The iPhone X is expensive in the U.S., but that's nothing compared to prices in some other markets. Case in point: The United Kingdom. There, the 64GB iPhone X costs £999 while the 256GB variant costs £1,149. That's an absolutely insane price difference: 999 British pounds is about 1,330 U.S. dollars, and 1,149 pounds is 1,529 dollars. This means that the 64GB iPhone X costs $331 more in the UK, and the 256GB iPhone X costs a whopping $380 more in the UK.

Elon Musk is a genius — a whirling dervish of intense mental and real-world activity who, apparently, can't stop worrying about AI. And now he's got all of us worrying about artificial intelligence triggering World War III. Is Musk wrong? My gut says: Yes, very wrong. Computers are smart and more rational than humans, so I think a sentient AI would do everything in its power to prevent a war. To be fair.

For about the last decade, if you walked into any phone store, you could reasonably expect to pay about $200 for a brand new iPhone — but those days are all but over. The iPhone 8, which is expected to launch at a special media event on Sept. 12, is widely forecast to have a starting cost somewhere between $1,000 and $1,200 — or a little shy of double the starting price of the current iPhone 7 ($649). Perhaps even more shocking is that Apple isn't alone in increasing costs.

Love your iPhone 7, but wish it had a headphone jack? Guess what, you can totally add one — all it takes is some serious technical know how and a willingness to possibly destroy your phone in the process. That's at least according to one noted tinkerer, who figured out a way to install a working headphone jack inside of his iPhone 7. And no, he didn't just drill a whole through it (please don't do that).

An ungodly number of tech gadgets — monster PCs with 18-core processors, a gazillion VR headsets, and more — will be announced at IFA in Berlin this week. But none will match the sheer awesomeness of SanDisk's 400GB microSD card. None. Period. Yes, it's a memory card. And yes, storage isn't sexy. But dammit, it's a fingernail-sized memory card with 400 friggin' gigabytes of storage. That's three times the amount of storage that comes with an entry-level MacBook Pro.

Instagram released its Archive feature in June, but you might not know what it's for or how to use it. Archive lets you hide photos and videos from your profile without completely deleting them. That way, you can bring them back later if you want to do so. Instagram phrases it as giving you the flexibility to represent how you evolve over time, but Archive is really just a way to hide embarrassing selfies or videos that didn't get enough likes.

So round, so active, so absolutely evil. BB-9E is the literal dark side version of the lovable BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It's not cute. It's not happy. This astromech makes angry sounds and has a utterly mysterious story line and purpose, which makes it 10 times more evil. News of the brand new drone dropped on the eve of Force Friday II, the Star Wars merchandizing-palooza that's hitting September 1 to celebrate the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in December.

Do you see it? Just below the surface, hiding in plain sight? That's right: The invitation for the Sept. 12 Apple event contains 100 percent real and genuine clues about what is going to be revealed that day at the Steve Jobs Theater. And, if you only know how to look, it's beautiful. First, let's cover what we already think we know about the big day. The company will likely unveil three new iPhones, including the much-hyped iPhone 8.

A whole bunch of Samsung fans defected to the iPhone last year when the seemingly perfect Galaxy Note 7 literally started blowing up. But Samsung's back and ready to win them over with the new Galaxy Note 8. The biggest question surrounding the device is if the new phone is compelling enough to make you dump your iPhone. It's a question only you can really answer, but there's definitely more than enough drool-worthy features in the Note 8 to tempt most people.

Facebook has kept its promise. The world's largest social network has granted all 2 billion of its monthly active users access to "On This Day." Oh, and the multi-billion-dollar company also launched a new memories feature. The global launch only took 29 months, a time where my two best friends couldn't see our Facebook friendiversaries or any of their personal memories every day while I enjoyed the daily jaunt down memory lane.