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Microsoft told Team Xbox staff in a memo called 'Continuing Our Reset' that it is eliminating 268 positions across Halo Studios and other first-party studios, and forming a new team distinct from Call of Duty to develop the next Halo title under Activision. A smaller group at Halo Studios will remain to support existing games and the current community, ending its sole stewardship of the franchise since 2010.
Massachusetts startup Noble Carbon has built circuit breakers that dynamically adjust electricity flow to EV chargers, heat pumps, and induction stoves, letting homeowners avoid costly electrical panel upgrades. The company will present at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield in October as one of 200 competing startups, with 20 advancing to the main stage.
Best Buy and Amazon are selling the black Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, numeric keypad and function keys for $169.99, a $30 cut from its usual price, through September 22nd, 2026. The keyboard supports Touch ID on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15.1 or later, and connects via a woven USB-C cable or Bluetooth.
A preprint led by Lisa Matthias at Humboldt University of Berlin tracked 440 academic journals that began as diamond open-access, meaning free for both authors and readers, but later shifted to charging fees between 2009 and 2026. Most of these titles, 369, moved to gold open access with article-processing charges, 52 adopted hybrid models, and 19 became fully paywalled, with fees ranging from $8 to $5,300 depending on publisher type.
On this date in 2018, Nvidia released the GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti, the first consumer GPUs built on the Turing architecture with dedicated hardware for real-time ray tracing. CEO Jensen Huang touted the launch as ushering in a new era of graphical realism, though the mainstream RTX 2070 didn't arrive until October and few games initially supported the new capability. The RTX 2080 outperformed the previous-generation GTX 1080 Ti but launched at a higher price of $799 for the Founders Edition.
DailyObjects has released the Node, a modular wireless charging system that lets users rearrange and detach individual charging pucks rather than being locked into one fixed hub layout for phone, earbuds, and smartwatch. Reviewer Dhruv Bhutani tested it for over a month, noting its pieces can be carried separately, unlike most all-in-one charging stations on the market.
A troubleshooting guide outlines the most frequent reasons an iPad fails to charge, including faulty or underpowered chargers, damaged cables, extreme temperatures, and batteries that have been fully drained after long periods of disuse. It recommends using official or high-wattage first-party chargers, testing multiple cables and outlets to isolate the problem, and avoiding charging in very hot or cold conditions.
An Android Authority writer describes being billed for roaming data twice in three months even though mobile data and roaming were turned off on a rarely used phone connected only to Wi-Fi. The carrier recorded tiny amounts of roaming usage—under 200KB—which triggered a full roaming-day charge, echoing a widely shared case of a Reddit user hit with a $53,000 AT&T bill after a European trip.
With iPhone 18 Pro units now arriving to customers, retailers are running discounts across new cases, chargers, and cables alongside an existing $50 markdown on AirPods Pro 3. Amazon is also offering pre-order savings on the upcoming M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini lineup, plus a $320 cut on the entry 24GB M5 MacBook Pro.
CUKTECH showed a new lineup of charging hardware at IFA Berlin, headlined by the CUKTECH 30 Ultra Charging Station, a 300W desktop hub with a dedicated laptop DC port plus multiple USB-C and USB-A outputs. It also debuted a wearable exoskeleton kit powered by portable battery packs, alongside other GaN charger updates, extending the company's decade-long focus on efficient DC-DC power design.
Mophie's MagSafe 3-in-1 Charging Stand, which charges an iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously, is now on sale at roughly 49 percent off its usual price. The stand's standout feature is a telescoping pole that lets the iPhone pad extend from 7.5 to 16 inches and tilt, and the charger is both MFi and Qi certified, delivering up to 15 watts to the phone and 5 watts each to the watch and earbuds. It ships with a 36-watt power supply and a 5-foot USB-C cable.
Ars Technica revisited the 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5, testing an AWD Limited trim with an 84 kWh battery, NACS charging port, and 320 hp output following the car's early 2025 refresh. The reviewer found the retro styling and fast-charging capability still hold up well five years after launch, though the AWD version's range drops to 269 miles compared to 318 miles for the rear-wheel-drive model.