I have bought too many portable battery banks over the past few years for one reason, and one reason only: I have teenage daughters. And that’s the thing about having kids — your stuff is going to wander off and disappear into the abyss that is their rooms. It’s an inevitability.
And so in preparing for a summer family excursion, I picked up a new battery bank, because I needed something a little more portable for fun time, so I could leave at home the monster battery I carry with me on work trips.
Enter the Anker MagGo Power Bank . It’s only a 10,000 mAh battery — half that of the Anker Prime Power Bank I’ve been carrying around — and I’ve had to convince my brain that’s a good thing. I just need something that can recharge my phone maybe twice at most, and not worry about giving emergency juice to my MacBook. And with that lower capacity comes less weight — a little more than half as much as the Anker Prime Power Bank at 8.8 ounces.
It’s also a better size and shape for more casual carrying — about the same as a deck of cards.
So, yes. I now have a work battery, and a play battery.
And the real sweetener is a bit of overkill that is totally unnecessary, but (like on the Prime Power Bank I got earlier) is also very cool: A display to show how much charger is left in the battery, and how quickly it’s charging your device. That’s just easier on my brain than trying to decipher a series of LEDs.
So all in all, it’s a cool, portable battery that I’m going to make good use of. And hide from my kids.
Are you tired of paying for streaming services you never watch just to get a phone plan feature you actually want? T-Mobile has good news for you! The carrier is rolling out new plans, called T-Mix, in early November to replace its old Experience lineup with a build-your-own perks system called Picks.
The benefits you choose vary from streaming and gaming to food delivery, AI, satellite service, and phone discounts. But if you are satisfied with your existing plan, you can keep it.
Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.