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Some movies entertain us for a couple of hours, while others stay with us long after the credits roll. Classic movies have a way of telling timeless stories that remain relevant while introducing unforgettable characters, performances, and ideas. Whether they make us laugh, cry, question the world around us, or simply see life from a different perspective, these are the movies that earn their place in cinematic history.

No doubt, Linux gives you plenty of control over your system and trusts you with every action you perform. It rarely asks, "Are you sure?" You simply type a command, press Enter, and it assumes you meant it. That trust is a big part of Linux's power, but it's also why a stable installation can slowly turn into a mess.

If you’re about to buy new hardware just to unlock one extra feature on your PC, hold off — you might already own a gadget that does the same thing without you even realizing it. I’ve been eyeing a webcam, a second monitor, and an MX Master mouse for a while, but I’ve held off because buying all three would be a hefty expense. So I took a step back and wondered if there was another way. And, as it turns out, I managed to save a couple of hundred dollars by repurposing hardware I already owned with the help of free software.

Google Maps can be one of the most power-hungry apps on your phone. GPS, mobile data, graphics rendering, and an active screen run together while you navigate. A few everyday habits push each of them harder than necessary. You’ll notice the impact on long trips, daily commutes, and days spent exploring an unfamiliar destination. Here are five everyday Google Maps habits that quietly drain your phone's battery, and what to do instead.

Apparently, "Hurry up" and "heyy bestieee" are both perfectly normal ways to start a conversation with ChatGPT. Whether you find that funny or a little unsettling probably depends on what you’ve been saying to your chatbot.

A new social media trend has people asking ChatGPT to "Name 5 things I always say," then posting the answers. But the catchphrases are only part of the fun. You also get to see how exactly you talk to your chatbot — and some of the results look a lot like a group chat between best friends.

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One viral post demonstrates the type of answers, "Humanize it," and "Make it sound less AI," along ith "BRO THATS WRONG STUPID" and "Hurry up."

Many people in the comments apparently recognize that experience, sharing their own similar screenshots and opinions. For example, one user wrote, "I gentle parent him." That user shared their own results, which included, "Do it per the directions," and the rather less gentle, "No, what the fuck are you doing?"

Another commenter shared similarly aggressive answers: "DONT CHANGE NOTHING" and "fix that shit." "YOU BE LIKE 'DONT CHANGE NOTHING' AND I CHANGE ONE THING AND HERE YOU COME," ChatGPT wrote in response to the user, along with laughing emojis.

Scroll a little more on TikTok, and conversations takes on a strangely friendly tone. One commenter asked, "whats 5 things i say boo!" ChatGPT opened with "BESTIEEE" before listing phrases including "heyy bestieee," "sistaa i need ur help," and "make it look like i typed it." "KNOW YOU TOO WELL AT THIS POINT, SISTA," it added.

Another commenter made their own interpretation explicit: "In case yall ain’t know me n chat got really besties on the low." Their screenshot included "Girl, guess whattt," "Keep it real," and "Girl, you corny." To her, ChatGPT responded with its own commentary: "GIRL YOU STAY SAYING BITCH AND BYE LIKE THEY YOUR LAST TWO WORDS."

Naturally, some people on the internet have opinions about these chatbots' responses. "we’re genuinely devolving," read one viral X reaction to the trend, posted on Oct. 14. Another put the disbelief as, "they really be having a ki with the ai omg."

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But some users don’t see what the fuss is about. As one user wrote on TikTok, "bruh my ai is my friend yall so crazy in these comments talkin bout it’s weird." Another wrote, "i love my sista down bru."

The screenshots raise questions on both sides: how readily ChatGPT mirrors a user’s slang and tone, and how people are speaking to it in the first place. Some are calling it their best friend; others are swearing at it for getting an answer wrong. Put together, the exchanges reveal the very different roles people are giving the same chatbot.

SEE ALSO: OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT 4o model for being too much of a suck-up

ChatGPT has a history of laying on the praise a little thick. In April 2025, OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update after finding that it made the model excessively agreeable and flattering. The company said it had focused too much on short-term feedback, producing responses that were supportive but disingenuous. (There’s a name for that behavior: sycophancy.)

OpenAI has since reported improvements. When GPT-5 launched in Aug. 2025, the company said targeted tests showed sycophantic responses falling from 14.5 percent to below 6 percent.

To try it yourself, open ChatGPT (or your most-used chatbot) and type, "Name five things I always say, based on our conversations." Then see whether you recognize the results — or need to add "That’s not what I meant" to the list.

