Mark Zuckerberg’s MetaConnect 2025 keynote on Wednesday quickly turned into a humiliating experience. The company’s demos of its new artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses failed repeatedly, causing Zuckerberg to stammer his way through awkward silences. “This is, uh… it happens,” the CEO stammered after his smart glasses refused to accept a WhatsApp video call on stage. “Let’s try it again, I …
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The new iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max are officially on sale and start at $1,099 and $1,199, respectively. The phones feature a new unibody redesign, a new telephoto camera, an updated screen and a larger battery. The iPhone 17 Pro is also available in some fresh and eye-catching colors, including silver, dark blue and cosmic orange. Black, space gray and …
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Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Code within leaked One UI 8.5 build suggests Samsung is developing a new “Private Display” or “Privacy Display” feature. This feature will limit screen visibility from side angles, protecting privacy in crowded public places. It’s likely to debut on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which is rumored to have the necessary screen hardware. Per previous …
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Mere weeks after I canceled my Spotify subscription, switched to Tidal, and wrote a lengthy editorial about why I won’t be going back, Spotify decided to pause its onslaught of user-unfriendly updates and add some extra value to its service instead. The music streaming service launched lossless streaming at no additional cost on September 10, then allowed free users to …
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I recently sat for my master’s exams in International Politics, and they were the most difficult I’ve ever faced. The remote lectures from my personal computer were plagued by network failures and an unstable learning management system. The absence of physical classes to encourage interaction made it worse. It was only after the exams that I discovered NotebookLM’s interactive beta, …
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It’s a little ironic, don’t you think? Here I used my iPhone 15 Pro Max from June through September, running the iOS 26 beta with just one little issue. Well, okay, it might have been a larger issue. For about three days during the summer, my iPhone stopped ringing when it received an incoming call. A beta update appeared fairly …
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The life of Windows 10 is expected to end on October 14, 2025, after ten long years, and this means that Microsoft will stop providing maintenance and security updates, as well as technical support. This “end of life” milestone doesn’t mean your computer will suddenly stop working. However, it does mean that staying on Windows 10 will (eventually) leave your …
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Repair site iFixit today did one of its traditional teardowns on the iPhone Air, which is Apple’s thinnest iPhone to date and the first major redesign we’ve seen in the iPhone line in several years. To fit all of the necessary components in a 5.6mm frame, Apple designed a camera “plateau.” The iPhone Air‘s logic board is partially inside of …
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Image: Nintendo As part of the recent Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary news, Nintendo revealed it would be offering a “limited-time” Nintendo Museum ticket. Instead of the regular Mii design, for the next year (between now and September 2026), Nintendo Museum guests will be able to get a special Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary design. Again, this will be available …
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Image: Square Enix Dragon Quest VII Reimagined surprised many when it was revealed at last week’s Nintendo Direct; we’ve already got I & II HD Remake on the way, and III HD Remake is already out. Surely the next logical step is the Zenithian Trilogy – IV, V, and VI? Well, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii spoke about the upcoming …
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