Tag: Handheld & Connected Devices

The Morning After: Buying a good graphics card is an expensive mess

It’s been a weird time to dip into graphics cards, GPUs and… another synonym for the GeForces and Radeons of this world. AMD has tried for a while to undercut NVIDIA with slightly cheaper but less capable video cards — but this time, with the Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT,…

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Everything Apple announced since its last event

Apple used to treat every public-facing announcement like an event. Even its keynotes — ostensibly for investors and press — were well-orchestrated circuses. If there’s any conclusion to be drawn from the sheer number of new products the company’s launched without any kind of event since the iPhone 16 series…

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MWC 2025: All the news from Samsung, Nothing, Lenovo, Xiaomi and more

Mobile World Congress is taking place in Barcelona this week, offering manufacturers an opportunity to show off new gear without needing to hold their own splashy event. So far, we’ve learned about some new laptops and phones, as well as upcoming AI updates to Android and an internet connectivity announcement…

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Nothing’s Phone 3a Pro is a stylish, almost-flagship experience for $459

Nothing doesn’t have a Phone 3 yet, instead choosing to make a lateral move to not one, but two new mid-range devices, the Nothing Phone 3a and, intriguingly, the 3a Pro. Reassuringly, Nothing continues to design phones unlike anything else out there. Its retro-future design aesthetic for the exposed-but-not hardware…

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MWC 2025: Everything announced in Barcelona so far

Mobile World Congress is taking place in Barcelona this week, offering manufacturers an opportunity to show off new gear without needing to hold their own splashy event. So far, we've learned about some new laptops and phones, as well as upcoming AI updates to Android. Here's a look at everything…

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The Morning After: Our verdict on the iPhone 16e

First up, an apology. In Tuesday’s newsletter, I laid out how to watch (and what to expect from) Amazon’s Alexa press event. But aside from unveiling what Alexa+ will be capable of, there was no silly hardware and no upgraded Echos, but lots of demos. We learned Alexa+ will be…

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