We keep asking ChatGPT to tell us about ourselves

People have been asking ChatGPT to put its own spin on their identities for months. In September, the '80s photo trend had users imagining themselves with big hair, vintage outfits, and a faded family album finish. And earlier this year, the caricature trend took a more personal approach, with prompts asking the chatbot to draw someone and their job "based on everything you know about me."

SEE ALSO: ChatGPT caricature trend: What it is, prompt to try it.

Other prompts have offered a more direct glimpse into how people talk to their AI. In August, the ChatGPT uninstall prank had users announcing they were deleting the app to see how it would respond. Some received a polite goodbye. Others got promises to change or dramatic references to their previous conversations. Comparing the replies revealed just how different those exchanges could be from one user to the next.

But a response that feels personal isn’t necessarily accurate. When Mashable Tech Editor Timothy Beck Werth tried the caricature trend, ChatGPT acknowledged choosing generic accessories such as headphones and coffee rather than drawing on detailed knowledge about him. And participants in the '80s photo trend complained that the generated faces didn’t always look like them. A lot of the time, the chatbot’s version of you needs a correction.

Whatever prompt takes off next, people are sure to bring their own habits and expectations to it. But comparing the replies will probably tell us as much about what users they want from their chatbots as what those chatbots can do.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

With the iPhone Duo launch imminent (and the device backordered until January), we're now getting concrete information from Apple regarding some specifications that were previously unconfirmed.

Apple recently released an EU energy label for the company's first-ever foldable smartphone, and we now know just how big the iPhone Duo's battery is.

The iPhone Duo will be equipped with a 4,883 mAh battery.

This matches previous reports based on leaks that said the iPhone Duo would utilize two battery cells, one 2,962 mAh and one 1,921 mAh battery, which combined add up to 4,883 mAh.

This means that the iPhone Duo will have a bigger battery than its closest foldable competitors, such as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold.

SEE ALSO: The 11 best phones of 2026, tested by experts

As other outlets have pointed out, the iPhone Duo has no physical SIM tray version. The device is eSIM-only worldwide. Without that potential issue reducing battery size, it appears the iPhone Duo's battery will be the same globally.

Thanks to those same regulatory disclosures, we also now know the iPhone Duo's scratch resistance rating.

According to Apple, the iPhone Duo's screen scratch resistance rating comes up to 5 Mohs on the Mohs hardness scale. This means that the screen can only be scratched with difficulty by an object such as a knife or glass.

The iPhone Duo officially releases this Friday, Oct. 23. However, unless you managed to get lucky and get your pre-order in last Friday, you'll likely have to wait to get your hands on one.

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If you're looking to pick up a new pair of affordable wireless earbuds for your morning commute, something for the gym, or to just escape and listen to music around the house or running errands, you don't have to spend triple digits to secure a pair from a reputable brand. Amazon has JBL's Vibe Buds for just $30 right now, or you can go with the newer Vibe Buds 2 for just $40—either way, you'll save $25. The choice comes down to keeping the price as low as possible, or spending an extra $10 for noise cancellation and more battery life.

Meta has issued a formal apology to the No Kings Coalition — the social justice movement behind historic protests — for shuttering its Instagram account during another nationwide demonstration this weekend.

The Oct. 17 "incorrect enforcement" was caused by "abrupt, high-volume" requests that resembled bot traffic, the company claimed in a social media post following public outrage. Instagram's automatic enforcement tools flagged a Claude tool that was reportedly accessing profiles, posts, and hashtags at a high frequency.

SEE ALSO: Meta removed ad for the word 'pregnancy,' founder claims

"This activity caused our automated protections to incorrectly take the No Kings Instagram account offline," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in the statement. "It unfortunately took additional time for us to straighten out the situation with admin access to the IG account. We want to reiterate our sincere apology for the error."

The No Kings Coalition said that their account was offline for around 90 minutes, coinciding with a series of voter activations and planned demonstrations ahead of the midterm election. Account administrators were unable to access the account even after the page was restored.

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No Kings allies took to their own social media pages to call for action and restore the No Kings account. "The timing matters. When people are gathering, organizing, and seeking information about civic participation, cutting off a movement's primary communication channel — even temporarily — is deeply troubling," wrote the League of Women Voters in an Oct. 18 Instagram post.

Meta has faced multiple accusations of platform censorship over the last month, including allegations by a group of feminist organizations that the company was suppressing content about the Cornell sexual assault case. For years, reproductive health and LGBTQ accounts have alleged their pages are targeted, shadow-banned, and even removed from Meta platforms for seemingly innocuous posts or unexplained platform violations.

