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Leaker Evan Blass posted new high-resolution images of an unreleased Lenovo Googlebook 2-in-1, showing a tablet-style design with a kickstand, detachable slim keyboard, a Bluetooth toggle switch, and a rear camera with the lineup's signature glow-bar. This device was reportedly among several Lenovo Googlebook models planned but not included when Google launched five Googlebook laptops earlier in the week.
Meta's Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses offer up to 9 hours of battery life (versus 8 for Gen 2) and up to 50 hours with the charging case (versus 48). The Gen 3 also gains a sixth microphone with a redesigned array for better noise reduction, and inherits an action button from Meta's other glasses lines that can trigger Meta AI, capture photos, or be customized for other shortcuts, unlike the Gen 2's capture-only button.
A streaming guide has compiled a list of anime titles premiering in the Fall 2026 season, spanning sci-fi and fantasy genres. Highlighted entries include Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, among other releases across various platforms.
Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, its first audio chip with micro-power Wi-Fi 6E built directly into the silicon, allowing earbuds to connect to home networks without a separate Wi-Fi chip. The company says the chip is 30 percent smaller, uses up to 40 percent less power, and doubles AI processing versus its predecessor. Qualcomm has named HP, Bose, and Cleer as partners, including camera-equipped earbuds with Cleer.
Turtle Beach has released the Rematch Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch 2, available in Nintendo-themed designs including a Rosalina edition with RGB lighting, plus an all-black model. The controller includes offset thumbsticks, motion controls, TMR anti-drift sticks, remappable back buttons, a dedicated GameChat button, and a rechargeable battery rated at 40 hours (12 with RGB on) with a 30-foot wireless range.
Leaker pdfu found hidden code in the watchOS 27.2 beta showing a new screenshot experience for Apple Watch, gated behind a feature flag. The design would let users preview, share, or delete a screenshot immediately after capturing it, replacing the current flow where a screenshot simply flashes and saves to Photos.
Razer has released the Kiyo V2 Pro webcam, priced at $300 and available now through Razer.com and other retailers. It uses Sony's 8.3-megapixel STARVIS 2 sensor with an f/1.9 lens for 4K video at 60 frames per second, plus AI-driven auto-framing and one-click exposure and noise correction.
Logitech has unveiled the Yeti 2, the successor to its popular Blue Yeti microphone, priced at $159.99 and available in black or white. The new mic adds a 3D proximity sensor for automatic gain and pattern adjustments, an AI-based denoiser to filter background noise, and a 1.3-inch color display for on-device control. It retains USB connectivity and can also integrate with Logitech's G Hub software for deeper customization.
Tom's Hardware tested AMD's BC-250, a 2021-era APU originally built from defective or downgraded PS5 silicon and later sold as a cryptomining card. A community-developed BIOS and driver set now lets hobbyists turn the card into a Linux-based gaming system with 16GB of shared GDDR6, at roughly half the cost of a comparable built system once a power supply and other parts are sourced.
Roborock is running early Prime Day discounts on several of its robot vacuums, including the recently launched Qrevo 2 Pro, now priced around $500. The device features 20,000 Pa of suction, app-based controls, and an extendable mop arm designed to reach corners, and has been discounted twice since its release last month.
On July 24, Nvidia signed 'Open Weights and American AI Leadership' alongside Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Hugging Face and Mistral. The letter argues that U.S. AI leadership requires not just powerful frontier models but an open ecosystem that spreads AI capabilities across the economy, distinguishing open-weight models—whose parameters can be downloaded, run and modified under licences like Apache 2.0—from closed models accessed only via API.
Mercury 2.5, a text-only large language model with a 260k token context window, has been benchmarked at 770 tokens per second on Artificial Analysis's testing. It scored 12 on the Intelligence Index, below the median of 13, while using fewer tokens (35M vs a median 85M) to complete the evaluation. Pricing sits at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens, close to category medians.