Apple picked up an intriguing new member for its design team today in Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the iPhone camera app Halide. He announced the move today on Threads, adding, "So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products." The Halide app has caught our eye at Engadget at several points over the years. de With also is co-founder of Lux, which is Halide's parent company. The other Lux apps also have an emphasis on photography and videography, particularly ..

The Galaxy S26 series, expected to debut next month, may come with satellite communication support. All three models in the lineup have appeared on the FCC database, revealing details about their connectivity features. According to FCC listings for the US variants of the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra, all three models support Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technologies. The presence of these technologies confirms that the Galaxy S26 ..

Samsung Electronics reported an over three-fold surge in fourth-quarter profits, hitting a new record and beating analysts' estimates.

LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. robotaxi company Waymo said on Wednesday it was aiming to launch its fully driverless ride-hailing service in London by the fourth quarter of 2026. Read full story

Microsofts finances look more favorable after OpenAI completed a restructuring. But computing capacity and talent are cutting into Microsoft's margin.

On Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said the company is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles.

Tesla's earnings report comes weeks after Elon Musk's automaker reported another decline in vehicle deliveries.

Jan 28 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday will meet with executives from the banking and cryptocurrency industries to discuss a path forward for landmark crypto legislation which has stalled due to a clash between the two powerful sectors, said three people familiar with the matter. Read full story

Waymo has laid out plans for a robotaxi service in London with a pilot scheme due to begin in April.

Apple is forcing Patreon to move all remaining creators onto Apple's in-app purchase subscription system by November 2026 "or else Patreon would risk removal from the App Store," reports TechCrunch. "Apple made this decision because Patreon was managing the billing for some percentage of creators' subscriptions, and the tech giant saw that as skirting its App Store commission structure." The tech giant initially told Patreon that it must do so by November 2025, but the deadline was pushed back. ..

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink said on Wednesday it now has 21 total participants enrolled in trials worldwide, as it completes two years since it officially began testing on humans. Read full story

OpenAI claims ChatGPT handles millions of science and math queries weekly, supporting researchers in complex calculations and experiments.

80 billion workflows makes a difference Though some recent studies cast doubt on the ability of AI agents to complete complex tasks, ServiceNow boasts that its bots are better, because they can rely on 20 years and 80 billion workflows worth of experience. The underlying model, they say, is just a small part of the product.

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the company's generative artificial intelligence book of business hit more than $12.5 billion.

Google is rolling out an "auto browse" AI agent in Chrome that can navigate websites, fill out forms, compare prices, and handle tedious online tasks on a user's behalf. Bloomberg reports: The feature, called auto browse, will allow users to ask an assistant powered by Gemini to complete tasks such as shopping for them without leaving Chrome, said Charmaine D'Silva, a director of product. Chrome users will be able to plan a family trip by asking Gemini to open different airline and hotel ..

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ServiceNow announced an expanded partnership with Anthropic about a week after it inked a similar deal with competitor OpenAI.

Mark Zuckerberg says there's an end in sight to Reality Labs' years of multibillion-dollar losses following the company's layoffs to the metaverse division earlier this year. The CEO said he expects to "gradually reduce" how much money the company is losing as it doubles down on AI glasses and shifts away from virtual reality. Speaking during Meta's fourth-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg was clear that the changes won't happen soon, but sounded optimistic about the division that lost more ..

More than half its profit came from emissions credits as sales fell 8.6 percent.

In its earnings report on Wednesday, Tesla said it invested $2 billion in xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup.

Patreon creators will need to make some changes soon, thanks to Apple. On Wednesday, Patreon said Apple has renewed its requirement that all Patreon creators must move to subscription billing. The deadline to do so is November 1, 2026. Patreon's blog post announcing the change made it clear that it had no other choice. "We strongly disagree with this decision," the company wrote. "Creators need consistency and clarity in order to build healthy, long-term businesses. Instead, creators using ..

Metareported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesdaythat topped estimates and issuedstronger-than-expected sales guidance.

As the smart glasses market heats up, Snap Inc. (the company behind Snapchat) is doing some corporate restructuring in preparation for the launch of its Spectacles smart glasses later this year. The company is spinning off Specs Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary. It says that this move will provide greater operational focus and alignment with the new market segment. Snap plans to remain the majority shareholder but says there is a potential for outside investments and partnerships. This will ..

A lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Attorney General accuses Meta execs of ignoring concerns about AI companions and sexual interactions with minors.

One of the last holdouts for ransomware discussions, RAMP is taken down.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: The interim head of the country's cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks, according to four Department of Homeland Security officials with knowledge of the incident. The apparent misstep from Madhu Gottumukkala was especially ..

Scan documents right from your smartphone or tablet with a lifetime subscription to the iScanner App, now just $27.99 with code SCAN through Feb. 15.

For the Mac versions of pro apps, things aren't actually changing much (yet).

Unofficial listings for Galaxy S26 Ultra Kindsuit cases have appeared online, complete with magnetic ring.

ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.

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Hackers exploit Microsoft Teams by sending obfuscated invitations and fraudulent billing messages to access emails across multiple global industries.

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a galaxy that is offering new data about the early stages of the universe's existence. The latest discovery shared by astronomers is about a bright galaxy dubbed MoM-z14. According to the team, this galaxy existed 280 million years after the Big Bang. The sounds like a long time, but in the context of the universe's estimated 13.8 billion years of existence, that's actually one of the closest examples astronomers have found to the Big ..

Metas Reality Labs posts $6.02 billion loss in fourth quarter.

Cybercrime solved. The end Ransomware crims have just lost one of their best business platforms. US law enforcement has seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum's dark web and clearnet domains.

Thermalright's Peerless Assassin 120 SE is on sale for $33. Get one of the best air coolers on the market right now for even cheaper.

Amazon is discontinuing its Amazon One palm recognition ID system for stores later this year, the company informed users. From a report: The company will discontinue Amazon One services at retail businesses on June 3, 2026, according to a support page for the service and email messages to customers. "In response to limited customer adoption, we're discontinuing Amazon One, our authentication service for facility access and payment," an Amazon spokesperson said. "All customer data associated ..

SpaceX won't make specific promises on Starlink network capacity or subscribers.