9to5Google tries the Statik PowerStand, a braided USB-C cable with a fold-out kickstand built into its right-angle plug. Two swivel feet let a phone stand upright for charging or sideways for video, and the reviewer says the simple idea is well executed and adds no bulk for travel.
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A study by Convovo, a research studio led by Cornell professor Tapan Parikh, forced AI models to pick a candidate in nearly 500 upcoming midterm races. Via their APIs, Grok 4.7 recommended the Republican in 92% of answers and OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol picked the Democrat in 97%, and the two agreed less than 10% of the time. The consumer chatbot apps refused to answer the same question.
Cloudflare explains a new way of handling range requests for large files like video, so a single seek no longer pulls up to 128 MiB from the origin. The change cuts wasted origin traffic without needing per-site tuning.
Engadget reviews Apple's $700 MacBook Neo, which uses a repurposed iPhone processor instead of an M-series chip. It handles macOS better than expected, and with the MacBook Air's base price recently rising $200 to $1,300 because of tariffs and memory costs, the Neo looks like a bargain despite its compromises.
Cloudflare launched a post-quantum, geographically restricted key manager in closed beta as part of its Data Localization Suite. It keeps customers' decryption keys accessible only in chosen regions.
