The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold is set to debut in August 2026, presenting a thinner and lighter design compared to its predecessor, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. These updates aim to enhance portability and usability, but the device’s incremental changes raise questions about its ability to distinguish itself in the increasingly competitive foldable smartphone […]
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Rugged smartphones have long been DOOGEE’s playground, as the brand frequently experiments with bold ideas that blur the line between utility gadget and everyday smartphone. Past releases have showcased this experimental streak successfully. The DOOGEE S200 embraced a mech-inspired aesthetic with a design that looked more like a piece of futuristic equipment than a typical handset, while the DOOGEE S98 leaned into spy-gadget territory with a secondary rear display and an unmistakably tactical vibe. Even more unusual was the DOOGEE S119, a device that literally mounted a smartwatch-like display on its back.
The newly introduced DOOGEE Fire 7 Ultra continues that spirit of experimentation but shifts the focus toward communication rather than design theatrics. Instead of simply building a phone that survives harsh environments, DOOGEE is positioning the Fire 7 Ultra as a hybrid device that combines smartphone functionality with the instant communication capabilities of a professional two-way radio system.
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At the heart of the Fire 7 Ultra is its Push-to-Talk Over Cellular (PoC) system, a feature designed to transform the phone into a real-time communication hub for teams. Using cellular or Wi-Fi connectivity, the device allows users to initiate instant voice communication with a single press of a dedicated PTT button on the side. This setup enables one-to-one or group communication similar to traditional walkie-talkies but without the range limitations typically associated with radio hardware. As long as there is network connectivity, the communication range is essentially unlimited, making it suitable for field teams, logistics crews, event staff, and emergency responders.
The device also incorporates a short-range Bluetooth intercom mode for situations where cellular coverage is unavailable. This feature allows nearby users to communicate directly with each other without relying on network infrastructure, which can be particularly useful in environments such as tunnels, forests, or construction zones. Supporting these communication features is a powerful 125-decibel speaker powered by a 34mm, 3.5W driver, ensuring that voice transmissions remain clear even in noisy outdoor environments.
Durability remains a USP of the Fire 7 Ultra’s design philosophy. The phone carries IP68 and IP69K water and dust resistance ratings and meets MIL-STD-810H durability standards, allowing it to withstand water immersion, dust exposure, and accidental drops from around 1.5 meters. The rugged construction is paired with a large 6.6-inch IPS display featuring a 90Hz refresh rate and HD+ resolution, protected with reinforced glass designed to handle demanding outdoor conditions. Powering the device is MediaTek’s Dimensity 6300 chipset, a 6nm processor that supports 5G connectivity while delivering efficient performance for everyday tasks and communication-heavy workloads. The phone ships with 8GB of RAM, which can be virtually expanded up to 32GB, alongside 256GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for further expansion.
A massive 13,000mAh battery keeps the device operational for extended field use, reducing the need for frequent charging during long shifts or outdoor expeditions. The phone supports 33W fast charging and even includes reverse charging capabilities, allowing it to power smaller devices such as earbuds or smartwatches when needed. The camera setup is straightforward but capable, featuring a 64-megapixel main camera paired with a 2-megapixel macro lens and a 16-megapixel front-facing camera. Running on Android 15, the phone also supports features such as NFC for contactless payments, side-mounted fingerprint recognition, facial unlock, and a triple card slot that accommodates two SIM cards and a microSD card simultaneously.
The DOOGEE Fire 7 Ultra phone is currently available at official stores and select online retailers, with pricing around $360 for the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant.
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When you think of an AI-forward PC, you might think of something like NVIDIA's $3,999 DGX Spark — a computer with enough computing power to run complex large language models locally. That's not what Rabbit is trying to build with Project Cyberdeck. Instead, the company's goal is to produce a device tailored for vibe coding, and Engadget was given an exclusive first look at the upcoming PC.
Rabbit began working on Project Cyberdeck after the company's CEO, Jesse Lyu, saw how much his software engineers were using Claude Code. Lyu thought a small form factor PC, like the netbooks that were popular in the late aughts, with a command line interface would be ideal for on-the-go vibe coding, but when he went online to look for something that fit the bill, he was disappointed.
"They all come with shitty rubber dome keyboards," Lyu says of low-cost PCs like the latest Chromebooks, which use flexible silicone sheets under their keys to save on space and cost. "They're not something you would enjoy typing on for an extended period of time." So Rabbit decided to build its own device. For inspiration, Lyu and company looked to an unlikely source: the Sony Vaio P.
