Apple and Samsung named the least repairable phone brands in new report
The repairability scores come from the Failing the Fix 2026 study by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.
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MacBook Neo demand is so strong it's creating supply headaches for Apple
The lightweight laptop – available in four colors and two configurations – was built around Apple's A18 Pro processor, the chip that powered last year's iPhone 16 Pro. In the Neo, that silicon wasn't newly fabricated; instead, Apple repurposed remaining batches from the initial iPhone run, according to Ben Thompson of Stratechery.
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Chrome finally gets vertical tabs, plus an improved Reading Mode
Rolling out from April 7 on desktop Chrome (download here), the vertical tabs feature gives users the option to move the browser's tab strip from the top of the window to a sidebar on the left.
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NASA just dropped new high-quality Moon photos from Artemis II
Around two dozen high-resolution photos of the Moon, taken by the Artemis II mission crew, are now available to download on NASA's website and the agency's Flickr page. During the mission, four astronauts observed portions of the Moon's far side that humans have never seen directly.
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Used EV sales surge as gas prices top $4 per gallon, though another factor is also involved
According to Cox Automotive, sales of new electric vehicles in the US were down 28% year on year in Q1 2026 after the Trump administration killed off the $7,500 consumer tax credit.
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Intel is in talks with Google and Amazon to power AI chips with new packaging tech
Packaging has shifted from a back-end afterthought to the center of Intel's manufacturing strategy as AI workloads push designers to stitch together many specialized dies into a single system. At its Rio Rancho, New Mexico, site – once home to a shuttered Fab 9 that sat idle for years –...
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Review: AM4 Keeps on Giving
AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D extends AM4's life once again, but is it worth it? We tested 14 games to see how this cut-down 3D V-Cache chip stacks up against Zen 3, older Ryzen parts, and newer CPUs.
Google AI overviews might hallucinate tens of millions of times per hour
According to The New York Times, testing suggests that approximately one in 10 Google AI search overviews contains false information. Given that the search engine processes roughly 5 trillion queries per year, users could be exposed to more than 57 million inaccurate answers each hour – nearly 1 million per minute.
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Intel Nova Lake doubles down on Xe3 graphics instead of jumping to Xe4
According to longtime Intel watcher Jaykihn, Nova Lake's integrated graphics will be built around Xe3, the same generation used in Panther Lake integrated GPUs. Jaykihn had previously suggested that Nova Lake would include an Xe4 media component but has since walked that back, stating that "there is nothing Xe4 on...
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