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Amazon Alexa Tablets: price, specs, ship date
Amazon Alexa Tablets ship today (Oct 14, 2026) from $229.99. Full prices, specs, Fire retirement, Google Play, Alexa+, Kids models, and EU dates.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 14, 2026 · 8 min read
Apple HomeView: price, specs, release date
Apple HomeView launches at $299 with a 7-inch display and Siri AI. HomePod mini 2, Apple TV 4K, India prices, specs, and ship dates covered.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 13, 2026 · 9 min read
Ray-Ban Meta Audio: price, specs, what's new
Ray-Ban Meta Audio camera-free AI glasses are on sale from $349. Specs, battery, Clubmaster and Burbank styles, and how they compare to Gen 3.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 13, 2026 · 7 min read
Google Fitbit Edge: price, specs, release date
Google's Fitbit Edge is a $179.99 fitness tracker with a big OLED display, GPS and up to 7 days of battery. Pre-order now; it ships October 27.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min read
RTX 5090 discontinued? What Nvidia's reported halt means
Nvidia is reportedly ending RTX 5090 production to keep GB202 chips for RTX PRO cards, with an RTX 5080 24GB next. What's confirmed, prices and what to do.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 11, 2026 · 7 min read
Surface Laptop Ultra price, specs and Windows AI news
Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599.99 and ships Oct 16. Specs, regional prices, the $5,999.99 Dev Box and every Windows 11 AI feature Microsoft announced.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 7, 2026 · 10 min read
XREAL Aura price, release date and specs explained
XREAL Aura starts at $1,279, with pre-orders open to reservation holders. Prices by country, ship date, specs and how it compares with Meta's VR Glasses.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Prime Big Deal Days 2026: start time and tech deals
Prime Big Deal Days 2026 runs Oct 6-7 from 12:01am PT. Start times by country, daily deal drops, confirmed tech discounts, Prime prices and fake-deal tips.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Googlebook on sale: five models from $899
Googlebook laptops hit US shelves Oct 4, 2026 — Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo from $899, with Gemini, Android sync, and 12 months of Google AI Pro.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Amazon Kindle 2026: prices, specs, lineup
Amazon redesigned Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft for 2026 with flush-front displays, prices from $149.99, and Oct 28 shipping for larger models.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 3, 2026 · 10 min read
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026 best deals
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026 runs till Diwali. INR prices on phones, laptops and TVs re-checked live on Oct 13, plus SBI 10% caps and Prime offers.
Hozefa Khety · Oct 3, 2026 · 12 min read
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 is official: specs, phones, and what the Gen 6 Pro leaks got wrong
Qualcomm's 2nm, 5GHz flagship launched as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, alongside a regular Gen 6 that loses more than you'd expect. Here are the confirmed specs, the first phones, and how to tell the two chips apart.
Hozefa Khety · Sep 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Apple's first 2nm M6 hits the Mac mini. M5 Ultra turns Studio into a $5,499 AI box
Mac mini with M6 starts at $899. M5 Pro is $1,699. Mac Studio with M5 Max holds $2,499, while the first quad-die M5 Ultra opens at $5,499. Same chassis, higher lists, September 22 shipping.
Hozefa Khety · Aug 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Xiaomi Xring O3 jumps Qualcomm to LPDDR6 — and claims the first 5M AnTuTu phone chip
Xiaomi's second flagship SoC stays on 3nm, ditches little cores, and ships native LPDDR6 before Snapdragon Summit. Xiaomi 18 Fold and Pad 9 Pro Max get it in September.
Hozefa Khety · Aug 25, 2026 · 9 min read
2027's memory is already sold out — waiting just got more expensive
DigiTimes reports Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have booked all 2027 DRAM and HBM capacity. NAND may follow by end of August. Here's what the sellout means for phones, laptops, and whether you should still buy now.
Hozefa Khety · Aug 8, 2026 · 8 min read
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro Specs (2026): LPDDR6, Adreno 850, vs Competition
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro (SM8975) specs leak ahead of Summit Sept 22–24: TSMC N2P, Adreno 850, AI Frame Fusion, Android's first LPDDR6 option — plus Gen 6 Pro vs Gen 6, Dimensity 9600, Apple A20, and Gen 5.
Hozefa Khety · Aug 4, 2026 · 9 min read
OpenAI's First Device Isn't a Phone — It's a Living AI Speaker (2026)
OpenAI's first hardware device is reportedly a portable, screenless ChatGPT living speaker — camera, battery, GPT-Live, moving parts — not an AI phone. Unveil eyed for late 2026, launch 2027, with Apple's lawsuit hanging over it.
Hozefa Khety · Aug 2, 2026 · 9 min read
Samsung Galaxy Glasses: Android XR, Gemini, 9-hour battery — everything from Unpacked
Samsung teased its first Android XR smart glasses at Galaxy Unpacked — no screen, a Gemini-first interface, ~9-hour battery, and designs from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. Here's what's confirmed, what's still a leak, and how it takes on Ray-Ban Meta.
Hozefa Khety · Jul 24, 2026 · 8 min read
The great memory squeeze: should you buy a phone, laptop, or RAM now — or wait?
AI ate the memory supply. DDR5 kits cost 4–5x what they did a year ago, SSDs have doubled, and phone and laptop prices are climbing 15–20%. Here's why memory prices exploded in 2026 — and exactly when to buy and when to wait.
Hozefa Khety · Jul 15, 2026 · 9 min read
Amazon Prime Day 2026 India: Best Phone, Laptop & TV Deals
Amazon Prime Day 2026 India runs July 4–6 with up to 80% off electronics, 500+ launches, and SBI/Axis bank offers — confirmed smartphone, laptop, TV, and appliance deals worth buying.
Hozefa Khety · Jun 28, 2026 · 12 min read
Apple raises Mac and iPad prices as the global memory crunch finally lands
Mid-cycle hikes hit MacBook Neo, Air, Pro, iPads, HomePod, and Vision Pro while iPhones hold steady — with Indian buyers facing steeper increases and a new currency conversion formula.
Hozefa Khety · Jun 26, 2026 · 6 min read