Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a shakeup at X, Hugging Face’s new robot, new phones from Nothing and Samsung, and a whole lot more. Have a great weekend!
Off to do something else: X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped down this week after a tumultuous two-year tenure marked by advertiser backlash, Elon Musk’s controversies, and the platform’s AI troubles. The company’s ad business improved under her leadership, but the road ahead will still be tough.
See-through: Apple continues to tweak its new Liquid Glass design in iOS 26 beta 3, dialing back transparency in areas like Notifications and Apple Music after user complaints about readability. It’s the latest step in finding the right balance before the OS launches this fall.
The cutest: Hugging Face has opened orders for its new open source desktop robot, Reachy Mini, aimed at AI developers. Starting at $299, the build-it-yourself bots are fully programmable in Python and integrated with the Hugging Face Hub.
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Nothing Phone 3 Image Credits:Ivan Mehta
Whole lot of Nothing: Nothing’s $799 Phone (3) is its most ambitious yet, with a quirky new second screen, AI features, and flagship specs aimed at rivaling Samsung and Apple. But mixed reactions to the design and pricing may keep it in “alternative to” rather than “replacement for” territory, at least for now.
Samsung, too: Samsung also released new foldable phones this week, the new Z Fold7 and the Z Flip7. It also released a cheaper foldable phone, the Z Flip7 FE.
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