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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.
Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro brings OLED and Dynamic Island
The new PROLED XDR display responds to touch, the notch is gone and Dynamic Island takes its place. Prices start at $2,899.
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.
ChatGPT reaches 900 million weekly users
OpenAI says ChatGPT has 900 million weekly users and 50 million paying subscribers, and it has raised $110 billion in new funding.
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.
Netflix walks away from Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount wins
Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's offer, which values Warner Bros. Discovery at about $111 billion.
Samsung unveils Galaxy S26 Ultra with Privacy Display
At Galaxy Unpacked in San Francisco, Samsung showed three S26 phones, Galaxy Buds4 and new AI features.
Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber and three automakers
The British self-driving startup is now valued at $8.6 billion, with Mercedes, Nissan and Stellantis among its backers.
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.
Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M in four months
A startup that uses AI to design chips is now valued at $4 billion. Its founders created Google's AlphaChip.
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
The developer behind the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw will remain an open source project.
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.
Microsoft: hackers are exploiting zero-day bugs in Windows and Office, update now
With one click on a link, attackers can bypass SmartScreen protection. Google says the bug is under widespread active exploitation.
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.
AI ads at the Super Bowl: Anthropic's spot angers Sam Altman
Svedka aired the first Super Bowl ad made primarily with AI, while Anthropic said: "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude."
Report: Apple to bring ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to CarPlay
According to Bloomberg, Apple engineers are working to let AI chatbots run by voice in the car, which could sideline Siri.
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.
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.