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While Apple fans celebrate the 2016-era vapor chamber in the latest iPhone 17 Pro, the new RedMagic 11 Pro throws every cooling system ever found in a smartphone into a blender and adds one we’ve never seen before. But will any of this sci-fi cooling survive a date with our spudger?
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SOURCE: IFIXIT
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In the final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, lawmakers removed bipartisan Right to Repair provisions that would have allowed U.S. military personnel to fix
their own equipment, a move critics say was influenced by defense contractor lobbying.
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SOURCE: WIRED
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Pebble’s revived hardware team has introduced the Index 01, a minimalist smart ring focused on capturing voice notes and simple commands. The ring skips health tracking and frequent charging, using a long-lasting battery and local, privacy-focused processing. Cool. But it's an explicitly disposable product, which is less cool. Will replacing the battery actually be impossible? We'll dig in.
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SOURCE: ARS TECHNICA
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