Sony's netbook was only briefly available from the start of 2009 to about the end of 2010. At the time, the 8-inch Vaio P was the world's lightest netbook, weighing just 1.4 pounds, but it had a host of issues. It was also expensive, costing considerably more than other Intel Atom notebooks of the time. In 2009, the most affordable Vaio P would set you back $900 (about $1,365 adjusted for inflation). With Project Cyberdeck, Rabbit is aiming for a device that costs about $500, and hopefully avoids a similar fate.
I saw a few early renders of Project Cyberdeck, which Rabbit isn't ready to share publicly yet. Imagine a cross between the Rabbit R1, Vaio P and the original Nintendo DS. It looks cute. All the renders had four USB-C ports to allow users to connect the device to external monitors and peripherals, though the actual IO specs are as-yet undecided.
The company is in the process of sourcing components and working towards a final design, so details can — and will — change. I saw some of the parts Lyu has been testing in his office, but no final prototype as such.
For one, Rabbit still needs to decide on a chipset. The company is aiming for a performance benchmark relative to the Raspberry Pi 5, which has a Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Arm Cortex A76 processor clocked at 2.4GHz. With 16GB of RAM, the Raspberry Pi 5 can run two external monitors, a capability Rabbit hopes to match with the Cyberdeck. The idea here is to make a device that's powerful enough it won't feel slow when it's communicating with Anthropic and OpenAI's servers, but affordable enough to make it a no-brainer purchase for developers.
The company confirmed Project Cyberdeck will run Linux. Rabbit will allow users to modify the operating system and install any third-party tools they want. Additionally, all the software features the company has developed for RabbitOS will be available through command-line prompts.
Two parts of the device Lyu hopes are major differentiating factors are the keyboard and screen. Lyu appears set on shipping a computer with a 40 percent keyboard that has low-profile mechanical switches and a fully hot swappable PCB, so users can tweak the typing feel to their liking. Lyu also had a sample 7-inch OLED screen on his desk when I spoke to him. That specific panel offers touch input, a 165Hz refresh rate and 815 nits of brightness. While it might not be the one Rabbit settles on, OLED is the goal, because of what it would mean for battery life.
For the uninitiated, OLED panels produce black values by turning off individual diodes, and since each diode is self-emitting, there's no need for a power-hungry backlight. Like every smartphone manufacturer, Rabbit is taking advantage of this by planning to offer a dark mode interface from day one.
One aspect of the Cyberdeck's design Lyu can't definitively speak to is how much RAM it will feature. The entire industry is dealing with datacenter demand for high-bandwidth memory that has sent the price of computers, smartphones and other electronics soaring. Lyu believes Rabbit won't be forced to delay the Cyberdeck out of 2026, but he also didn't rule out the possibility either. If things change for the better, he's confident Rabbit would be able to take advantage, since it took the company about 93 days to ship the first R1 device after it began working on the design.
Separately, I wonder if people will want to carry around a second device solely for their coding needs? You don't need a dedicated machine to access Claude Code or OpenAI Cursor. Even companies like Apple have begun integrating vibe coding services into their development environments. Rabbit could be on track for a repeat of the R1, but with so many details of the Cyberdeck left undecided, for now, it's too early to know for sure. The company will get to make its case when it shares more details in the coming weeks and months.
The transition to renewable energy has introduced a critical challenge: maintaining grid stability in the absence of traditional inertia provided by fossil fuel-based power plants. Without the rotational motion of turbines that historically buffered grids against sudden fluctuations, renewable energy systems face heightened risks of blackouts and voltage instability. Flywheel energy storage systems offer a […]
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Samsung is poised to make a significant impact on the foldable phone market with the Galaxy Z Fold 8, addressing one of the most persistent challenges in foldable displays: the visible crease. By using innovative technologies like perforated OLED support panels, Samsung aims to enhance both the durability and user experience of its devices. These […]
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Phil Spencer leaving his long-held role at Xbox might have made all the headlines last month, but a few years ago the big story was company veteran Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb’s departure from Microsoft. Hryb recently seemingly hinted at a return to the company at which he spent more than two decades, but he’s now landed at Commodore instead.
The ex-Xbox icon joins the recently revived 80s computer brand as a Community Development Advisor, where his job will be to "help support and expand the global community," Commodore said in a press release. Hryb, who was the public face of Xbox during the brand’s heyday, is now tasked with helping to modernize Commodore by introducing it to "a new generation of creators, developers, and enthusiasts."
"I've always believed the best thing a company can do is partner with its community – and with a passionate fan base carrying the torch for 31 years, Commodore’s situation is truly unique when it comes to community engagement," said Hryb. "The community didn't wait around – instead they built something remarkable. Players, hardware hobbyists, developers, content creators, and publishers are all a part of the Commodore community, and now we get to build what’s next together."
