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Dreame Ecceluxe Go: 30-second review

The Dreame Ecceluxe Go is a compact, cordless espresso machine that’s ideal for camping trips, hikes, and any excursions where you don’t have ready access to a stove or kettle. That’s because, unlike most portable coffee makers, the Ecceluxe Go heats the water itself, after which its small but powerful pump extracts your shot of espresso.

The brewer itself is smaller than most travel mugs, and comes in a smart carry case with a set of adapters that are compatible with three different types of coffee capsules, plus loose grounds. For the easiest brewing, just insert a Nespresso Original, Nestlé Dolce Gusto, or ESE (Easy Serve Espresso) pod into the appropriate adapter and you’re ready to begin.

Brewing with cold water takes about six minutes, and you can brew two or three times on a single charge. If you do have access to hot water, however, you can switch to direct brewing mode, which uses water directly from the water tank, and brews much faster.

It’s an excellent and very thoughtfully designed little brewer that’s much more versatile than other portable espresso machines I’ve tested. My only real complaint is that it’s easy to accidentally hit the touch-sensitive control button when handling and setting it up.

Dreame has yet to announce a price for the Ecceluxe Go, so I have rated the device based solely on design and performance. I will update this review with a value score when the price is published.

(Image credit: Future)Dreame Ecceluxe Go: price and availability

• Launching in Spain and Portugal first, followed by the US
• No UK launch planned at present
• Price to be announced

The Dreame Ecceluxe Go is expected to launch in Spain and Portugal by the end of 2026, although the exact date has yet to be confirmed. It should launch in the US shortly after, but there's no UK or Australian launch planned at the moment. No pricing details are available yet.

Dreame Ecceluxe Go: specifications

Name

Dreame Ecceluxe Go PX10

Type

Portable espresso maker

Coffee maker dimensions (height x diameter, without attachments)

2.7 x 2.4 inches / 7 x 6cm

Case dimensions (width x height x depth)

3.5 x 2.8 x 1.8 inches / 9 x 7 x 4.5cm

Coffee maker weight (without attachments)

19.9oz / 564g

Case weight (with all attachments)

3.55lbs / 1.61kg

Milk frother

No

Bars of pressure

Not stated

User profiles

None

Dreame Ecceluxe Go: design

• Super-compact design, with carry case for attachments
• Charged via USB-C
• One control button, which cannot be locked

The Dreame Ecceluxe Go is roughly the size of a soda can, and comes in a smart cushioned carry case together with a collection of attachments. These include three adapters that allow you to brew using Nespresso Original pods, Nestlé Dolce Gusto capsules, ESE (Easy Serve Espresso) pouches, or ground coffee. There’s also a ring to help reduce mess when adding a dose of ground coffee, and a cup for your brewed espresso.

The Ecceluxe Go is charged using a covered USB-C port on the front, and is controlled via a small touch-sensitive LED display that lets you power the machine on, and switch between programs. It’s responsive, and shows all the information you need: battery charge level, brewing program, and temperature.

My only criticism is that it’s easy to accidentally press this screen when holding the coffee maker, and there’s no way to lock it to prevent that happening accidentally. A physical power button, or a locking switch would make it perfect.

(Image credit: Future)

• Design score: 4.5/5

Performance

• Two brewing modes: self-heating and direct
• Accepts three types of coffee pods, or ground coffee
• Extremely simple to use

The Dreame Ecceluxe Go is refreshingly simple to use. First, choose the right adapter (they're color-coded, but each one also has a small illustration to make life easier), insert your coffee capsule or grounds, and screw it shut. Then just twist the adapter onto the base of the brewing unit, unfold its two support legs, place it on the plastic coffee cup, and you’re ready to begin.

The Ecceluxe Go has two brewing modes: P1, which heats water from room temperature before brewing your coffee, and P2 (direct extraction), which uses water already heated to the correct temperature.

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Brewing using P1 isn’t quick — it takes six minutes for the Ecceluxe Go to reach its brewing temperature of 203F / 95C, then extract a shot of espresso — but that’s understandable. A machine this compact has a tiny heating element and small battery, and since you’ll be using this mode on the move, you can carry on with other camping or work tasks while it’s working. A loud beep will let you know when your drink is ready, and the Ecceluxe Go will turn itself off automatically when it’s finished.

P1 also uses a lot of power, and the battery will be completely drained of charge after two or three brews. Thankfully, the USB-C connector means it’s easy to change indoors or in a car, so it will be ready the next time you need a pick-me-up.

(Image credit: Future)

If you have access to a kettle, P2 takes a fraction of the time and power, and still yields a nicely extracted shot with a respectable layer of crema. In fact, the Ecceluxe Go would make a great single-serve coffee maker for small apartment or van living. It’s much more compact and versatile than even the smallest Nespresso or Keurig coffee maker, and practically mess-free. The adapters and coffee cup can all be cleaned by hand using warm water, and will air-dry in only a few minutes.

I test a lot of coffee makers here at TechRadar, and I’ve become particularly fond of the Ecceluxe Go. It takes all the hassle out of brewing delicious espresso at camp, or even on a break mid-hike. The days of drinking lukewarm coffee from a flask at lunchtime are over.

• Performance score: 4.5/5

Should you buy the Dreame Ecceluxe Pro?Dreame Ecceluxe Pro score card

Attribute

Notes

Score

Design

Super compact and cleverly designed — I only wish the control button could be locked to avoid accidental presses.

4.5/5

Performance

Incredibly easy to use with fresh coffee or pods. Direct and self-heating brewing modes produce delicious coffee, although bear in mind that self-heating takes six minutes and uses a lot of charge.

4.5/5

Buy it if

You love camping or hiking

This is the perfect brewer for off-grid adventures. Charge it up, pack a couple of coffee pods, and you can brew up anywhere using water from your drinking bottle.

You have a tiny home

No space for an extra appliance on your counter? The Ecceluxe Go is ideal, particularly if you use its fast direct brewing mode.

