About 16% of credit cards have annual fees, with the average fee totaling $127, while some rewards cards charge far more (including $699 for the Mastercard Black Card and $895 for the Amex Platinum as of August 2026).
Sep 17, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Epson’s Lifestudio Grand Plus delivers 3,688 lumens in full-bore mode (2,136 lumens in its most accurate mode), producing higher brightness than the $1,000-cheaper Xgimi Aura 2 and the similarly priced AWOL Vision Aetherion Pro while keeping contrast near 1,430:1 and achieving 409,600:1 dynamic contrast by dimming dark scenes.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
CNET
The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max add a Dynamic Island that can expand to show up to three Live Activities simultaneously, a redesigned vapor chamber with three times the surface area of the iPhone 17 Pro, and Pro Controls in the Camera app that include adjustable white balance, a histogram, shutter-speed control from the viewfinder, and manual aperture options (ƒ/1.48, ƒ/1.8, ƒ/2.8, ƒ/4.0).
Sep 17, 2026 ·CNET
Premium flash drive pricing can be justified only if the spec benefits you—measured sustained performance matters, and “USB 3.2”/connector labels can be misleading about real transfer speeds.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
Engadget
Spotify’s podcast partner program will expand to 35 regions this fall, including Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Sphere Entertainment Co. (SPHR) reported Q2 total revenues of $313.6 million, up 11% year over year, driven by a nearly 30% revenue increase in its Sphere segment to $226.4 million.
Sep 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Dell’s 14S has a battery life of 23.5 hours in CNET’s YouTube streaming test and rates its OLED at 300 nits (peaking at 288 nits), which the review says makes it a poor outdoor option.
Sep 17, 2026 ·CNET
Keurig-compatible Milk Pods make hot, frothy “latte-like” milk by inserting a capsule into the K-Cup slot with no special setup, and they’re shelf-stable for 15 months without refrigeration.
Sep 17, 2026 ·CNET
Apple will add an Insights tab to iPhone’s Apple Health that uses Apple Intelligence (coming later in 2026) to deliver personalized suggestions and timely health updates, plus a Longevity tab that uses Apple Intelligence to interpret lifestyle and support Health Age and Movement Evaluations.
Sep 17, 2026 ·CNET
Wordle #1916 (Sept. 17) was THETA and it repeats one letter, has two vowels, starts with T, ends with A, and refers to the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Sep 17, 2026 ·CNET
Tyrannosaurus rex’s body temperature was likely around 36.3°C (about 97°F), putting it in the same warm-blooded range as humans (98.6°F) and similar to large mammals and large flightless birds like ostriches and emus.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Snap Specs are augmented-reality glasses that function like a “portable mixed reality device” in session-based use, with see-through waveguide 3D display and snap-in lens inserts that let the lenses be swapped up to -8 (tested for about an hour).
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Snap’s $2,195 Specs augmented-reality glasses show shared, “pinch-and-drop” experiences and a standalone, waveguide-display setup, but a first consumer-ready demo was described as finicky, hard to use outdoors, and prone to digital elements slipping out of view due to a 51-degree field of view.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
The Verge
Snap Specs are $2,195 standalone AR glasses that can run mixed-reality-like experiences without a separate puck, controller, or tethered connection, but they rely on trade-offs like a chunkier form factor.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Cricket Wireless offers its 5G Home Internet service at $60/month for unlimited data on AT&T’s 5G network (with Auto Pay enabled), with a one-time $50 Cricket Gateway modem purchase required.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, and the article says that will push up borrowing costs for loans, mortgages, credit cards, and buy-now-pay-later plans, adding to already-rising consumer tech prices.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
iOS 27.2’s first developer beta adds Siri AI to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish (expanding beyond English) and introduces Facetime support for using the front and rear cameras simultaneously, with both sides on iOS 27 or later.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Odysseus: The Fall, a 2.5-hour AI-generated film from Fountain 0, is described as so inconsistent and error-prone that the reviewer says it’s hard to focus and often worse than the “original tale.”
Sep 16, 2026 ·The Verge
Apple said iPhone Duo will launch on Oct. 23 with iOS 27.1 rather than iOS 27, with iOS 27.1 including features purpose-built for the foldable design.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Lionsgate released a new trailer for *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping*, with Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson reprising Katniss and Peeta and the film opening in theaters on November 20.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Ars Technica
