Silicon Valley investors such as Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel have bet hundreds of millions of dollars on deploying AI data centers powered by waves in the middle of the world’s oceans—a move that coincides with tech companies facing mounting challenges in building AI data center projects on land. The latest investment round of $140 million … Read More “Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean” »
Month: May 2026
Coding agents are great at building software. But to deploy to production they need three things from the cloud they want to host their app — an account, a way to pay, and an API token. Until now these have been tasks that humans handle directly. Increasingly, agents handle them on the user’s behalf. The agent … Read More “Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy” »
Ryan Haines / Android Authority I’ve been an Android fan since I was 16. In the 14 years since then, Samsung has been the immovable force in the Android world. I never thought that would change, but then again, I never thought I’d use something besides a Samsung phone as my daily driver, but here … Read More “Samsung should be worried about the Motorola Razr Fold” »
Etsy is known for its marketplace of handcrafted goods, but despite that human touch, the company wants its shoppers to adopt AI. On Tuesday, Etsy launched a beta version of its app in the OpenAI-owned ChatGPT. Once connected to the ChatGPT Etsy app, all you have to do is tag @Etsy and provide a prompt for … Read More “Despite Previous Integration Failure, Etsy Launches Its App in ChatGPT” »
Following the debut of the Find X9 Ultra and Find X9s in China last month, Oppo confirmed that the phones will arrive in the Indian subcontinent this May. While the company has yet to announce an exact date, a new leak has now revealed both the expected launch date and pricing details for the phones. … Read More “Oppo Find X9 Ultra, Find X9s India launch date and price tipped” »
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s May 2026 update for the Pixel 10 series blocks downgrades to older Android versions by updating the bootloader. Users say devices can become unrecoverable if they enter certain recovery modes without access to Google’s internal tools. The issue has been raised for years, but Google has yet … Read More “Pixel 10’s May update blocks Android downgrades” »
Brushing your teeth may seem like a mindless activity during which you can daydream or scroll on your phone, but not paying attention to what you’re doing can affect your dental health. Especially compared to a manual toothbrush, many assume that they simply need to run an electric toothbrush over their teeth and call it … Read More “4 Electric Toothbrush Mistakes You Should Avoid for a Whiter Smile” »
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority There was a point when everybody knew what Sora was, even if — nay, especially if — they were outside the tech circle. The insanely realistic demo videos drew widespread attention, and OpenAI’s video generation tool went viral overnight, quite literally. It felt like it was having its own ChatGPT … Read More “The real reason why Gemini Veo won, and ChatGPT Sora failed” »
Apple’s iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max were the three highest-selling phones in the world for the first quarter of 2026, according to a list published Monday by analytics firm Counterpoint Research. The base model iPhone 17 accounted for 6% of global sales, but the top 10 list also includes five Samsung Galaxy A series … Read More “Apple’s iPhone 17 Is the Best-Selling Phone for the First Quarter of 2026” »
Since the launch of Apple Intelligence, we have introduced dozens of features across many languages that are integrated across Apple’s platforms, relevant to what users do every day, and built with privacy protections at every step. These include Visual Intelligence, Live Translation, Writing Tools, Genmoji, Clean Up and many more. Apple has reached a settlement … Read More “Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri” »