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iOS 26 screenshots could be an intriguing preview of Apple's delayed Siri rework

When it launched, Apple 's Visual Intelligence feature allowed you to point your compatible phone's camera at things around you and either perform a Google Image Search or ask questions via ChatGPT. At WWDC 2025, the company showed off updates to broaden the usefulness of Visual Intelligence, largely by embedding it into the screenshots system. To quote the company's press release, "Visual intelligence already helps users learn about objects and places around them using their iPhone camera, and

Reflections on Sudoku, or the Impossibility of Systematizing Thought

I reflect on the Entscheidungsproblem how it relates to Sudoku solvers. It's a little weird.. The other day, to no one's surprise, I was fumbling over a programming problem. This wasn't anything satisfyingly algorithmic, but more the thing where you're evaluating a million questions on "how should I structure this system?". While I'm no design purist, I like to at least make an attempt at sketching out the problem space and think through options before I just start coding something. My rule of

Danish Ministry Replaces Windows and Microsoft Office with Linux and LibreOffice

The Danish Ministry of Digitization is to completely abandon Microsoft in the coming months and use Linux instead of Windows and switch from Office 365 to LibreOffice. Minister Caroline Stage (Moderaterne) announced this in an interview with the daily newspaper Politiken. It comes just a few days after the country's two largest municipalities initiated similar steps. This summer, half of the ministry's employees will be equipped with Linux and LibreOffice. If everything goes as expected, the ent

I Review AI Image Generators. This Is How I Write My Prompts to Get the Best Results

In the messy world of AI image generators, there are a lot of things that can go wrong when you're trying to get the image you see in your head to appear on your screen. I've spent the past year testing and reviewing different AI image generators, and I've generated hundreds of images across services like Midjourney and Dall-E. But they haven't all been winners. A bunch of them have been downright horrifying. But it taught me that the best way to avoid creating a wonky AI image is using a good p

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Pixel 9A Buying Guide: Everything to Know About Google's Budget Phone

Google's latest budget phone, the $499 Pixel 9A, arrived fresh off the heels of Apple's "affordable" offering, the $599 iPhone 16E. Very convenient timing. The Pixel 9A is $300 cheaper than the baseline Pixel 9 and therefore scales back when it comes to features like cameras and RAM. But it maintains other attributes, like display size, processor and AI features -- and even touts a higher battery capacity than its pricier Pixel counterparts. For more on what the new phone has in store, be sure

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Small retailers on 'vacation from hell' as they seek clarity on Trump's China tariffs

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A UPS seasonal worker delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York on Nov. 27, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Matt Kubancik, a small business owner in Louisville, Kentucky, cast his ballot for Donald Trump in November, he was hoping that the Republican nominee's return to the White House would provide a spark to the economy and lead to reduced prices for gas and groceries. Instead, the first half-year

After three days with iOS 26, I’m amazed by Apple’s Liquid Glass redesign, but I have concerns

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The biggest buzz at WWDC 2025 was around Apple’s spanking new Liquid Glass interface. From a unified year-based naming scheme for its platforms to what might be the most extensive visual overhaul to iOS in years, iOS 26 marks a significant shift in Apple’s software approach. But is there substance beneath the divisive shiny sheen? I dove into the developer betas to give it a try. Let me preface this by saying this first beta is very buggy, and I wouldn’t recomm

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In case of emergency, break glass

A few observations after Apple’s WWDC25 keynote The title of my article obviously refers to the new UI Apple presented on 9 June, which they call Liquid Glass. I won’t beat around the bush: my very first impression is that we’re in UI emergency territory, but we won’t be able to break this particular glass. Only Apple can, and obviously they won’t because they’re very proud of it. I truly don’t know where to begin with my observations, as I’m still trying to rein in my many reactions to what I

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Twenty years strong: a love letter to TechCrunch

TechCrunch is turning 20. I’ve somehow been here half that time. I worked previously at numerous major media properties, including Time Inc, Dow Jones, and Reuters, but this has been the best job of my life, which is maybe why the time has gone so fast! HAPPY BIRTHDAY @TechCrunch! You turn 20 today. — Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️ (@arrington) June 11, 2025 There’s nothing like the culture here. Contrarian, smart, hilarious, and hard-working. Almost everyone at TC wears multiple hats, as anyone who h

Angular 16: Key Features and Best Practices for Modern Development

Introduction So, Angular 16 dropped in late 2023, and honestly, it feels like a pretty big jump forward for anyone building serious, enterprise-level apps. It’s not like they threw everything out the window – it still has that core Angular reliability and the ability to handle really big projects. But what they did add is pretty cool: better ways to catch those annoying type errors early on, some genuinely useful new bits and pieces in the Angular CDK, and a bunch of performance tweaks that sho

