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TCL's TAB A1 Plus NXTPAPER tablet is now selling for $279.98 on Amazon, a 30% cut from its $399.99 list price. The device features a 12.2-inch 2.4K NXTPAPER display at 120Hz, a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chip, 6GB RAM, 256GB storage, and a 10,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging. It ships with Android 16 and includes TCL's productivity software such as split-screen and floating windows.
A team from China's National Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Technology, along with Pengcheng Laboratory, CICT, and Fiberhome Fujikura Fiber Optic Technology, achieved a real-time data transfer speed of 3.2 petabits per second over 24-core optical fiber cable. This surpasses their own previous record of 2.5 Pb/s set earlier this year, marking close to a 30% improvement, and was achieved using spatial division multiplexing combined with S+C+L multi-band transmission technology on commercially compliant hardware.
Code found in the Android 17 QPR3 Beta 2 by Android Authority suggests Google is developing multi-profile support for Health Connect, its on-device tool for managing fitness and health app data. Currently, Health Connect only works for a single user per device, meaning other profiles can't access its permissions or stored data.
Even Realities has released a tortoiseshell-inspired 'Brown 2' color for its Even G2 smart glasses, made through a 20-hour shaping and polishing process so each pair's pattern varies slightly. The company also launched Polarized Sun Clips and a stainless steel Chain as add-on accessories. The Brown 2 glasses cost $649, with the Sun Clips priced at $149 and the Chain at $79, all available globally.
Even Realities has launched Brown 2, a new color variant of its G2 smart glasses that is slightly lighter than the standard model, with frames individually shaped and polished for 20 hours to create subtle variations. The glasses come in rounded and square styles and are priced at $649, alongside new accessories: $149 clip-on sunglasses and a $79 neck chain. A recent software update also added new gesture controls and the ability to monitor AI coding agents.
Lenovo has released the Yoga 9n, a convertible 2-in-1 laptop that emphasizes stylus functionality beyond what most competing tablets or laptops offer. A review of the device notes it comes at a steep price while delivering performance that reviewers found underwhelming relative to its cost.
Modern routers often combine 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and sometimes 6GHz frequencies under a single network name using a feature called band steering, letting devices automatically choose the best band. In practice, some devices stay locked onto the slower, more congested 2.4GHz band even when a stronger 5GHz signal is available, reducing connection speed and quality.
Amazon is selling Samsung's recently launched 990 M.2 SSD in its 2TB capacity for $329, down from its $529 list price. The 990 is a QLC-based drive built on Samsung's PiccoloQ controller and V9 flash, positioned below the 990 Pro and Gen 5 9100 Pro. Amazon is also discounting the 990 Pro 2TB to $409 and the Gen 5 9100 Pro 2TB to $415.
Crkd's new $59.99 Nitro Deck 2 accessory works with both the original Switch and Switch 2, using a twisting vice-grip mechanism to fit either console instead of the original's slide-in design. A reviewer at The Verge found the right analog stick sits too close to the ABXY face buttons, making fast inputs awkward, and says the clamp-style mount feels less secure than the original Nitro Deck's.
New secondary results from the NeoCOAST-2 phase 2 trial in resectable stage IIA–IIIB NSCLC show 24-month event-free survival rates of 70.5%, 75.7% and 77.9% across three durvalumab combination arms (with oleclumab, monalizumab, and datopotamab deruxtecan respectively). Clearance of circulating tumour DNA by the third treatment cycle was most frequent in the datopotamab deruxtecan arm (72.5%) and was strongly associated with longer event-free survival, especially when combined with pathological complete response.
Tech reviewer Zach Nelson subjected Apple's $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo to scratch tests, dirt, chainmail and bending in a durability video posted to his JerryRigEverything channel. The cover screen's Ceramic Shield 2 glass held up well, but the inner screen scratched easily and cracked when the device was bent backward with its main screen open.
A hobbyist developer reverse-engineered the 2001 business simulator Fast Food Tycoon 2 by building an AI-driven agentic workflow powered by GPT-6.1 Sol Medium. The process used Ghidra to decompile over 4,000 functions from the game's executable, then indexed the resulting code in SQLite and paired it with live memory inspection via Windows' ReadProcessMemory API to map code to in-game behavior. The agent also patched the game's message handler to send it commands directly, allowing automated control of the interface.