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• Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i: Same Power, $250 Less, One Inch Shy

  The Yoga Pro 7i Gen 11 Aura Edition keeps the Pro 9i's Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5060 but shrinks the screen to 15 inches and the price by about $250. Here's the trade-off.

• Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro: 4K HDR, but 15fps Video Holds It Back

  The Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro brings 4K HDR and phase-detection autofocus to the bird feeder camera, but 15fps video and a subscription-locked app hold it back.

• AMD's 32,768-Core AI Rack Ships in November, Minus Power Specs

  AMD's Helion Agentic AI Rack crams 32,768 Zen 6 cores and 16 Instinct accelerators into a single rack for AI agents. It ships in November, but power and cooling specs are absent.

• HP OmniBook 5 Puts a 2K OLED Screen on a $799 Student Laptop

  HP's new 14-inch OmniBook 5 brings a 2K OLED touchscreen and Intel Core 5 Series 3 chip to Best Buy from $799.99, aimed squarely at students and remote workers.

• Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11 Review: $2,500 for RTX 5060 Power

  Lenovo's 16-inch Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11 pairs an RTX 5060 GPU with a 120Hz OLED touchscreen and a haptic trackpad. It's a creative powerhouse, but the $2,500 starting price is steep.

• Suunto Leak: Screenless HR264 Takes On Whoop Without Subscriptions

  Suunto is reportedly working on a screenless heart rate monitor codenamed HR264, aiming to challenge Whoop and Garmin without a pricey subscription.

• RTX Spark Debut: HP’s $3,200 OmniBook Ultra 16 Beats Snapdragon, Lags M5

  Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform makes its retail debut in HP’s OmniBook Ultra 16. Early benchmarks show strong multi-core and AI performance, but Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max still lead.

• Turkey's ANKA-3 Drone Gets Second Line, 1.75-Ton Payload

  Turkey is expanding production of its ANKA-3 flying-wing stealth drone with a second assembly line and a payload increase to 1.75 tons, though a reported production rate was…

• Surface Laptop Ultra Review: 2,000-Nit Mini-LED Steals the Show

  Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra packs an RTX Spark chip and a 2,000-nit mini-LED screen, but the $2,600 starting price and missing pro features raise questions.

• Sony ECM-W5: First Wireless Mic With In-Camera 32-Bit Float

  Sony's new wireless mic system records 32-bit float audio straight to your camera, but it costs more and is bulkier than rivals.

• Razer Blade 16 Revived With $130 Crate Cooling Rig

  A broken heatsink and a $3,300 repair quote led one Razer Blade 16 owner to build a liquid cooling rig from a plastic storage crate for about $130.

• Samsung 9100 Pro Hits 14,700MB/s for Just $5 More Than 990 Pro

  Samsung's 9100 Pro is the fastest SSD tested, with 14,700MB/s reads. At $265, it's only $5 more than the 990 Pro—so why settle for slower?