair aim-assist.

Gigabyte is reportedly preparing to launch a new 27-inch gaming monitor with a 240 Hz WOLED panel. The 4K gaming monitor will boast dual-mode functionality, as well as RGB-stripe subpixel layout for improved text clarity.

Mark Gurman, a reliable analyst, has revealed that early testers who have been fortunate enough to play around with Apple's first foldable, likely called the iPhone Ultra, have nothing but good things to say about their experience - unless someone wants to shoot using a telephoto lens.

In Norland, a medieval strategy game, you'll need to help your kingdom grow while facing numerous dangers. Every decision counts, and you'll have to make the right choices depending on the situation.

Double Fine has regained the intellectual property and publishing rights to Psychonauts 2, Keeper, and Kiln following its split from Microsoft, allowing game revenue to flow directly to the independent studio. After cutting 23 jobs, the developer is also preparing an Amnesia Fortnight Kickstarter campaign to fund its next commercial project.