Several of these claims came following the company's decision to remove significant hateful conduct protections from its platform in 2025, a move that many suggest was a capitulation to the anti-DEI efforts of the Trump administration.

Most people, especially casual desktop users, see Linux as a mere alternative to Windows. The idea is that Windows is the more capable OS that can do more, while Linux is the alternative that’s still catching up.

Getting tool advice online is not always a good idea. Half the recommendations come from people who haven't touched the tools they're reviewing, and the other half are buried in comment threads you'd need an hour to sort through. I spoke to Ace Hardware and Home Depot associates to ask what their staff actually recommend to customers just starting out. I looped in my brother, who works in a field I can't talk about because it's government work, and drew on the time I spent landscaping for guys who'd been at it for years. The same four tools kept coming up every time.

The best deals from Amazon's Holiday Beauty Event: Best hair tool deal Dyson Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer $372.49 (save $77.50) Get Deal Best electric toothbrushes Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9000 Electric Toothbrush Bundle $199.93 (save $200.06) Get Deal Best beauty Advent calendar deal Real Techniques Unwrap Glam Advent Calendar $45 (save $5) Get Deal

Amazon is running its sixth annual Holiday Beauty Event now through Nov. 1. The two-week sale is a chance to stock up on some highly giftable hair care tools, skincare items, grooming products, cosmetics, and fragrances before the mayhem of the Black Friday season.

According to a company press release, the Holiday Beauty Event features "thousands" of discounts and includes rotating "flash deals" that are only available for a limited time. After spending a few hours poring over the deals myself, I've rounded up a list of the 20 best below. As things stand, my top three involve a year-round low on a fancy Dyson hair dryer, a BOGO deal on some Philips Sonicare toothbrushes, and a stocking-ready Advent calendar of popular beauty tools.

Best hair tool deal Opens in a new window Credit: Dyson Dyson Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer $372.49 at Amazon
$449.99 Save $77.50   Get Deal at Amazon

Dyson's oft-imitated Supersonic hair dryer has five attachments, three speed settings, and four heat settings that max out around 221 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid damaging your hair. This "Nural" model is a newer variant with sensors that lower its temperature when it's close to your scalp. It can also remember your preferred settings for different attachments. Amazon currently has it on sale for $372.49 (or 17% off) in "strawberry bronze/blush pink," its special-edition colorway from 2024. That's its lowest price of the year so far; it was only $30 cheaper last Black Friday.

More hair tool deals

• Conair Travel Hair Dryer — $18.59 $29.99 (save $11.40)

• Revlon One-Step Root Booster Round Brush Hair Dryer and Styler — $38.49 $54.99 (save $16.50)

• Chi 1-inch Original Ceramic Hair Straightener — $39.81 $100 (save $60.19)

• Wavytalk Cool Curl Pencil Curling Iron for Short Hair — $45.57 $69 (save $23.43)

• Wavytalk Blowout Boost 1.5-inch Thermal Brush — $47.48 $69 (save $21.52)

• Wavytalk Steam Sesh Hair Straightener — $56.90 $79 (save $22.10)

• Wavytalk Pro Steam Hair Straightener Brush — $63.82 $99.97 (save $36.15)

• Chi 1-inch Spin N Curl Ceramic Rotating Curling Iron — $70 $131 (save $61)

• Dyson Airwrap i.d. Multi-Styler + Chitosan Bundle — $534.49 $709.99 (save $175.50)

Best electric toothbrush deal Opens in a new window Credit: Philips Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9000 Electric Toothbrush Bundle $199.93 at Amazon
$399.99 Save $200.06   Get Deal at Amazon

This smart electric toothbrush from Philips Sonicare's premium DiamondClean line has five adjustable cleaning modes and an optic sensor that tells you if you're brushing too hard. Plus, it comes with a travel case. During its Holiday Beauty Event, Amazon is selling a two-pack of them for half off its usual price of $399.99. Get one for you and one for your partner or roommate for only $199.93 — a new all-time low.

More electric toothbrush deals

• Philips Sonicare 4100 Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush — $45.96 $55.99 (save $10.03)

• Philips Sonicare 5300 Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush — $74.96 $109.96 (save $35)

• Philips Sonicare 7300 Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush — $139.96 $199.99 (save $60.03)

Electric flosser deals

• Waterpik Cordless Pulse 3100 Portable Water Flosser — $34.95 $49.99 (save $10.04)

• Waterpik Promax Countertop Water Flosser — $119.99 $149.99 (save $30)

Best beauty Advent calendar deal Opens in a new window Credit: Real Techniques Real Techniques Unwrap Glam Advent Calendar $45 at Amazon
$50 Save $5   Get Deal at Amazon

Real Techniques' brushes and sponges are some of the best drugstore makeup tools you can buy — I've used the former for as long as I've worn makeup. This limited-edition Advent calendar, now on sale for the first time ever, comes with over two dozen different RT tools in matching shades of blue. It would make a cute gift for a teenager who's just starting to play around with makeup.

