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Galaxy S26 FE starts at $699. Announced Aug. 27. One UI 9, Exynos 2500, same cameras as last year, USB 2.0 instead of 3.2. Select U.S. carriers Sept. 3; Samsung.com and stores Sept. 4.
Apple M5 Ultra is the first quad-die M-series chip — up to 36 CPU cores, 80 GPU cores, 512 GB RAM, 1.2 TB/s bandwidth. Mac Studio from $5,499. M6 2nm Mac mini from $899. Preorders Aug. 25; ships Sept. 22.
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Waymo Ojai opened to all riders in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco on Aug. 19. About 300 Ojais in the commercial fleet. Sixth-gen Driver, Zeekr-built platform, Gemini in-car assistant. Denver, Vegas, San Diego later in 2026.
Falcon 9 Starlink 10-39 targets Aug. 20 from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral. Window 11:19 a.m.–3:19 p.m. ET. 29 V2 Mini satellites; booster B1078 on its 30th flight. Droneship landing — no sonic booms.
An eSIM is a downloadable operator profile on a chip already in the phone. The QR code is an address, not the line. Lose the phone and you still need the carrier to re-issue it.
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) is Multi-Link Operation across 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz, plus 320 MHz channels and 4K-QAM. The box’s gigabit claim only shows up if the phone, the AP, and the 6 GHz air all cooperate.
Hertz on a laptop or phone is how often the panel can draw a new frame. It is not the same as how fast the computer can produce frames, and it is not a brightness spec.