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iPhone Duo Release Date, Price and Specs: Pre-Orders Open October 16

Apple’s first foldable iPhone costs $1,999 and opens for pre-order on October 16. Here is when it ships, what it costs worldwide and what you give up versus the iPhone 18 Pro.

Official HDMI Forum graphic showing how to identify a certified Ultra96 HDMI cable, including its package, certification label, and QR code

Hardware

HDMI 2.2 Explained: Release Date, Specs, and HDMI 2.2 vs 2.1

HDMI 2.2 doubles bandwidth to 96Gbps, adds the Ultra96 cable and Latency Indication Protocol, and sets the stage for 16K displays.

Nintendo Direct March 27, 2025 broadcast title card, the presentation where Virtual Game Cards were announced

Gaming

Nintendo Switch Virtual Game Cards Explained: How They Work

Virtual Game Cards let Switch owners move digital games between two linked consoles and lend them to family members for two weeks. Here is how it works, and how it differs from Game-Key Cards.

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What Are Claude Skills? Agent Skills Explained

A practical guide to Anthropic's Agent Skills: how Claude loads them, the built-in document Skills, and how to build a custom one.

Illustration representing enterprise data security risks and protections for sensitive file sharing.

Security & PrivacyOct 1

Kiteworks Patches Dozens of Critical Flaws After Shutdown Scare

Days after warning customers to shut systems down over a federal threat tip, Kiteworks disclosed dozens of new vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw letting attackers hijack admin accounts.

VS Code 1.140 release highlights graphic showing new Copilot agent and HydraFusion features

Software & GuidesOct 1

VS Code 1.140: What's New, Copilot Harness and How to Update

VS Code 1.140 brings a shared Copilot harness, an experimental HydraFusion model orchestrator, multi-folder agent sessions, and remote delegation.

An iPad running iPadOS 27 showing the redesigned Siri AI interface on screen

Mobile & GadgetsOct 1

iPadOS 27.2: New Features, Release Date and Supported iPads

Apple's iPadOS 27.2 beta 2 is out for developers, with a reworked EU tracking prompt, the Health app's Insights tab and no release date yet.

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake processor mounted on a circuit board

HardwareOct 1

Intel Panther Lake release date, price and specs

Core Ultra X9 388H leads a lineup built on Intel's 18A node, with laptops from Acer, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and the new Googlebook now shipping worldwide.

PlayStation 5 Disc Edition console packaging showing the console, DualSense controller and 1TB storage callout

GamingOct 1

PlayStation Physical Discs End in January 2028: What Sony Confirmed

Sony says physical disc production for new PlayStation games stops in January 2028. Older titles on disc are unaffected, but the policy has sparked a major fan backlash.