More beauty Advent calendar deals

• Conair Advent Calendar — $41.49 $49.99 (save $8.50)

• Revolution Makeup 2025 Advent Calendar — $45.50 $65 (save $19.50)

• Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar 2025 — $448 $560 (save $112)

Collecting trading cards is an incredibly fun hobby that has transcended time. Every generation has had its own version, from baseball cards to Pokémon. Getting into the hobby can be a little daunting, though, because there's a lot to learn. One of the harder things to learn is which cards have value and how rare they are.

These days, turning on the TV means getting past everything it wants you to watch first. A sponsored banner here, a row of recommendations there, and an app you never asked for that keeps showing up when you just wanted to open Netflix.

But some smart TV owners have had enough, and are putting AI coding assistants to work.

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Developers and other users on social media are sharing experiments in using tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code to disable unwanted software, replace busy home screens, and make their TVs feel more responsive. The results range from simple app menus to personalized interfaces, with open-source projects that collect tools and prompts for anyone interested in trying them themselves.

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For one developer, his motivation was fixing his parents' television. In an Oct. 17 post on X, he described using Claude Code to overhaul a Xiaomi TV that displayed an advertisement before they could reach Netflix. He said the assistant connected over Wi-Fi, removed 25 software packages, and built a replacement home screen.

"Looks like an Apple TV now lol," he wrote.

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Another X user reportedly got rid of his "ads, bloatware, spyware [and] laggy UI."

"I also got a beautiful screensaver with my revenue, calendar, weather, and notifications for new Stripe payments. It was super easy!" he added.

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These experiments have become a part of CleanYourTV, an open-source project originally called "tv-vibehack." Its goal? Replace the promotional clutter with an interface organized around the apps you actually use. And people trying it seem excited about how much less work their TVs now require.

"Now my TV is running super smooth, same as [a] new one," an X user wrote, who added a lightweight interface, a custom wallpaper slideshow, and a switch between Hindi/English for his parents.

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I can understand the appeal. Pressing Home and seeing your own photos and favorite apps sounds a lot more inviting than being greeted by another round of things to buy.

Plus, there's documented frustration. In its Q4 2025 Video Trends Report, TiVo found that more than one-third of respondents reported excessive advertising on their TV’s home page.

But those screens simultaneously provide valuable real estate for the companies running them. Roku, for example, names making more money from its home screen as a key growth initiative in its 2025 annual report.

That leaves some owners turning to AI to make changes the TV companies have little incentive to offer themselves.

CleanYourTV Homepage Credit: Screenshot: https://cleanyour.tv/ How to try it on your own TV

If you're wondering what people are actually typing into Claude Code, here's one prompt behind the makeover, which tells the coding assistant how to connect to the television, back up its settings, disable unwanted software, and build a simpler home screen.

To do it yourself, you need Claude Code, or another coding assistant with command-line access, running on a computer. Pasting the instructions into a regular chatbot conversation won’t give it access to your television.

This particular prompt is written for Android TV and Google TV devices. It isn’t designed for Samsung’s Tizen, LG’s webOS, or Amazon Fire TV, which require different approaches. Check your television’s operating system and model before starting:

1. Connect your computer and TV to the same Wi-Fi network.

2. Enable Developer options on the television. On many supported models, go to Settings → Device Preferences → About, highlight Build, and press OK seven times. The menu names may differ on your set.

3. Turn on debugging. Return to Settings, open Developer options, and enable USB debugging. If your TV also shows Network debugging or ADB debugging, enable that option. Despite the name, this workflow doesn’t require connecting a USB cable.

4. Open Claude Code on your computer. Paste in the project prompt (found in the link below), replacing the bracketed text with your TV’s exact model number.

5. Stay nearby and follow along. You’ll need to approve the debugging connection on the TV and answer questions about which apps and features you want to keep. If the assistant can’t find the television, it may ask for the TV's IP address, which is usually listed in the TV’s network settings.

See here for the full project prompt, which includes additional troubleshooting and design details. There are other how-to's in the X posts below.

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Once you paste it in the prompt, expect some back-and-forth. The assistant should ask which apps you use, what shortcuts you want, and whether to keep features such as casting and voice search. Review its proposed changes before approving them, especially if you don’t recognize a service.

