AirPods Max 2, 20 tiny gadgets, privacy tool, raw cheese, Ask Maps, NVIDIA DLSS, Galaxy Z TriFold, Donut Lab’s charge and St Patrick’s Day blue. I ran into a weird issue this week with my WiFi Mesh Router. One of the two units had somehow disconnected from the mesh and thus had no Internet. Of course this affected various devices connected to both the WiFi and hardwired to that unit. I tried power cycling the unit that wasn’t working and the problem persisted. Then I power cycled the primary mesh unit and all was well again. So the old adage of turning something off and back on was the solution yet again. You’ll find all the stories in this week’s news listed below.

• Acer Swift 16 AI Review: A Premium contender with a curious twist
• Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch (2026, M5) Review: A Familiar Favorite, Faster Than Ever
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• I tested the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2, and now I want to print everything in multicolour glory!
• Apple MacBook Neo Review: Meet 2026’s Breakaway Budget Laptop
• Apple MacBook Pro 16-Inch (2026, M5 Max) Review: A Monster Hiding in Plain Sight
• Apple MacBook Neo vs. Apple iPad: Here’s Why I Wish My New iPad Were a Neo
• Apple’s AirPods Max 2 are here – what’s new and what $549 gets you now
• Apple’s AirPods Max 2 bring H2 chip, boosted ANC in April for $549
• Seagate FireCuda X1070 2TB SSD review: Entry-level hardware meets premium support
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• MacBook Pro M5 Max 16-inch review: Still the pinnacle
• We tested 10 portable power stations in our lab – these two models were the most efficient

• 200,000 Devices Erased? Pro-Iran Hackers Hit US Firm With Data-Wiping Attack
• US Helps Shut Down Proxy Service Used to Hack Thousands of Routers
• How to delete or hide yourself from the internet – 11 effective ways (and most are free)
• As AI agents spread, 1Password’s new tool tackles a rising security threat
• This free privacy tool makes it super easy to see which sites are selling your data
• Hackers Hit Aura, an Identity Protection Provider, Stealing 900K Records

• Report: RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda curbed as GOP realizes it’s unpopular
• FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers “100% disagree,” refuse recall

• Your Google Maps just got two huge upgrades – including a totally new driving experience
• Your To-Do List Might Be Making You Less Productive. Try These 4 Planner Apps Instead
• Google Maps turns exploration into a conversation with Ask Maps
• I stopped drowning in browser tabs, thanks to this clever AI tool
• You’re Asking ChatGPT the Wrong Questions. Try My Secret Formula for Creating AI Prompts That Actually Work
• 10 Simple File Explorer Tweaks for a More Organized Windows PC
• This Windows 11 Feature Can Fill Your OneDrive Storage Without You Realizing
• New “vibe coded” AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community
• Apple’s Siri fiasco goes from bad to worse… to even worse

• MacBook Neo Prompts Former Windows Chief to Revisit RT Failure
• Microsoft Revives DirectStorage, Promises Faster Game Load Times
• Alexa+ can now swear, thanks to a new personality style
• HP has new incentive to stop blocking third-party ink in its printers
• Worried AI agents will replace you? 5 ways you can turn anxiety into action at work
• 2026 PC shipment forecast slashed amid memory shortages — IDC says total PC market value to nonetheless increase to $274 billion due to ongoing price hikes
• Amazon Hikes Price of Ad-Free Prime Video, Drops Big Perk From Lower Tier
• Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
• MacBook Neo Is Apple’s Most Repairable Laptop
• Nvidia Groq 3 LPU and Groq LPX racks join Rubin platform at GTC — SRAM-packed accelerator boosts ‘every layer of the AI model on every token’
• Nvidia unveils details of new 88-core Vera CPUs positioned to compete with AMD and Intel – new Vera CPU rack features 256 liquid-cooled chips that deliver up to a 6X gain in CPU throughput
• First credible leak of an AMD Zen 6 processor pops up on Geekbench — ten-core CPU seems to have 32MB of L3 cache
• NVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver ‘photoreal’ image quality with AI this fall
• Alienware Beams OLED Back Into Its Laptops, Alongside New Intel ‘Arrow Lake’ CPUs
• Nvidia Opens Orders for DGX Station, Ready to Run Giant AI Models at Your Desk
• A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
• Why is Starlink on planes so good?
• Endgame: What’s it Like to build the Noctua-everything PC inside the Antec Flux Pro Noctua-Edition
• AMD reportedly strikes back with Zen 5 refresh to counter Intel’s latest Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs — 65W Ryzen supercharged with 400 MHz base clock uplift and almost double the TDP
• Intel’s new Core Ultra 200HX Plus mobile CPUs include 290HX, 270HX Plus flagships — 8% faster gaming claims fall short of 15% boost promised by desktop Arrow Lake Refresh
• We Tried Nvidia’s DLSS 5: Is It Just an AI Image Filter, or the Future of PC Gaming?
• TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs

• New Foldable iPhone Rumor Tips iPad-Like Interface, Split-View Support
• Why Nothing designs its phones “like logos”
• Your iPhone’s Next Update May Let You Turn Off Another Liquid Glass Effect
• It May Be Your Last Chance to Buy a Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
• Samsung ends Galaxy Z TriFold sales three months after launch
• Samsung Is Stopping Galaxy Z TriFold Sales, Act Quickly to Find One In Stock
• I Tried Oppo’s Latest Foldable Phone, and Its Crease Is Practically Impossible to Feel
• I Took the Motorola Razr Fold for a Spin. Now I’m Rethinking the Galaxy Z Fold 7
• Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Private and performant
• Samsung Galaxy S26 Review: A Reliable Flagship That Plays It Safe

• An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude
• NVIDIA and Bolt team up for European robotaxis
• Nvidia pushes further into the autonomous vehicle space to compete with Tesla and Waymo
• Watch Donut Lab’s Mysterious Solid-State Battery Charge In An Actual EV

• During WWII, the Only Men Getting Plastered for Oscar Night Were the Statuettes
• 9 Bizarre Historical Overlaps That Don’t Feel Real
• 7 of the Most Divisive Oscar Wins of All Time
• The Fixers Who Buried Old Hollywood’s Biggest Scandals
• The Color of St. Patrick’s Day Wasn’t Always Green
• Central Park Could Have Been Filled With Fussy, Fancy Gardens
• 6 Historical Figures Who Died in Bizarre Ways
• 5 Hit Songs You Might Not Know Were Written By Bob Dylan
• 8 Rare McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys Worth a Small Fortune

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