Hryb’s most recent role was at game engine maker Unity, where he served as Director of Community and Advocacy for less than two years before being laid off in January. As for Commodore, the company might be entering a new era, but its comeback product launch is a firmly nostalgic play, with the recently released Commodore 64 Ultimate being an authentic recreation of its most famous 8-bit computer.
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The evolution of artificial intelligence has significantly altered established practices in application design, challenging the efficiency of traditional workflows. According to AI Labs, methods that rely on static mockups, linear handoffs and fixed API specifications often fall short in meeting the demands of AI-driven systems. For example, actor-based requirements, which focus on user goals and […]
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The UK government plans to introduce the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (EVED) in April 2028, a pay-per-mile taxation system specifically designed for electric vehicles (EVs). This initiative aims to address the growing shortfall in fuel duty revenue as more drivers transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to EVs. While the system is intended to […]
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Imagine treating a tile as a medium for light. Not the ambient glow of a strip along the ceiling, or the directional punch of a spotlight, but something more architectural and intimate. That’s the premise behind Glowtile, a modular lighting system designed by RedDuo for the Italian lighting brand Leucos, and it’s one of those concepts that sounds obvious in retrospect, yet somehow nobody had quite pulled off this way before.
Leucos has been making handblown glass lamps since 1962, born just outside Venice where craftsmanship and artisanship have been synonymous for centuries. Over more than 60 years, the brand has built a reputation around the kind of quality that doesn’t cut corners. RedDuo is the newer voice in this partnership: a Milan-based interior design and creative studio founded in 2020 by Fabiola Di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso, two former fashion industry professionals with a material-first, fashion-informed approach to everything they do. The pairing makes sense the moment you see the result.
Glowtile works around a deceptively simple concept: glazed ceramic tiles, each fitted with an egg-shaped handblown glass diffuser set inside a ring of anodized aluminum. Two tile formats make up the system: a square 15×15 centimeter module and a rectangular 30×10 centimeter one. You can arrange them in grids, stagger them, mix both formats together, install them on walls, ceilings, or even set them on the floor to shoot light upward. It’s the same compositional freedom you’d have with any standard tiling job, except your tiles glow.
What makes this genuinely compelling is the material honesty of it. The ceramic tiles come in three finishes, all beautifully named: Chalk Blue, which reads like the inside of an old swimming pool; Oyster White, creamy and warm; and Mineral Grey, which skews more architectural and serious. Each feels considered rather than arbitrary, and the finish you choose radically changes the mood of the whole installation. Pair Chalk Blue tiles in a close grid on a wall and you get something gallery-like and almost cinematic. Spread Oyster White modules across a ceiling and the whole effect softens into something residential and dreamy.
The handblown glass diffuser deserves a moment of appreciation on its own. A glassblower gathers molten glass on the end of a long metal pipe and shapes it entirely through breath and rotation. No two pieces come out exactly the same. That built-in human irregularity, something most manufacturers would rather engineer out of their products, is here embraced as part of the whole point. Every Glowtile carries a small trace of the person who made it, which is a quietly radical thing for a modular system to hold onto.
The system made its debut at Matter and Shape in Paris on March 6, 2026, and the images from the event show off just how wide the range of Glowtile can be. In one configuration, it’s a wall-mounted composition that functions like art. In another, the pieces sit low on the floor, functioning almost like a glowing sculptural seat. That flexibility matters because lighting is a category where most products are good at exactly one thing. Glowtile seems designed by people who find that limitation boring.
Whether it ends up in mainstream interiors or stays squarely in the territory of architects and design-forward clients is an open question. The handcrafted materials and the obvious care involved in production suggest this won’t be the most affordable wall treatment you’ll consider. But cost is almost beside the point here. What Glowtile really asks is whether your wall and your light need to be two separate things. Most rooms have never been offered that question before.
For Leucos, this feels like another chapter in a quiet but genuine transformation: a brand rooted in over six decades of Venetian glass tradition that’s become increasingly curious about what lies beyond it. Collaborating with RedDuo, a studio that came from fashion rather than classical industrial design, is probably exactly why Glowtile ends up feeling like nothing else currently in this space.
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The shift from ChatGPT to Claude has become a compelling choice for many professionals, as highlighted by Parker Prompts. One of the key reasons behind this transition is Claude’s advanced context retention capabilities, which allow users to maintain continuity across long-term projects. Unlike ChatGPT, which often resets memory between sessions, Claude’s “Projects” feature ensures that […]
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