Don’t buy it if

You’re making coffee for a group

The Dreame Ecceluxe Go can only hold enough charge to make two or three drinks at a time in its self-heating mode. If you want to prepare drinks for more than a couple of people, you’d be better off with a large camping kettle and an AeroPress XL.

Dreame Ecceluxe Go: also consider

AeroPress Go

The classic AeroPress in a super-portable format that all packs down into a travel cup. You'll need a way to heat your water, and it doesn't accept coffee capsules, but it's a great-quality, affordable way to brew on the move.

Wacaco Nanopresso

The Nanopresso is a hand-pumped espresso machine, so there's no need to worry about charging or batteries. There's even an adapter available for Nespresso Original pods, but it can't heat its own water.

How I tested the Dreame Ecceluxe Go

I used the Dreame Ecceluxe Go for two weeks instead of my usual espresso machine. I tested it with Nespresso Original style capsules (from a local coffee roaster), Nestlé Dolce Gusto pods, Illy ESE pods, and freshly ground coffee beans.

I tested the Ecceluxe Go's self-heating and direct extraction modes, timing how long it took to extract a shot of coffee, and monitoring how far the battery charge level dropped after each brew.

First reviewed October 2026

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: 30-second review

Business headsets have long had something of an image problem. The boom arm shouts “call centre” long before you have said a word. Jabra's answer, with the Evolve3 range, is to remove it entirely.

The Evolve3 65 Flex follows the same recipe as the Evolve3 85, but the emphasis shifts from luxury to portability. It is a foldable, on-ear design that Jabra says slips into the slimmest laptop bag.

The headline technology is Jabra ClearVoice, which uses a deep learning system trained on 60 million sentences. It separates your voice from background noise without any visible microphone. Jabra also claims over 95 per cent voice pickup accuracy outdoors, and over 99 per cent in open offices.

The adaptive ANC uses four microphones and adjusts to both your surroundings and your fit. Like the Evolve3 85, it keeps working while you are on a call, which remains rare in this class. A 360 degree busylight tells colleagues when to leave you alone.

Battery life is where the Flex gives ground. Jabra quotes up to 16.5 hours of call time and 80 hours of music with ANC off. Fast charging adds up to four hours of music from ten minutes on the cable.

The price is lower than the flagship models, but this is still business kit. If your employer is paying, it makes a good case. If you are, you will want to think carefully. [MP: adjust once testing is complete.]

The Evolve3 65 Flex makes a compelling case on every front except price. But even at this cost, these will most likely be considered for our best Bluetooth headset guide.

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: price and availability

• How much does it cost? From $285/£260/€299
• When is it out? Available now
• Where can you get it? Direct from Jabra and online retailers

Jabra announced the Evolve3 65 Flex alongside the Evolve3 65 and Evolve3 45 as a cheaper step-down from the Evolve3 85 and Evolve3 75. The recommended price is $389 in the US and €299 in Europe, but the USB-C model for Teams is now $285 directly from Jabra. For comparison, the Evolve3 65 is $300, and the Evolve3 45 is only $199.

My review model is part number 36699 999 899, a Microsoft Teams variant with a USB-C Bluetooth adapter. A Teams-certified button sits on the headset, and the box includes a USB-C cable and a carry case, but no Link 390 adapter. The packaging is a plain cardboard box, and the standard package includes no wireless charging pad.

Street pricing is already lower than the launch MSRP. Some US resellers list this exact model at the same price as Jabra, and that includes Amazon. European business resellers list the Teams USB-C variant at roughly €190 to €235 before VAT. The review model is £260 from Jabra in the UK, but you can find it on Amazon.co.uk for £219.99 with next-day delivery.

Jabra also offers UC variants for those who don’t use Teams, as well as models with USB-A adapters. Versions bundled with a wireless charging pad cost more.

One lure is that Jabra offers free trials to companies with 500 or more employees that are replacing existing devices. The Jabra Plus Management platform handles remote configuration and firmware updates for larger deployments.

Individual buyers are less well served. But this headset is aimed at the corporate ear, like the Evolve3 85 before it.

(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)

• Value score: 3.5/5

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: Specs

Model

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex

Weight

220g

Form factor

On ear, foldable headband

Microphone

Six in total, boomless (Jabra ClearVoice, deep learning)

ANC

Adaptive, four microphone, active during calls, with HearThrough

Battery life (calls)

Up to 16.5 hours with ANC and busylight off, 14.5 hours with both on

Battery life (music)

Up to 80 hours with ANC off, 35 hours with ANC on

Fast charging

Up to four hours of music from a ten minute charge

Wireless charging

Yes (flat exterior surface supports Qi pads)

Connectivity

Bluetooth 5.3 with LE Audio, Link 390 USB C adapter, USB C cable

Codecs

LC3, AAC, SBC

Dual connectivity

Two simultaneous connections, eight paired devices

Range

30m

UC certification

Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet

Software

Jabra Plus mobile app, Jabra Direct and Xpress, desktop Jabra Plus app in 2027

Replaceable parts

Battery, ear cushions

Sustainability

Leatherette cushions, recycled stainless steel headband, 37 per cent recycled or biocircular content

Warranty

2-years

Colours

Black

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: design

• No boom arm
• Elegant construction
• Easier to carry than the Evolve3 85

Like the Evolve3 85, this headset has no boom arm. Therefore, nothing sticks out towards your mouth, and nobody will assume you work on a helpdesk while wearing them.

Instead, you get a slim, minimal headset with angled oval ear cushions. They are covered in leatherette over soft acoustic foam. The headband is recycled stainless steel, wrapped in more foam and leatherette.

But where this design diverges from the previous Evolve3 concept is how lightweight these are, making them ideal for anyone travelling for business. At 143g, it is notably lighter than the over-ear Evolve3 85, which I measured at 220g in a previous review. Jabra calls its cushion design Air Comfort, which is corporate speak for being smaller.

The Flex part of the name refers to the folding design. The earcups rotate, and the headband collapses, so it sits in the supplied case without taking up much space.

