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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Buy Now Multiple Buying Options Available $900 at Amazon (S26) $1,100 at Amazon (S26+) $900 at Best Buy (S26) $900 at Samsung (Both) Save this story Save this story Rating: 7 /10 There is nothing inherently wrong with Samsung's base-level flagship smartphones of the year—the Galaxy S26 ($900) and Galaxy S26+ ($1,100). I have now spent several weeks with both handsets, and they're dutiful performers, just not very exciting.

Settings icon displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on September 4, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images Save this story Save this story Your iPhone is so much more than just a screen for texting.

Photograph: Olga Rolenko/Getty Images Save this story Save this story There’s a whole menu of different energy sources to choose from in generating electric power—coal, gas, wind, and so on—and some are worse for the planet than others. But regardless of where we gather it, the energy itself almost always comes from the sun.

If you're running out of storage space on your laptop or you need to back up your data and store that backlog of videos you're going to edit one day (I am, I swear), an external hard drive can solve your problem. The trouble is, there are hundreds of drive options ranging from dirt-cheap to crazy-expensive—which one is right for your needs?

Best MagSafe Wallet Overall UAG Metropolis Kevlar MagSafe Wallet Read more $60 $48 (20% off) Amazon Easiest MagSafe Wallet to Use Smartish Side Hustle Wallet Read more $30 $24 (20% off) Amazon Best Designs Casetify MagSafe Wallet Read more $38 Casetify Best Metal MagSafe Wallet Ridge Wallet for MagSafe Read more $150 $99 (34% off) Ridge The best MagSafe wallets let you attach a compact, slim, and svelte wallet to your iPhone (or MagSafe-compatible case). This can be handy if you just want to keep a few cards handy, like your work badge or your train fare, or if you want to forgo carrying a traditional wallet entirely.

Courtesy of Porsche $109,000 at Porsche Save this story Save this story Rating: 8 /10 Porsche’s first all-electric Cayenne SUV lands in the face of significant headwinds for the German carmaker, which recently saw operating profit collapse by 92.7 percent owing partly to a rethink of its electrification strategy. Instead of pursuing an all-electric future driven by its Taycan and Macan vehicles, then bolstered by battery-powered variants of the Cayman, Boxster, and Cayenne—plus, presumably, an eventual electric 911—Porsche is taking an eye-wateringly expensive detour.