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Xiaomi kicked off its IFA 2026 showing with a new foldable and it’s another vote of confidence for the squisher foldable form factor, like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8. For now, however, the company is only letting press and visiting dignitaries stare at the Xiaomi Fold 18 Pro on display – no touching. We’ll hear…

Anker has turned up to IFA with MindBase, an AI-powered local home hub built to sit at the heart of your autonomous home. Essentially, it’s a NAS with a 64GB SSD and two bays to hold either 2.5 or 3.5-inch hard drives, with its own AI compute built on top. Anker is selling it as…

Anker has showed off a large lineup of audio products at IFA 2026, all featuring its new Thus AI chip. The highlight of the lineup is the wireless Soundcore Space 2 Pro headset. Thus powers an eight-sensor array that delivers improved adaptive active noise cancellation. The over-ear headphones also use the chip to drive real-time…

Dell just announced the Alienware AW2527HX QD-OLED gaming monitor, which has bells and whistles to spare. First of all, this is the fastest monitor in the company’s history, with an astounding 560Hz refresh rate and a 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time.

Uber is restructuring its organization, which includes laying off around 10 percent of its employees. As CNBC notes, it had a headcount of about 34,000 as of the end of 2025. The company has already notified affected workers, except those in locations where it has to follow other processes.

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A piece of Apple history is headed to auction… again. The “Hatfield” Apple I computer, which sold for $671,400 in 2013, will be back on the block this fall. This time, auction house Bonhams expects it to sell for between $500,000 and $800,000 — just slightly higher than its original retail price of $666.66.

A judge previously determined that Google illegally monopolized a pair of ad tech markets.

Delivery Hero’s board has signed off on Uber’s $15 billion takeover offer and recommended shareholders approve the deal, which would create one of the largest on-demand food delivery platforms in the world.

The showcase will feature an extended look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation and probably some angry people in the live chat.