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Apple has occupied three of the top ten positions by sales volume and nearly half of the global smartphone revenue. These are different rankings—and different signals for the market.
Qualcomm has announced two new chips for budget smartphones. Behind every “plus” in the specs lies a compromise that the manufacturer doesn't highlight.
Watch Fit 5 Pro claims a place as a budget alternative to Apple Watch, while Watch GT Runner 2 Racing Legend Edition is aimed at serious runners. But there is another model in the lineup — and its price speaks for itself.
Ukrainian laser system "Tryzub" shown in action for the first time: destroys missiles at 3 km, helicopters and aircraft at 5 km, blinds targets at 10 km. But the video revealed a detail that was not emphasized in the announcement.
Ukraine presented a jet-powered interceptor drone "Chaklun Jet" at SAHA 2026, which is already destroying Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in combat conditions. However, the emergence of the jet-powered Shahed-238 raises questions about whether this speed is sufficient.
Google has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews: user opinions from Reddit, forums, and social media will now appear alongside artificial intelligence responses — sometimes with an Expert Advice label. What could go wrong?
Android President Samir Samat publicly dismissed the idea of a "glass-style" interface in the manner of Apple. However, internal builds of Android 17 are already filled with blur effects and semi-transparency effects.
Boston Dynamics showcased new Atlas gymnastics not for the sake of viral video — but to prove the robot is ready for factory deployment. All 2026 shipments are already sold out.
# Ukrainian Fire Point Cruise Missile Already Used in Combat — But Real Statistics Differ From Presentation Slides. What's Known About System Effectiveness After Six Months of Strikes.
An update that Samsung tested through ten beta versions has finally become stable. The list of compatible devices includes phones from 2022 — but not all will receive the same set of features.
iPhone Ultra Mockup Confirms Unusual Apple Choice: Horizontal Layout Instead of Vertical Arrangement, Wider Than Any Competing Flagship. This Is Either a Reimagining of the Category or a Risky Bet Against a Market That Samsung and Google Have Already Perfected Over Years.
# Titanium Hinge for a Million Bends, IP58, Nanocrystalline Glass Outside — and an Inner Display That Can't Withstand a Fingernail. JerryRigEverything Test on Oppo Find N6 Reveals a Design Compromise Common to the Entire Class of Foldable Flagships A durability test of the Oppo Find N6 by popular tech reviewer JerryRigEverything has exposed a fundamental design flaw shared across foldable flagship devices. While the phone boasts premium features such as a titanium hinge rated for one million folds and an IP58 water-resistance rating with nanocrystalline glass protection on the exterior, its internal display proves surprisingly fragile. The inner screen cannot withstand even minimal pressure from a fingernail, revealing a critical weakness in the manufacturing standards of foldable smartphones. This compromise between external durability and internal display vulnerability appears to be endemic to the entire category of high-end foldable devices.
The April 24 agreement cements intentions rather than obligations: specific volumes, timelines, and investments remain subject to negotiation. This is already the second Summa Defence initiative in Ukrainian drone production — the first partnership package emerged back in November 2024.
# French Military Launches New Guided Rocket Program to Fill Combat Gap After Rafale fighter jets expended over 80 MICA missiles intercepting Iranian drones in the UAE region, France's defense procurement agency DGA has officially launched a program to integrate the 68mm Aculeus-LG guided rocket. The initiative aims to close a tactical gap between cannon fire and expensive missile ammunition.
Test firmware for the X946B model has appeared on Samsung servers — a likely Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra. This indicates not rumors, but a concrete development stage: the release is months, not quarters away.
New settings give users real control over updates: no forced restarts and no hard deadline. But the longer the pause — the more vulnerable the system becomes.
# Energy-Independent Internet Based on xPON Reaches More Ukrainian Homes. Which Regions Are Leading — and What It Means for the Rest of the Country.
Chinese laboratory DeepSeek has released two models with open weights and support for 1 million tokens — and did so at $1.74 per million input tokens, while competitors charge 10 times more.
Hackers did not breach the servers — they simply wrote in Teams and asked for help. The UNC6692 attack shows that corporate politeness has become the most dangerous entry point into a corporate network.
DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 — the company's most affordable drones with obstacle avoidance and 4K HDR — emerged just as the FCC blocked the new DJI models from entering the US market.
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, a model that independently plans, integrates tools, and completes multi-step tasks. It is already available to paid users, but not yet to developers via API. The company attributes this delay to security requirements for large-scale deployment.
Frontline Robotics has unveiled an upgraded drone featuring AI-powered navigation and electronic warfare protection. In terms of specifications, it represents a step forward. In terms of scale, it's part of a Ukrainian-German production strategy that is already delivering drones to the front lines.
Instants — Meta's new app for spontaneous sharing of disappearing photos. The problem is that Instagram Stories have been doing the same thing for nine years, and BeReal, which popularized it, has already risen and fallen.
Honor has released a marketing video in which the batteries of three flagship devices power toy cars on a track. The winner is known in advance — and that's precisely what makes the test demonstrative rather than honest.
Tiberius Aerospace has confirmed flight tests of the Sceptre projectile: the munition survived firing from an M777 howitzer, activated its liquid ramjet engine, and completed stable controlled flight. The range is 150 kilometers, with a unit cost less than 10% of GMLRS.
A warhead for single-use strike drones, developed from scratch in 14 days using 3D printing technology, destroyed a makeshift bunker at a test range in Alabama. The speed of development is no less significant news than the weapon itself.
Huawei has expanded its foldable smartphone lineup with a new Pura X Max model — an enlarged version of the Pura X featuring a thinner body and larger displays.
A humanoid robot Honor completed a 21-kilometer half-marathon in Beijing in 50:26, breaking Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo's record by seven minutes. The progress is impressive, but the comparison is manipulative.
The third launch of the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket became the first failure in terms of results — the communications satellite BlueBird 7 ended up in the wrong orbit and will now burn up in the atmosphere. The booster landed perfectly, but the upper stage failed to perform.
# On December 11, 2025, AVIC Lifted a 16-Ton Unmanned Aircraft Into the Sky Capable of Releasing Swarms of Over 100 Drones in Flight On December 11, 2025, AVIC successfully conducted the maiden flight of a 16-ton unmanned aerial vehicle designed to deploy swarms of more than 100 drones during flight operations. A conceptual video broadcast on state television immediately illustrated a scenario in which the Jiutian aircraft penetrates a U.S. Navy formation in the Pacific Ocean.