Technology

Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos
Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat
Meta launches Incognito Chat on WhatsApp, the first AI mode it says even Meta cannot read
Microsoft doesn’t want any of this
Sony ups its new A7R VI to 66.8 megapixels and jumps the price to $4,500
Fractile raises $220m to take its in-memory-compute inference chip into production
The Portable Chargers We’d Actually Buy This Spring
Amazon puts Alexa inside the search bar as agentic commerce heats up
Garmin’s mini satellite communicators are on sale for up to 40 percent off
LinkedIn becomes the latest name on a 100,000-job tech layoff list
Swatch’s latest luxury collaboration is a $400 pocket watch
Disney+ just confirmed the VisionQuest release date, finally moving the WandaVision trilogy toward its conclusion
Why does the Googlebook exist?
The border is everywhere
Nintendo says it has more Switch 2 games in store for 2026
Alexa is moving into Amazon.com
Canon’s latest EOS R6 camera goes V for video
This see-through smart ring translates sign language and almost works like magic
Anduril raises $5bn at $61bn valuation, doubling in eleven months
Unitree will sell you a massive ‘transformable mecha’ for $650,000
Samsung’s foldables may finally make AI feel useful
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide could break your heart with “modest” cameras
Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
The Trump phone starts shipping this week, CEO claims
China sharpens criticism of US chip-equipment bill as Trump arrives in Beijing
Chromebooks just got a second act as Googlebooks
Amazon says it isn’t making another phone, after burning itself with the Fire Phone
The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more
X gets a History tab where you can relive all the cursed stuff saved over the years
Instagram’s teen crackdown moves from DMs to feeds
Corti opens its clinical-AI stack to startups as Europe’s regulatory bill rises
Googlebook laptops will come in multiple chip options beyond just Intel, and that’s a relief
Most startups don’t have a burn problem. They have a decision problem
iOS 27 will put Siri in the Dynamic Island, but it’s the feature upgrades that excite me more
Google’s AirDrop-style feature is coming to more Androids, but your older Galaxy probably didn’t make the list
Can’t wait for the Steam Machine? This AMD cube is here for a modest $4,000
Mythos goes to Tokyo: Japanese banks to get Anthropic’s vulnerability-hunting AI
Spain holds the line on social media and AI rules as US tech lobbying intensifies
Data centers are coming for rural America
Meta employees protest new mouse-tracking software days before mass layoffs
Anthropic in talks to raise $30bn at a $900bn valuation
Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors
Xperia 1 VIII is Sony’s latest camera nerd phone, but I’m wary of all the AI tuning
Meta loses Italian publisher pay case at EU’s top court
Europe’s cloud dependency is a political risk, not just a technical one
TikTok asks Europe’s top court to scrap its gatekeeper status
Webidoo raises $25m to build an ‘AI operating layer’ for small businesses
Spotify now wants you to relive your entire music personality arc
How VRURC Is Adapting to the Rise of Mobile Power in an Always-On World 
Ready or Not, “Embodied AI” Is Leaving the Lab and Entering Infrastructure

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