Another week, another seven days of some seriously big tech news, and we’re here to help you catch up on what you might have missed.
From Mac shortages to Artemis II iPhone photos, we’ve rounded up the seven biggest news stories of the week below for you.
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7. Pebblebee built an excellent AirTag rival
This week the company Pebblebee launched its new Halo tracker, a new AirTag rival but with added features.
Built on the ‘what if something goes wrong’ feeling, the Halo tracker can be registered to Apple’s Find My app or Google’s Find Hub, so no additional app is required. When activated, the tracker will sound a 130dB siren when activated to attract the attention of passersby in the area, and will also emit a flashing strobe of light (which doubles as a 150-lumen flashlight), all while sharing your real-time location with up to five trusted contacts called your safety circle
It now retails for $59.99/ £55.28/ AU$87.88, and each device comes with a free 12-month subscription to Pebblebee’s Alert Live plan, which is required for live location sharing.
6. We tried DJI’s robovac
The folks at DJI know a lot about drones, but it turns out they’re no slouch when it comes to robot vacuum cleaners either. We tested the new DJI Romo P with its funky transparent case that lets you see its cleaning components as it works, and its obstacle detection and navigation blew us away.
The Romo P also exceeded expectations in our vacuum test, getting right into the corners of the room and doing an admirable job of picking up messy spills on hard floors. It’s expensive, yes, but it’s one of the best robot vacuums to ever roam our floors, and we highly recommend it.
5. We experienced the Sony RGB TV
We’ve been waiting for Sony’s formal entry into RGB TV, and this week we got a first look at what the TV giant has dubbed True RGB. It’s a standout name among the crowded RGB TV space, where Samsung, TCL and Hisense are all already taking up space.
However, our early first impressions of Sony’s True RGB TV technology turned out to be good, with strong colors, high brightness and generally impressive images. Sony says its first consumer TV model with True RGB will launch in spring 2026, and Sony’s RGB TV technology is a three-diode system with one red, one green, and one blue, plus a new backlight driver controlled by Sony’s unique mix.
As always, Sony will strive not to skew reality and ideally deliver images that match the creator’s intent.
4. We poured one out for Samsung Messages
We said goodbye to Samsung Messages this week when the South Korean tech brand announced that the service is shutting down in July.
The announcement came with a proposal to switch to Google Messages, but many people are frustrated with the change.
There’s no workaround to keep access to Samsung Messages, but if you don’t like Google Messages, at least there are alternative apps you can use, including Textra SMS and Handcent Next SMS messenger.
3. Amazon stopped supporting some Kindles
As of May 20, Amazon is pulling the plug on support for Kindles and Fire tablet models released before 2012. However, most of the affected devices are still widely used today (mainly the Kindle 3, Kindle 4, and the first-generation Kindle Paperwhite), and this has rubbed avid e-readers the wrong way.
When the day comes, you’ll still be able to read content already downloaded to your device, but you won’t be able to buy or download new books after the date has passed. For most users, the simplicity of a Kindle is what has kept them glued to older models rather than upgrading to Amazon’s more advanced and therefore more expensive models. Also, this doesn’t stop users from sideloading new books as a workaround – but also how long will it be before Amazon cracks down on this?
2. NASA shared its otherworldly iPhone snaps
The Artemis II mission has been wowing us mere mortals this week with its deep space adventures — and that included capturing what are probably the best iPhone and GoPro photos ever taken.
Two of these, showing astronauts Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman looking back toward their home planet, were captured with the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s selfie camera, no less. And outside the ship, a 12-year-old GoPro took an amazing picture of a lunar eclipse from the other side of the moon.
Our camera roll looks decidedly underwhelming by comparison. Still, it was fascinating to see NASA using some of the same dusty old camera technology—including the decade-old Nikon D5 DSLR—that we’ve seen in thrift stores.
1. Mac storage was running low
Mac Mini, Mac Studio, and MacBook Neo stocks are running low across various Apple stores, and the issues may continue.
You may wait several weeks, or even months in some cases, to receive your Mac Mini or Studio order, depending on your configuration. Although Apple has not confirmed the rumors, many suspect that the ongoing RAM crisis is to blame.
As for MacBook Neo, the delays is instead blamed on a stranger source: a lack of iPhone 16 Pro chips. The theory is that these chips were chosen because Apple had a stockpile of A18 Pros with a faulty CPU core; the five-core chips would not work for phones, but could be converted to Neo chips. However, the incredible popularity of the Neo may have caught Apple by surprise, leading to shortages.
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