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Apple’s New 14-Inch MacBook Pro M6 Puts Serious Power Into a Machine Easy to Carry

By Jackson Chung October 27, 2026

Apple introduced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip on October 27, placing a 2-nanometer processor inside the same portable aluminum body that has defined the line for years. The M6 uses a 12-core CPU that includes what Apple calls the world’s fastest CPU core, paired with a 12-core GPU that embeds a Neural Accelerator in every graphics core. A dual 16-core Neural Engine handles the AI work, while unified memory starts at 16GB and can be ordered up to 32GB, with bandwidth reaching 170GB per second on the higher configurations.

Engineezy Builds Sphero Electric Battery That Charges Phones with Marbles

By Jackson Chung October 27, 2026

Charging a smartphone with marbles sounds impossible until you watch Engineezy spend weeks turning steel balls into a working power source. He called the finished machine a Sphero electric battery, a playful nod to the way pumped hydro plants store energy by lifting water high and letting it fall through turbines later.

Gravity Industries Jet Suit Takes Flight Over Eden Project Grounds in Cornwall

By Bill Smith October 26, 2026

Richard Browning took off from the grassy stretch outside the Eden Project’s famed biomes on a beautiful late March morning, the engines roaring to life as they have every time he has flown one of these. This time, he was demonstrating the Jet Suit at Anthropy UK, a gathering of movers and shakers in Cornwall. As the creator of Gravity Industries and the suit’s chief pilot, he intended to give everyone a taste of what personal flight is like when the engines roar, movement is instinctive, and the crowd feels the blast of exhaust in their face.

Michael Pick Turns a Used BMW i3 Into a Compact Electric Pickup for Under $8,000

By Bill Smith October 26, 2026

Michael Pick wanted a small electric pickup without paying forty thousand dollars or waiting for something like the Slate to reach the market. High gas prices made his old V6 Ranger feel expensive to run, so he bought a high-mileage 2017 BMW i3 REx sight unseen from an online auction for fifty-eight hundred dollars and set out to convert it himself.

Apple Reportedly Prepares Its First Touchscreen MacBook Pro for Wednesday Debut

By Jackson Chung October 26, 2026

Apple invites media to a Los Angeles experience this Wednesday for what reports describe as the long-awaited high-end MacBook Pro refresh. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and other sources point to 14-inch and 16-inch models that finally bring touch support and OLED screens to the Mac lineup. The gathering carries the tagline “Pro and tell,” with a press release expected around 10 a.m. Pacific Time followed by hands-on time for attendees. Shipping could begin as early as November 6.