But the supplied case is about 60% of the size of the Evolve3 85 case, and neither of these has a pocket, or the room, for even the charging cable. The case holds the headset and a Bluetooth dongle only.

(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)

On a more positive note, Jabra has also kept the replaceable battery and ear cushions from its bigger models. That matters for longevity, and it sits well with current repair legislation across Europe. Finding it in a headset at this price is still less common than it should be, so keeping the hardware going longer matters.

The 360-degree busy light is here too, and it works from every angle, as it saves you from having to announce, loudly, that you are on a call.

My review sample was the Teams model, so there is also a specific Teams button on the headset. How headphones have ended up with these opposing standards is a rant for another day, but for those who still think Microsoft has something to offer business, Jabra has you covered.

As with the 85 model, these designs seem biased toward right-handed use, but I’m sure left-handers will cope with the four buttons on the right side.

The materials are also allegedly more planet-friendly. Jabra says 37 per cent of the headset by weight is recycled or biocircular, and the packaging is FSC certified.

It’s interesting how Jabra have managed to take its earlier Evolve3 designs and then make them smaller and lighter, without making them impractical to use.

From my perspective, the smaller cushions aren’t as comfortable for long sessions as the larger ones on the Evolve3 85, but they’re fine for shorter periods. That fits well with the smaller battery capacity and reduced running time.

Design score: 4.5/5

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: Hardware

• Bluetooth 5.2
• Microsoft Teams vs UNC
• ClearVoice

Bluetooth 5.3 with LE Audio forms the wireless backbone of this equipment. It supports the LC3 codec, along with AAC, SBC and Jabra also lists Auracast support. Not sure why it doesn’t use the 5.4 version of Bluetooth like its predecessors, but Bluetooth 5.2 is fine for this use case.

The Link 390 adapter in the box gives a secure, low-latency connection to a PC. Or, you can also connect directly over Bluetooth if you prefer. Critically, dual connectivity lets you stay attached to a computer and a phone simultaneously. Jabra says the range is 30m, so wandering off for a coffee mid-call is possible if you don’t hide behind too many walls.

Pairing is easy on most platforms. Microsoft Swift Pair and Google Fast Pair are both supported, and Apple Find My and Android Find Hub are also covered. I even used this headset with an old Parrot-branded Bluetooth adapter, and it connected easily.

UC certification covers Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet, which is the set most UK and European businesses rely on. Jabra also claims a Premium Microphone for Open Office certification, for those who like to be understood.

The Jabra Plus mobile app provides equaliser controls, firmware updates and settings. A desktop version is promised for 2027, which is odd. I say that because when I covered the Evolve3 85, the same app was promised then for 2026. Jabra needs to pull their finger out and build that app before someone sets an AI to reverse-engineer it in an afternoon and then releases it.

IT teams get Jabra Plus Management for fleet control, plus Xpress and Direct.

(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)

What makes this design so useful in an office environment is the ClearVoice functionality. It replaces the boom arm with a multi-microphone array and a neural network trained on over 60 million sentences. I do wonder where they found all those sentences to train their model, but Jabra undoubtedly draws on the hearing expertise of its parent company GN here.

The end result of ClearVoice is that callers should not notice the missing boom. Jabra claims over 95 per cent voice pickup accuracy outdoors and over 99 per cent in open offices, as measured with AI assistants.

That is a very specific claim, and worth testing, but I got bored after twenty sentences. What I can say is that omitting a boom doesn’t seem to affect audio pickup much, and it also avoids those annoying crunch sounds that happen when the boom is touched.

Wind noise reduction is also a configurable option, which shows Jabra expects these to leave the office and jog to the nearest sandwich shop, presumably. The hearing protection features include Intellitone and PeakStop, if you like trademarked features.

The Evolve 65 Flex delivers most of the critical aspects of the Evolve3 85 without treading on that product’s toes, demonstrating the product agility Jabra is rightly known for.

(Image credit: Jabra GN)

• Hardware: 4/5

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: Performance

• Effective ANC
• Excellent charging options

The Flex works as a call headset first and a music headphone second, making it a flexible solution. Jabra supplies 28mm drivers, spatial sound, and an equaliser, which suggests it expects you to listen as well as talk.

Spatial Sound is intended to place voices in front of you rather than inside your head. That should make long calls less tiring, and less like a disturbing mental condition.

The adaptive ANC adjusts to the environment and to the quality of the seal around your ears, which, given the size of these cushions, is critical.

Most ANC systems apply a fixed profile, which either works or it doesn’t. This one recalibrates as the headset moves, making it more likely to be useful. This technology, termed HearThrough, also stays active during calls, where most business headsets switch it off.

The main caveat is reduced battery life, especially compared with the Evolve3 85.

Battery life is more modest than on the Evolve3 85. Jabra quotes up to 16.5 hours of calls with ANC and the busylight off, or 14.5 hours with both on. That is still two working days of calls, just about, but that’s a day less than the 85.

What seems slightly curious is the quoted music playback timescale, which is more heavily impacted by leaving ANC on. Without ANC, Jabra quotes 80 hours, but you can reduce that to only 35 hours if you leave the ANC on.

It was expected that it takes more power to run ANC than to drive the sound, since the Evolve3 85 was 120 hours with ANC off and 55 hours with it on. That is worth noting, since most people will leave ANC running.

(Image credit: Jabra GN)

Fast charging is generous and has your back if you leave work without remembering to put them on charge. Ten minutes on the cable gives up to four hours of music. Jabra quotes 35 per cent arrives in 30 minutes and 65 per cent in an hour. A full charge takes up to three hours, but you should be able to get through a working day with only 90 minutes total charging. You can use them while they charge; just don’t forget you are connected by the USB-C cable.

Wireless charging is supported, so the headset can sit on a Qi pad on your desk. My model did not include a charging pad, and it arrived in a simple cardboard box. Jabra has a SKU with the charger that’s another £45, which seems steep for such simple technology.

