A $600 laptop in 2026 might have half the RAM it had a year ago. Here’s why

Buy a $600 laptop in 2026 and, at a glance, it’ll look identical to last year’s model. Open it up, though, and there’s often a less pleasant surprise waiting: a dimmer screen and 8GB of RAM where you’d have gotten 16GB at the same price not long ago. This isn’t a one-off. It’s not an […]
The Canary Islands try to move past swimwear: island fashion hits Madrid’s runway

Ask anyone who has never set foot in the Canary Islands to describe the archipelago’s fashion, and the answer will probably be: swimwear. That’s exactly the association nine Canarian designers and labels are setting out to break on 17 September, when they take the runway at Madrid’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, one of Spanish fashion’s biggest […]
120,000 people in eight weeks: what Siam Night leaves behind in Tenerife

Twenty-ninth of August, just past midnight: the lights go down over Siam Beach as Siam Park wraps its eighth and final week of Siam Night 2026. The numbers released a few days later put attendance at over 120,000 visitors across July and August, up 20% on last year’s edition and, the park says, an all-time […]