Tiny cameras in your ears may be part of Apple’s AI future. The company is preparing camera-equipped AirPods for release in late 2027, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on Tuesday. The new earbuds are expected to arrive around the same time as a second-generation foldable iPhone and a 20th-anniversary iPhone model, Bloomberg … Read More “Apple Is Reportedly Planning AirPods With Cameras for 2027” »
Anthropic is having a month. The AI lab finished May by surpassing OpenAI in market share of business spending for the first time, Ramp just revealed. It raised $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation (also besting OpenAI) at the end of May, then waltzed into June by filing confidential paperwork for an IPO, reportedly … Read More “Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests” »
Verdict The Honor Magic V6 is a superb foldable with standout battery life, strong cameras and a slim, durable design, held back only by cluttered software and a crease that no longer leads the class. Thin, comfortable and durable design Great battery life and all-round performance Bright, vibrant dual screens Consistent and solid camera performance … Read More “So close to foldable greatness” »
The latest addition to the Tecno Spark 50 series is here, and it brings IP68 and IP69 ingress protection alongside an interesting back design. Spark 50 Pro arrives with an iPhone 17 Pro series-inspired camera plate on the back, which features just a single camera sensor. It’s packing a 50MP shooter armed with a Sony … Read More “Tecno Spark 50 Pro arrives with Helio G100 Ultimate, 60W charging and IP69 rating” »
The Trump administration is trying to help Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. beat a Clean Air Act lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The US said the NAACP lawsuit threatens an xAI data center that powers Grok systems needed by the military. The NAACP sued xAI and subsidiary MZX … Read More “Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI’s gas turbines” »
The company responsible for the Commodore 64, the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, is back. And Commodore’s latest unveiling feels appropriately retro: a “digital detox” flip phone called The Commodore Callback 8020. Commodore’s Callback 8020 announcement blog attributes the phone’s simple throwback design to the “screen break” trend, writing that it’s for customers who want a “calmer, … Read More “Commodore’s New Flip Phone Focuses on ‘Digital Detox’ and Blocks Social Media Apps” »
We are happy to announce that 67 new projects have been awarded grants today as part of the Next Generation Internet intiative, across three different funds: NGI Zero Commons Fund, NGI TALER and NGI Fediversity. We congratulate the developers and engineers involved with these projects, and thank them for their forthcoming contribution to an open, … Read More “NLnet; 67 Open Technology Projects awarded NGI grants” »
Meta Ray-Bans have been under increased public scrutiny following revelations about the facial recognition work Meta has been doing on its smart glasses. Consumers are rightly wary of products that could convert wearable tech into everyday surveillance devices. In early June, an investigation by Wired exposed how Meta had quietly embedded code for dormant facial … Read More “Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Testing Facial Recognition Software Used by Police and the Military” »
Attraction design at Disney’s theme parks could be getting a lot faster under a new partnership between Walt Disney Imagineering and Adobe announced Tuesday. Imagineers will use Firefly AI — an image and video creation and editing tool — to speed up the concept and design of rides, Adobe says. Disney’s Imagineers design, develop and test the technology … Read More “Disney’s Imagineers Are Using Adobe’s Firefly AI to Dream Up Ride Designs” »
Father’s Day is nearly here. Hopefully, you already got a gift for dads you care about, but if not, here’s a quick, easy recommendation for anyone who enjoys a good comic strip. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes contains every one of Bill Watterson’s beloved strips made during the comic’s ten-year run from 1985 through 1995, … Read More “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a great last-minute Father’s Day gift” »