The battery is user-replaceable, which is a real benefit for long-term ownership. It beats binning a serviceable headset because the cell has faded.

I am not an audiophile, so I will not pretend to review the music quality in depth, but the smaller drivers on these seemed less inclined to bass than the Evolve3 85, and those weren’t strong on bass either.

Mid-range and higher frequencies are better represented, but these aren’t something that audiophiles would realistically use. Using the Jabra+ app, you can boost bass and treble, but these settings have limits with 28mm speakers.

• Performance: 4/5

Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex: Final verdict

The Evolve3 65 Flex does what the Evolve3 range does best, but in a more travel-friendly package. It is light, it looks sensible, and it keeps ANC running during calls.

The trade-offs are shorter battery life, a less isolating on-ear fit, and a price firmly aimed at budget holders rather than typical home users. The missing desktop app is a minor irritation, since most users will install the Jabra+ app on their phones. But missing a release by a year is poor effort on Jabra’s part, however you look at it.

If you split your time between desk, home and train carriage, these make perfect sense. If you only ever work at one desk, the Evolve3 85 is probably the better headset, if you can stretch to the cost of those.

Should I buy a Jabra Evolve3 85?Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex Score Card

Attributes

Notes

Rating

Value

Not cheap, but less than the flagship options

3.5/5

Design

Light, foldable and discreet

4/5

Hardware

Great for office use and fleet controls

4/5

Performance

ANC and ClearVoice, but limited by 28mm speakers

4/5

Overall

Lightweight business headset for those on the move

4/5

Buy it if...

You travel between workspaces
The folding design and 143g weight make it easy to carry, and the case protects it in a bag. If you need headphones away from the office, these are a solid choice.

Your business wants managed devices
UC certification and Jabra Plus Management will suit IT teams that need central control. And, you can choose between different SKUs if you need Teams or even USB-A connectivity.

Don't buy it if...

You are working within a budget
The price is hard to justify for personal use when consumer headphones offer more sound for less cash. But even for business use, there are cheaper options.

You want maximum battery life
The Evolve3 85 lasts much longer, 21 hours to be direct, and manages that with ANC running. Whereas the Evolve3 65 Flex delivers only 14.5 hours with the ANC/busylight on. And, when the battery gets low, Flex also doesn’t charge as quickly as its bigger brother.

For more business audio solutions, we've reviewed the best headsets for working from home.

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• Keybytes lets users assemble custom keyboards from magnetically connected individual keys
• Every Keybit contains its own RISC-V microcontroller for individual key operation
• A full-size Keybytes configuration could cost approximately $900 to assemble

MIT student Nathan Alspaugh has developed Keybytes, an open source keyboard project that lets users create custom layouts by connecting individual keys to a central controller.

The design uses magnetic connections and dedicated microcontrollers to support flexible arrangements.

Keybytes consists of two main elements: the Keyword controller and individual Keybit modules, which connect magnetically to form a personalised keyboard.

Magnetic keys allow custom layouts

Each Keybit contains a RISC-V microcontroller, allowing individual keys to operate independently rather than relying entirely on one central processor.

Every Keybit measures 19.05 x 19.05mm, corresponding to a standard 1U keyboard unit.

Its four-sided pogo pin connections carry power and I2C communications, allowing modules to connect through different edges and accommodate varied arrangements.

The central Keyword module contains two stacked circuit boards, with an Arm Cortex M4 microcontroller.

The Keyword controller contains two stacked circuit boards, with its upper board housing an Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller, a Bluetooth antenna and flash memory.

Its lower board provides USB-C connectivity, charging functions and a buck-boost converter for power management.

Each Keybit accommodates a Cherry MX mechanical switch, giving builders the option of selecting compatible switches for their preferred typing experience.

The magnetic connections allow keys to attach around the Keyword controller or alongside other modules, removing the fixed layout restrictions found in conventional keyboards.

Alspaugh has published the project files, design assets and construction details on GitHub under the permissive MIT licence.

This allows others to examine the design, build their own units and modify the hardware according to their requirements.

Building a full keyboard could cost $900

Despite its flexibility, Keybytes remains an early-stage project, with Alspaugh reporting that the basic system had only recently reached a working state.

Publicly available project documentation currently shows limited combinations of modules rather than a completed, full-size keyboard layout.

The developer estimated that assembling a full-size version using approximately 2 Keyword controllers and 110 Keybits would cost around $900.

That figure indicates how quickly expenses could accumulate when each additional key requires its own circuit board, microcontroller, and other electronic components.

Builders must also account for printed circuit board production, component purchases, soldering, and custom 3D-printed enclosures.

These requirements could make large layouts considerably more demanding than smaller configurations designed around a handful of shortcuts.

The current design also has limitations in its lighting options, since the Keyword includes a status indicator while individual Keybits lack dedicated illumination.

Future versions could add features such as customisable RGB lighting, rotary controls, fingerprint recognition modules or a compatible touchpad. These remain proposed additions rather than confirmed developments.

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• ICE has requested numerous social media platforms to hand over data on users who are critical of its agents and operations
• Tech companies have complied, but are now expecting Democrat-led investigations into their compliance following the midterm elections
• Executives want to shield themselves from Congressional inquiries into their conduct

The US midterm elections are just days away, and big tech companies such as Google and Meta are already quietly defying Trump’s orders to hand over data on users who have criticized his stance on immigration.

The incumbent party usually loses seats in the midterm elections, and with a wave of Democratic governors potentially on the horizon tech companies are attempting to stave off future scrutiny.

“They need to be prepared to say, under oath, why they did what they did,” Rep. Shri Thanedar (D., Mich.) said, referring to an investigation into companies who have complied with Trump administration subpoenas.

T&C update: your data may be handed to the authorities

Numerous tech companies with platforms upon which people have voiced critical views of Trump’s handling of immigration policy have begun updating their terms of use to include transparency on how user data could be handed over to the authorities.

Much of the criticism has centered around how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have conducted operations investigating illegal immigrants.

