consumer tech

Apple announces the MacBook Neo at $599, the first Mac powered by an iPhone A18 Pro chip, targeting the budget laptop market dominated by Chromebooks and low-cost Windows machines.

Apple begins staggered press-release launches on March 2, culminating in a hands-on media experience on March 4, delivering its most comprehensive hardware refresh in years.

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 series at Unpacked 2026, with the Ultra debuting the mobile industry's first built-in Privacy Display and agentic AI features, as base prices rise $100 due to RAM shortages.