Meta launches AI 'world model' to advance robotics, self-driving cars

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms. Artificial intelligence has been an integral focus for the tech giant's leader amid competition from players like OpenAI, Microsoft and Google. Meta on Wednesday announced it's rolling out a new AI "world model" that can better understand the 3D environment and movements of physical objects. The tech giant, which owns popular social media apps Facebook and Instagram, said its new open-source AI model V-JEPA 2 can understand, predict and plan in the physi

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Cybertruck Sales Are So Bad That We Gasped

There's little left for us to say that can further embarrass the Tesla Cybertruck, a vehicle that was supposed to be the culmination of Elon Musk's genius. And maybe this is what Musk's genius looks like. The luckless EV has faced eight recalls so far, and its trademark stainless steel panels, when they aren't flying off, have demonstrated that they're better at serving as a shiny canvas for spray paint than as the armor of an "apocalypse-proof" tank. But somehow, its already dire sales are no

Influencer Sobs in Front of TikTok Headquarters After Getting Banned

"Dad, they won't let me in," she screamed. The social media gods can be cruel. Just ask Natalie Reynolds, an influencer with millions of followers, who was so upset that she got banned from TikTok that she recently went to one of the social media company's offices and was filmed crying and screaming while on the phone with her dad. "Dad, they won't let me in," she screamed. "I need my TikTok account unbanned." Reynolds, who had 2.5 million followers on TikTok, was banned for apparently spark

People Pretty Much Lost Their Minds When ChatGPT Went Down

Like all websites, ChatGPT is fallible — and when it went down this week, people lost their godforsaken minds. According to OpenAI's status page, the company has experienced major issues this week, leading to breathless coverage from sites like TechRadar and The Independent — and, unsurprisingly, some massive freakouts on social media. "F*ck I can't code without ChatGPT," someone on the r/ChatGPT subreddit raged. "Ok I can but I am too dependent on ChatGPT to do the grunt work lol." In that s

‘Generative AI helps us bend time’: CrowdStrike, Nvidia embed real-time LLM defense, changing how enterprises secure AI

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Generative AI adoption has surged by 187% over the past two years. But at the same time, enterprise security investments focused specifically on AI risks have grown by only 43%, creating a significant gap in preparedness as AI attack surfaces rapidly expand. More than 70% of enterprises experienced at least one AI-related breach in the pa

Microsoft-backed Mistral launches European AI cloud to compete with AWS and Azure

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence startup, announced Wednesday a sweeping expansion into AI infrastructure that positions the company as Europe’s answer to American cloud computing giants, while simultaneously unveiling new reasoning models that rival OpenAI’s most advanced systems. The Paris-based company revealed Mistral Co

5 things I learned from revamping my smart home

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Recently, when I started renovating my home, I knew it was the perfect time to rebuild my smart home from scratch. I’ve been on the smart home bandwagon for years, but cobbling together IoT products is never the right approach. Some things work, some don’t, and some don’t work quite as well as you’d want them to. The best smart homes are the ones you never have to think about. Over the years, I’d pieced together a mix of gadgets, platforms that included Alexa

Snap has sunk $3 billion into AR Specs it hopes it can actually convince you to wear

Snap TL;DR Snap will launch a new pair of AR smart glasses, called Specs, in 2026. The glasses will run on Snap OS and support AI-powered features like translation, gaming, and 3D content. Unlike the 2024 Spectacles, Specs will be for consumers, not just developers. Despite repeated waves of apathy, tech companies won’t relent in their quest to put a computer on our faces. The latest hardware announcement comes from SnapChat’s parent company, Snap, which is launching a new pair of smart glas

iOS 26 dramatically overhauls the Camera interface, here’s what’s new

With iOS 26, Apple is redesigning the Camera app to make it more streamlined and easier to use. Here’s what it looks like. Photos and videos front and center, with other options a swipe away After years of accumulating new modes, toggles, and gestures on its Camera app, Apple explained today that the updated interface aims to bring a clearer focus to its most commonly used functions. For this reason, the main camera screen will prioritize Photo and Video modes. Additional capture options (suc

Tim Cook explains why Apple TV+ exists

Ever since Apple first unveiled its TV streaming service back in 2019, analysts (and competitors) have wondered why Apple TV+ truly exists. But now, in a new interview, CEO Tim Cook and other Apple execs have shared fresh insight into the streamer’s origins, and why Apple TV+ is just now hitting its stride. Tim Cook and Eddy Cue detail the origins of Apple TV+ Apple is about to premiere its biggest movie ever with F1: The Movie. To mark the occasion, Tim Cook and other executives sat down with

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The best Father's Day gifts and gadgets for every dad in 2025

