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Last updated: June 1, 2026, 5:35 PM ET

Mobile Devices & Hardware

Apple's iPhone Fold design has reportedly emerged as a wide-style rather than the traditional book-style foldable format, challenging industry expectations. Meanwhile, the Pixel Watch 5 has made an unexpected appearance after reportedly being found in the sea by a friend of Randy Pitchford, offering our first glimpse at Google's next-generation wearable. In computing news, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex 2026, positioning its most powerful laptop yet to compete directly with the MacBook Pro. The device will feature Nvidia's RTX Spark technology, combining a Grace CPU with 20 cores, a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, and 128GB of LPDDR5X memory. Samsung's portable T9 SSD is currently available at a rare discount on Amazon, offering 1TB of storage for just $0.25 per gigabyte after a 13% price reduction.

Gaming Entertainment

California lawmakers have secured a victory for video game preservation with a bill progressing through the legislature that aims to maintain access to games. In movie adaptations, Pat Casey and Josh Miller, the duo behind the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy, are writing the script for the upcoming Streets of Rage film. Atari is expanding its portfolio by acquiring the maker of Crossy Road games, continuing the company's strategy of acquiring popular mobile gaming properties. The gaming community is also anticipating Sony's State of Play showcase REF:9