As a recent Department of Homeland Security breach exposed, ICE agents have conducted undercover surveillance operations of protestors, critics, and journalists using wiretaps.

The DHS has also expanded its definition of doxing - the revealing of personal information such as a home address for malicious purposes - to include names and titles. Social media platforms and search engines such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and X have then been scoured by ICE to identify anything it deems a threat to its agents or operations.

Many of these platforms have been handed administrative subpoenas that do not require approval from a judge. Citizen journalists with channels on YouTube have also been targeted by ICE, with requests to hand over customers’ personal information.

“Violence, threats, and conspiracies to impede law enforcement operations are not protected by the First Amendment,” said White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis.

People familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the DHS has increased the number of grand jury subpoenas submitted to platforms that handle user data, which carry heavy consequences for noncompliance.

In order to prepare for potential Democrat inquiries into how tech companies have conducted themselves in line with such subpoenas, some companies have delayed or pushed back on some requests to help insulate themselves from investigations.

A letter from Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) to the chief justice of the Supreme Court and the acting head of the Government Accountability Office accused ICE of using subpoenas to “surveil, intimidate, and suppress the free speech of ordinary citizens and even the free press.”

An ICE spokesperson told the WSJ that all of its operations are “conducted in accordance with applicable law and policy.”

• Nvidia has quietly cut Rubin's listed HBM4 bandwidth from 22 TB/s to 19.2 TB/s per GPU and NVLink 6 from 3.6 TB/s to 3 TB/s
• The eight-GPU HGX Rubin NVL8 fares worst, losing 26% of its memory bandwidth and dropping from 2.3 TB to 2 TB of HBM4 capacity
• On paper, AMD's MI455X now leads on per-GPU memory bandwidth and Helios on scale-up bandwidth, though neither side's figures are benchmarked

Nvidia has quietly lowered the memory and interconnect bandwidth it publishes for Vera Rubin, cutting per-GPU HBM4 bandwidth by about 13% and NVLink bandwidth by about 17%, without a press release or explanation.

The Vera Rubin NVL72 product page now rates each Rubin GPU at 19.2 TB/s of HBM4 bandwidth, down from 22 TB/s, and 3 TB/s of NVLink 6 bandwidth, down from 3.6 TB/s.

Memory capacity holds at 288 GB, and the headline 50 PFLOPS of sparse NVFP4 inference remains unchanged; however, at rack scale, aggregate memory bandwidth slips from 1,580 TB/s to 1,400 TB/s and the NVLink total from 260 TB/s to 216 TB/s, while the two-GPU Vera Rubin Superchip drops from 44 TB/s to 38.5 TB/s.

An edit without an announcement?

The revision surfaced in a report from IT Home, which compared Nvidia's October documentation with a copy saved in June 2026. Wccftech then narrowed the window with Wayback Machine snapshots, placing the edit between September 1 and September 11. Nvidia, as Hardware Busters observed, went "the quiet way: by editing the product pages."

The timing matters here: the change landed shortly after Nvidia's August second-quarter results said Vera Rubin racks were already running at partners including CoreWeave, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, months after early systems began reaching select customers, and just as the fall production shipments Nvidia promised in May 2026 were due to begin.

This suggests the new figures describe hardware going out the door rather than a distant goal, and the nerfed figures sat on Nvidia's site for at least six weeks before anyone reported them.

The downgrade wasn't completely proportional, though, with some configurations taking a bigger hit.

Most noticeably, the HGX Rubin NVL8, Nvidia's standard eight-GPU server board, fares worst. The HGX page now lists 2 TB of HBM4 at 130 TB/s for the whole system, down from 2.3 TB and 176 TB/s, a 26% bandwidth cut.

NVLink Switch bandwidth falls from 28.8 TB/s to 24 TB/s, and dense training figures slip from 280 to 270 PFLOPS of NVFP4 and from 140 to 130 PFLOPS of FP8. Scale-out networking is the only line that rises, by 12.5% in most configurations, and Nvidia hasn't said why.

Scaling back to ensure delivery?

Interestingly, the math does not hold completely anymore: its per-GPU table still advertises 288 GB at 22 TB/s with 3.6 TB/s of NVLink, figures that no longer add up to the system totals printed beside them, and Nvidia's July Rubin architecture deep dive still promises 22 TB/s. Split across eight GPUs, the new totals come to about 16.25 TB/s and roughly 250 GB each.

This fits two potential readings: eight smaller HBM4 stacks running at just under 8 Gbps per pin, the industry baseline, or one of the usual eight stacks disabled per GPU, a trick Nvidia used on the 80 GB H100, but Nvidia hasn't said which approach it took.

The retreat makes more sense given the history here: JEDEC's HBM4 standard, published in April 2025, specifies up to 8 Gb/s per pin across a 2,048-bit interface, or 2 TB/s per stack. Nvidia wanted far more, but it might have had to settle for less.

According to a TechPowerUp report from March, Rubin's per-GPU target climbed from 13 TB/s at GTC 2025 to 20.5 TB/s by that September and 22 TB/s at CES 2026, and a SemiAnalysis note it relayed said SK hynix and Samsung were struggling to reach the final figure, with early shipments expected to be nearer 20 TB/s.

TrendForce reported in September 2025 that Nvidia was pressing suppliers for 10 Gbps per pin as AMD readied Helios, and warned that if volumes fell short or costs ballooned, Nvidia "may abandon the upgrade or segment its platform products."

By January, TrendForce said the request had passed 11 Gbps and sent all three HBM makers back to redesign, though an Nvidia spokesperson told Tom's Hardware that "our HBM4 memory partners remain on track for production shipments." SK hynix finished HBM4 development first, and Samsung began shipping in February at 11.7 Gbps, above Nvidia's stated requirement.

More than a year after TrendForce's warning, the revised sheet reads like its fallback scenario: a lower overall ceiling, plus a further-reduced HGX tier, and this seems to be because Nvidia needs to deliver solutions to its customers as a higher priority than chasing an elusive memory bandwidth goal.

