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Pixel 11 Pro Fold: Sturdy rectengale in a wide wide world
Google made a sturdy phone, but there is increasing competition in the foldable world.
5 Spotify settings you'll wish you changed sooner
Improve your audio quality, keep kids music out of your algorithm and more.
Which Android is the closest counterpart to the iPhone 18 Pro Max?
The iPhone 18 Pro Max is a brilliant phone, but not everyone wants to live in Apple's walled garden. This is the closest competitor Android can offer.
Google’s Suncatcher satellite runs AI in orbit and sends a haiku home
Google’s prototype data centre satellite has run an AI model in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth. The onboard Gemma 4 model wrote a haiku about being in space, Travis Beals…
North Korea linked to massive Binance crypto heist
The FBI says North Korea was behind the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist that hit Binance on October 29th. The FBI labeled the activity "TraderTraitor" and said that it had obser…
How to check if your upcoming flight has Starlink Wi-Fi
Starlink is coming to many airlines, but the rollouts are all in different stages of completion.
Judge rejects xAI’s bid to dismiss NAACP lawsuit over its gas turbines
A federal judge in Mississippi has refused to throw out the NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI. The case is over the gas turbines that power its Colossus 2 data centre. Jud…
MacBook Pro battery life in 2011 vs 2026: how much has it really improved in 15 years?
Apple's 2026 MacBook Pro is light-years ahead of its 2011 model in terms of performance. But is longer battery life one of those improvements?
Palantir CTO tells Stratechery he doesn’t regret working with Anthropic
Palantir was caught in Anthropic’s clash with the US Department of War, its chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar, told Ben Thompson for Stratechery, in an interview published on…
HomePod Mini 2 first look: Three things I love and one disappointment
When I first heard about the new $149 HomePod Mini 2 at Apple's Welcome Home event last month, I was disappointed. It's been six years since Apple launched its entry-level smart s…
Change these PlayStation 5 settings before GTA 6 comes out
For the best experience playing the new Grand Theft Auto 6, you're going to want to make some adjustments.
Here’s what ‘renoa’ — the first new fiber in 25 years — feels like
Startup Everbloom's new material, renoa, is the first new fiber in 25 years, and it feels very familiar.
Anthropic renames Claude Max plans and drops Ultra’s five-hour limit
Anthropic has renamed its two Claude Max plans and dropped the five-hour usage limit on the more expensive one. It now calls the $100-a-month Max 5x plan Max, and the $200 Max 20x…
OpenAI says it's doubling Pro usage limits and bringing Work features to Chat
OpenAI has just confirmed that it's rolling out ChatGPT Work capabilities directly into regular Chat, while also combining usage allowances across ChatGPT and Codex. [...]
Here's how to know if your TV is too big for any room
When purchasing a television, this first instinct is to go big. But before choosing a model, make sure it won't overpower the room.
Developers say Claude Code now refuses work on recreating existing games
Game developers have been hitting refusals from Claude Code since late October, some on projects they say they have a right to build. Bruno Ferreira reported the complaints for To…
Tesla is ditching its solar roof tiles for a good reason
Tesla was making solar roof panels that were designed to look like typical roof shingles if you saw them from the street, but they were transparent from above.
How to clear the cache on your Android device
Your apps and browsers may be overdue for some tidying up.
Prop 45 in California could be hiding a loophole for data centers
A high-stakes California ballot measure pitched as a fast track for "essential" infrastructure could wind up giving data center developers a loophole to evade public scrutiny, env…
New Zelda and GTA represent a games industry that no longer exists
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the biggest game releases of the year, follow Andrew Webster. The Step…
Salesforce to buy Rune in its most significant national security deal
Salesforce has agreed to buy Rune Technologies. The US startup’s AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line. Salesforce announced the deal on Thursday. Rune …
Google in talks to join Trump’s Golden Dome programme, Bloomberg reports
Alphabet’s Google is in talks with the US Defense Department to help protect the data behind Golden Dome, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Sana Pashankar and Kiel Porter cited people…
French MPs vote for a €0.055 tax on every gigabyte sent to users
France’s National Assembly has voted to tax companies for every gigabyte of data they send to French internet users. The measure, an amendment to the 2027 budget, would charge con…
EU tells countries to pause national social media bans for a year
The European Commission has told EU countries to put national social media bans for children on hold for 12 months. It wants a single EU law instead. Austria is the first country …