Proper off the again of the iPhone 17e, new iPads and MacBook Airs, Apple additionally introduced a keenly priced new laptop computer. The is a multi-colored low-cost Mac ($599), operating on an iPhone chipset with most however not all the {hardware} options you discover on the MacBook Air and Professional. All fashions of the MacBook Neo ship with an especially scant 8GB of RAM, which may be the primary productiveness bottleneck for demanding duties.

The Neo has a 13-inch Retina show, a 1080p webcam, two USB-C ports, a headphone jack and non-compulsory Contact ID, should you’re keen to pay a little bit extra. Quite a bit has been mentioned about whether or not that is Apple marching to the beat of its personal drum once more, in a yr of RAM shortages and AI obsessions. This can be a direct assault on low-cost Home windows laptops and underperforming Chromebooks. Tempted? Try our preliminary impressions from Apple’s occasion earlier this week, right here. Oh, and for every part Apple introduced – we have pulled all of the information collectively here.

– Mat Smith

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Design-wise, it appears a little bit safer than the corporate’s regular.

There is no flagship Nothing Cellphone 4 this yr, however the firm has put a variety of effort into making its A-series virtually flagship, together with a notable design pivot with the Cellphone 4a Professional. The clear again is now aluminum, and the trademark Nothing aesthetic has been boxed into the digicam unit. It appears extra grown-up, maybe, however rather less enjoyable? That mentioned, the egregious digicam bump on the Nothing 3a Professional final yr is not any extra. Each 4a telephones are smooth slabs of smartphones. The corporate has additionally considerably upgraded the units, with higher cameras, extra batteryand improved screens. Solely the 4a Professional can be coming to the US later this month.

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The stealth improve.

Whereas MWC 2026 provided us loads of Chinese language smartphones able to wow us, established participant Samsung managed to shock us with its S26 Extremely the week earlier than. Positive, it would not have a ton of main enhancements, nevertheless it brings delicate upgrades throughout the board, together with a standout new show for anybody who cares about privateness.

The Privateness Show is the standout new characteristic – one we have by no means seen earlier than on a smartphone. While you flip the Privateness Show on and think about the cellphone from lower than head-on, every part fades to black, like these privacy-sticker display screen protectors, however on the {hardware} degree.

The S26 extremely may even selectively activate Privateness Show underneath particular conditions, turning on whenever you get notifications or open sure apps (like for banking or authenticators). The cellphone can even allow the characteristic when you might want to enter a PIN, sample, or password, although that is just for system-level prompts, resembling your lock display screen.

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The corporate guarantees to maintain “filmmakers on the heart of the method.”

What might go mistaken?

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