Team Red for the win?

Because of the retreat, perceived or otherwise, the competitive picture shifts considerably, at least on paper. AMD's Instinct MI455X spreads 432 GB across 12 HBM4 stacks for 23.3 TB/s, which needs only about 7.6 Gbps per pin, below the JEDEC baseline. AMD bought its bandwidth with width rather than speed, so it never needed above-standard memory.

When it launched Helios in July 2026, AMD claimed 6% more HBM bandwidth than Vera Rubin NVL72's published figure; against the revised 1,400 TB/s, Helios' 1.67 PB/s is roughly 19% ahead. Scale-up bandwidth, Nvidia's traditional stronghold, was level at 260 TB/s per rack and now favors AMD by about a fifth, while the scale-out increase trims AMD's claimed 50% lead there to about a third.

For buyers running inference, the bandwidth line matters more than the FLOPS line. Nvidia's engineers write in that July deep dive that decode is bound by the memory subsystem, though they argue that what counts is how efficiently kernels use it, and that it is "not about peak bandwidth specs."

The marketing hasn't moved, however: the NVL72 page still promises up to 10x more tokens per megawatt and one-tenth the cost per million tokens versus GB200 NVL72, footnoted as subject to change, and Nvidia hasn't said whether it reran those projections on the lower figures.

None of this makes Rubin slow. At 19.2 TB/s, it still offers about 2.4 times a Blackwell GPU's 8 TB/s, rather than the 2.8x Nvidia's blog still claims. Jensen Huang said in August that "Vera Rubin, now in full production, was built to power exactly this moment." The moment, it turns out, arrived with a little less bandwidth than advertised.

On my recent unboxing of the brand-new Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (the one with the brushed aluminum back), I noticed someone asking about the quality of colors in dark mode, and I realized I didn't have a good answer.

Dark Mode, which became popular on modern screens over the past 15 years or so — a throwback to the original CRT displays — has never been my thing. As a result, I don't use it on phones, browsers, or Kindle e-readers. Still, the more I thought about this question (below). The more I wondered about it.

"This might be a dumb question," started one TikTok commenter, "but do the colors still show when in Dark Mode? I've only seen photos in light mode."

I instantly tried to imagine what a comic or graphic novel might look like in Dark Mode and realized I'd never seen it that way either.

Let's try the Colorsoft Dark mode

The Kindle Colorsoft shares a menu system with the rest of the monochrome Kindles, with the Dark Mode option sitting right up top. You access the quick menu with a swipe down from the top of the display. You can also dig into settings to turn on the control from there.

I turned on Dark Mode on the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition and noticed that my library immediately reversed, turning all the white borders black, but the book, magazine, and graphic novel covers remained untouched. If I opened a book, I saw white text on black pages.

The other thing I noticed is that the screen looked a lot dimmer. Basically, Dark Mode automatically lowers the screen brightness by half.

I opened a graphic novel. As with the rest of the Colosoft interface, the borders around each graphic novel page were black. However, each page was still white, with the untouched color panels inside. Honestly, this makes sense, since I can't imagine any artist would want dark mode reversing their work. It would probably look terrible.

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I could see all the colors, but the pages looked too dim. Fortunately, I could still push the front-lit LEDs brighter (I turned them up to max) to return some of that vibrancy, though I'm not sure if that defeats the purpose of Dark Mode.

The other option is to take advantage of the Kindle Colorsoft's reflective display (unlike an LCD, there are no traditional backlights). If you have a good external light or even sunlight, the page looks great with or without dark mode, which can reduce eye-straining screen glare and save some battery life (not much of an issue with Kindles).

Here's what I learned: Yes, you can still see colors in Dark Mode, but as Amazon confirmed to me, "When setting Colorsoft devices to dark mode, the screen may appear dimmer overall due to the color E-Ink layer."

If the screen looks too dim, adjust the brightness or find a good light source and enjoy your colorful graphic novels.

Against a backdrop of component shortages and price hikes, 2026 has been a challenging year for camera companies, and it's been a quieter year for new gear as a result. That being said, we were still treated to some cracking cameras — but standing tall above them all was the Sony A7R VI, with a new 66.8MP full-frame stacked sensor, Bionz XR 2 processor, Sony's latest subject-detection autofocus, and its first new battery for 10 years.

It's a formidable camera whatever your genre of photography, and won both our Best Professional Camera and overall Camera of the Year awards for 2026 at the TechRadar Product of the Year Awards 2026. Here's what makes the A7R VI so special, in my opinion.

Bird photography with the 400-800mm lens was one of the many occasions I made good use of the Sony A7R VI (Image credit: Tim Coleman)Can a camera really be ‘perfect’?

It's possible that I got carried away slightly when I said the A7R VI “had no weaknesses”, but after weeks testing the full-frame mirrorless camera across landscape, portrait and wildlife photography, I had no doubt in my mind that it deserved a perfect 5-star rating.

I’ve been reviewing cameras for almost two decades, and the A7R VI genuinely feels like peak camera. In my A7R VI review, I was even compelled to say “Sony can stop making cameras now.”

The A7R VI is a powerful all-rounder, as opposed to a pure pixel monster

First up, I must point to the new sensor, which had an admittedly modest bump in pixels from the already class-leading A7R V’s 61MP sensor, to 66.8MP. But that’s not the exciting part about this sensor — it’s also a ‘stacked’ type with a faster read-out speed.

Faster read-out speeds can improve a camera’s performance in multiple ways, not least by reducing rolling shutter (an ugly distortion effect that appears when recording video and taking photos of high-speed subjects).

For me, I preferred having the smaller bump in resolution and a greater emphasis on speed, as opposed to an even bigger bump in resolution but no speed improvement. The A7R VI is a powerful all-rounder, as opposed to a pure pixel monster.

The camera packs Sony’s Bionz XR 2 processor, which combines two chips, including one that’s tasked with subject-detection autofocus. Whether I was photographing small birds or large mammals in a nature reserve, or taking portraits, the A7R VI never skipped a beat.