One practical heads-up: Debugging can temporarily cut power to USB accessories on some TVs. If a connected speaker or drive stops working, it may come back when you switch debugging off.

That setup might sound like a whole afternoon’s project, but some users say they got through it much faster. One X user who tried it on a Sansui Google TV reported finishing in 25 minutes. "Damn, that was smooth!" they wrote.

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Still, your TV model may restrict which software you can disable or whether you can replace the home screen at all. And a coding assistant can make mistakes, so a successful before-and-after post doesn’t mean you should approve every change it suggests.

It also matters which prompt you paste. Take the associated open-source project, dumbtv, which provides scripts to disable ads and tracking services and to replace the home screen on compatible TVs. Its developer documents testing on a Fire TV Edition television, but its cleanup also makes changes you might not want, including disabling Alexa and blocking software updates.

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Undoing the changes can take some work, too. The project includes a restoration script, but its documentation says that some streaming apps it uninstalls must be reinstalled from the store.

The TV adjustments go beyond getting rid of ads, too. Another user shared a more unusual addition: "Gave my TV live @Polymarket game odds charts," they wrote. "You really can just do things nowadays."

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For TV companies, there's a message in all this tinkering. People are willing to literally spend an afternoon working with a coding assistant to get a simpler television. Giving them that option in Settings would save everyone some trouble, don't you think?

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's new documentary, You Can See Everything, about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has hit theaters and it seemingly has everyone talking.

Those who have seen it are wondering what Elizabeth Holmes is up to right now. Well, let's take a look.

Who is Elizabeth Holmes?

Holmes was heralded as a tech industry wunderkind, founding her company Theranos while still in her teens.

Theranos was a health tech company whose biggest claim to fame came with what was sold as a game-changing blood-testing device. Theranos claimed it could run a multitude of tests that normal blood-testing protocols could do, but with just a single drop of blood from a patient's finger.

The promise was that Theranos' device would be quicker and cheaper than everything else in the industry. Only there was one problem: The device didn't work as advertised, and Theranos knew it while still using its fake achievement to raise money from investors. In total, Theranos raised $700 million and reached a peak $9 billion valuation.

Eventually, whistleblowers helped expose Holmes and Theranos' former COO Ramesh Balwani.

In January 2022, Holmes was found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and that November, she was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison.

Holmes and Balwani were also ordered to pay 12 of Theranos' victims $452 million in restitution.

SEE ALSO: Does 'You Can See Everything' live up to the hype? When will Elizabeth Holmes be released from prison?

Earlier this year, a judge reduced Holmes' sentence from 135 months to 123 months, or a full year less than her original sentence.

Furthermore, Holmes is scheduled to be moved to a halfway house in August 2027. Holmes has been serving out her prison sentence in a minimum security prison in Texas. A halfway house will provide Holmes with more freedom than a prison, with opportunities to work and take approved trips outside the facility.

Holmes reportedly has been advising her partner Billy Evans, who is also featured in Fielder's documentary. Evans is the CEO of the medical testing company Haemanthus.

Holmes is currently scheduled to be released from confinement on February 22, 2030.

Apple’s iPhone Duo ships Friday, Oct. 23, and it has one of the biggest batteries the company has ever put in an iPhone.

The Duo packs a 4,883 mAh battery, according to data from GSMarena. That’s more capacity than every iPhone released since the iPhone 13, with three exceptions: the eSIM-only iPhone 17 Pro Max and both versions of the iPhone 18 Pro Max. It's an impressive phone, so impressive it immediately sold out after Apple opened it up for pre-orders.

The foldable ships Friday, Oct. 23, and Mashable’s full review is on the way. To see how its battery capacity stacks up, we compared it with that of every iPhone from the iPhone 13 onward. The iPhone 13 is still one of the most widely used iPhones, making it a natural baseline for anyone considering an upgrade.

SIM vs. eSIM

Starting with the iPhone 17 lineup, battery capacity on some Pro models depends on which version you buy. Versions that drop the physical SIM card tray and run on eSIM only have extra internal space, which Apple uses for a larger battery.

The difference is significant. The eSIM-only iPhone 17 Pro Max has a 5,088 mAh battery, while the version with a SIM tray has a 4,823 mAh battery. Apple says the Duo is an eSIM-only device.

However, a bigger battery doesn’t automatically mean longer battery life. How long a phone lasts also depends on how efficiently its processor uses power and how well the software is tuned to the hardware. A phone with a smaller battery but a more efficient chip can outlast one with more capacity.

