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Not everyone wants an iPad, but there aren't many options for high-end Android tablets. Thankfully, Lenovo just revealed two tablets to help fix that problem: the Idea Tab Pro Gen 2 and Legion Tab Gen 5.

Lenovo announced a funky foldable version of its flagship Legion Go 2 gaming handheld today at Mobile World Congress 2026. (The news leaked out last week.) Mashable also got the chance to go hands-on with the concept handheld at a demo event ahead of MWC, and it's a cool little gadget.

The aptly named Legion Go Fold features a POLED display with a hinge in the middle, which allows it to expand from 7.7 inches to 11.6 inches. The device includes detachable controllers as well as a detachable wireless keyboard, letting it double as a Windows laptop. It certainly seems like a more viable idea than Samsung's foldable handheld concept from MWC 2025, which gave "pre-broken Nintendo Switch," according to Laptop Mag.

The Legion Go Fold is only a concept for now, but Lenovo has a decent track record of bringing its prototypes to market. If it makes this one a reality, it could very well be the ultimate portable gaming device. In a press release, the company pitched it "for gamers who don’t have hours to sit in front of a TV or PC, or who don’t want to juggle both a laptop for work and a handheld for gaming when traveling."

Our tech editor Timothy Werth got to try the folding gaming handheld at a press event, and its design made a lasting impression. "The foldable screen looks really frickin' cool, and it certainly gives you a lot more screen real estate when unfolded. It's surprisingly light, too."

Credit: Timothy Werth / Mashable Credit: Timothy Werth / Mashable

The Legion Go Fold can be used in several different ways thanks to its detachable controllers, which support a landscape and portrait orientation. In standard Handheld Mode, it controllers sandwich its folded-up screen. In horizontal Full Screen Mode, its screen unfolds "hotdog style" for a larger viewing area.

In vertical Split-Screen Mode, the Legion Go Fold's screen is positioned vertically ("hamburger style") and divided between different apps. Hypothetically, Lenovo said, the user can play games on one half and stream or view walkthroughs on the other.

Credit: Joe Maldonado / Mashable When unfolded, it's about the size of a large tablet. Credit: Joe Maldonado / Mashable

Finally, in expanded Desktop Mode, the Legion Go Fold transforms into a clamshell-style laptop with its keyboard attached to the screen. Its right controller, which works as a vertical mouse, has a small screen that functions as touchpad, a display for performance metrics or settings, and a custom hotkey.

Lenovo didn't specifically mention this in its press release, but several photos in its press kit showed the Legion Go Fold in a fifth mode where its screen is unfolded and placed upright. Its controllers can be used in both hands or joined in the middle to create a more traditional full-sized gamepad. It's reminiscent of the Legion Go 2's Console (tabletop) Mode, though the Legion Go Fold's screen doesn't have a built-in rear kickstand that props it up.

The concept Legion Go Fold is versatile new format for gaming handhelds. Credit: Joe Maldonado / Mashable

The Legion Go Fold is kitted with an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor, 32GB of RAM, and a 48Whr battery, Lenovo said. The former is an older Lunar Lake chip, which is a little odd, though it's possible Lenovo would swap it for a newer CPU upon the device's formal launch. That's still up in the air, of course, but the mere fact that the company is disclosing some internals makes me think there's a good chance of it actualizing.

Lenovo didn't ballpark a price for the Legion Go Fold, but it would almost certainly cost way more than the regular Legion Go 2, which starts at $1,099.

Lenovo's other MWC 2026 announcements include new laptops, a rugged Android tablet, a portable monitor, and five additional concept devices.

Mashable is reporting live from Mobile World Congress 2026, so keep checking back for the latest news and product launches from the event.

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Streaming services love autoplay. Whether it's playing a trailer for a show you don't want to watch or automatically starting something else when you've finished watching, autoplay features can quickly become annoying. Here's how you can turn autoplay off in your favorite streaming apps.

I am writing these words on a foldable tablet that fits in my pocket, but my dream of a big touchscreen goes back to a much older era of Android tablets. All the way back to the beginning, in fact, when Google unveiled the first version of Android made for larger screens.

These days I have a bit of a mini-PC addiction, but when I bought my first one I didn't quite know what I was getting into. So, in case you're looking at all the cool mini PCs that are for sale these days, I thought it would be a good idea to go over some aspects of mini PC ownership that I wish I knew right from the start.

If you're still using Excel's default layout, you're making things harder than they need to be. The software's interface is surprisingly flexible if you know where to look, and making just a few tweaks can turn a standard spreadsheet app into a personalized number cruncher.

Guillermo del Toro is one of the most celebrated filmmakers in modern Hollywood, who has built up an incredible reputation for making the uncanny beloved. The director has tackled a wide range of genres through his unique lens, championing the practical work of artists while calling out unfair practices. Del Toro is beloved within the industry and by audiences across the world.

I've recently been on a little bit of a self-hosting and homelab kick, so I'm trying to get the most out of the hardware I have lying around. It recently hit me that Kindles make excellent dashboards because of their low power consumption and beautiful E-Ink displays. So I've been using mine as a Spotify remote control and dashboard.

Phone prices have been creeping upward for years due to a long list of factors. Most of the time, the increases felt gradual, fair, and manageable. However, the recent memory price spikes have hit the entire tech industry hard, and phones are no exception.