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Then there’s the camera’s handling. Historically, for me Sony's design and user experience haven't matched those of other leading mirrorless camera brands — I’m a sucker for Nikon in particular. But the A7R VI is spectacularly well designed.

There’s a tilt-and-flip touchscreen, meaning the screen can be pulled out and used as a tilt screen for waist-level shooting, or flipped out and rotated for selfies — traditionally you’d have to pick either / or (or have neither). It’s the most versatile design on the market, and one which you can also find on the latest Lumix S1 II cameras. If I had one wish, it would be that Sony increased the size of its 3-inch display in the future, even if only to 3.2-inches like Nikon.

The viewfinder is big, bright and highly detailed class-leading 9.36m-dot display, while the button layout makes perfect sense, and the camera’s grip is nice and deep and comfortable to hold.

Housed inside the grip is an all-new battery — Sony’s first for 10 years since the legendary NP-FZ100. The new unit has a higher capacity, and increases shot life by 20%; not bad, considering the previous battery already delivered class-leading power.

The downside to the new battery is that it’s not forwards / backwards compatible with the NP-FZ100, so upgraders are going to have to splash out on additional batteries should they need them.

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Video specs are decent, though arguably not as strong as those of some lower-resolution rival cameras. For example, Sony again omitted open-gate recording (this would finally appear later in the yet-to-go-on-sale FX5 cinema camera).

But if photography is your beat, and you need a high-resolution sensor with huge scope for cropping — the A7R VI’s Super 35 (APS-C / 1.5x crop) mode is still a healthy 28MP — and don’t need the absolute top speed and buffer performance of cameras like the A9 III and A1 II, there really is no better camera.

The A7R VI was so good, in fact, that it put the (much) pricier A1 II’s position in doubt, given that it can do 90% of what that camera can, while boasting a higher-resolution sensor.

I reviewed some fabulous cameras in 2026, but my absolute favorite was without doubt the A7R VI — it’s the camera I wish I owned, along with some of Sony’s spectacular recent pro GM lenses. It was the crowning achievement for Sony in a year in which it also scooped our Brand of the Year award, and comfortably maintained its #2 market position behind Canon.

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned of a "very high risk" of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween, as some 320,000 people nationwide took to the streets.

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Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has pushed back at the suggestion that artificial intelligence could end software and SaaS businesses like his, arguing that AI will actually just make enterprise applications even more capable than they ever have been.

Speaking during his keynote at the company's annual AI World conference, Ellison directly addressed ongoing concerns that businesses could use AI to build their own software – we've already seen many popular apps and suites like Adobe's Creative Cloud be imitated by AI, for example.

"There's been some talk about there's going to be a SaaSpocalypse because everyone's going to use AI to build their own applications," he said. "I don't think that's quite true. I think companies will continue to build applications, but they will be quite different because of AI."

Future apps will be fully tailored to geographies and industries

Rather than making today's software redundant, Ellison believes AI will allow developers to make their apps far more comprehensive, capable of handling entire business processes and fine-tuned for every type of sector and business need.

He argued that even the most established enterprise applications today are only so good, automating just a proportion of the processes businesses actually need.

"They may be the best things that are commercially available... [but] they're not done," he revealed, acknowledging that many sectors still need to build their own extensions and buy other third-party apps and connectors.

"For the first time... [the] software industry can actually finish the applications if we start doing them industry by industry."

Oracle's biggest clear push is in the healthcare sector currently, with Ellison speaking on stage about the notoriously complex and highly regulated nature of this industry – immense challenges for one global software company when navigating endless geographical variabilities is a must.

SaaSpocalypse doesn't kill off apps – but it certainly shifts the focus from interface to functionality

Ellison also believes that AI could fundamentally change how workers interact with applications, replacing complicated menus, dashboards and multi-step processes with smoother, natural language interaction.

"If you can ask a question describing what you want to see, you should then immediately see it. Any other user interface is nonsense."

"There should be no training required to use any of these applications," he added.

While Ellison remains confident about the future of commercial software, that doesn't necessarily mean businesses will continue to interact with apps in the same way, and it seems that a company as big as Oracle is singing from the same hymn sheet.

In two separate interviews with TechRadar Pro, company execs pointed toward the same trend. Brian Chess, NetSuite's Chief Operating Officer, implied that the underlying business software could eventually become invisible to users.

Discussing customers who might prefer to access NetSuite through AI assistants like ChatGPT or other platforms like Slack, Chess said "If they never log in, that's ok with us." Oracle knows that as long as it can still serve as a company's system of record, adapting to new ways of access is a must.

But what this means is that, for software vendors, the value of their products will likely come more from the data, logic and processes they manage, rather than the polished interface they've been used to building for potentially decades.

Ultimately, earlier SaaSpocalypse concerns remain valid, but it's not so much about AI wiping software from the world entirely. It just marks the next chapter in software, where interfaces become less critical and functionality becomes the biggest USP.

Shares in Oracle rose around 14% to $144.14 in the couple of days that Oracle AI World took place, likely partly in thanks to Ellison's thoughts on the future of software as well as the company's whole suite of product announcements, but share prices are still down markedly on their late 2025 high of $330.34.

The Communist party central committee meeting was focused on discipline and fighting corruption. It comes ahead of next year when Xi is widely expected to try to secure a fourth term.

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Here are five things to know about the massive hack of the crypto exchange Binance — from how it happened to what it means for the sector.

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The RAM crisis has grown even more limbs during the month of October. If the memory shortage was incarnated in physical form, it'd have more legs than a spider at this point, and be a multi-limbed monstrosity with a bite that's getting nastier by the day as more negative news seems to roll in at a frightening pace.

Just this week, we've witnessed SK Hynix predicting that RAM supply woes are going nowhere and will persist through to 2030, after Dell's CEO recently warned that we're stuck with this crisis until the end of the decade, and Intel's chief exec agreed – on top of other similar forecasts from earlier this month.

