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OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition introduces Warp Charge, 10GB RAM
The company’s most expensive model yet
After Huawei and OPPO partnered with luxury brands to entice high-end customers, it’s OnePlus’ turn to take a crack at releasing a premium edition of its beloved smartphone.
This is the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition, and as you can already tell, it’s a beefed-up version of the OnePlus 6T we know and love. Not only does it have a carbon fiber pattern and the popular automaker’s logo on the back, but also practical features that would whet the appetites of OnePlus fans.
The first is Warp Charge, which is technically the successor to last year’s Dash Charge. It outputs at 30W and can charge the phone from zero to 50 percent in only 20 minutes. That’s fast by anyone’s standards.
This is followed by 10GB of memory paired with 256GB of storage — again, plenty in this day and age. While these may seem excessive at first, they do help in improving the overall performance, considering that the OnePlus 6T’s Snapdragon 845 processor is already a generation old, now that the Snapdragon 855 is out.
All this brings the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition to a retail price of US$ 699. It’s the most expensive OnePlus handset to date, but looking at the package and how much pricier other limited edition flagships cost, this is a pretty good deal.
Sales begin on December 13 at 10AM Eastern Time. In the meantime, you can watch our hands-on video of the OnePlus 6T below. Just imagine that it looks fancier and comes with slightly better features.
Enterprise
TikTok finally gets a buyer in the United States
The deal targets a closing date in late January.
The year started with a ban. A day before Donald Trump started his second term, TikTok went dark, in anticipation of an impending ban. The platform quickly went back online, leading to an ultimatum that saw TikTok hunt for an American buyer to full stave off a definitive ban in the United States. Now, as the year ends, a buyer is finally here.
Via CNBC, TikTok has reportedly inked a deal to finalize a deal in the United States, as stated in an internal memo from CEO Shou Zi Chew. The memo, which was sent just this week, details a plan that will see the deal close by January 26, 2026.
Fifty percent of TikTok’s newly restructured U.S. arm will be held by a collection of American investors including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. Meanwhile, already existing investors of TikTok will hold 30.1 percent. Finally, ByteDance will retain 19.9 percent.
Additionally, TikTok’s algorithm in the United States will be retrained with American data. The American arm will also handle the country’s “data protection, algorithm security, content moderation, and software assurance.” Oracle will be the “trusted security partner” in charge of making sure the company keeps within regulations in the country.
With a deal pushing through, the long-running TikTok saga in the United States might finally come to a close.
Gaming
Silksong is getting its first major expansion next year
The expansion is called Sea of Sorrow.
I still can’t believe that Hollow Knight: Silksong came out this year. After years of just waiting for the mythical title, it’s surreal to have it in my library. Now, barely waiting to catch their breath, Team Cherry is already working hard towards the next content drop, starting with Silksong DLC.
Just like the original Hollow Knight, Silksong is getting free DLCs to expand its story. The upcoming Sea of Sorrow DLC will be the game’s “first big expansion.”
The expansion’s trailer barely shows anything about the new content, besides vague allusions to what’s coming. At the very least, Team Cherry has confirmed, both via the announcement and the accompanying poster, that Sea of Sorrow will be nautical-themed.
It will feature new locations, new tools, and new enemies. By itself, Silksong is already a huge game. Adding more content then is a massive undertaking. Plus, Team Cherry says that this is just the first expansion, hinting at more coming in the future.
Sea of Sorrow will launch in 2026.
Besides the new expansion, the studio is also working on a Nintendo Switch 2 update for the original Hollow Knight. It will add higher framerates, resolutions, and more graphical effects. PC players will also get some upgrades to support larger screens.
The Switch 2 update, which will be free for those who already own the original game, will also launch next year.
SEE ALSO: Hollow Knight: Silksong finally releases on September 4
Before the new year starts, it’s already fair to assume that Supergirl might be one of the most anticipated movies of 2026. Premiering a year after the globally successful Superman, Supergirl will see the adventures of Clark Kent’s superpowered cousin, Kara Zor-El. Now, the next film in the sage finally has a teaser trailer.
As James Gunn mentioned previously, Supergirl will be based on Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Off traveling to other planets to party, Kara finds herself thrust back into the role of being a hero after a young girl named Ruthye Mary Knoll asks her for help.
Though the teaser trailer is mostly a montage of scenes, we already know what we can expect. According to Gunn, Supergirl will be tonally different from Superman, and we see this in the trailer.
However, we can still see influences from Gunn including the usage of “Call Me” by Blondie for the trailer. Also, the film’s space scenes look like they can fit right in with Guardians of the Galaxy.
Still, that’s what we have, and we’re excited. Supergirl will premiere on June 26, 2026.
The film will be directed by Craig Gillespie (Cruella). Milly Alcock plays the titular character. Meanwhile, she will star alongside Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knoll.
SEE ALSO: Superman sequel, titled Man of Tomorrow, comes out in 2027
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