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There’s something special about using a ThinkPad, even one that’s been completely modernized. Their distinctive black cases with hints of red — especially the TrackPoint nub right in the middle of the keyboard — distinguish them from every other laptop on the market. More than two decades after Lenovo took over the iconic ThinkPad brand…

Silicon Valley is known for embracing the ethos of “move fast and break things.” Poseidon Aerospace’s co-founder and CEO David Zagaynov just wants to move things fast.

Software updates for apps, operating systems and services primarily serve two benefits — they deliver new features and fix known issues. Hardware driver updates largely fall into the latter category, so don’t offer as much excitement, but keeping them up-to-date is a good way to ensure your computer’s internals perform optimally. 

Anker has long been known for creating some of the most popular chargers on the market. Since the company’s founding in 2011, there’s been continual innovation across its product lines and diversification into new markets like portable projectors and smart home devices, but it’s always stayed true to its charging accessory roots.

Samsung and TSMC will join Intel in adopting ASML’s latest High NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography chip fab machines, ASML announced. The three companies also unveiled a new initiative to adopt larger 12-inch photomasks that will hopefully boost manufacturing yields and lower chipmaking costs. Samsung and TSMC will deploy ASML’s NA EUV tech by 2028…

The fuel for a fully reusable rocket that can unlock truly low-cost access to space isn’t methane or liquid oxygen. It’s cash, and Stoke Space Technologies is tanking up. The company has now “completed the initial closing” of a $1 billion Series E round intended to help it reach orbit and prepare a new, larger…

The stockier foldable lands in China the same week Apple is expected to announce its own.

Renault’s value brand Dacia is switching production of its low-cost Dacia Spring EV to Europe from China so it can benefit from French subsidies, the company announced. Priced at €17,900 for the base model ($20,789), the Spring will cost as little as €12,200 ($14,169) after French EV credits are applied. Dacia has also redesigned the Spring, making it…

If you’re nostalgic for the sixth generation of consoles, which one is easier to emulate on a modern PC?

Huawei is claiming the title for the first foldable smartphone that offers a built-in privacy display with the announcement of its Mate XT2. While Samsung offers its own tri-folding smartphone and the Galaxy S26 Ultra with Privacy Display, Huawei has combined those two features in its latest attempt to maintain control over the foldable smartphone market.