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Digi IX25 – A Rugged 5G RedCap/eMBB Industrial Cellular Router

Digi IX25 5G Industrial Cellular Router

Digi International Digi IX25 is a rugged, industrial 5G cellular router designed for critical and enterprise applications. Built around a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, this router combines cellular networking, edge computing, remote management, and secure connectivity into a single device, simplifying deployment across utilities, oil & gas, transportation, kiosks, ATMs, and digital signage. The platform comes in multiple variants, including 5G eMBB (Enhanced Mobile Broadband), 5G RedCap (Reduced Capability), and LTE-only, with some models supporting Wi-Fi 6E and others not. Other features, including dual SIM + eSIM for remote provisioning, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, GNSS, serial, and GPIOs, stay the same across all varieties. It is designed for harsh environments with −40°C to 75°C operation and certifications like C1D2, ATEX, and MIL-STD-810H. Digi IX25 specifications: Processor – 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor (could be NXP i.MX 8 family or MediaTek/Rockchip based chips) System Memory – 1 GB DDR […]

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The Korg Handytraxx Play Inspired Me to Learn Scratching

About 20 years ago, I bought a turntable with the idea that it would be a staple of my music-making setup. I dreamed of learning to scratch and digging through dollar bin vinyl for samples. Instead, it just got hooked up to a stereo. But a few months ago, I got my hands on the […]

Top Amazon Big Spring Sale Deals Still Available

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is technically over, but not all of the deals are gone. In fact, dozens of deals are still here and selling at the same prices, while other discounts aren’t quite as low as before. If you didn’t partake in the past week of savings, some companies list today as the final […]

April Fools’ Day 2026: The Best and Most Cringeworthy Pranks

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social media, internet, or AI chatbot presence in 2026, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools’ Day: […]

Baidu Robotaxis Freeze in Wuhan: Signaling the Dawn of Mass Fleet Failures

On Tuesday evening in Wuhan, more than 100 of Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis stopped moving. They did not pull over. They did not activate an emergency protocol. They simply froze, scattered across the city’s roads and elevated highways, some in the middle lane of ring roads with traffic streaming past on both sides. Passengers trapped […]

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Samsung Galaxy Watches Unveil Much-Anticipated Functionality Previously Offered on Apple Watches

Apple launched hypertension alerts on various Apple Watch models in 2025 by utilizing the existing heart rate technology. Now, Samsung smartwatches in the U.S. are at last receiving a blood pressure monitoring capability a few months following Apple’s release of its version. This feature comes seven years after the South Korean technology firm first announced intentions to add blood pressure monitoring to its smartwatches.

Interestingly, Samsung Galaxy Watch users have benefitted from this feature in the company’s home nation for about six years since its debut in June 2020. For the U.S. market, the firm needed to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to offering the feature on its Galaxy smartwatches.

Understanding the functionality of Samsung’s blood pressure monitoring feature

List of Samsung Smartphones Ceasing Updates in 2026

Samsung keeps introducing exciting new features to its Galaxy series while simultaneously winding down software support for older models as they complete their update cycle.

The technology leader boasts one of the largest Android device assortments worldwide, meaning its end-of-support choices affect a large user audience. In 2026, a wide array of Samsung devices, including flagships, foldable devices, mid-range products, and the cherished Note series, are either already excluded from the update schedule or approaching their last patches. This article addresses both groups: Devices that lost support in late 2025 and will be fully retired this year, along with those currently receiving quarterly updates but anticipated to leave Samsung’s update program by the end of 2026.

Galaxy S21 Series (S21, S21+, S21 Ultra)

The Galaxy S21 series launched in January 2021 as Samsung’s flagship platform, supported by a then-novel guarantee: Four generations of Android upgrades and five years of security maintenance. It was marketed as a long-term asset, hardware that would remain relevant for a significant time.

The S21 series received its final major OS upgrade, Android 15-based One UI 7.0, in early 2025. Before that, it transitioned smoothly through Android 12 (One UI 4) in November 2021, Android 13 (One UI 5) in November 2022, and Android 14 (One UI 5) in December 2023. By January 2026, the last planned security patch had been released. As of February