Technology & Telecom

United States – October 15, 2026 -- The Brady Protocol, a 30-minute robotic massage session co-designed with Tom Brady, is available starting today at every Aescape location for $39 and up. Pricing varies by location.

Brady helped design the sequence down to the stroke

Over the past year, licensed therapists and trainers built the Protocol with Brady involved from initial concept through design and testing. He helped shape the sequence, intensity and intent of the session, down to the individual stroke.

The approach draws on principles from Brady's more than two decades of work with his longtime body coach, Alex Guerrero. Those principles center on muscle pliability, consistent bodywork and recovery, and they have been adapted for Aescape's platform.

Brady says he kept refining the pressure, speed, sequence and stroke placement until it felt like the work he has relied on for years.

Chicago – October 15, 2026 -- United Airlines travelers can now check whether their upcoming flight has Starlink Wi-Fi using a new online tracker, and the airline has extended its "Switch to Better Wi-Fi" status match offer to October 22.

The tracker shows Starlink status flight by flight

The tool, called StarlinkTracker.United.com, was built in response to customer demand. Travelers enter their travel dates and flight numbers within three days of departure, and the site updates in real time for last-minute aircraft changes. Aircraft assignments are typically confirmed within 24 hours of departure and remain subject to change.

The site also shows how many regional, narrowbody and widebody aircraft have Starlink. It lists the share of Starlink flights at seven hubs: Chicago, Newark, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston and Denver. The statistics refresh daily.

Frankfurt – October 15, 2026 -- Creality has added two printers to its Ender-3 series: the large-format Ender-3 V3 Mega, with early-bird pricing of $669 for the Combo, and the entry-level Ender-3 V3 Neo, at $329 for the Combo. Both are available to order from October 15 through Creality's official stores.

The series is nine years old and has shipped more than 4 million units. The Mega is aimed at batch production and flexible materials, while the Neo targets first-time buyers.

Mega prints 420 mm objects in one piece

The Ender-3 V3 Mega has a 420 × 420 × 420 mm build volume. Large models can be printed whole, which cuts down on splitting, assembly and visible seams. For batch work, multiple objects fit on one build plate, so print farms and design studios can finish more jobs in fewer runs. Creality names large cosplay props, furniture components and batches of functional prototypes as suitable uses.

Boston – October 15, 2026 -- MacPaw's new AI assistant Eney is available now for Mac and iPhone, free to try for 14 days with 10,000 AI credits. It watches your apps, files and calendar, prepares the next step and waits for your approval before it acts.

Eney is built for people whose days fill up with chasing documents, catching up on threads or prepping for calls. According to MacPaw, it needs no complicated setup or AI know-how.

Eney asks before it sends, changes or moves anything

MacPaw's own research of US Mac users (July–August 2026) found that 81% had used an AI tool in the previous three months, but only 39% said AI was embedded in how they work. Eney is designed around that gap: proactive, never autonomous. By default it asks before sending a message, changing an event or moving a file, and users decide how much it can do alone.

MacPaw founder and CEO Oleksandr Kosovan describes it as "a careful colleague" rather than a chatbot.

Shanghai – October 15, 2026 -- Twenty gaming monitors from Lenovo's Legion line and HKC's ANTGAMER brand are among the first to earn TÜV Rheinland's new Native Gaming Performance Certification, which rates displays from three to five stars.

The standard was officially launched at the 23rd China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy) in July 2026. It targets a familiar problem: higher refresh rates and shorter advertised response times do not necessarily mean clearer, more stable visuals, especially when those specs rely on overclocking, undisclosed reductions in display quality or compromises in stability.

Overclocked refresh rates are excluded from certification

The framework defines three refresh-rate operating modes: native, overclocked and dual-mode. It applies a "same mode, full-system testing" principle, and refresh-rate overclocking is excluded from certification.

United States – October 15, 2026 -- TickTalk Radio, a closed music service for kids' smartwatches, costs $4.99 a month as an add-on. It is included in the TickTalk Wireless Premium plan and runs on the new $169.99 TickTalk 6.

The service has no ads, no algorithmic social feeds and no open search. Parents approve what their children can hear.

Three age tiers sort the stations by development stage

Working with Feed.fm, TickTalk split its parent-approved stations into Junior (ages 3–5), Explorer (ages 6–9) and Tween (ages 9–12). Content moderation filters for language and for thematic maturity, so it goes beyond standard clean/explicit labels. New content is added regularly.

The catalog combines licensed major-label music with science-backed wellness tracks. The wellness tracks are aimed at routines around calm, focus, sleep and mindfulness.

Jersey City – October 14, 2026 -- Casio America has launched Pink Moflin (PE-M11PK), the first new color for its furry smart companion, priced at $429 and sold at casio.com/us/moflin. It joins the original gold and silver models.

Fans asked for pink more than any other color

Since Moflin debuted in Japan in November 2024, pink has been the owners' most frequent request. Casio Japan responded with Sakura Pink on September 4, 2026. Casio says the soft shade was chosen to evoke comfort, warmth and calm.

"Cozy culture is about soothing colors and soft materials," said Brian Piccolo, General Manager of Sound & Innovation at Casio America.

Shenzhen – – October 14, 2026 -- The 1MORE SonoFlow Max HQ60 wireless over-ear headphones are on sale worldwide, with up to 105 hours of playback per charge, noise cancellation up to 50 dB deep, and a choice of White, Silver or Black.

QuietMax 2.0 noise cancellation adapts to your surroundings

The HQ60 uses QuietMaxTM 2.0 noise cancellation with a maximum depth of up to 50 dB. An AI-adaptive algorithm detects ambient noise in real time and targets distractions such as subway rumble, road noise, office equipment and conversations.

Users can switch between Noise Cancellation, Transparency and Standard modes. Transparency keeps outside sounds audible without taking the headphones off.

San Diego – October 14, 2026 -- Sony Electronics has introduced the ECM-W5 wireless microphone system for video creators, and pre-orders open at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET on October 14, 2026. The system pairs two transmitters with one receiver and sends audio over a line-of-sight distance of up to 500 m.

32bit float audio lands in a single video file

Through the Multi-Interface (MI) Shoe, 32bit float audio travels digitally and directly to a compatible camera and records with the video in a single file. There is no external recorder and no separate audio file to sync later. The 32bit float mode works only at 48 kHz. It is meant to capture quiet and loud sounds without constant gain adjustment and to reduce the chance of clipping.

The microphones also support 96 kHz High-Resolution Audio recording, and a 3.5 mm input accepts lavalier and external microphones, including the separately sold ECM-L1.

Dubai – October 14, 2026 -- HONOR has announced the upcoming HONOR X9e Pro, the first Pro model in its X Series, with an 11,000mAh battery, 3-metre drop resistance, IP69K water protection and a 10,000-nit display.

The phone survives 3-metre drops and 10 metres underwater

HONOR says a new 360° shock-absorbing architecture protects against drops of up to 3 metres. The phone earned the SGS Premium Performance 5-Star rating for Drop Resistance in Harsh Scenarios, which covers complex terrains and low-angle drops.

IP69K protection lets it withstand submersion in water up to 10 metres and supports underwater photography. It also handles hot-water splashes of up to 85°C.