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GTA VI lands November 19: prices, editions and what to know
Rockstar has locked the date: Thursday, November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Standard costs $79.99 and Ultimate $99.99.
Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro brings OLED and Dynamic Island
The new PROLED XDR display responds to touch, the notch is gone and Dynamic Island takes its place. Prices start at $2,899.
The $1,999 iPhone Duo Has a Black-Bar Problem, and Fixing It Is Harder Than It Looks
Apple's first foldable is a hardware flex. But unfold it and many of your apps shrink into a phone-shaped window floating in black. Here's why the app world wasn't ready, and why developers can't just hit "stretch".
New iPad mini goes OLED and waterproof. Buyers in Iraq should check eSIM first
The biggest iPad mini update yet starts at $699, but the cellular model only takes an eSIM.
Meta launches Plus subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
Meta rolled out monthly Plus plans globally and is testing Meta One plans for AI and businesses, including in Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
HMD Vibe 2 5G launches at $114 with an Indian AI chatbot
HMD's budget phone with a 6,000 mAh battery comes preloaded with Sarvam's Indus chatbot in India.
Discord Nitro now includes Xbox Game Pass at no extra cost
Discord launched Nitro Rewards, giving Nitro subscribers the base tier of Xbox Game Pass plus hardware discounts.
Fitbit Air launches: 12 grams for $100
Google unveiled Fitbit Air, its smallest Fitbit yet, with up to a week of battery and a Gemini-powered health coach.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, its "smartest" model yet
GPT-5.5 is available to paid ChatGPT users and moves OpenAI closer to its AI "super app."
Voyage lets you build your own RPG world with AI
The maker of AI Dungeon launched a platform where every character talks through AI and players design their own worlds.
Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage
From April 19, the Quest 3 costs $599.99 and the Quest 3S starts at $349.99.
Roblox introduces age-based "Kids" and "Select" accounts
From June, kids aged 5–9 and 9–15 get dedicated accounts with age-appropriate games and chat.
YouTube Premium and YouTube Music get more expensive
For the first time since 2023, YouTube is raising US subscription prices. Premium goes to $15.99.
ChatGPT adds a $100/month Pro plan
The new tier offers 5x more Codex than Plus, while the $200 plan stays available.
Xiaomi 17 Ultra: a 1-inch sensor and continuous optical zoom
Xiaomi's camera flagship brings a 1-inch sensor, a 200MP telephoto and a 6,000mAh battery, from €1,499 in Europe.
Microsoft launches three in-house AI models for speech, voice and images
MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2 are now on Microsoft Foundry, a step toward relying less on OpenAI.
Cash App now lets you send money to friends and pay later
The new "pay over time" feature lets users split P2P transfers into installments for a 7.5% fee.
Meta launches its first smart glasses optimized for prescription lenses
Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics start at $499 and arrive April 14 for people who wear prescription glasses.
Instagram is testing a paid "Instagram Plus" subscription
Meta confirmed a limited test in a few countries: anonymous story viewing, rewatch counts and more, for roughly $1–2 a month.
Claude's paid consumer subscribers have more than doubled this year
Card-spending data shows Claude's paying user base growing fast, with most new subscribers choosing the $20 Pro plan.
Netflix raises prices again
Every US Netflix plan is getting more expensive. The ad-supported plan is now $8.99 and Premium reaches $26.99.
Apple launches AirPods Max 2 with the H2 chip at $549
Six years on, AirPods Max gets an update: up to 1.5x better noise cancellation, Live Translation and five colors.
MacBook Neo: Apple's cheapest, most colorful laptop at $599
Apple unveiled the MacBook Neo with the A18 Pro chip, a fanless 13-inch laptop aimed at the Chromebook market.
New MacBook Air and MacBook Pro arrive with M5 chips
Apple unveiled the MacBook Air with M5 and MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max, with AI up to 4x faster.
iPad Air gets the M4 chip: 30% faster, still $599
Apple updated the iPad Air with M4, 12GB of memory and Wi-Fi 7, at the same starting price.
Apple unveils the $599 iPhone 17e with the A19 chip
The new entry iPhone starts at 256GB, adds MagSafe and the C1X modem, and is available from March 11.
Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves come to Switch 2 in 2027
At Pokémon's 30th anniversary, the 10th generation was revealed: an open world across an ocean of islands.
Samsung unveils Galaxy S26 Ultra with Privacy Display
At Galaxy Unpacked in San Francisco, Samsung showed three S26 phones, Galaxy Buds4 and new AI features.
Google AI Plus budget plan reaches all markets: Gemini 3 Pro for $7.99
Google AI Plus expanded to 35 new countries and the US, with Gemini 3 Pro, Nano Banana Pro and 200GB of storage.
Meta to test paid subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
Meta says the apps will stay free, but subscriptions will add extra features and the Manus AI agent.