Rabbit Hole Brief: Tech

Apple's HomeView and fourth-generation Apple TV 4K go on sale today at $299 each, while Samsung publishes Intelligent Eyewear pricing from $395 ahead of December 10 shipments and Honor launches the rear-screen 700 series in China. Plus PlayStation Portal Player preorders in Japan and South Korea, Seagate's bring-your-own-SSD FireCuda Forge, a $99.99 smart radon detector at Lowe's, and early Black Friday deals. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Samsung's Intelligent Eyewear preorders open today at Warby Parker with the full collection and pricing still to be posted, while Ring announces a flying Drone Cam and a wheeled Rover Cam and Starlink's Mini 2 adds a built-in battery. Plus Vivo dates the X500 series for November 26 in India, Honor confirms a 9,000mAh battery for tomorrow's 700 launch, Pikmin 4 lands on Switch 2, and Sony delays the Pulse Elevate speakers with no new date. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Google's Pixel Tag goes on sale today at $29.99 as the November Pixel Drop brings Gemini Intelligence to the Pixel 10 and guided workouts to Pixel Watch, while Samsung's Intelligent Eyewear surfaces in the Galaxy Wearable app a day before preorders open with pricing still unannounced. Plus Oppo confirms four 50-megapixel cameras for the Reno 17 ahead of November 16, Owlet's $49.99 smart thermometer, and a controller Tuesday from Nacon's budget Revo to Razer's sold-out Signature Edition. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Xiaomi confirms the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max launch globally on November 17 in Paris with the Back Display, while REDMAGIC's 12 Pro goes on sale in Malaysia and Sony revises the PlayStation Portal for Japan and South Korea. Plus a report pushing Apple's smart glasses to late 2027, Samsung glasses demos ahead of November 12 preorders, URBAN's India wearables, and Amazon dating Black Friday for November 19. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Samsung and Google's Intelligent Eyewear opens for preorder on November 12 with pricing still to come, while Oppo reveals the Reno 17, Watch 5, and Pad Air 6 for November 16 and Vivo's X500 India prices leak as tentative. Plus Temple's founder responds to the criticism, Schiit's $99 Magni 6 and Pro-Ject's Debut Carbon revival, a GameSir controller with its own screen, and week-two early Black Friday deals. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Apple's five products go on sale today and the first touchscreen MacBook Pro reviews say the OLED screen is the real upgrade, while Oppo's Find X10 Pro Max ships globally and Motorola's Signature 27 gets a reported price. Plus Honor's rear-display phones, Razer and Sony wired audio, Oukitel's igniter phone, Casio's analog G-Shocks, and early Black Friday deals. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Motorola's Signature 27 launches today with its chip and cameras confirmed but price and battery still unconfirmed, while ASUS launches the Zenbook 14 in India and Apple prepares five products for November 6. Plus Sony's LinkBuds Clip, Microsoft's pocket-sized Xbox Nano controller, a report on Apple's robotic HomeView, and early Black Friday deals. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Motorola's Signature 27 flagship gets a hands-on preview a day before its November 5 launch, with a claimed 12,000-nit tandem OLED screen and price and battery still unconfirmed. Plus Samsung's Galaxy Ring sleep apnea screening, TCL's NXTPaper launch in Australia, ASUS ProArt RTX Spark laptops in India, POCO's X8s in the Philippines, the Attack Shark X60 on sale today with an unconfirmed price, Narwal's self-emptying V50 Cube, and Best Buy's early Black Friday Apple deals. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Samsung's first AI smart glasses have reportedly slipped to a mid-December launch in the US and South Korea only, while Apple acknowledges a small number of iPhone Duo display failures and the Foxconn quality claim stays unconfirmed. Plus Wareable's Pixel Watch 5 review, Vivo and OnePlus big-battery phones, Acer's Predator Atlas 8 handheld at Best Buy, JBL and Lenovo launches in China, and Pixel 11 prices at all-time lows. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.

Xiaomi confirms the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max go global in November, while Apple sets November 13 for the HomeView display and new Apple TV 4K at 299 dollars each, and OnePlus posts full Buds Pro 4 specs with no price yet. Plus Temple's head-worn wearable crashes its own pre-order site in India, Oppo's Reno 17 November launch in China, Karbonn's comeback and Redmi's M100 Pro, and AirTag 2 back at its all-time low. Reports are labeled as exactly that, with sources named.