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Apple may or may not be working on a mostly-glass 20th anniversary iPhone . This long-rumored passion project would not necessarily transform the iPhone into a fully translucent device, but would extend the front and back glass panels so that they almost meet around a far thinner metal border. But like a rabbit hiding inside the secret compartment of a magician's hat, the device, depending on your perspective, might not exist and may only appear through the force of sheer will or alchemy. What's not in question is that the iPhone will celebrate 20 years of existence that started on January 9, 2007, the day Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs held it aloft at Macworld in San Francisco. That it didn't ship for another six months is unlikely to dissuade Apple from engaging in some introspection and external celebration. That might include a glassy iPhone. On one side, we have an analyst sta...

The WD Red Plus HDDs have always performed well in our tests - they're not fancy, not especially expensive, and do what most NAS system users will need. If you're populating a NAS enclosure, this is a straightforward pick, with the WD Red Plus 2TB hard drive currently $155 (was $168) at Newegg . Built for round-the-clock use, I rarely see these HDDs get any discount at all, so while not massive, a saving is a saving in my book. Should you buy it? ✅ Buy the WD Red Plus 2TB if... You're building or expanding a NAS array, you want CMR recording for RAID reliability, or you need a drive rated for continuous operation. ❌ Skip the WD Red Plus 2TB if... You need higher capacity per dollar (larger Red Plus drives scale better), you're using this in a standard desktop rather than a NAS, or you want faster 7200 RPM performance — look at Red Pro instead. 5400 RPM, 64MB cache, CMR, SATA 6Gb...

SpaceX and Tesla commit $16.8 billion to build a gigantic Texas chip factory TeraFab could cover more than 100 million square feet when fully built Elon Musk claims TeraFab will reach 50 times the size of the Pentagon SpaceX and Tesla have revealed more details in their plan to invest $16.8 billion in a massive semiconductor factory planned for Grimes County, Texas. The facility, known as TeraFab, is expected to manufacture chips for several computing-intensive applications associated with both companies. At full construction, SpaceX says the factory could exceed 100 million square feet, or approximately 9.3 million square metres. A semiconductor factory on an unprecedented scale SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described the planned facility as potentially the largest and most valuable building on Earth after completion. “TeraFab will be 50 times the size of the Pentagon when complete,” Musk said on X . Sin...

House of the Dragon season 4: key information - Announced in November 2025 - It will be the show's final season - Expected to premiere in 2028 - Filming could begin in early 2027 - No trailer or other footage available yet - Many of the show's cast will return - Some actors won't reprise their roles - Plot will pick up after the season 3 finale - Other story details teased in its source material - No plans for a surprise fifth season House of the Dragon season 4 has plenty riding on it. With the high-fantasy show's next chapter set to be its final installment, it'll have to deliver a fittingly fiery conclusion to the Targaryen Civil War, and wrap numerous other subplots and character arcs before its final credits sequence rolls. All of that, and the final season's 2028 launch, feel a long way off at this stage — but that doesn't mean we can't look forward to its ...

Synology lowers NAS entry costs without removing future hardware upgrade flexibility Four new NAS models arrive with expandable memory and familiar hardware Lower default memory creates cheaper starting prices across the new lineup Synology has introduced the DiskStation neo+ Series, a new lineup built to give buyers more flexibility over cost and performance from the outset. The series includes four models — the DS1825neo+, the DS1525neo+, the DS925neo+, and the DS725neo+ — each sharing hardware with existing Plus units. The company says each new unit is built on the same platform as its Plus Series counterpart but ships with a different default memory setup and price tag. Synology created room for future upgrades All four models rely on AMD processors with 64-bit architecture and include a hardware encryption engine. The DS725neo+ uses an AMD Ryzen R1600 processor featuring 2 cores, 4 threads...

Chinese research vessel lingered above critical Pacific undersea communications infrastructure Taiwan's Coast Guard warned the vessel to turn away from the Pacific Light Cable Network Windward linked slow vessel movements with recognized intelligence-gathering behavior A Chinese-flagged research vessel was recently observed loitering directly above an undersea cable system connecting Taiwan to the United States. Taiwan's Coast Guard filmed the encounter and warned the 200-foot ship to alter its course away from the cable route. The cable is the Pacific Light Cable Network, an 8,000-mile fiber-optic system linking Taiwan, the Philippines and the US. A pattern consistent with intelligence gathering Maritime analysis platform Windward tracked the vessel moving at slow speed directly over the cable route in the Philippine Sea. The company described such slow-speed movement over critical under...

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember the frisson of excitement around the launch of Gmail back in 2004. The idea of getting 1GB of storage space completely free of charge seemed wild — and all of your messages could be got at in a simple web browser tab. As someone who had become accustomed to deleting emails to save space, and painstakingly moving over message archives manually every time I got a computer upgrade, this sounded fantastic. So did being able to get at my emails from any device I wanted, instantly (that seems less appealing these days, somehow). Something else Gmail has done really well down the years is act as a hub for other email accounts, letting you import and send messages from other accounts inside the Gmail interface — with all the benefits of powerful search, filtering, and spam flagging tools. Now though, most of that functionality is going away. These are f...