If you thought that the day would pass without another Oppo A6 series announcement, guess again. Following a detailed leak from earlier this week, Oppo has finally unveiled the international version of its A6c. It features several differences from the Chinese A6c, including a Unisoc chipset, a larger 7,000 mAh battery and a different camera island. The global A6c arrives with the CPH2895 model number and brings a 6.75-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It is equipped with...

Published Apr 7, 2026, 5:11 PM EDT Jon is a seasoned journalist who has written definitive coverage of consumer tech at publications like Engadget, Android Authority, and BetaKit. He’s an expert on making tech accessible ranging from mobile and PCs to emerging platforms like wearables. When he’s not writing, he’s going on adventures with ihis family and is an avid photographer. The 2027 BMW i7 might not be a complete Neue Klasse overhaul like the iX3, but it could still repre...

  April 07, (THEWILL) — American rapper Montero Lamar Hill, better known as Lil Nas X, has been allowed by a California judge to enter a mental health diversion program following his arrest last August. Hill, 26, was charged with three counts of battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest after being found nearly naked on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles. He was also hospitalized over concerns of a possible overdose. At a hearing on Monday, April 6, Judge Alan Schneider said...

The NextStar Energy battery plant in Windsor is shown on February 6, 2026. Photo by Dan Janisse /The Windsor Star Article content As support for electric vehicles wanes in key markets, LG Energy Solution Ltd. — parent company of Windsor’s $6-billion NextStar battery plant — has reported a preliminary first-quarter operating loss. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from acros...

ISLAMABAD/SINGAPORE — Days after Iran effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz following the start of US and Israeli attacks in late February, two Pakistani electric motorbike outlets 1,400km  away found themselves overwhelmed with enquiries. Haseeb Bhatti, who retrofits petrol-fuelled bikes with battery-powered motors in the northern city of Rawalpindi, said his March sales surged 70 per cent.  For Ali Gohar Khan, who owns a 7-year-old electric motorbike retail franchise wi...

Mountains of plastic waste: PET bottles, nylon fibers and polyurethane foam, typify our throwaway culture. They choke rivers, smother oceans and do not decompose. But what if these plastics could be converted, not as pollutants, but into clean energy and high-value chemicals? A team of researchers has revealed a new frontier, which does exactly that. They have created a solar-powered reactor that can decompose durable plastic waste. Using a process called photoreforming (PR), the system, powered...