AT&T launches Unlimited Day Pass for iPads‎

Today, AT&T announced Unlimited Day Pass, a new daily plan for iPads with cellular connectivity. It's a no-contract, no-subscription affair - you just pay for a daily pass each day you need it. You get unlimited data for $3 per day. Your first day pass is free courtesy of AT&T (only one per customer). This works by using the eSIM functionality on your cellular-capable iPad. To use Unlimited Day Pass on your iPad with cellular connectivity and eSIM, just go to Settings > Cellular Data, and select the AT&T Unlimited Day Pass. No app or Wi-Fi connection is required. The carrier...

Best Buy slashes prices of iPad Air 11 (2025) down to $499‎

If you are looking for an affordable tablet, Best Buy has you covered. Apple and affordability are two words you don't see in one sentence very often, but Best Buy is currently selling the 2025 iPad Air 11 with Apple's M3 chip for as low as $499. That's $250 off the base 128GB configuration with cellular connectivity. The tablet is, of course, unlocked and supports Apple Intelligence. All four color options, Space Gray, Starlight, Purple and Blue, are available at the discounted $499 price. The 256GB, 512GB and 1TB models are also heavily discounted. The 256GB modification is $250...

US carriers join forces to fight incidents of copper cable theft, stop disruptions to Internet services‎

The Internet & Television Association in the US posted a worrying report – there were 18,327 incidents of theft and vandalism that affect the network of wires that bring Internet connectivity to customers’ homes. To put that in perspective, this has affected nearly 12 million people. The rate works out to 1,527 incidents per month or 50 incidents on average per day. And it’s getting worse – there has been a 59% increase since 2024. You can read the report here (PDF). Now, the country’s Top 3 carriers – AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon – have joined the STRIKE initiative. This dramatic acronym...

Insta360's answer to DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P is here and it's called the Luna Ultra‎

Insta360 has officially entered the handheld gimbal camera segment with the launch of its new flagship, the Luna Ultra. Co-engineered with Leica, the vlogging-focused camera features a dual-camera setup, which is similar to DJI’s upcoming Osmo Pocket 4P. It sports a primary 1-inch sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and a 20mm equivalent focal length. There’s also a telephoto camera that offers an f/2.0 aperture and a 60mm equivalent focal length with up to 3x optical zoom, 6x lossless zoom, and 12x digital zoom. One of the Luna Ultra's standout features is its detachable 2-inch...

European Commission forces Meta to accept third-party chatbots in WhatsApp for free‎

Back in November of last year, Meta banned third-party chatbots in WhatsApp, but of course the company has its own one built right in. The EU authorities have taken issue with this, and the European Commission (EC) specifically has now ordered Meta to restore access to "rival general-purpose AI assistants" in WhatsApp for free, and maintain it until the end of the EC's antitrust investigation into the original move by Meta to ban them. The Commission's press release says this will "prevent serious and irreparable harm to competition in this growing market by Meta's conduct, which at first...

Counterpoint: shipments of MediaTek and Qualcomm chipsets decline‎

The skyrocketing costs of memory chips are changing the product mix of smartphone makers – cheaper, lower-margin phones aren’t selling so well, while pricier, high-performance models have bigger margins that helped them to absorb the blow. All of this has had an effect on the chipset market for smartphones, reports Counterpoint. MediaTek remains the largest vendor, though its market share has declined from 38% in Q1 2025 to 32% in Q1 this year. MediaTek’s strong presence in the entry-level and mid-tier segments is being undermined by the reduced smartphone sales in those...

Honor Magic V6 review‎

Wear OS 7 rollout may be around the corner, hints Verizon Pixel Watch support page‎

Google's Wear OS 7 update for Pixel smartwatches could be just around the corner, if recent changes to official Verizon Pixel Watch support pages are any indication. The folks over at Droid-Life spotted the updated support pages for the Pixel Watch 2, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Watch 4 on Verizon's website, which confirm the Wear OS 7 update for these smartwatches could be arriving soon. Pixel Watch 4 According to the changelog listed on the support pages, the update will include the June 2026 security patch and carry the version number CP2A.260603.001. Curiously, the pages...

New details about Huawei's non-folding wide-screen phone surface‎

A rumor from earlier this year claimed that Huawei was working on a candybar smartphone featuring a 16:9 or 16:10 display, similar in design to the Pura X. A new leak has now revealed additional information about the alleged device. In a now-edited Weibo post, tipster Digital Chat Station shared the key specifications of Huawei's upcoming wide-screen, non-folding smartphone. Huawei Pura X According to the leak, the device will be powered by a Kirin 9-series chipset and could pack a battery with a capacity of 7,000mAh or more. For photography, the handset is tipped to feature a...