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Logitech’s New Folding Mouse Is Designed For Work On The Go

Most professionals own a mouse, few will use one in a cafe. Logitech thinks the answer folds in half and lives in your pocket.

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3 months ago

June 10, 2026

Nour Nasir

logitech's new folding mouse is designed for work on the go

Logitech has unveiled the Mobi Fold, its first foldable mouse, pitched squarely at people who work from airport lounges, cafes and hotel lobbies rather than a fixed desk. The device collapses to roughly half its size, powers on automatically when opened and switches off when folded.

The company’s case rests on a gap in its own research: 72% of professionals own a mouse, but only 26% use one in public. Logitech blames the “bulk and friction” of conventional designs, which leave most people defaulting to the trackpad. The Mobi Fold, it claims, reduces muscle strain by 22% compared with a laptop trackpad.

“For a long time, people have left their mice behind simply because they were a hassle to carry around, not because they didn’t want to use one,” said Joseph Mingori, VP and General Manager at Logitech, adding that the company aims to ensure a professional setup is a constant, not a compromise.

The spec sheet is genuinely travel-minded. The mouse pairs with up to three devices over Bluetooth and works across Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Android, iPadOS and Linux. Quiet-clicks keep it inoffensive in shared spaces, the hinge is tested to withstand 15 years of daily use, and the exterior is drop-tested and wrapped in a dust-resistant silicone sleeve. A one-minute charge yields 22 hours of use; a full charge lasts up to 30 days. An on-device AI model helps prevent unintentional clicks while folding, and it is the first Logitech input device certified for Google’s Fast Pair. Adaptive Touch Scrolling and two customizable buttons, configured through the Logi Options+ app, handle the precision work.

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Logitech is also leaning on sustainability credentials: up to 36% post-consumer recycled plastic in Graphite models, magnets made entirely from post-consumer recycled rare earth metal, and FSC-certified packaging. Three colorways were announced – Graphite, Lilac and Off-White – though the availability notice mentions only Graphite.

Pricing has not been announced, which is likely the one spec that decides whether a second mouse earns its place in a travel setup.

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Visa’s Return To Syria Starts With A Test And A Bank In Lebanon

Foreign visitors will be the first users to benefit, but whether Syria’s own banks and cardholders follow is still an open question.

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1 week ago

August 27, 2026

Dana Saadeh

visa's return to syria starts with a test and a bank in lebanon

Visa is returning to Syria. Its first live international card transaction in the country was a test rather than a launch, and the milestone event ran through a Lebanese bank.

The acquirer (the bank on the merchant’s side of a card payment) was Fransabank Lebanon, with Paymera as the other named partner. Nadim Moujaes, who heads a Fransabank Group subsidiary, describes the test as both the culmination of “longstanding efforts to link Syria back to international payment networks” and “the first step in a larger path”.

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa makes the first electronic payment in Syria using a @Visa card at a store in Damascus, following the lifting of US sanctions on Syria. pic.twitter.com/lpAN7nQ6Fc

— Tech Magazine (@TechMGZN) August 27, 2026

“We are excited to have successfully tested live transactions today as we plan to enable international visitors to use their Visa cards while in Syria,” says Leila Serhan, Visa’s senior vice president and group country manager for the North Africa, Levant and Pakistan region. Although a significant first step, that plan doesn’t come with a hard date for when a visitor’s card will work normally.

Mohammed Safwat Raslan, governor of the Central Bank of Syria, says the test paves the way for international card acceptance in Syria and that maintaining strong compliance, risk management and operational controls will remain essential. Serhan likewise stresses that Visa has worked within applicable legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. For a test transaction, it seems there was a great deal of attention paid to the rules, with the entire operation being carefully managed.

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The test is the latest step in a sequence that began in December 2025, when Visa announced a strategic roadmap to support Syria’s integration into the global digital economy. In February 2026 it hosted its first industry gathering of banks, ecosystem partners and policymakers in Damascus and, the same month, signed an agreement with Syria’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in San Francisco.

Michel Kattouah, Paymera’s CEO, called the test “the return of international card acceptance,” but while that’s positive news, there’s no word yet on when a Syrian bank will issue a Visa card to a Syrian customer.