Research firm Omdia has released a new report on global tablet shipments for the last quarter of 2025, as well as a summary for the entire year. Here’s how you managed your iPad. The iPad continues to gain ground as the overall market cools According to Omdia, Apple sold 19.6 million iPads in the last … Read more
The Xreal One Pro isn’t the full smartglasses experience you’d like, but it still gives you a decent surround computing experience—provided you’re fine with a cable that slips into your pocket. Apple has been rumored to be introducing its own smart glasses for years, but it still seems like a long time before they become … Read more
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad, one of four commercials the AI lab launched Wednesday, begins with the word “BETRAYAL” boldly splashed across the screen. The camera pans to a man earnestly asking a chatbot (apparently meant to display ChatGPT) for advice on how to talk to his mother. The bot, played by a blonde, offers some … Read more
Like it or not, there’s no going back: apps and operating systems will continue to gravitate toward voice interactions. It is not mandatory, but unavoidable But here’s the thing: none of the points I’m about to make mean you will compulsory talking to your devices against your will, nor that humanity mindlessly slaps its way … Read more
Apple released the iOS 26.3 Release Candidate to beta testers on Wednesday, which means anyone looking to get their hands on it should mark February 11 on their calendars. The macOS Tahoe 26.3 Release Candidate has also just been released, which should make Mac users happy. It means that MacBook Pro with faster processors may … Read more
Apple’s yet-to-be-released chips are referenced in the iOS 26.3 RC build. The iOS 26.3 release candidate build has been found to contain identifiers for two unreleased Apple chips, which could be the M5 Max and the M5 Ultra. On Wednesday, a week after the release of the third developer beta, Apple deployed a version of … Read more
When Valve first announced its impressive-looking Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller hardware in November, the company said the products would begin shipping in early 2026. Some journalists were specifically told “Q1 2026.” But due to the ongoing memory and storage crisis, that launch has been pushed back to sometime in the first half … Read more
Snap is on a mission to diversify its revenue streams — moving from a business model in which it largely chases ad revenue to one where it can also make money through subscriptions and eventually hardware. The company’s latest quarterly earnings report shows that the firm has had modest success with this strategy so far. … Read more
During Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai added to the confusion about where exactly the upcoming Gemini-powered Siri will run. Here is what he said. A little background Since Apple confirmed that Google’s Gemini will power Siri’s new features, there has been a lingering question about the privacy aspects of what Tim Cook … Read more
As OpenAI plans to introduce ads to ChatGPT, competitor Anthropic has promised to make Claude ad-free. In a blog post today, the company said there are “many good places to advertise” but “an interview with Claude is not one of them.” According to Anthropic, including ads in Claude would be inconsistent with its mission to … Read more