I tested the Blackview Xplore 2 Satellite – and this rugged phone can call from remote places, if the stars align

The Blackview Xplore 2 Satellite is a heavyweight rugged phone built with the ability to make calls and send messages via the Skylo satellite service.

What CES 2026 didn’t show: The quiet crisis in wireless capacity nobody is talking about

There’s a quiet crisis unfolding: capacity is collapsing. Light beams can unleash the internet.

How a good file helped me break free of Yahoo! Mail

When Yahoo! Mail changed its quota to 2% of its previous quota, two tools came to the rescue.

Your next device will be an AI PC, if Intel has anything to do with it — chipmaker predicts more than half of PCs shipped this year will be AI-enabled

Intel forecasts more than half of PCs shipped in 2026 will include AI processing, impacting laptops, workstations, and mini PCs.

Russia is launching a stratospheric balloon relay network to counter Starlink restrictions, but it has one major flaw — the wind

Russia is testing a 20-kilometer stratospheric balloon relay system after Starlink restrictions disrupted battlefield communications in Russian-controlled territories.

The Pentagon wants swarms of voice-controlled AI drones, and is offering a $100 million prize as a reward — and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is taking pole position

The Pentagon has launched a $100 million contest to develop voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms amid unresolved technical challenges.

Top Android AI photo and video editor exposes nearly two million user images and videos

A misconfigured database holding millions of images and videos was found online, and promptly secured.

This budget laptop deal is absurd: You’re basically buying Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office for $279, and getting a 32GB RAM 15.6-inch machine for free

Better-than-half-price 15.6-inch Bitecool laptop comes with 32GB of RAM, Windows 11 Pro, and Microsoft Office for just $279.