The latest nugget of doom is from Samsung, with the memory chip maker giving out similar vibes to its rival SK Hynix when reporting its financial results (as Wccftech spotted), informing us that RAM shortages will get worse next year, and supply will remain thin on the ground in 2028, too.

You can barely catch a breath between the various dire predictions during the past month. Naturally, in the face of such grimness, it's human nature to try to look on the bright side, or in this case, at least attempt to find a glimmer of light shining through from somewhere. There must be something, right?

Well, there is: Black Friday. An event with a distinctly gloomy name, ironically, but I'm increasingly of the opinion that this is going to be a very important sales season from the computing and PC point of view (and likely other tech, too). Mainly because I expect that the deals you'll get this year will likely be the best prices to be had in a long while, and possibly this entire decade, if those 'it's here until 2030' voices are correct in their assertions about the RAM crisis.

But I hear you (possibly) cry: given all these price hikes, isn't Black Friday going to be a wash anyway? At least based on what we saw with Amazon's recent Prime Day sales? And yes, that's a fair point. You should manage your expectations with the discounts that'll be on offer, certainly, and don't expect to snag a bargain on RAM sticks or that beefy SSD you've been dreaming about. That just isn't happening (to no one's surprise).

However, on Prime Day, there were some decent deals to be had, for example on GPUs. Notably on the RTX 5080, where if you grabbed the deal I highlighted back then, you saved yourself 20% (£300) compared to the price of the cheapest model of that Nvidia GPU on Amazon now (at the time of writing).

So, given that, what should you be looking at buying this Black Friday, which is less than a month away now (with early offers starting already)? Well, the best deals will likely be in the products set to be more affected by the memory shortage as time rolls on, and I'm going to highlight what I believe are a few key areas bargain hunters should focus on when it comes to the PC sphere.

Graphics cards

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I'm putting this one front and center because I believe this should be a priority for PC owners who are looking at a GPU upgrade at some point in the not-too-distant-future. As I already mentioned, there were some decent graphics card deals on Prime Day earlier this month – albeit when it comes to the higher-end GPUs, the word 'decent' translates to 'not inflated', which isn't quite the same thing.

Still, the problem is that prices are likely to rise a good deal more next year, and if you do need a higher-end GPU in particular, during 2027 I think there's a good chance pricing will get a lot worse. Meaning that what you'll pay on Black Friday, with the odd scattered deal on the likes of an Nvidia RTX 5070 model or AMD RX 9070 XT – and maybe even an RTX 5080 – will be a relative bargain (maybe for quite some time to come).

I think this is especially true given the rumors around the RTX 5090 being discontinued (Nvidia has insisted it isn't, but even so, something's clearly amiss with the flagship GPU somewhere), and the ridiculous inflation the RTX 5080 has seen over the past month. All of this indicates a rocky picture with Nvidia's GPUs, and with memory (VRAM) difficulties set to worsen next year – and AMD also rumored to be implementing price hikes with Radeon graphics cards – my advice is to get in ahead of wider GPU price spikes next year.

The catch is that Black Friday deals on graphics cards could be thin on the ground, but we may actually get some decent price cuts in the mid-to-lower-end of GPU territory.

Gaming laptops

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If you're thinking about buying a gaming laptop, I think there's scope for some good deals on Black Friday – traditionally laptop discounts are plentiful among the massed ranks of portables, and gaming devices have more headroom for cuts, too.

What you need to consider here is that serious gaming laptops run with a discrete GPU, and as noted above, graphics card price increases are very much on the table. Indeed, this is already happening, and XMG is pushing up prices for its top-end gaming laptops with the RTX 5090 in a major way, while promising that "other laptop GPUs are also facing supply constraints." Further price rises are coming, then, and with RAM getting more costly next year too, we can expect some painful hikes.

As a result, I'd be inclined to keep a careful watch on what Black Friday presents in the way of gaming laptop price cuts, and move sooner rather than later if at all possible.

Laptops

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Outside of the gaming arena, everyday laptops are another area where I'd seriously think about trying to nab a Black Friday bargain. As mentioned, there are usually a lot of laptop deals – we highlight the top offers at TechRadar, of course, and notebooks represent quite a number of the bargains we pick out – and while there may not be so many this year, expect them to be there.

With the rising tide of RAM prices and the worsening of the crisis next year, it seems inevitable that this will jack up the asking prices of all laptops (and especially gaming laptops, as noted, due to the extra pressure added by the video RAM of discrete GPUs).

Analyst firms are already predicting that laptop manufacturers are soon going to ramp up pricing as they run short of stockpiled components (purchased at a cheaper cost). And one analyst outfit, IDC, recently advised that the only positive glimmer here is that some retailers are carrying too much notebook stock (given flagging PC sales this year) which may result in "promotions and some short-term relief for consumers," which is clearly referring to Black Friday.

I agree, of course, and think that if you want a new laptop in the next couple of years, Black Friday 2026 is likely to be the best time to make your move.

What else?

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On the PC side, then, I feel that laptops – particularly gaming notebooks – and desktop GPUs are the key areas to focus on for Black Friday bargains.

The trouble with other key desktop PC components aside from graphics cards is that pricing has got so high with RAM and SSDs that even a 'bargain' with a big price cut feels like a very sour purchase compared to prices last year. These components are just depressingly expensive (especially system memory), so it's difficult to recommend buying at all unless you're absolutely forced to. (Top-end GPUs are now in this territory too, of course).

That said, there may just be a half-decent deal on storage somewhere (we did see one or two of those in the most recent Prime Day).

On a lighter note, you might well see some solid deals on CPUs if you're on the hunt for a new processor. This is likely to be the exception in terms of the other core PC components aside from GPUs, although I'm not expecting CPU prices to face the same upward pricing pressures that graphics cards will encounter next year, so there isn't the same sense of urgency to buy in that respect. I could be wrong in that, mind – and the same goes for all my musings here – so season this advice liberally.