The Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus Cost $100 More and Have 'AI All Over the Place'Amid the Greco-Roman grandeur of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Samsung announced the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus and S26 Ultra at its Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday. The phones are a follow-up to last year's Galaxy S25 series and have a unified design, top-of-the-line Snapdragon processors and AI features...

Super Bowl 2026: Seattle Seahawks beat New England Patriots to win second NFL championshipMost of the 70,823 crowd seemed to favour Seattle, who came into the game as narrow favourites, and their win also means quarterback Sam Darnold completed his redemption story after being written off as a starting NFL quarterback.The Seahawks are Darnold's fifth team in his eight-year career - and third in...

Meta's Metaverse App for VR Is Staying Open, BarelyMeta's biggest swing at creating a social network for VR looked like it was dying a quick death in June. Horizon Worlds, a platform that Meta said would be deemphasized for VR in favor of mobile earlier this year, was going to disappear from VR on June 15. And then, on Wednesday, Meta changed its mind. Sort of.The original news, which...

'Fire came from the sky' - life on the brink of civil war in South SudanKalkidan YibeltalBBC Africa, Jonglei, South SudanBBCMother-of-five Nyawan Koang was trapped between warring sidesThousands of people have been fleeing the South Sudanese town of Akobo and surrounding parts of Jonglei state, where the army says it has intensified strikes on its enemies to regain control.The latest fighting...

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers The researchers say the data could be retrieved from the glass in 10,000 years. Julian is a contributor and former staff writer at CNET. He's covered a range of topics, such as tech, crypto travel, sports and commerce. His past work has appeared at print and online publications, including New Mexico...