In the ever-changing landscape of semiconductor giants, Qualcomm Inc. is charting a new course, increasingly banking its fortunes on the Android ecosystem as its long-standing relationship with Apple Inc. frays. Recent earnings reports reveal a company in transition, with high-end Android smartphones becoming the main growth engine for its chip business. This pivot comes at…
Benjamin and Chance discuss all the new features in iOS 26.2, including some fancy updates to Podcast AI and a confusing decision to remove Wi-Fi syncing from the Apple Watch in the EU. In addition, Apple is launching a web-searchable App Store and is preparing to pay Google $1 billion a year to use Gemini…
Brief Robinhood was down 9% at one point, just a day after an upbeat third-quarter earnings call. Bitcoin, which stabilized on Wednesday, fell below $101,000 before rebounding slightly. Macroeconomic concerns, including the 37-day government shutdown, have weighed on crypto and other risk markets. Cryptocurrency stocks fell amid a broad market slowdown, as investors again fretted…
IBM: AI Fundamentals ⏰ Duration: 10 hours As part of its SkillsBuild initiative, IBM offers excellent AI training courses to hone your skills. Made up of six different courses, AI Fundamentals is a particularly remarkable collection. These courses are Introduction to AI; Natural language processing and computer vision; Machine learning and deep learning; Run AI…
What happened? Google is building more granular controls for Android backups in a recent Play Services beta. Instead of treating each app’s data as a single chunk, the new view shows each app’s footprint and lets you include or exclude it. Spotted by Android Authority In their APK teardown of Play Services 25.44.32 beta, the…
Apple released the first beta of iOS 26.2 this week, with changes for Apple News, Apple Podcasts, Liquid Glass, and more. It turns out that iOS 26.2 also brings a big improvement to Apple Music: Offline lyrics support. Apple first added lyrics to Apple Music in 2016. The functionality has improved significantly since then, adding…
The United States is positioning itself to become the crypto capital of the world, with President Donald Trump reiterating his vision of American dominance in the digital assets and technology sectors, with a particular focus on AI. Yesterday, Trump made a bold speech in support of American leadership in Bitcoin adoption and innovation at the…
The Gist Almost human, not quite. Generative AI mimics learning and creativity so well that even experts misread its true limits. Patterns, not thoughts. These systems don’t reason or invent — they recombine and predict based on what they’ve already seen. Truth through clarity. Understanding AI’s mechanical nature helps teams design smarter workflows, not magical…
One of the best features of Android Auto is hidden in plain sight: Google Assistant’s routine shortcuts. These allow you to streamline and automate repetitive tasks with a single click or command. Although you may have used them on your phone, they are also available as shortcuts in the Android Auto launcher. Just like the…
Apple’s latest iOS update brings a small but powerful feature that many users have been waiting for: the ability to adjust the transparency of the Liquid Glass design introduced in iOS 26. While previously users could only completely turn off transparency through Accessibility settings, iOS 26.1 now offers a dedicated menu with more nuanced control….