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Lenovo’s redesigned ThinkPad Detachable tablet has a bigger screen and legit keyboard
Lenovo is announcing five new ThinkPads and a new ThinkBook laptop for MWC 2026. There are various new chip offerings and updates for this swathe of ThinkPads,...
The new Yoga 9i 2-in-1 from Lenovo has an angled ‘canvas mode’ for easier note-taking
Lenovo has a few new Yoga laptops it's announcing at MWC 2026: the 14-inch Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition, 15-inch Yoga Pro 7a, and 14-inch Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Editi...
Portable Sonos Play speaker leaks on Canadian Best Buy
An unannounced Sonos speaker called Play has been spotted on the Canadian Best Buy site. The Sonos Play looks like a slightly shrunk-down version of the Move 2...
Kalshi voids some bets on Khamenei’s ouster because it’s ‘directly tied to death’
In a statement on X, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said his company would pay out positions on "Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader?" at the last trading price before...
Lego’s Smart Brick is here, and it transforms these new Star Wars sets
Lego's new Smart Brick is a pretty big deal. It packs a miniature computer, a microphone, and NFC tech into a classic 2×4 Lego brick, which can power all sorts...
Soundcore’s Space 2 are an evolution of its budget headphones
We finally have an update to the Soundcore Space One that launched two and a half years ago. At MWC 2026, Soundcore has announced the Space 2, which will be ava...
Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this year
Honor has revealed more details of its so-called Robot Phone at MWC 2026, and finally showed a working unit in action alongside a dancing humanoid robot. Specs...
Honor’s Magic V6 is the first foldable with an IP69 rating
For the third year running, Honor has announced what it says is the world's thinnest book-style folding phone. For the second year, it's combined that with the...
Meta won’t let morality get in the way of a product launch
There's never been a better time to add facial recognition to everything! The public at large is gradually becoming numb to our Palantirized surveillance state,...
How MLB can make baseball relevant on a fast-changing internet
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the contemporary attention economy, follow Mia Sato...
Resident Evil Requiem leans too much on the series’ past
Resident Evil turns 30 this year. The series is full of history - the new Resident Evil Requiem is technically the ninth mainline game, but there are a bunch of...
Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’
Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike Iran next. Obviously, now that it's actually happened and people have died, the predictio...