Samsung Now Brief went from borderline useless to something I use every day

I’ll be honest, when Samsung introduced Now Brief with the Galaxy S25 series (One UI 8.0) last year, I thought it could be useful based on what the company promised. However, it turned out to be one of those AI-powered features I tried for a few days and then forgot existed. At launch, my colleague […]

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Samsung confirms the Galaxy Glasses name

Yesterday a leak brought us renders of Samsung’s upcoming pair of smart glasses, and we obviously assumed these would be called Galaxy Glasses. Now, Samsung has pretty much confirmed this through an app update. We’re talking about the Nearby Device Scanning app, which is part of Samsung’s One UI on Galaxy phones and tablets, and […]

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Apple Weather App Experiencing Outage

If you’ve noticed the Apple Weather app isn’t loading weather data right now, you’re not alone. The app appears to be experiencing an outage. According to Apple’s System Status page, the Weather app may be slow or unavailable for some users. The problem started at 11:36 a.m. Eastern Time and is ongoing. Reports on social […]

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New Google Play services, Android System WebView updates now available for Samsung phones

Samsung smartphones come pre-installed with many apps from both the South Korean tech giant and Google. Some core features and services also function as separate apps. Every now and then, both companies release updates for these apps, and installing them is always a good idea, as they can bring security patches, bug fixes, performance improvements, […]

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Xiaomi releases open-weight MiMo-V2.5 AI model, claims « frontier-level agentic capability »

Xiaomi is the latest company to release an open-weight AI model – MiMo-V2.5 claims to be a “major step forward in agentic capability and multimodal understanding.” Xiaomi has shared various benchmark results that compare MiMo-V2.5 against the likes of the recently released DeepSeek-V4, Kimi K2.6, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro and Xiaomi’s older MiMo-V2-Pro. […]

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M4 vs. M5 MacBook Air Buyer’s Guide

Apple last month announced a new MacBook Air, introducing the M5 chip, faster wireless connectivity, double the base storage, and a more capable charger, while simultaneously discontinuing the M4 model. So how does the new machine compare? The M5 MacBook Air starts at $1,099 for the 13-inch model and $1,299 for the 15-inch, a $100 […]

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Galaxy S26, S25, Z Fold 5, Flip 5 get second April 2026 update

Samsung smartphones listed under the brand’s monthly security update schedule usually receive one software update each month, bringing the latest security patch. This month is no different, as many eligible devices have already received the April 2026 security patch. Surprisingly, some of those devices, including the carrier-locked variants of the Galaxy S26 series, Galaxy S25 […]

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