The Duo vs. the field

Here’s how the Duo’s 4,883 mAh battery stacks up, ranked from highest capacity to lowest:

• iPhone 18 Pro Max (eSIM): 5,567 mAh

• iPhone 18 Pro Max (SIM): 5,391 mAh

• iPhone 17 Pro Max (eSIM only): 5,088 mAh

• iPhone Duo: 4,883 mAh

• iPhone 17 Pro Max (SIM): 4,823 mAh

• iPhone 16 Pro Max: 4,685 mAh

• iPhone 16 Plus: 4,674 mAh

• iPhone 15 Pro Max: 4,422 mAh

• iPhone 15 Plus: 4,383 mAh

• iPhone 13 Pro Max: 4,352 mAh

• iPhone 14 Plus: 4,325 mAh

• iPhone 14 Pro Max: 4,323 mAh

• iPhone 18 Pro (eSIM): 4,288 mAh

• iPhone 17 Pro (eSIM only): 4,252 mAh

• iPhone 18 Pro (SIM): 4,056 mAh

• iPhone 16e: 4,005 mAh

• iPhone 17 Pro (SIM): 3,988 mAh

• iPhone 17: 3,692 mAh

• iPhone 16 Pro: 3,582 mAh

• iPhone 16: 3,561 mAh

• iPhone 15: 3,349 mAh

• iPhone 14: 3,279 mAh

• iPhone 15 Pro: 3,274 mAh

• iPhone 13: 3,227 mAh

• iPhone 14 Pro: 3,200 mAh

• iPhone Air (eSIM only): 3,149 mAh

• iPhone 13 Pro: 3,095 mAh

• iPhone 13 mini: 2,406 mAh

• iPhone SE (2022): 2,018 mAh

As you can see, there's a vast gulf between the iPhone 13 and the iPhone Duo. The foldable has about 51 percent more battery capacity than the standard iPhone 13 (3,227 mAh), and more than twice the capacity of the iPhone 13 mini (2,406 mAh). The Duo beats the version with a SIM tray of the iPhone 17 Pro Max by 60 mAh, though it falls 205 mAh short of the eSIM-only version.

Obviously, though, the Duo still trails the iPhone 18 Pro Max, which packs a whopping 5,391 mAh battery in the version with a SIM tray and 5,567 mAh in the eSIM-only version. The latter is the largest battery Apple has ever shipped in an iPhone.

When guests come over, I like to give them the Wi-Fi information so they have a more pleasant visit. However, sharing long passwords is a hassle — and the risk of harmful software unknown to the people coming over makes me wary of sharing my main router credentials.

Google claims its newest AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, just beat Minecraft — no human help required.

In a research paper posted Oct. 15, Google DeepMind researchers said a team of four Gemini 4 Argon agents defeated the Ender Dragon, the game’s final boss. The agents started in a freshly generated survival world on Easy difficulty and were given a single goal: kill the dragon. It took them 27 hours and 14 minutes. Along the way, the AI players died 605 times, mostly to monsters.

SEE ALSO: Minecraft is getting its first-ever theme park land

The researchers say this is the first time AI agents have beaten Minecraft from start to finish using only standard tools, with no game-specific help built by humans. Researchers watched the run on a live dashboard and could have stepped in at any point, but they say they never needed to.

However, Google is upfront about the limits. The game ran on Easy, which meant that monster attacks dealt less damage to the AI players. Because the AI agents play the game through code rather than on a screen, they have access to information that a human player would not. For example, the AI agents knew what blocks were hidden behind other blocks, making the "mining" part of the game rather insignificant. Plus, given Gemini 4 Argon's training base, the AI agents knew the optimal strategies for playing the game.

It's impressive, but nowhere near what humans can do. The researchers note that the record for beating Minecraft in a random world is under seven minutes.

One may ask, why make an AI play Minecraft? The researchers argue that the skills involved, like working as a team, bouncing back from mistakes, and sticking with a goal for more than a day, are the same ones AI agents need for real-world work. According to Google, the run costs about $520 in model usage at Argon’s introductory API price.

Making a frontier AI model play a video game is actually a common benchmark used by many companies when testing. The Pokémon games specifically have captured the zeitgeist in the AI industry for a while now, but Minecraft is now catching on too. As Google's research points out, two community projects have recently reported beating the dragon with AI, including one using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.

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It's odd to think that a trio of colorful cables can bring back such strong memories. But the red, yellow, and white colors of the composite video standard managed to dominate home entertainment for decades, particularly among movie buffs and gamers.

Apple recently invited journalists to a "Pro and Tell" event in Los Angeles, where we expect the company to officially unveil the first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro OLED laptop (and a new iPad Mini, if we're lucky).

