Month: August 2025

I thought the Galaxy Z Fold 6 was fantastic, but Samsung’s Z Fold 7 makes me forget it ever existed

I’ve been testing the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 for close to a month, and I’m convinced it might just be the best phone on the planet. Before this, I relied on the Z Fold 7’s older sibling – Samsung’s Z Fold 6 – and I fell in love with…

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Microsoft’s new NFL deal could let you blame Copilot AI for terrible playcalls

While Tom Brady is no longer actively putting those slates in danger of destruction, they do have something to offer to coaches and players. Microsoft touts a GitHub Copilot-based feature that filters plays to make strategy calls based on the situation, and a Microsoft 365 Copilot-based dashboard that sorts spreadsheets…

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Instagram adds Spotify integration to Stories and Notes

Spotify and Instagram are cozying up for more seamless music sharing. Two new features make it easier for Spotify's nearly 700 million users to share their favorite tunes. When sharing a Spotify track to Instagram Stories, a short snippet of the song will now be included. When people view the…

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Apple employees built an LLM that taught itself to produce good user interface code – but worryingly, it did so independently

Apple started with almost no Swift examples and achieved surprising results StarChat-Beta was pushed into uncharted territory without clear guidance Nearly one million working SwiftUI programs emerged after repeated iterations Apple researchers recently revealed an experiment in which an AI model was trained to generate user interface code in SwiftUI,…

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Google reveals it isn’t making tablets, smart rings, flip phones, or glasses (yet)

Despite its partners Samsung and Motorola getting into flip-style phones where the screens opens up vertically like an old school Motorola Razr, Google says it intends to sit out that race. It’s also not currently working on a smart ring and has paused development on a tablet overhaul until it…

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