Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A new leak suggests the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra might support faster-than-45W charging, making it the fastest charging Samsung smartphone ever. Samsung flagships have maxed out at 45W USB PD PPS since 2019, while rivals have progressed to significantly quicker charging speeds but often with proprietary solutions. Samsung
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Photos v7.38 includes code for UI refinements, such as a persistent face row in search, which offers faster access to photos and videos of frequently appearing faces. We’ve also spotted a couple of visual changes to the upcoming Create tab and the Remix feature. Google Photos is due
Read MoreIn an industry once known for cushy perks, some founders are now asking staff to commit to a 72-hour weekly schedule. You’re either in or you’re out.
Read MoreJust a day after official Google Pixel 10 renders leaked (showing the phone in some really striking new colors), we now have the same treatment for the higher-end Pixel 10 Pro. While the Pixel 10 Pro’s design hasn’t been a secret up until now, these latest renders do provide us with the best look yet
Read MoreThe country’s newly formed space agency wants to establish a lunar base by 2045.
Read MoreWhen Samsung launched Bixby in 2017, it wasn’t well received. The virtual assistant, intended to rival Google Assistant, wasn’t nearly as mature or capable as it is now. Nevertheless, Samsung tried to push it onto users with a dedicated button well before it was ready. The voice assistant landscape has changed significantly since then. Google
Read MoreCredit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung now offers custom reminder cards in Now Brief via the Routines Plus app. This allows you to create reminders in Now Brief that appear at your desired time, complete with a link to open a specific app. The feature will eventually come to Galaxy phones without Now Brief
Read MoreConspiracy theorists drastically overestimate how many people share their beliefs, according to a study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Researchers conducted eight studies involving over 4,000 US adults and found that while participants believed conspiracy claims just 12% of the time, believers thought they were in the majority 93% of the time.
Read MoreWe spoke with Bianca Zwart about the evolving financial sector and her advice for career-goers beginning their professional journey. Read more: Finicky finance: ‘When it comes to banking life isn’t linear anymore’
Read MoreGovernment funding for a program that hunts for threats on America’s critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity that could indicate a cyberattack, the program director told Congress on Tuesday. From a report: Nate Gleason leads a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) focused on nation-state threats
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Using brain scans from a very large database, British researchers determined that during the pandemic years of 2021 and 2022, people’s brains showed signs of aging, including shrinkage, according to the report published in Nature Communications. People who got infected with the virus also showed deficits
Read MoreOutput 275W to six devices via a 25k mAh power bank with a pop-up MagSafe charger, Apple Watch charger, and four USB ports with the excellent Chargeasap Flash Pro Ultra. Chargeasap Flash Pro Ultra review: plenty of power and ports Chargeasap has been around for a while, and this is the third iteration of the
Read MoreOlof Kyros Gustafsson, former CEO of Escobar, pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges related to the company’s phone scam operation. The Department of Justice says Gustafsson took orders for phones branded with Pablo Escobar’s likeness but failed to deliver products, instead transferring customer money for personal use. When customers sought refunds, Gustafsson fraudulently
Read MoreAmazon is acquiring Bee, a startup that makes a $49.99 AI-powered wearable that passively listens to conversations and generates personalized summaries and suggestions. “You can also give the device permission to access your emails, contacts, location, reminders, photos, and calendar events to help inform its AI-generated insights, as well as create a searchable history of
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom’s Hardware: At the 2025 RISC-V Summit in China, Nvidia announced that its CUDA software platform will be made compatible with the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) on the CPU side of things. The news was confirmed during a presentation during a RISC-V event. This is a major
Read MoreA new image within the iOS 26 beta has surfaced, suggesting that Apple may be gearing up to release its own “sleep score” rating for the Apple Watch. Sleep tracking on watchOS The graphic shows an Apple Watch with an “84” on it. Surrounding the outside is a ring that features the same colors as
Read MoreEscobar Fold phone creator Olof Gustafsson has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud and money laundering. Customers were sent certificates or merch instead of the foldables, flamethrowers, or gold iPhones they paid for, making refunds harder to claim. Gustafsson could face many years in prison and will pay up to $1.3 million in restitution.
Read MoreCredit: Paul Jones / Android Authority Power is a precious commodity in the modern age, and nothing seems scarier than a dying smartphone battery. Get rid of your battery anxiety with a nice, portable CUKTECH 10 Power Bank, which is at the lowest price we’ve seen. You can take it home for a mere $21.99!
Read MoreNotification summaries are once again working with news app headlines in the fourth iOS 26 developer beta, though it is too early to tell if it will actually work properly this time. Examples of notification summaries for Apple News on an iPad. One of the less prominent Apple Intelligence features, notification summaries in iOS 18
Read MoreSurge CEO Edwin Chen says AI is creating “100x engineers” who can outperform traditional software developers by orders of magnitude. Chen argued that AI coding tools multiply the productivity gains already seen in Silicon Valley’s “10x engineers,” who can produce ten times the work of their colleagues through faster coding, harder work, and fewer distractions.
Read MoreMicrosoft has recruited more than 20 AI employees from Google’s DeepMind research division, the newest front in a talent war being waged by Silicon Valley’s tech giants as they jostle to gain an edge in the nascent technology. From a report: Amar Subramanya, the former head of engineering for Google’s Gemini chatbot, is the latest
Read MoreA new report says that the European Union is now likely to approve the App Store changes that Apple has made, and so not impose the threatened daily fines for noncompliance. Brussels officials reportedly say the EU will accept App Store changes — image credit: European Union Apple has recently been objecting to the European
Read MoreApple’s foundational models team is key to the company’s artificial intelligence efforts, but while the rapidly-formed group has endured managerial turmoil, it’s not necessarily going to lose all of its main members. The type of question Apple promises Siri will be able to answer with Apple Intelligence. Eventually. – Image source: Apple The foundational models
Read MoreThe estate of Mike Lynch, who died a year ago when his superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily, and his business partner owe Hewlett-Packard more than $944 million, a court has ruled. From a report: The US technology company has been seeking damages of up to $4.55 billion from the estate of the late
Read MoreAccording to the University of Alberta’s Ali Shiri, large language models and GenAI come with a range of opportunities and challenges for academics. Read more: How are LLMs transforming university-level research?
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