Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: The Chinese AI assistant sending shockwaves through US rivals
Obsessed with throwing money and resources at AI in any way they can, the likes of OpenAI, NVIDIA, Google and Amazon all just got a surprise. Out of seemingly nowhere, Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek is suddenly the top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the US and elsewhere, beating…
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Curvy sides, flat edges: The Galaxy S25 and the arbitrary shape of smartphones
This year, Samsung unified the design language of its S-series flagships, making the S25, S25+ and the S25 Ultra look and feel the same (barring the camera). The curving sides of the S24 Ultra are finally gone, replaced with the solid, squared-off lines seen on the cheaper Galaxy S handsets.…
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The Morning After: Everything Samsung announced this week (and future devices teased)
Welcome to a new newsletter, with a bit of a new direction. While our mid-week edition tackles news specifics, this end-of-the-week missive combines the biggest news with more context, more things to read and watch, recommendations, easter eggs, inside baseball and stuff that interests our readers, alongside the breaking news,…
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Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25+ hands-on: Slimmer, but a little too similar
In just a few years, Samsung has built up a substantial collection of artificial intelligence tricks, features and apps. While some of them have been impressive, like live translation and annotation, others (often involving generative AI) aren’t actually helpful — or notable — enough to warrant regular use. The latest…
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The Morning After: TikTok lives to scroll another day (or 75)
Almost immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a swathe of executive orders — including a reprieve for TikTok in the US. With the executive order, Trump’s Justice Department will not enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days, extending the time the company…
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The Morning After: What to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event next week
Welcome back to the newsletter. We are changing things up, so expect to see at least two editions each week, with the occasional special edition. The newsletter will continue to live on Engadget.com too, but if you haven’t subscribed, you should do that. Next week, Samsung will reveal its next…
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