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One text can break your phone: Android's 'SMS of Death' explained
A flaw in Android 12 and later lets a specially crafted SMS drop calls and even make a phone unusable. The fix is in October's security patch.
GTA VI lands November 19: prices, editions and what to know
Rockstar has locked the date: Thursday, November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Standard costs $79.99 and Ultimate $99.99.
The $1,999 iPhone Duo Has a Black-Bar Problem, and Fixing It Is Harder Than It Looks
Apple's first foldable is a hardware flex. But unfold it and many of your apps shrink into a phone-shaped window floating in black. Here's why the app world wasn't ready, and why developers can't just hit "stretch".
New iPad mini goes OLED and waterproof. Buyers in Iraq should check eSIM first
The biggest iPad mini update yet starts at $699, but the cellular model only takes an eSIM.
Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves come to Switch 2 in 2027
At Pokémon's 30th anniversary, the 10th generation was revealed: an open world across an ocean of islands.
Apple starts App Store age verification in several countries
In Australia, Brazil and Singapore, 18+ apps can now be downloaded only after a user is confirmed to be an adult.
Anthropic: three Chinese labs used 24,000 fake accounts to learn from Claude
Anthropic says DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax generated more than 16 million exchanges with Claude to train their own models.
iOS 26.4 public beta brings AI playlists and video podcasts
Apple released the iOS 26.4 public beta with AI-generated Apple Music playlists, video in Podcasts, and third-party AI in CarPlay.
Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google's new model scores 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2, more than double Gemini 3 Pro.
eBay buys Depop from Etsy for $1.2 billion
Etsy is selling secondhand fashion app Depop to eBay for about $1.2 billion in cash, five years after buying it for $1.62 billion.
OpenAI teams up with Tata on a major data center in India
OpenAI is the first customer of TCS HyperVault, starting at 100 megawatts with room to grow to 1 gigawatt.
Apple is working on three AI wearables
According to Bloomberg, Apple is speeding up work on smart glasses, an AI pendant and AirPods with cameras.
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
The developer behind the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw will remain an open source project.
OpenAI removes GPT-4o from ChatGPT
From Friday, February 13, GPT-4o and four other legacy models are no longer available in ChatGPT.
Anthropic raises $30 billion at a $380 billion valuation
The Series G round was led by GIC and Coatue. Anthropic's valuation more than doubled from $183 billion in its previous round.
Google releases the first Android 17 beta
Android 17 is planned for Q2 2026, and Google has replaced developer previews with a continuous Canary channel.
Spotify hits a record 751 million users
Thanks to Wrapped and new free features, Spotify added 38 million users in one quarter. Paying subscribers reached 290 million.
Discord to make every account "teen-appropriate" until age is verified
Age checks will use a video selfie or an ID. Discord says most adults won't need to verify.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Codex, minutes after Anthropic
OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Codex is 25% faster than GPT-5.2 and was instrumental in creating itself.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6 with agent teams that work together
Opus 4.6 has a 1 million token context window and a new "agent teams" feature. Claude now also works inside PowerPoint.
Gemini app passes 750 million monthly users
Gemini grew from 650 million to 750 million users in one quarter, and Alphabet passed $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time.
Roblox opens its AI-powered 4D creation tool to everyone
Players can now use AI to create 3D objects that move and work, like cars you can actually drive.
Apple launches Xcode 26.3: Claude and Codex now write code directly
Xcode now integrates AI agents from Anthropic and OpenAI, and through MCP any other compatible agent can connect.
SpaceX acquires xAI, with plans for AI data centres in space
According to Bloomberg, the combined company is worth $1.25 trillion. Musk says Earth alone can't supply enough power for AI.
OpenAI launches Codex app for Mac: several AI agents code together
The new app can run multiple agents in parallel and handle tasks automatically on a schedule.
SpaceX asks to launch 1 million satellites as AI data centres in space
SpaceX filed with the FCC for solar-powered satellites that would run AI workloads. About 15,000 satellites orbit Earth today.
Report: Waymo raising $16 billion at a $110 billion valuation
According to the Financial Times, more than three quarters of the money comes from Alphabet. Waymo says it has completed over 20 million rides.
Instagram may let you remove yourself from someone's Close Friends list
Meta confirmed the feature is in early development. Since 2018 there has been no way to leave someone else's list.
Anthropic adds plugins to Cowork so Claude can handle department work
Plugins automate specialised tasks like marketing drafts, legal risk reviews and customer support replies. 11 plugins were released as open source.
iPhone posts its best quarter ever: $85 billion
iPhone revenue rose from $69 billion to $85 billion. Tim Cook says records were set in every region of the world.