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A newsletter flags a DeepSeek 'super agent', a GPT-6 model called Rosalind, and Google's orbital compute. Details are thin, but the direction matters.
Read more: AI news: DeepSeek agent, GPT-6 Rosalind, Google computing in spaceCanva has released its free Affinity design app for iPad, with sketching, vector art, photo editing and page layout in one place. AI extras cost money.
Read more: Canva's free Affinity design app now works on iPadLeaks point to a Galaxy Fit 4, Samsung's first new budget fitness band in three years, with a sharper screen and metal case. It may still skip iPhones.
Read more: Samsung may soon release a new low-cost fitness bandFujifilm's Instax Square 2 prints square instant photos, costs $119 in the US, and adds two color filters and a new focus mode over the older model.
Read more: Fujifilm's new square instant camera is simple, pretty and $40 cheaperAdly, an Arabic-first marketing tool, now runs inside ChatGPT, so business owners can design, approve and schedule ads without switching apps.
Read more: Adly now lets business owners make Arabic ads inside ChatGPTShopify's Fall '26 update lets store owners manage orders from AI chatbots and lets shoppers use those same bots to find and buy products.
Read more: Shopify lets AI chatbots run your online store and shop for youGoogle's Gemini 3.1 Pro, out in preview, tops a major AI ranking and can run at under half the cost of rival top models, according to one analysis.
Read more: Google's newest AI model tops the charts and costs far less to runThinkware's ARC 800 dash cam is on sale in Australia for AU$849.99. It records in 4K, watches your parked car, and comes with a free LTE module for now.
Read more: Thinkware's new ARC 800 dash cam hits Australia at AU$849.99A reviewer found NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptop has strong AI hardware, but its Windows software feels unfinished next to the DGX Spark mini PC.
Read more: NVIDIA's AI laptop has great hardware, but Windows holds it backApple is said to be planning a new iPad Air, iPad Pro and basic iPad for early 2027, which could matter if you are deciding when to buy a tablet.
Read more: Apple reportedly plans three new iPads for early 2027Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold costs $1,899 and is tougher and lighter than last year's model, but rivals from Apple and Samsung make it a harder sell.
Read more: Google's new $1,899 folding phone is tougher and lighter, but not a bargainSteve Yedlin, the cinematographer behind Knives Out, helped build a $13 iPhone app that gives photos a film-style look with no editing.
Read more: A Hollywood cinematographer's $13 iPhone camera app is a surprise hitWired's reviewer says the Lenovo LOQ 15 is the only gaming laptop under $1,500 worth buying, at $999 or $1,300 depending on the graphics chip.
Read more: Lenovo LOQ 15 is the one gaming laptop worth buying under $1,500In a walking test of about 8,000 steps, a $179 Fitbit Edge landed within 50 steps of a $399 Apple Watch Series 12. Step counting alone may not justify the price gap.
Read more: A $179 Fitbit nearly matches a $399 Apple Watch at counting stepsAn Android Authority reviewer says the Pixel 11 Pro's portrait mode with its 5x zoom lens is a blast to use, and shoppers may want to test it.
Read more: Google Pixel 11 Pro's zoom portrait mode wins a reviewer overAskAnyModel AI Pro is a lifetime plan that puts answers from several chatbots in one window. It is on sale for $29.97, but check the credit limits first.
Read more: One $30 tool shows answers from 50 AI chatbots side by sideA startup says its $499 glasses can turn words you only think about saying into text, with no camera. Shipping is US only and not guaranteed.
Read more: Smart glasses that turn silent speech into text cost $499DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, has released an early version of a coding helper that works more on its own, aimed at Anthropic's Claude Code.
Read more: DeepSeek releases an early AI coding helper to take on Claude CodeMaybelline is adding live virtual makeup testing to ChatGPT, so shoppers can describe a look and see it tried on instead of browsing a catalog.
Read more: Maybelline lets you test makeup shades by chatting with ChatGPTOpenAI has opened ChatGPT's voice chat to all users, so you can ask questions out loud on an iPhone or Android phone without paying.
Read more: ChatGPT now lets anyone talk to it out loud, for freeMod AI has launched Mod Seller IQ, which sends homeowners value reports and shows agents who opens them, so expect more of these emails if you own a home.
Read more: New tool helps real estate agents find future home sellers in their contactsReducto says ChatGPT and Codex can now edit Word and Excel files for free, which could save time for anyone who lives in spreadsheets and documents.
Read more: Reducto adds free Word and Excel editing to ChatGPT and CodexApple's first MacBook with a touch display adapts macOS 27 for fingers, with bigger buttons and trackpad gestures on the screen.
Read more: Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro changes how Mac software worksWhatsApp is changing group chats: pins that never expire, a filter for unread mentions, wider history sharing and a Status feature only a group can see.
Read more: WhatsApp adds group chat tools, including pins that never expire
