Google’s upcoming Pixel phones are for the fans, even if its launch event isn’t
Google’s upcoming Pixel phones are for the fans, even if its launch event isn’t

Last year’s Made by Google event for the Pixel 10 resembled a late night talk show, complete with Jimmy Fallon as host, and it aired an hour after the phones were revealed. Spec dives and executive appearances were replaced with celebrity cameos and awkward skits, to the confusion of many diehard Pixel fans. But it […]

How Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever

With the Pixel 11 Pro launch, Google will set 2026’s smartphone standards with its higher specs, improved on-device Gemini AI, and Android 17’s increased security.

Apple’s Watch shake-up is a subtraction. There is no cheap one this year.
Apple’s Watch shake-up is a subtraction. There is no cheap one this year.

Apple is in late-stage testing on three Apple Watch models for this autumn, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported: the Series 12 in Wi-Fi and cellular versions, plus the Ultra 4. He has not heard of a new Apple Watch SE planned for 2026. That absence is the…

iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: Demand Drives September Launch

Apple’s September launch of the iPhone 18 Pro family is more than tradition. It is a key part of the entire ecosystem, all built around this fixed date in the calendar.

Apple Loop: iPhone 18 Pro Price Rise, iCloud Under Attack, MacBook Neo Weaknesses

This week’s Apple headlines: iPhone 18 Pro price rises, staff needed for iPhone launch, UK iCloud under attack, the MacBook Neo weakness, copying in the EU and more…

Android Circuit: Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra Records, Qualcomm’s New 8 Elite, Pixel 11 Pro Specs

This week’s Android headlines: Pixel 11 Pro specs, Galaxy Z Fold8 records broken, Gemini for WearOS, Qualcomm’s latest 8 Elite, Developer Verification issues, and more…

Samsung’s Z Fold 8 Ultra is more of the same, but better than ever
Samsung’s Z Fold 8 Ultra is more of the same, but better than ever

What makes the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra so Ultra? Samsung’s first foldable with the Ultra name isn’t a souped-up version of the regular Fold 8, as you might expect. Where the Z Fold 8 is squat and wide, the Fold 8 Ultra retains the thin outer screen and square inner panel of the […]

Google is killing Assistant on phones September 4. Gemini is the only option left.
Google is killing Assistant on phones September 4. Gemini is the only option left.

Google confirmed in emails to users that Assistant on Android phones will shut down starting September 4, forcing everyone to Gemini. The process may take several weeks to complete, so holdouts may get a brief extension, but the direction is final. The…

SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon
SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon

SpaceX is preparing to build a terrestrial mobile network to “acquire quite a few” of the customers now subscribed to T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. The message to compete head-to-head with the US carriers was delivered by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and CEO Elon Musk during the Q&A section of the company’s first earnings call. “The […]

The AI memory shortage reached your phone bill, so T-Mobile will let you pay it off slower
The AI memory shortage reached your phone bill, so T-Mobile will let you pay it off slower

The AI memory shortage has reached the phone-shop counter. T-Mobile is rolling out financing that lets customers walk out with a new handset for nothing down. It does this by spreading not just the device but its taxes and fees over three years. The re…