Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors
Amazon’s head of devices and services, Panos Panay, says that the company is “not necessarily” planning to release a smartphone, but has stopped short of denying it outright. It was previously…
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Dreame — the vacuum company — just ‘launched’ its own phones
…Unless it intends to release the software as a download for other devices, that presumably means the first Dreame hardware will release in the same time frame. The two phones were just…
Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating
…vulnerabilities in “every major operating system and web browser,” and said its release must be coordinated to allow time to “reinforce the world’s cyber defenses.” Anthropic has a habit of…
Apple brings encrypted RCS chats to iPhone
…As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Monday, Apple added support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple and Google can’t see your…
Firefox’s new home page widgets are helping me focus
…There’s also an optional notification for when the timer ends. The new widgets were mentioned in release notes as an improvement arriving between Firefox 151 and the recently released 152…
Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings is officially leaving the company
…The news comes as part of Netflix’s Q1 2026 earnings results released on Thursday, which says Hastings “will not stand for re-election to our Board when his current term expires…
The 7 biggest storylines from Summer Game Fest 2026
…The nearly week-long event came at a challenging time for the games industry, and for the most part the big keynotes were used as a chance to show some strength through…
Xbox mode is nearly here for all PCs.
Microsoft just added its Xbox mode to the Release Preview version of Windows 11. That means the Xbox mode, that adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, is just…
A return of Xbox console exclusives.
…for quite some time given Microsoft’s multiplatform push. “These are not timed exclusives,” says Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire editor-in-chief. “Games already announced for multiplatform releases will stick to that…
A roughly $300 laptop? In this economy?
…Acer didn’t share its price or release date by the time I wrote these words, but Qualcomm says the platform unlocks roughly $300 laptops — despite RAMageddon. Corners cut, surely. The specs…