Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,999
Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,999

Apple has made a foldable iPhone. It is called the iPhone Duo, it opens to 7.6 inches, and it starts at $1,999. The price is the news. Analysts expected $2,500. Samsung, which has had this category almost to itself for seven years, sells its Z Fold8 Ul…

OpenAI now supplies the image models inside Adobe’s creative studio. It is also turning prompts into things you pass around.
OpenAI now supplies the image models inside Adobe’s creative studio. It is also turning prompts into things you pass around.

OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.5 with two new API models, one of which Adobe has already put into Firefly. The company says more than 3 billion images a week are created across ChatGPT and its image API. The notable additions are interface features r…

Adobe just handed Photoshop to someone who has never run it
Adobe just handed Photoshop to someone who has never run it

Adobe named Anil Chakravarthy president and chief executive from 1 December, with Shantanu Narayen moving to executive chair. Chakravarthy came up through Digital Experience and worldwide field operations, arrived from enterprise data company Informati…

Apple’s new chief executive is a hardware engineer. His first lineup answers a software problem with a hinge.
Apple’s new chief executive is a hardware engineer. His first lineup answers a software problem with a hinge.

Apple holds its “Surprise and Shine” event on 9 September, the first product launch run by John Ternus, who became chief executive on 1 September as Tim Cook moved to executive chairman. Cook worked his last day in the role on 31 August. It is the star…

Emirates has wired a privacy screen into premium economy. The harder sell is the hub underneath it.
Emirates has wired a privacy screen into premium economy. The harder sell is the hub underneath it.

Emirates has launched a premium economy seat with a full-height privacy divider that raises and locks at the touch of a button, on newly delivered Airbus A350s. The airline described it in a statement on Thursday as the world’s first electrically power…

Why AI food looks like that
Why AI food looks like that

There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There’s also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading […]

This 14-inch laptop has a screen that unrolls to 17 inches
This 14-inch laptop has a screen that unrolls to 17 inches

Lenovo’s latest rollable concept, announced at IFA 2026, is the ThinkBook Project Swan: a business laptop with a screen that expands horizontally from 14 to 17 inches. Rollable screens are nothing new for Lenovo. The company has shown off several concepts and even launched a real one last year (and it was pretty great). But […]

Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design

With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.

Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool
Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool

Ikea has teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new assortment of gaming-inspired furniture and home accessories, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the first Xbox console. The nine-piece Yxstaby collection (good luck pronouncing that) includes a TV stand, laptop stand, side table, lounge chair, and multi-functional toolbox, with standout products like a stool, cushion, […]

Adobe Firefly can now generate music, speech and sound effects
Adobe Firefly can now generate music, speech and sound effects

Adobe Firefly’s audio tools became generally available on Thursday. Generate Music, Generate Speech and Generate Sound Effects now sit beside the image, video and design tools in its creative AI studio. Each runs on a different model. Generate Music us…