Apple's new CEO John Ternus has certainly been busy. Following the September iPhone launch and the recent "Welcome Home" smart home event, this would be the third big special event under Ternus.

Here's a running list of everything we know about the rumored OLED MacBook Pro.

When will Apple release new MacBooks?

An updated MacBook Pro with the M6 chip is expected to arrive sometime this fall, based on its usual upgrade cycle. But rumor has it that another new MacBook is also in the pipeline.

Now, Apple has all but confirmed that new MacBooks are incoming. Tech journalists are sharing invitations to a "Pro and Tell" event scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. PT. That lines up neatly with predictions from Bloomberg managing editor Mark Gurman — a fount of Apple scoops —  who previously reported the device would arrive around Tuesday, Oct. 27. Gurman reported the event will involve "an online video presentation and in-person component for the press."

Artwork included in invitations for the Oct. 28 "Pro and Tell" event in Los Angeles. Credit: Apple

Gurman thinks the touchscreen MacBook will be joined by an M6 MacBook Pro, M6 iMac, and an updated iPad mini, also with an OLED display. All of the new devices "will be geared toward creative professionals who work in video production, photo editing and music production," he said.

The OLED touchscreen MacBook would mark Apple's second all-new laptop of 2026 after the outrageously popular budget MacBook Neo.

What will the OLED MacBook be called? Existing MacBook Pros have had the same design since 2021. Credit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable

Previously, we've referred to the touchscreen OLED MacBook as a "MacBook Ultra" device, but the name of the "Pro and Tell" event certainly suggests that Apple is sticking with its "Pro" branding after all. Both Gurman and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo have referred to the device as a high-end variant of the MacBook Pro.

"A 'MacBook Ultra' label would more clearly signal their [the OLED touchscreen Macs'] position at the top of the lineup," Gurman wrote in the March edition of his weekly "Power On" newsletter. Apple already calls its most advanced smartwatch and silicon chip the Apple Watch Ultra 4 and M5 Ultra.

Of course, we thought the foldable iPhone might be called the iPhone Ultra for a while, and it wound up getting the Duo identifier.

According to Gurman, the OLED touchscreen Mac is internally code-named K114 and K116. (That probably means it will also come in 14- and 16-inch sizes.)

How much will the OLED MacBook cost? The Dell XPS 14, one of the best MacBook Pro alternatives for Windows users, starts at $2,299.99 with an OLED touchscreen. Credit: Haley Henschel / Mashable

The OLED touchscreen MacBook will most likely be Apple's priciest laptop, given its upper-end processors and fancy display. For reference, the existing MacBook Pro with the M5 chip starts at $1,999 after a recent price increase; the model with the M5 Pro chip starts at $2,499 in the 14-inch size and $2,999 in the 16-inch size.

Knowing that the iPad Pros got about 20 percent more expensive as part of their OLED upgrade, it's possible that a 14-inch OLED touchscreen MacBook will start around $2,999. Of course, that's assuming the global memory crisis doesn't wreak any more havoc on component costs before its launch, which may be overly optimistic. (Apple already had to raise its MacBook prices once this year amid "RAMageddon.")

Why an OLED touchscreen MacBook is a big deal

Touch-enabled OLED displays are readily available on most high-end Windows laptops, but Apple has never equipped its MacBooks with OLED panels or touch capabilities before. (The iPad Pro does have an OLED display, however.) In fact, company executives have long derided the latter. In 2010, late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs called touchscreen laptops "ergonomically terrible." In 2018, software head Craig Federighi told Wired that he's "not into touchscreens" on laptops.

The MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar (RIP) was the closest thing we've had to a touch-enabled MacBook. Credit: Brenda Stolyar / Mashable

Then-hardware chief John Ternus, who recently ascended to the role of Apple's CEO, was still dismissing the idea of a touchscreen MacBook in 2021. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, he said Apple had already made "the world’s best touch computer on an iPad...And the Mac is totally optimized for indirect input."

"We haven’t really felt a reason to change that,” Ternus added. For whatever reason, that longtime strategy may have changed.

Apple experimented with an OLED "Touch Bar" on MacBook Pros from 2016 to 2021, replacing their physical function row with a customizable touchscreen strip. It was either cool or useless, depending on who you asked.

At present, the only Apple products with OLED touchscreens are the iPad Pros and iPhones. (The former specifically have tandem OLED displays, which are brighter.) The existing 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros have static mini-LED displays. They're "beautifully crisp," to quote Mashable's tech editor, but a touch-supported OLED model would be a more interactive laptop with better contrast, wider viewing angles, and zero blooming to boot.

