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Glass Thinner Than a Human Hair: How the New iPhone Bends but Doesn’t Break

The New York Times

Glass Thinner Than a Human Hair: How the New iPhone Bends but Doesn’t Break

The screens of foldable phones are a triumph of materials science and microengineering.

The New York Times

Toshiba's 12TB N300 Pro NAS hard drive has CMR recording, 7,200 RPM performance, plus a five-year warranty

Toshiba's 12TB N300 Pro NAS hard drive has CMR recording, 7,200 RPM performance, plus a five-year warranty

NAS storage can quickly become very expensive once you start looking at higher-capacity drives designed to run around the clock. But I've found a terrific deal on the 12TB Toshiba N300 Pro NAS hard drive, which is now $430 (was $530) at…

'A near-perfect charging station'

The Anker Prime 200W Charger is one of our favorite fast charging stations - and a neat way to save your desk from clutter. We awarded this 4.5 stars and a TechRadar Recommended badge after testing, praising its "high power output…

DeepSeek launches V4.1-Flash and retires V4-Pro, its flagship model

DeepSeek launches V4.1-Flash and retires V4-Pro, its flagship model

DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash on Thursday. It is a smaller model that the company says beats its own flagship on coding and agent tasks, at a lower price. The Hangzhou lab announced it in a thread on X and published the weights on Hugging…

Yoto just announced two new audio devices for kids

Engadget

Yoto just announced two new audio devices for kids

Some upgrades make these more capable and easier to use for small hands.

Engadget

More Americans are warming to EVs, a new study finds

More Americans are warming to EVs, a new study finds

The HERE-SBD EV Index finds positive American perceptions of charging infrastructure rose from 28% to 47% in a year, and 60% now expect it to keep improving, even as US battery-electric market share fell to 5.37%. HERE is headquartered in…

Ethiopia: Amid Escalating Federal-Tigray Tensions, Debretsion Says Alliance Has Become 'Irreversible'

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Amid escalating tensions and renewed clashes between Ethiopia's federal forces and Tigrayan forces, Tigray Government President Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) has said an alliance formed with other political…

Niger: MFWA Calls for Investigation Into Journalist's Disappearance

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned for the safety of Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, Director-General of Radio-Télévision Saraounia (RTS) and a former Radio France Internationale (RFI) correspondent…

Uganda: Trial for Geraldine Ssali and Co-Accused Set for December

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The trial of former Ministry of Trade Permanent Secretary Geraldine Ssali and five co-accused is to begin on December 5th, 2026. Geraldine Ssali and some members of Parliament were charged in relation to…

Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs

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Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs

Universal Music Group is launching a new AI-powered platform that will allow users to draw from its catalog of licensed music to create song remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks, according to an announcement on Thursday. The record…

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Africa: Netflix Marks 10 Years in South Africa

[Capital FM] Netflix announced an expansive slate of local series and films to celebrate a decade of showcasing South African stories that supported more than 8,000 jobs through partnerships with over 30 local production companies. The…

Designing Reconnect-Safe Event Streams for Remote Coding Agents

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