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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Apple’s MagSafe technology is my favorite smartphone innovation of the past five years—it has changed how I use my phone. The Qi2 wireless charging standard introduced in 2023 was supposed to bring the same magnetic charging marvels to Android smartphones , as well as enable wider compatibility of accessories between iPhone and Android—which would have been most welcome. Sadly, after two years, there’s only a single Qi2 Android phone out right now. You’d think Samsung, in its never-ending quest to outshine Apple, would finally debut Qi2 on its new Galaxy S25 series— announced earlier today —but […]

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Sam Rutherford for Engadget Samsung’s first Unpacked event of 2025 delivered the Galaxy S25 series — as expected. Although the phones don’t have dramatically upgraded specs, the company stuffed — you guessed it! — more AI into the devices. This latest batch is more context-sensitive and predictive, and some of it even squeezes more out of the phones’ mildly upgraded hardware. Quick Overview Galaxy S25 Ultra $1,300 See at Samsung Galaxy S25 $800 See at Samsung Galaxy S25+ $1,000 See at Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The Galaxy S25 Ultra is still the biggest, best and most expensive of the […]

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Samsung Samsung is making a thin version of the Galaxy S25 . The Galaxy S25 Edge was teased at the end of the company’s Unpacked event , and it does appear to be meaningfully thinner than the other phones Samsung launched today. There’s very little to go off of in Samsung’s tease. Voiceover describe the phone as “a culmination of our most innovative technology” and hypes up the device’s apparent sleekness. Scrub through Samsung’s livestream and you’ll see components like a vapor chamber, cameras and metallic frames, but only the barest glimpse of the Galaxy S25 Edge’s actual silhouette. […]

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Engadget/Sam Rutherford Samsung just held its Unpacked event and the company announced all kinds of new products. The most notable of the bunch, however, was likely the Galaxy S25 Ultra flagship smartphone. It’s the most powerful of the just-announced S25 line and Amazon is offering a pretty swell pre-order bonus, to the tune of a $200 gift card . That’s right. If you pre-order a Galaxy S25 Ultra handset, you get a $200 Amazon gift card that can be used on just about anything. This can help shave off some of the sticker shock of that $1,300 price tag […]

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Google Samsung and Google are introducing a new Wear OS software experience called “Galaxy Watch for Kids” that’s designed to make the Galaxy Watch 7 LTE (and presumably future wearables) safe and fun for children to use. The new software features and setup process is similar to Apple’s “Apple Watch For Your Kids” just with Android devices rather than iOS ones. According to Samsung , parents will be able to set up their child’s Galaxy Watch 7 directly from their phone and activate its eSIM. After that, kids don’t need a phone to use the Galaxy Watch. The core […]

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(Image credit: Nintendo) A Major gaming hardware manufacturer and publisher has predicted the Nintendo Switch 2 launch window Nacon suggests it will be between April and September 2025 Nintendo has confirmed the console is coming this year, but not provided any further information on its release Major gaming hardware manufacturer and publisher Nacon has predicted that the Nintendo Switch 2 could launch as early as April. In its most recent quarterly report , Nacon stated that it was expecting a successful first half of the 2025/26 fiscal year, which runs from April to September 2025, thanks to “several positive […]

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Photograph: Apple MacOS Sequoia, also known as macOS 15, is the latest version of Apple’s desktop operating system. The new OS packs a ton of new capabilities onto the Mac, including a password management app, videoconferencing tools, and updates to Safari as well as all the features that come with Apple Intelligence —the company’s new artificial intelligence-powered system. Below, we break down how to download it and all the latest goodies in this software update. Be sure to check out our iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 roundup for all the new features coming to your iPhone and iPad, and […]

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Members of the Libertarian Party chanting and demanding the release of Ross Ulbricht at the party’s national convention in Washington, DC, in 2024.Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A little over 11 years and three months ago, Ross Ulbricht was arrested in the science fiction section of a public library in San Francisco, caught with his laptop still logged in to the Silk Road , the world’s first dark-web drug market that he created and ran under the pseudonym the Dread Pirate Roberts. Now, after being sentenced to life in prison and spending more than a decade behind bars, Ulbricht will […]

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Meta Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has released a report about Meta’s next steps in hardware, crediting sources familiar with the company’s work. According to these insiders, Meta is developing at least three new smart glasses models and has set a roadmap toward releasing its first true augmented reality glasses. The company is reportedly also continuing efforts to implement AI tools in a wrist wearable and in earbuds. Meta already sells smart glasses in partnership with Ray-Ban, a product line internally called Supernova. Gurman reports that this existing lineup will be introduced to new markets, although he didn’t offer specifics […]

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