The nine best ways to protect, customize, and accessorize your MacBook Neo
The nine best ways to protect, customize, and accessorize your MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo is poised to be a top-selling laptop in 2026, thanks in large part to its affordable $599 entry price. Despite launching at a more accessible price point than Apple’s $1,099 (though often discounted) 2026 MacBook Air, the Neo makes surprisingly few concessions in terms of build quality. Its design has the same […]

Google’s AI Mode update lets you open links without leaving the page
Google’s AI Mode update lets you open links without leaving the page

Google is upgrading AI Mode in Chrome with a new feature that will allow you to open links to sources alongside your chat. Now, instead of automatically opening a new tab, clicking a source will open the website side by side with AI Mode, allowing you to ask follow-up questions about what’s on the page. […]

OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code
OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code

OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development system, Codex, with a suite of updates that let it use your computer, generate images, and remember from past experiences. The package of updates comes as OpenAI’s rivalry with Anthropic intensifies, following the stellar successes of Claude Code and OpenAI aggressively shifting resources to catch up. […]

Microsoft planning Surface Laptop with an OLED display
Microsoft planning Surface Laptop with an OLED display

Microsoft is preparing to launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in the coming months. Windows Central reports that the refreshed models will include both Intel and Qualcomm variants, with Microsoft opting for an OLED display option for the Surface Laptop this year. Microsoft is expected to launch new Surface Pro and Laptop models […]

Amazon’s sale on best-selling tech gadgets feels like Prime Day — up to 50% off TVs, Ring Doorbells, Fire tablets, and Blink cameras

Amazon is slashing prices on its best-selling tech gadgets, including Fire tablets, Ring Doorbells, Blink cameras, Fire Sticks, and more, starting at just $14.99.

Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images
Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images

Google’s Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tailored to you, can now use that data and its Nano Banana 2 image model to create images based on your personal context. With the feature, you can use prompts like “Design my dream house” or “Create a […]

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief has had a busy couple of months after promising “the return of Xbox.” Asha Sharma met with publishers at the Game Developers Conference in March, and has also been on the road visiting Microsoft’s own game studios and product teams in recent weeks. Sharma, who used to work in Microsoft’s CoreAI […]

The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car
The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car

It was at about 36 miles per hour that I decided the Infinite Machine Olto is not a bike. Sure, it has pedals, you don’t need a license to ride it in most (but not all!) places in the US, and the folks at Infinite Machine assured me it is allowed in the bike lane. […]

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. And just last week, he and co-author Andrew Marantz published an incredible deep-dive feature in The New Yorker about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, his trustworthiness, and the […]

Moft adds a tracker and shutter button to its magnetic tripod wallet
Moft adds a tracker and shutter button to its magnetic tripod wallet

Moft’s MagSafe wallets have long been overachievers with folding designs that double as smartphone stands. Its latest creation, the Moft Trackable Tripod Wallet, does even more. It carries forward the same functionality as Moft’s original magnetic wallet that unfolds into a miniature tripod, but adds built-in tracking capabilities through Apple’s Find My network, and a […]