Samsung's second-generation Galaxy Watch Ultra features a 1.52-inch display with peak brightness of 5,000 nits, up from 3,500 nits on the original model, and is described as lighter and slimmer than its predecessor and Apple's Watch Ultra 4. It retains the 47mm squircle design, proprietary Dynamic Lug System for bands, and lacks a rotating bezel, with button protrusions reduced and less orange accenting than before.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-06
Leaks indicate Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs, expected to enter mass production in Q4 2026 and launch in Q1 2027, will require a new LGA 1954 socket rather than the current LGA 1851. Reports point to an initial unlocked 28-core mainstream chip followed later by flagship models using two compute tiles with up to 52 cores, alongside new motherboard chipsets including Z990, Z970 and B960.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-06
Meta is selling certified refurbished Quest 3S headsets for $255.99 through its eBay storefront using the code SAVE20TECH, valid through November 8th. The units come inspected and cleaned, include original or new accessories, and carry a two-year Allstate warranty, undercutting the headset's $349.99 retail price and its recent $300 new-condition Prime Day price.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-06
Nintendo's Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was extracted and shared online the same day it officially released, according to a report citing the jailbreak tool ns2jb. Both the original 1.0.0 release and its 23GB 1.1.1 update reportedly leaked, though early cartridges reaching buyers' homes days before launch had already let footage surface online by November 1. PC emulation of the game remains broken, with users reporting black screens, washed-out graphics and other rendering issues.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-06
Nintendo's newly released remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has already been extracted and run on PC using the week-old Lichii emulator, according to footage shared by Unreal Gaming PC. Centro Leaks posted screenshots of extracted character models and assets, and a user known as NotRexed says they've begun early work on a separate PC recompilation project.
techspot.com
· 2026-11-06
The developer unveiled Inkling 2 Small, a Mixture-of-Experts model with 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active, supporting image inputs and variable effort levels. The model scored 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, a notable jump from the company's prior generation, with gains attributed to more efficient pre-training and a unified reinforcement learning run. It is currently accessible only through the Tinker platform with closed weights, ahead of a planned Apache 2.0 open-weight release next week pending safety testing.
thinkingmachines.ai
· 2026-11-06
Nothing's CMF Phone 2 Pro launched at $279 through the company's now-ended US Beta Program, $100 less than the Nothing Phone 3a's $379 price. Both phones share a 6.77-inch FHD+ AMOLED display at 120Hz and a 5,000mAh battery, with the cheaper model still packing a 50MP main camera, 50MP 2x telephoto and 8MP ultrawide. Nothing has not disclosed a detailed parts breakdown, but the savings appear to come from a weaker processor, less advanced camera stabilization, slower charging, reduced water resistance and other lower-grade components.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
NVIDIA is extending DLSS 5 compatibility to RTX Remix, its modding toolkit, letting users apply the AI rendering technology to older PC games. The feature builds on existing mods that already enable DLSS 5 in a wide range of titles, allowing lighting and character rendering to be altered significantly.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
Meta announced it will stop developing new features for the Quest 2 and Quest Pro, with final OS updates arriving in March 2027 and security patches continuing through the end of that year. Developers have until December 2027 to submit new apps for the devices, though existing apps can still be updated afterward. Meta says purchased apps and cross-play with the Quest 3 and Quest 3S will remain available beyond that cutoff.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
Facing multi-year waits for grid connections and new turbines, some AI data center operators are installing retrofitted jet engines that burn natural gas to generate their own power, according to the New York Times. xAI has installed eight such units from ProEnergy in Mississippi to help power its Colossus 2 facility, and OpenAI-linked developer Crusoe has ordered 13 more for the Stargate site in Abilene, Texas.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-03
German startup Orbital Matter says its Replicator-2 satellite used an onboard 3D printer to extrude and UV-cure a half-meter rigid plastic beam while in orbit, a process the company likens to mixing cement and water. The satellite, launched on a SpaceX rideshare this summer, carried four such printers, though one of two units meant to deploy a flexible solar array failed due to an anomaly.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-03
A guide outlines how to reuse a solid-state drive removed from an old or upgraded laptop by placing it into an external enclosure, turning it into a fast USB storage device. It notes that removal is only possible on laptops where the SSD isn't soldered to the logic board, as is common with Apple's MacBooks, and that buyers need an enclosure matching their drive's form factor, either 2.5-inch SATA or M.2 NVMe.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
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