Today Helium Mobile has announced that it’s being acquired by Noble Mobile. Helium Mobile launched back in 2023 with a hybrid network. It relied on T-Mobile just like any other MVNO, but it also had its own decentralized “people-powered” network comprising over 100,000 user-operated mini cell towers deployed across the US. It also made waves … Read More “Noble Mobile buys Helium Mobile, will continue to operate its "people-powered" network” »
TL;DR Developers of open-source Android apps, including NewPipe, have begun warning users about Google’s upcoming sideloading restrictions. NewPipe’s developers refuse to comply with Google’s proposed verification rules. The app has started to inform users of ways to bypass hurdles, including the proposed 24-hour lockout period before installing “unverified” apps. Sideloading, or the ability to install … Read More “NewPipe, other open-source apps are preparing users for Google’s sideloading crackdown on Android” »
Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has reportedly begun internal testing of One UI 9 for the Galaxy S25 series, according to tipster Tarun Vats. The first One UI 9 test build has been spotted around two weeks earlier than last year’s One UI 8 testing timeline, suggesting faster development. One UI 9 beta … Read More “Your Galaxy S25 could get One UI 9 much earlier than expected” »
WWDC 2025 marked the beginning of Apple’s biggest AI push to date. The last year has seen a steady rollout of Apple Intelligence features across iPhone, iPad and Mac, revamping Siri’s capabilities, adding generative tools to core apps and giving developers new ways to build with AI. As Apple prepares for WWDC 2026, kicking off … Read More “Apple’s AI Era: Every AI Drop Since Last Year’s WWDC” »
Amazon’s gaming strategy has never really been clear. It’s been very active in the space: acquiring Twitch, launching its Luna cloud gaming service nearly six years ago, investing heavily in MMOs during the peak of live-service wave, and having access to a huge slate of franchises through Prime Video and the MGM Studios library. Late … Read More “Amazon’s new plan for games: James Bond and AI Snoop Dogg” »
Samsung is rumored to launch two book-style folding smartphones this year – the Galaxy Z Fold8 and the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. The Fold8 was previously called Fold8 Wide, while the Fold8 Ultra was called the Fold8. The renaming happened last month, causing confusion. While there’s no word from Samsung on this development, we now … Read More “Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra moniker confirmed by Bluetooth SIG” »
In my predictions for 2030 I wrote that tech writers would be using specialized LLMs, running locally on powerful hardware. I see hints of this move to “local first” among engineering pundits, but we’re not there yet, in part because of how much more powerful connected frontier models are. That doesn’t mean we can’t experiment, … Read More “Fine-tuning an LLM to write docs like it’s 1995 – Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti” »
Consumer Cellular launches SpeakEasy Mobile. Source link
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI is introducing a new memory architecture for ChatGPT that makes it better at remembering things about you. It can now update memories as time passes to keep them relevant. It’s rolling out to Pro and Plus users in the US, and will expand to Free users in the … Read More “OpenAI is rolling out improved memory for ChatGPT to all users” »
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? I thought 3-Down was a pretty tough one. Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use … Read More “Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for June 5” »