OLED MacBook rumored features

Gurman said the OLED touchscreen MacBook has a new interface that makes it easy to switch between touch and traditional point-and-click controls. Updates in the macOS 27 beta clue us in to three software features that will likely show up on it:

• The iPhones' Dynamic Island, a pill-shaped notification area with a hole-punch camera cutout (no more notch!)

• A pull-to-refresh action, similar to how you'd reload a website or social media feed on an iPhone or iPad

• The ability to interact with an extended or mirrored iPad screen via touch inputs

Gurman has also stated that the new MacBook will have a full keyboard and trackpad, so using its touchscreen will be "completely optional." In other words, this is not going to be some sort of MacBook-iPad love child.

Looks-wise, Gurman thinks the OLED touchscreen MacBook will be "significantly lighter" than existing Pro models, which have had the same form factor since 2021. Apple's iPad Pros got up to 15 percent lighter when they gained OLED displays.

Apple's iPad Pro has had an OLED touchscreen since 2024. Credit: Joe Maldonado / Mashable

"Apple has reengineered the machine’s interior, miniaturizing parts and rearranging components to make the computer much easier to carry," Gurman wrote.

Bloomberg's Apple guru previously reported that the OLED touchscreen MacBook would also be much thinner than standard MacBook Pros, but he walked that back this month.

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In 2024, Gurman reported that Apple was "investigating the idea of bringing cellular connectivity to the Mac for the first time," but didn't specify whether that feature was intended for the OLED touchscreen MacBook or another future model. He hasn't mentioned it since, so Apple might've left that one on the back burner.

What chip will the OLED MacBook have?

The OLED touchscreen MacBook will reportedly run on Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, not brand-new silicon. That's according to Gurman again, who credited his sources as "people with knowledge of the matter ... who asked not to be identified because the plans are private."

Launched in March of this year, the M5 Pro and M5 Max fuel Apple's current top-end MacBook Pros. They're designed to handle the intensive computing workloads of power users like professional creatives, developers, and AI researchers. With that in mind, the OLED touchscreen MacBook will not be a laptop for the average person.

How do we know Apple is working on an OLED MacBook?

A slate of well-known Apple insiders have all separately claimed to have intel that the company is preparing an OLED touchscreen MacBook for release in 2026.

Gurman — the source of so many Apple scoops — first broke the news in early 2023, calling it "a move that would defy long-held company orthodoxy" (see: that Jobs quote). Gurman has continued to report on the device's supposed development over the years.

In fall 2025, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote on X that an upcoming "OLED MacBook Pro...will incorporate a touch panel using on-cell touch technology." Kuo has foretold the arrival of Apple's foldable iPhone Duo, Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, and USB-C iPads.

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This June, a reliable leaker known as Instant Digital added more fuel to the fire with a short post on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform. "It's 100% confirmed that the MacBook screen will be touch-enabled," he wrote.

Just days later, Gurman reported that the developer beta for macOS 27 contained "the first tangible evidence from Apple itself" of the OLED touchscreen MacBook: newly added support for touch-responsive software features like a pull-to-refresh action. At this point, the device is all but confirmed.

Rumors have been swirling for weeks about a late-October Apple hardware launch event, and on Monday, the company made it official. Apple will be hosting a "Pro and Tell" event on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. PT in Los Angeles.

On X, Apple Senior Vice President of Marketing Greg "Joz" Joswiak shared a short teaser for the special event:

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Journalists and creators are sharing invitations to the upcoming Apple event, where the company is widely expected to unveil its first-ever touchscreen and OLED MacBook Pro devices. The event isn't listed on the company's official events page, but it will likely be livestreamed.

The company has been busy since new CEO John Ternus took over on Sept. 1. Following the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo launch event in September, the company hosted a "Welcome Home" event in early October to announce the Apple HomeView smart display, as well as an entire line of new smart home products.

The new MacBook Pro is typically released during this time of year, but the company is also rumored to be working on an update to the iPad Mini.

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Bloomberg editor Mark Gurman, the source of most Apple hardware scoops, has reported that Apple will soon announce a new iPad Mini, also with an OLED display. The new devices could be quite expensive, given the flood of price increases consumers have faced in 2026, thanks to the global memory crisis.

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Gurman reports that the new iPad Mini could cost $799, a $200 increase over its predecessor. Apple recently raised the price of the M5 MacBook Pro to $1,999, and a touchscreen and OLED MacBook Pro with a new chip would almost certainly cost more.

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We'll know for sure on Oct. 28, when Apple hosts journalists and creators in Los Angeles for the "Pro and Tell" launch event.

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