I tested iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Galaxy S26 Ultra cameras Two flagship cameras, two very different results....

Everything announced at Google Cloud Next in under 15 minutes The biggest AI announcements from Google Cloud Next....

AirPods Max 2 vs. Sony WH-1000XM6: Which headphones win? Two premium noise-canceling headphones go head-to-head. The biggest stories of the day delivered to yo...

Investment Details Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, and that amount could rise to $40 billion if Anthropic meets certain performance targe...

Overview A report sayshttps://www.mt.co.kr/industry/2026/04/22/2026042115433622701 that Samsung’s mobile division could post its first‑ever annual loss in 2026...

'TL;DR: Get the My Notes AI Pro Plan lifetime subscription for $29.97 regular $299 – offer ends April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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Overview XChat, the standalone app for accessing X’s messaging feature, is now available for download on iOS. While X previously hinted at removing direct mess...

Deal Overview Cohere, the Canada‑based enterprise AI unicorn, announced Friday that it will merge with Germany‑based enterprise AI company Aleph Alpha. The dea...

During Operation Lunar Peek Nov 2024, attackers gained unauthenticated remote‑admin access—and eventual root—across >13,000 exposed Palo Alto Networks managemen...

!https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/04/Fitbit-Google-Health-icon-cover-a.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=290&h=145&crop=1 This is the Google Heal...

Approval in Europe The European Commission has authorized Moderna to market its mRNA‑based combination vaccine against flu and COVID‑19, making it the world’s...

Overview Series, a social‑networking app, announced a $5.1 million pre‑seed round backed by investors including Venmo co‑founder Iqram Magdon‑Ismail, Pear VC,...

Background Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have halted the construction of large data centers in the state until the fall of 2027. The legi...

Science news Scientists have finally cracked a long‑standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced genomes alongside global...

Overview Longtime Slashdot reader Himmy32https://it.slashdot.org/~Himmy32 writes: Socket Security published an articlehttps://socket.dev/blog/bitwarden-cli-com...

Apple is planning to start showing ads in the Apple Mapshttps://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-maps/ app this summer, and signs of ads have already shown up in t...

!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/android-auto-launcher-home-screen-2.jpg TL;DR - An Android Auto bug is replacing Gemini with Google...

Background Weiyao Wang spent eight years at Meta — his first job out of college — helping build multimodal perception systems and contributing to open‑world se...

Overview X today launched XChat, a standalone messaging app for the iPhone and iPad, available now on the App Store. XChat allows users to chat with anyone on...

Overview Windows users will no longer be forced to run automatic updates in the middle of a game or a busy day. Microsoft is rolling out long‑awaited changes t...

!https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2026/04/24/Cisco.jpg Cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. are warning about a custom malware called Firest...

!https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/03/Pixelated-cover.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600 Welcome to episode 97 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5...

!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/google-nest-hub-second-generation-review-photo-frame-1-scaled.jpg TL;DR - Google Home users have be...

Apple's standard iPhone 18https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-18/ could feature 12 GB of memory for the first time, according to analyst Dan Nystedthttps:/...

!https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/02/mlb-app.jpg?quality=82&strip=all Friday Night Baseball is back on Apple TV tonight for a big doubleheade...

Overview A Battlefield movie is reportedly in development, announced just eight days after the Call of Duty movie received an official premiere date. The news...

IPO Performance X‑energy’s stock popped on its debut on the Nasdaq, opening at $30.11 and closing at $29.20 – a 27% gain over the IPO price of $23 per share. T...

Alex Jones is onto something. Photo by Joe Buglewicz / Getty Images Alex Jones may soon lose Infowars, the digital perch that he's used for decades to traffic i...

!https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2025/04/02/Windows-11.jpg Microsoft is rolling out Windows Update improvements that give users more control over...

!https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/11/ive-altman-powell-jobs.webp?w=1600 The United States District Court for the Northern District of Califor...

Background The Department of Justice announced that it is intervening on behalf of xAI in the company's lawsuit against the state of Colorado. xAI filed the su...

Investment Overview Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, starting with $10 billion now and an additional $30 billion tied to performance mile...

!https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/05/WhatsApp-and-Google-Maps-on-Android-Auto-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600 Google Maps now shows more...

Funding Round ComfyUIhttps://www.comfy.org/, a startup that helps creators control image, video, and audio outputs from diffusion models with a node‑based work...

XChat, X’s stand‑alone messaging app, launched to the public on Fridayhttps://x.com/nikitabier/status/2047747631624183889. Initially available on iOS devices, t...

Launch and Availability XChathttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/xchat/id6760873038, X’s standalone messaging app, launched to the public on Fridayhttps://x.com/niki...

Following Paramount Skydance's move to launch an investigation into how its upcoming Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender animated feature leaked onto the internet,...

!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/xperia-1-viii-2.jpg TL;DR - CAD renders of the Sony Xperia 1 VIII have leaked. - The phone is sligh...

Background The Federal Communications Commission clarified this week that its sweeping ban on foreign‑made consumer routers also affects portable hotspot devic...

!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Google-Home-Premium-1-scaled.jpg Brady Snyder / Android Authority TL;DR - Google is overhauling the...

Introduction Universities are increasingly finding that hijacked subdomains are being used to host pornographic content. Because university domains carry stron...

Background South Korean police arrested a man accused of spreading an AI‑generated image of an escaped wolf, which reportedly misled authorities and disrupted...

!https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/06/apple-wallet-app-ios-26.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600 Last fall, Apple launchedhttps://9to5mac.com/202...

Behind-the-Scenes Look at the MacBook Neo Intro Video Apple today released a YouTube Short revealing a rare behind-the-scenes look at the making of its playful...

Overview Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. This follows previous investments and a joint agreement with Google and...

!https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/04/xchat.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600 XChat has officially launched on iPhone and iPad As of Friday, Apr...

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