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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.

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".

Lovable launches its vibe-coding app on iPhone and Android
You can now build websites and web apps from your phone using voice or text.

Anthropic launches Claude Design for creating quick visuals
Type a prompt to build prototypes, slides and one-pagers, then export to PDF, PPTX or Canva.

All Spotify users can now turn off videos
A new setting lets you switch off videos and Canvas on Spotify across mobile, desktop and TV.

Xiaomi 17 Ultra: a 1-inch sensor and continuous optical zoom
Xiaomi's camera flagship brings a 1-inch sensor, a 200MP telephoto and a 6,000mAh battery, from €1,499 in Europe.

Rec Room is shutting down on June 1
The social game with 150 million players, once valued at $3.5 billion, will close on June 1.

Photoshop gets an AI assistant: edit photos by typing
Adobe launched Photoshop's AI assistant in beta on web and mobile, along with new tools in Firefly.

Threads overtakes X on mobile with 141.5 million daily users
According to Similarweb, Meta's Threads passed X on iOS and Android, though X still leads by far on the web.

People spent nearly $156 billion on apps in 2025, even as downloads fell
According to Appfigures, app downloads fell for a fifth straight year while spending jumped 21.6%, driven by subscriptions.

FCC lets SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites
Starlink's second-generation fleet can now reach 15,000 satellites, including direct-to-cell service for ordinary phones.