Mobile and consumer-tech reporter. Reads the iPhone and Android worlds together, with a soft spot for panel leaks and platform-policy whiplash.
Leaked case renders and design mockups put the foldable iPhone Ultra back on a September track, with a near-creaseless screen, dual rear cameras, and a possible white-only finish.
Google's Android Show pitched Gemini Intelligence and AppFunctions, an MCP-style way for the assistant to call inside your apps. Here's how it works and what to watch.
AI-built interfaces all look the same: purple gradients, Inter, three icon cards in a row. Here's why the output converges, what it costs, and how developers break the pattern.
At WWDC 2026 Apple shipped Siri AI, rebuilt on a custom Google Gemini model running on its own servers. Here are the catches behind the demo.
A WPC listing and hands-on image of the Galaxy S26 FE show a flagship-style camera bump pushed close to the edge. Samsung hasn't confirmed any of it.
Brave released Origin, a paid version of its browser that compiles out Leo AI, the crypto wallet, Rewards, Tor, and the VPN. A one-time $59.99 buys it, and Linux is free.
A widely shared breakdown explains why Linear feels instant: a local-first sync engine, optimistic UI, and an in-browser object cache. Here's the architecture, in plain terms.
Apple agreed to hand the Competition Commission of India its local financials by June 25, removing its last shield against a fine reported at up to $38 billion.
Google's June 2026 Android bulletin patches an actively exploited Framework privilege-escalation zero-day plus 123 other flaws. Here's who's at risk and what to do.
Graz researchers built FROST, a browser side-channel that times SSD activity to guess which sites and apps you're running. Here's how it works and what helps.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman published the first iOS 27 renders 11 days before WWDC, showing a rebuilt Siri, a pro Camera mode, and new Photos AI. Apple hasn't confirmed any of it.
A leaked dummy of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide shows a shorter, wider body and a near-square inner panel. Samsung hasn't confirmed any of it.
DuckDuckGo's US downloads climbed about 30% and its no-AI search page saw 28% more visits the week after Google's I/O push. The backlash is now measurable.
Code seen by 9to5Mac points to an iPhone feature that auto-locks when the accelerometer detects a snatch, then clamps down like Stolen Device Protection.
Mark Gurman's Sunday Power On says iOS 27 will let users pick Google Cast or another protocol over AirPlay for system-level streaming, to satisfy the EU DMA.
Cloudflare moved Browser Run off shared isolation infrastructure on May 13. The agentic-coding crowd gets four times the headless-Chrome ceiling and half the latency.
YouTube, HBO Max, and others stopped listing the 2013 Chromecast as a cast target. Google EOL'd the hardware in 2023 and isn't commenting.
Trial production of Apple's foldable iPhone hit a wall on hinge durability. The crease problem is over; the rattle isn't.
Vasilios Syrakis spent eight years building Atlassian's Envoy control plane. After the March cuts, he posted a 40-minute walkthrough that hit 1.1M views.
Apple and Google began rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS on May 11. The MLS-based encryption rides on GSMA Universal Profile 3.0, but EFF says the rollout leaves real gaps.
CEO Bill Staples announced a restructuring he frames around agentic AI, retiring GitLab's six core values for three new operating principles. Exact layoff numbers come June 2.
Which? is suing on behalf of 40 million UK consumers since 2018. The tribunal denied Apple 2-1 on excluding non-paying users, opening a 'forgone consumer surplus' theory.
Bloomberg reports Apple's infrared-camera AirPods have reached advanced testing. The earbuds feed visual context to Siri but can't take photos or video.
Bloomberg reports Apple will let users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground via a new Extensions framework this fall.
Cloudflare laid off 20% of its workforce on May 7 while reporting record Q1 revenue of $639.8M. The stock dropped 18% after hours.
Apple agreed to a $250M class-action settlement over the personalized Siri features it advertised with the iPhone 16. iPhone 15 Pro and 16 owners get $25–$95 per device.
Bloomberg says Apple is in early-stage talks with Intel and Samsung Foundry to build base M-series chips in the US starting 2027. Intel closed at a record $543B market cap.
Mark Gurman's May 3 Power On reads Apple's quiet capital-allocation shift as cover for John Ternus to spend more on AI infrastructure and acquisitions, less on buybacks.
SamMobile reports Samsung is preparing low-end, mid-range, and flagship Galaxy Books on Android 17 One UI 9, timed to Google's Aluminium OS push at I/O 2026.
Apple quietly pulled the 256GB Mac mini from its store on May 1. Tim Cook had warned the day before that demand was outpacing supply for months.
Apple posted record Q2 revenue of $111.2B (up 17%). John Ternus joined his first earnings call as named CEO. Cook warned AI memory costs will hit Apple's June quarter.
Mystic Leaks pegs Tensor G6 with one C1 Ultra at 4.11GHz and six C1-Pro cores. The GPU is the same Imagination CXTP family that's been in the chip for years.
MacRumors reports the 2027 iPhone will use a Samsung COE pol-less OLED with a crater-shaped diffusion layer. The panel curves on all four edges.
At Cloud Next 2026, Thomas Kurian named Apple as a customer and Gemini as the engine behind 'a more personalized Siri coming later this year.' Apple has stayed silent.
Apple confirmed John Ternus will become CEO on September 1, 2026. Tim Cook moves to executive chairman after 15 years running the company.
Leaked prototype images and screen protectors point to a smaller Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro. Only the flood illuminator moves beneath the OLED, not all of Face ID.
Google's Android Developer Verifier is landing in Settings in April 2026. Enforcement starts in four countries in September. Here's what changes, and what 'Advanced Flow' gets you.
Mark Gurman's Sunday newsletter says Apple is testing at least four acetate frame styles for its N50 smart glasses, plus three colors and a vertical camera array.
Jon Prosser posted what he calls the final foldable iPhone design. Hours later, Nikkei reported Apple's hitting hinge and display snags that could push launch into 2027.
A report from The Information reveals Apple is retraining Siri staff on AI tools like Claude Code. With WWDC two months away, Apple's AI gap has never been more visible.
Amazon's Leo constellation just swallowed the satellite provider behind iPhone Emergency SOS. Apple signed a new deal on the same day keeping every satellite feature running.