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Apple will roll out the new AI-based capabilities for Siri (based on Google’s Gemini AI) in phases. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Cupertino giant is gearing up to demonstrate the revamped Siri “in the second half of February.” Whether Apple gives the demonstration in the form of an in-person event or a controlled briefing is something that Gurman isn’t sure about. However, since it’s a big unveiling for Apple, the company might host a small event. A phased Siri update begins with iOS 26.4 Following the Siri demonstration, which included features like contextually aware responses (based on users’ personal…
The first-generation iPhone Air invented a new market segment — ultra-thin smartphones — but didn’t do as well as the company expected. Now that the segment has a couple of players, it’s all the more important for the Cupertino giant to maintain its lead, especially as the pioneer. To achieve that, the company has been planning to upgrade the iPhone Air 2 with a secondary camera, something we’ve known for a while. However, a new leak from the Chinese tipster Instant Digital now claims that the next-generation slim iPhone could also get a slimmer Face ID module. Slimmer Face ID…
A modder says a portable PS4 Slim can finally feel like something you’d actually use, not a fragile showpiece. After months of revisions, the latest version is presented as a stable handheld built for regular play. The heart of the project is a trimmed and modified PS4 Slim motherboard, cut down to shrink the system without losing core functionality. To keep the handheld from cooking itself, the design leans on a reworked cooling setup plus active safeguards. An onboard ESP32 running custom firmware monitors temperatures and power behavior, and it can enforce thermal limits and trigger an emergency shutdown. It’s…
A new haptic ring for VR is trying to solve a stubborn problem, virtual touch still feels flat. Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University, EPFL, and Istanbul Technical University built an origami-inspired wearable called OriRing that weighs 18 grams and can push back with up to 6.5 newtons of force. OriRing measures both pressing and sliding forces on your finger, then generates physical resistance to match what you’re doing in VR or AR. The researchers say it can represent object size and stiffness, and it can also take user input to change those properties on the fly. It’s still a prototype, and…
Anbernic is a name usually whispered in reverence by retro handheld enthusiasts—the company that churns out Game Boy-style emulators faster than most of us can charge our batteries. But in a move that feels equal parts “genius” and “why though?”, they have just dropped the RG G01, a wireless controller that wants to know exactly how stressed you are while you play. The headline feature here is undeniable: this gamepad has a built-in heart rate monitor It sounds like something out of a sci-fi experiment or perhaps a rejected Wii peripheral from 2008, but the implementation is surprisingly slick. Sensors…
Apple is closing in on the Siri reboot it teased at WWDC in June 2024, and the rollout appears tied to iOS 26.4. Apple has been planning to show the upgraded assistant in the second half of February, with iOS 26.4 expected to enter beta testing next month and ship publicly in March or early April, according to Bloomberg. The upgrade is supposed to move Siri past simple voice commands and generic answers. The assistant should be able to draw on personal data and what’s on your screen to complete tasks, which is the kind of everyday help Apple has…
If you follow the smartphone world closely, you know that we have hit a bit of a wall recently. For the last few years, Qualcomm has been relentlessly pushing clock speeds higher and higher, but physics is starting to push back. It doesn’t matter how fast a chip can go if it gets so hot within three minutes of gaming that it has to throttle itself down to a crawl. The current Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is a beast, sure, but it is already dancing right on the edge of what is thermally possible inside a device that sits…
The International Space Station (ISS) is now orbiting Earth at a record altitude of 262 miles (422 km). It was deliberately nudged to a higher position just recently by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Such a maneuver is necessary to keep the station safely orbiting Earth, as atmospheric drag causes it to gradually lose altitude. The station can use any of the docked spacecraft to adjust the its orbit. The process is performed by firing thrusters on one of the spacecraft for a period of several minutes, gently pushing the orbital facility to a new altitude. Without the reboost procedure, which…
Anthropic just turned its AI chatbot Claude into a real productivity hub by bringing interactive apps right into the chat. Users can now perform actions within apps like Slack, Figma, Asana, Canva, Box, Clay, and more without needing to switch windows. Instead of offering text-only responses, Claude can now act as a full-on workspace, letting you draft Slack messages, build project boards, design mockups, and more. Built on top of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which Anthropic introduced in 2024 as a standard for how AI and apps talk to each other, the feature is designed to scale over time,…
Google may be quietly rethinking how Android looks, and an early glimpse of Android 17 suggests visual changes that feel very familiar. New evidence has surfaced showing blur effects in Android 17’s system interface, hinting at a design direction that echoes Apple’s Liquid Glass style. Blur and transparency are not entirely new concepts for Android. What makes this Android 17 sighting notable is how deliberate and system-level the effects appear to be. A closer look at Android 17’s new blur effects According to the Android Authority, these visuals are tied to new UI flags. The effects are not flashy, but…