AT&T is buying $3 billion worth of fibre optic cables from Corning‎

Today, AT&T has signed a new multi-year deal with Corning to purchase fibre optic cables. The deal is valued at more than $3 billion, and will help AT&T reach its stated goal of connecting 60 million homes and businesses with fibre optic cables by 2030. The carrier has already reached 30 million locations, so half of that, in June this year, six months ahead of its initial schedule. In its most recent results, those for the second quarter of this year, AT&T reported that it added 646,000 total consumer and business internet net subscribers, of which 367,000 were fibre optic internet...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra in for review‎

The line between tablets and laptops has been increasingly more blurred for the past few years. That's especially true for devices like the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra - a top-of-the-line slate with a huge AMOLED display and a thin profile. It goes the other way as well; laptops nowadays get the same mobile-based chipsets and tablet-like battery life and fluidity. Perhaps the two categories were always destined to meet in the middle. This is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, and it's a $1,399 (€1,569/£1,399) flagship with a close-to-15-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, an 11,600mAh battery, and a...

Amazon unveils faster Fire TV Stick 4K (2026) and a new Fire TV Remote‎

Amazon just unveiled a slimmer and faster Fire TV Stick 4K (2026) and a new Fire TV Remote. The stick is 20%-40% faster than similarly priced 4K sticks from other brands, says Amazon. The pricing is $60, by the way, but you can have it for half that – see below. The new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (2026) is powered by a quad-core 1.7GHz processor with 8GB of internal storage. It supports Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 and LE. It can decode up to 4K video at 60fps with the H.264, H.265, VP9 and AV1 codecs. It also supports several HDR formats: HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG. Notably, there’s no Dolby Vision –...

More images of the Samsung Galaxy Buds On surface, they show off the clip-on design‎

We first heard of the Galaxy Able buds back when the Galaxy Watch9 and Watch Ultra2 leaks were happening. The watches became official, the buds still are not. Since then we’ve learned that these will become Samsung’s first clip-on style buds and will actually be called the Samsung Galaxy Buds On. Here are a few more details, plus a couple of images. Clip-on buds don’t go into your ear canal like regular buds. Instead, they rely on their clip design to stay on your ears – this can be much more comfortable for long periods. The Galaxy Buds On will reportedly use open-ear air conduction....

CEO John Ternus wants Apple to be leaner, more experimental and to launch products faster‎

New CEO John Ternus used to be Apple’s SVP of Hardware Engineering, while Tim Cook was a sales guy. We are now starting to see how Ternus’ leadership will be different from Cook’s – Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Ternus wants to create a “leaner organization” that is focused on engineering. “Leaner” means that there will be some downsizing – apparently, Ternus wants to reduce the number of middle management positions to give engineers a more direct connection to the senior executives. Over the last couple of weeks, Apple has been reportedly reducing the number of engineering program...

Honor 700 Pro with its rear screen to be joined by three other interesting phones this year‎

Earlier this month word got out that Honor's upcoming 700 Pro will have a rear screen just like Xiaomi's 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max (and the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max before that). Today, the prolific leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo has shared some more details about it and Honor's other planned releases for the end of this year. The Honor 700 Pro's rear screen is once again 'confirmed' (as much as a rumor can confirm anything), as is its 200MP main camera, which we've heard about before too. Honor will also apparently launch a new X-series phone with a 7" screen and a...

AirPods 5 are Apple’s most repairable earbuds ever‎

Wireless earbuds are notoriously difficult to repair and outside of distinct offerings like the Fairphone Fairbuds, there’s virtually no way to repair damaged components. Well, it turns out that Apple has taken a slightly more repair-friendly approach with its latest AirPods 5. The latest teardown from iFixit reveals that Apple is back to using pronged batteries, which are much easier to replace than the glued-in ones on previous iterations. While this is a small win for consumers, the whole process is still very tedious. You’ll need something to clamp the AirPods to and then somehow...

The new Samsung SmartTag3 supports iOS, it's also smaller and its battery lasts longer‎

The Samsung SmartTag2 is three years old now and was due for an upgrade. This is the first generation that is cross-platform – it works with both Android and iOS devices. It’s also smaller and lighter, though that came at a cost. New wireless tech allowed Samsung to improve detection range and to extend battery life. The Samsung SmartTag3 can now be used by iPhone owners – this makes it easier if you have Android and iOS devices in your family or if a friend or family member wants to borrow, say, a suitcase with a tag attached. Speaking of attachment, Samsung removed the built-in key...