Full Circle, the gaming studio behind the new iteration of Skate, has recently announced a restructuring involving layoffs at its headquarters in Burnaby, British Columbia. Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, Full Circle is just the latest in a series of AAA gaming studios to be hit by layoffs, with Ubisoft Toronto laying off 40 employees last week. 

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In their public-facing announcement, entitled “skate.’s Next Chapter,” the company lamented that the people affected by layoffs "are talented colleagues and friends who helped build the foundation of skate," while shouting out the “tens of millions” of people who have explored the Early Access version of skate. released last September. "To our departing teammates: thank you. skate. exists because of your hard work and dedication to the craft."

The original Skate games were released in the late 2000s for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and marketed as more realistic skateboarding games compared to the rival Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series. Fans responded well to the tight controls, inventive city settings, and fun soundtrack, which won the first Skate game the "Sports Game of the Year" award at the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, and resulted in commercial success, but the series had been on indefinite hold until the announcement of skate. (known among fans as Skate 4), which was to be a live-service game built around a sandbox-style multiplayer experience, a move that didn’t sit well with many long-time fans of the series.

While the latest Skate game has not yet had a final release, the Early Access version has been available to fans for almost half a year now, and early reviews are mixed. Critics have pointed to the inclusion of microtransactions ($25 clothing for your digital character), the online-only gameplay restriction, and the homogenized character design, while others have praised the free-to-play accessibility.

We don’t yet know how many employees lost their jobs at Full Circle, as the company was not forthcoming, but the parent company, EA, lost approximately 5% of its workforce in 2024, during its last round of layoffs. As for the fate of skate. after these layoffs, much is still unknown and the game still doesn’t have a final release date.

Trusting external drives with your backups can get risky, but at least an HDD or an SSD is relatively sturdy. But microSD cards?

I live on a few acres of half-wooded land, and I maintain our surrounding environment almost exclusively using electric yard equipment I've bought from Greenworks. A few years into my investment, I don't regret a single one.

One of the key pillars supporting the vinyl fandom is the analog nature of the medium. Some audiophiles argue that because digital music is sampled, it sounds "choppy" and lacks perceivable detail compared to an analog recording.

Starting next month, Discord will start its "teen by default" policy, meaning all accounts will be treated with a restricted experience unless they clear age verification. Apparently, Discord plans to use AI to infer if a user is an adult, so you might be automatically verified. However, if the AI throws up a red flag or makes a mistake, you'll have to verify your age to keep accessing all of Discord's features. You have to either submit a valid government ID or upload a video selfie. If you got hit with age verification or if you're simply looking for an alternative to avoid the possibility altogether, here are a few alternatives that I tested and liked.

Android has matured a lot since its early days, but there are some features that I keep wishing would be included already. One of those features is the ability to set a different volume for each app. I have found an excellent workaround to get this feature.

The Simpsons is one of the most popular cartoon series of all time and is currently streaming on Disney+. The series began on December 17, 1989, and has since become a widely recognizable cultural phenomenon.

In a joint effort between Minnesota lawmakers, local law enforcement, and the Department of Commerce, legislation has been introduced to ban crypto ATMs across the state in response to widespread fraud and financial abuse, particularly of the elderly. 

Bill HF3642, sponsored by Rep. Erin Koegel, would prohibit the use of virtual currency kiosks or "crypto ATMs," that also accept cash and debit cards, in response to 70 official complaints of financial fraud totalling over $540,000 in 2025.

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The catalyst for the legislation was a single incident in which police officers responded to a call about a senior citizen who appeared confused at a gas station cryptocurrency kiosk. Upon further investigation, police discovered that she had been giving 50 percent of her monthly income to scammers, leaving her on the verge of having to live out of her car.  

According to law enforcement, the scammers often target the elderly, using false identities and emotional stories to gain power over them and coerce them into parting with their pensions or retirement savings. 

For scammers, the appeal of cryptocurrency is obvious, since converting digital currency into cryptocurrency makes it all but impossible for law enforcement to trace the money and make an arrest. But cryptocurrency platforms are opposing the ban, arguing that they’re being unfairly punished.

Larry Lipka, in-house counsel at digital currency platform CoinFlip, acknowledges the problem but opposes the proposed legislation.

"The scammers are vigilant. They’re terrible, and they’re stealing from Americans," he told Gizmodo before arguing that their existing safety protocols, which include transaction limits and a holding period, were sufficient protection. "I know that these tools work because we’ve got 8,000 customers in the state, we have 12,000 transactions that happened in the last year and less than 1% of those were refundable by customers."

The Commerce Department, however, disagrees. Sam Smith, government relations director at the Department of Commerce, points to the fact that just 48% of consumer complaints resulted in a refund, while those refunds averaged just 16% of the total fraud amount, as evidence that additional legislation is necessary.

As of now, approximately 350 licensed cryptocurrency kiosks operate in Minnesota, but digital currency companies across the United States could be affected by the legal precedent this bill sets. 

HDDs were, until not too long ago, seen as the premier option for escaping price hikes as SSDs began being affected by the ongoing global RAM shortage.

Do you wish your terminal could do more than just run commands? Imagine opening one window and seeing your calendar, system stats, RSS feeds, and more—all at once. That’s exactly what you can do with wtf—the modular dashboard that might change how you use Linux.