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HONOR Magic 9 series tipped to get 500mm teleconverter lens for ~20.8x zoom

Leaker Digital Chat Station claims the upcoming HONOR Magic 9 series will offer an external 500mm teleconverter lens, delivering roughly 20.8x optical zoom. That would surpass the vivo X300 Ultra's 400mm teleconverter, which offers about 16.6x zoom. The leak also points to dual 200MP ARRI-branded cameras, a camera grip, a cooling fan and an ~8,000mAh battery.

UGreen debuts local-AI smart home hubs to replace cloud processing

UGreen has introduced three smart home hubs — the HomeAgent HA100, HomeAgent HA100 Pro, and MasterAgent MA100 — that handle voice commands, camera monitoring, and Matter device control entirely on-device rather than through cloud servers. Each unit combines a two-bay NAS with dedicated video storage and varying levels of onboard AI horsepower, including NVIDIA hardware in higher-end models, with the base HA100 offering 16GB of RAM and 26 TOPS of AI performance.

UGREEN debuts smart home lineup with cameras, speaker and photo frame

UGREEN has launched a set of new smart home devices including three cameras (one indoor, two outdoor), a smart speaker, and a digital photo frame. The cameras—Indoor Cam ID500 Pro, PoE Cam OD600 Pro, and Battery Cam OD800 Pro—all feature 8MP 4K main sensors and are built to integrate with UGREEN's local-AI smart home hubs for video processing and storage. The new SynCare Smart Speaker connects users to UGREEN's own AI assistant, called Uliya.

UGREEN launches MagFlo Pro Qi2 power bank with visible liquid cooling

UGREEN has released the MagFlo Pro, a 10,000mAh magnetic battery pack offering 25W Qi2 wireless charging and 45W wired USB-C output. The device uses a multi-layer liquid cooling chamber with a visible circulating coolant, which the company says is the first such system built into a Qi2 power bank. It's priced at roughly $150 on Amazon, alongside new foldable 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 chargers aimed at Apple device users.

Google prototypes Material Expressive redesign for Digital Wellbeing dashboard and timers

Android Authority found new code in a Digital Wellbeing beta build (version 1.47.964183037) showing Google testing a redesigned interface with a Material Expressive look. The changes include a reworked app activity dashboard, multi-app selection for setting shared daily timers, and a restructured Bedtime mode that removes collapsible sections and reorders elements like Bedtime routine and Weekly average.

Apple sued for £2 billion in UK over App Tracking Transparency practices

A former UK Competition and Markets Authority official has filed a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) lawsuit against Apple on behalf of app developers, alleging that its App Tracking Transparency system imposes tougher restrictions on outside developers than on Apple's own services. Apple maintains that all developers face identical requirements under the policy.

Google rolls out WeatherNext 3 AI model for hourly, hyper-local forecasts

Google has introduced WeatherNext 3, its newest AI-driven weather forecasting model, which will feed into Search, Gemini and Maps. Unlike its predecessor, which updated every six hours at a 25km resolution, the new model can refresh hourly and pinpoint conditions down to 5km by incorporating live satellite data instead of older simulation outputs.

Lenovo unveils Project Swan, a laptop with a screen that expands from 14 to 17 inches

At IFA 2026, Lenovo showed off Project Swan, a concept laptop that normally functions as a compact 14-inch, 1.6kg machine but features a rollable display that can expand outward into a larger 17-inch, 16:9 screen. It's one of two Intel-powered concept laptops Lenovo is demonstrating this year, and it remains a proof-of-concept with no announced price or release date.

Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL falls to $124.99, matching its lowest price on Amazon

Amazon has cut the price of the Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL gaming keyboard to $124.99 from its usual $229.99, a 46% discount that ties its lowest recorded price. The wired, tenkeyless board uses Razer's Gen-2 optical switches with adjustable actuation and Rapid Trigger, plus features like Snap Tap and per-key customization aimed at competitive gamers.

Grok AI chatbot suffers widespread outage on X platform

Thousands of X (formerly Twitter) users reported that Grok, the platform's AI chatbot, stopped working starting around 9:00 AM ET, according to Downdetector data. Affected users received an error message stating the model was unavailable and prompting them to try a different one. X has not issued any official statement addressing the outage.

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