Look, if your dad is anything like me, then they’re probably not a massive gamer, or might just play the odd title. I’m told that there’s a whole genre of Dad Games out there that apparently appeal to the fathers in our lives, which are all about following some sort of process. It’s likely then that they won’t have paid much attention to The Legend of Zelda series, which feels as un-Dad a game as you could imagine. Which is why I’m here to say that, until the start of this year, I felt the same,

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Nintendo Switch 2 review: More of what you love

Back in 2017, it felt like handhelds were dying. The PlayStation Vita was suffering from a lack of support and the 3DS was already on its way out. But then the Nintendo Switch arrived and became the hybrid console that launched 1,000 portable rivals. It proved you could make a device that was powerful enough to play games on your TV but also small enough to take with you anywhere. And by the time everything is all said and done, there's a good chance it will be the highest-selling console of all

Onimusha: Way of the Sword brings Japanese cinematic royalty to the samurai fantasy series

While the surprise of a new Resident Evil might have been Capcom's biggest story at SGF, it’s got other series – and other sequels – to show off, like Onimusha. Previously a banner PS2 series, Onimusha spanned four mainline games between 2001 and 2006. We’ve since seen remastered editions of the first two episodes. Still, a true sequel was long overdue, especially after games like Sekiro and Ghost of Tsushima showed a renewed appetite for feudal Japan swordplay. Through a theater presentation d

How long it takes to know if a job is right for you or not

A few eagle-eyed readers have noticed that it’s been 4 weeks since my last entry in what I have been thinking of as my “niblet series” — one small piece per week, 1000 words or less, for the next three months. This is true. However, I did leave myself some wiggle room in my original goal, when I said “weeks when I am not traveling”, knowing I was traveling 6 of the next 7 weeks. I was going to TRY to write something on the weeks I was traveling, but as you can see, I mostly did not succeed. Oh

The New ‘Superman’ Trailer Is Packed With Super Spectacle

Oh, so that’s why the previous Superman trailers were all so similar. Tickets for the highly anticipated DC Studios film are now on sale and to celebrate, Warner Bros. has released its most revealing trailer to date. It’s filled with lots of evil Lex Luthor and even more wild visual effects shots, that showcase action, creations, and more. Presumably, these are all shots that were being finished in the previous months, but are now ready for your eyeballs. Written and directed by James Gunn, Sup

John L. Young, the Guy Who Created Wikileaks Before Wikileaks, Dies at 89

John L. Young, often hailed as an under-recognized hero of the digital age and co-founder of the groundbreaking transparency platform Cryptome, passed away on March 28th in New York City. His death, in relative anonymity, stands in stark contrast to the thunderous revelations that defined his pioneering work. His passing was quietly acknowledged by Archinect, a professional publication for architects, on June 4th: “John L. Young, architect and the co-founder (with his wife Deborah Natsios) of

Queerness Wasn’t a Consideration in ‘Andor’ Season 2’s Most Controversial Death

When the heist on Ghorman went wrong on Andor season two, it only took one bad call for tragedy to strike. In the case of rebel leader Cinta Kaz (Varadu Sethu), her life was snuffed out in an instant when a misfire took her down. In a story about the early days of Star Wars Rebels uniting against the Empire, anyone was fair game, and it’s something that show creator Tony Gilroy and writer Beau Willimon affirmed in conversation with Vulture, when discussing Cinta’s death as one of the franchise’s

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David Harbour Is More Than Ready for ‘Stranger Things’ to Be Over

David Harbour has been acting professionally for over two decades—he was nominated for a Tony in 2005—but his big break came with Stranger Things. Harbour’s portrayal of Sheriff Jim Hopper immediately endeared him to viewers, and over the show’s run we’ve seen Hawkins, Indiana’s top cop morph from boozy sad sack to strict but loving dad to supernatural beastie-fighting hero to Siberian prison escapee, plus a little romantic tension with Winona Ryder’s character on the side. And since Stranger T

Apple's VisionOS 26 Hands-On: Virtual Me and 3D Memories Are Stunning

My virtual Scott Stein persona is hauntingly real, spatial scenes feel like living 3D memories and even the experience of sticking widgets to virtual walls – and virtual windows – is better than I ever thought. Hey. That's me. My first experience in Apple's new Vision OS 26, announced Monday at WWDC, was making my new 3D-scanned Persona, a feature that Apple says is finally out of beta. I used to find its uncanny style funny, but not anymore. I find it unsettlingly real. Like, I feel like I'm

“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

Generative AI is permeating the Internet, with chatbots and AI summaries popping up faster than we can keep track. Even Wikipedia, the vast repository of knowledge famously maintained by an army of volunteer human editors, is looking to add robots to the mix. The site began testing AI summaries in some articles over the past week, but the project has been frozen after editors voiced their opinions. And that opinion is: "yuck." The seeds of this project were planted at Wikimedia's 2024 conferenc