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If you track your sleep with an app, you are part of a growing crowd. A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology surveyed 1,002 adults in Norway and found that nearly half had used a sleep app at some point. Women and younger adults were the most frequent users. The findings paint a nuanced picture, though. These apps are not equally helpful for everyone, and for people already struggling with sleep, they might be doing more harm than good. What are the actual benefits of using a sleep app? For most users, the biggest win was simply learning more…
Out of all the things Meta has ever been accused of, thinking small hasn’t been one of them. The company that owns the most popular social media and messaging platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, is now looking at beaming sunlight from space to the Earth’s surface for powering its AI data centers after dark (via TechCrunch). What has Meta actually agreed to? Meta has announced a capacity reservation agreement with a four-year-old Virginia-based startup called Overview Energy to receive up to one gigawatt of power generated by a fleet of geosynchronous satellites (which are roughly 22,000 miles above…
If you’ve ever landed at an airport, frantically looking for your boarding pass, hotel confirmation, and car rental details in three different apps, Samsung has something for you. The company has launched a new Samsung Wallet feature called Trips, which is designed to pull every piece of a travel itinerary into an organized timeline, right inside the familiar app interface Galaxy owners use every day. What does the Trips feature actually do? The Trips feature works by grouping together eligible travel details and items saved in Samsung Wallet, including flights, accommodations, car rentals, bus/train tickets, theme park passes, or even…
Spotify has spent nearly two decades letting you find the best, most suited track for your workout sessions. Starting today, it will also help you work out with guided video or audio sessions. The music streaming giant has officially launched Spotify Fitness, a brand-new service that brings guided workout experiences directly into the Spotify app, without any additional subscriptions. What exactly is Spotify Fitness? The Spotify app is getting a new Fitness hub, accessible by searching “fitness” or via the Browse All section. As part of the app’s expansion into the fitness category, both free and Premium users have access…
Apple is exploring a massive foldable iPad, but this could be one of those projects that looks better on a roadmap than in a retail box. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple has been working on a roughly 20-inch foldable iPad, a project that has reportedly been a priority for incoming CEO John Ternus. While it sounds like one of the company’s most ambitious hardware bets in years on paper, it may never really hit the store shelves. Why a foldable iPad is a bold idea that may not survive The recent rumor mill is all about the…
If you have a scrolling problem, you’ve probably tried every productivity app. App timers, grayscale mode, deleting the apps entirely, only to reinstall them twenty minutes later. None of it works because willpower alone is a terrible strategy. Cat Gatekeeper has a better idea. Instead of guilt-tripping you, it sends a chubby ginger cat to physically take over your screen when you’ve spent too much time on social media, and I love it. How does it work? The setup is simple. Install the Chrome extension, set your usage limit, and set your break time. Once you hit your limit on…
Valve’s upcoming hardware just got leaked again. This time around, we got a potential launch date for the new Steam Controller. A newly surfaced report spotted by Notebookcheck points to a review published early by Japanese outlet 4Gamer, which was quickly taken down, but not before being indexed by search engines. According to the translated snippets, the next-generation Steam Controller could launch in Japan as early as next week. While the release date hasn’t been officially confirmed, this does line up with the growing pile of recent leaks. When does it finally drop, and what to expect? The leak reveals…
Your smartphone has a pile of apps. OpenAI wants to replace all of them with one AI agent that just gets things done. That’s the vision behind the company’s plans to build its own smartphone, complete with a custom processor co-developed with MediaTek and Qualcomm, as first reported by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on X. And Sam Altman seems to agree. In a post on X, the OpenAI CEO wrote, “feels like a good time to seriously rethink how operating systems and user interfaces are designed.” That is not a subtle hint. feels like a good time to seriously rethink how…
Samsung is developing a wider Galaxy Fold, and if you’ve been keeping up with recent tech news, this won’t come as a surprise. While its arrival was already expected, newly leaked dummy units have now given us our first confirmed look at the design, and there’s plenty to be excited about. The design looks like nothing else in your pocket While the original Pixel Fold was released as a book-style foldable, it switched to the more popular taller-folding form factor in its next iteration. Since then, most foldables have featured the same design. Samsung is planning to change that with…
Valve’s Steam Machine and the accompanying next-gen controller are hotly anticipated. But it seems the upcoming Steam Controller may have had its price leaked earlier than planned, after a YouTuber appears to have accidentally broken the embargo with an early review video. The video was initially uploaded on YouTube, where it was quickly taken down, but a reupload is now circulating on Streamable, showing the controller priced at $99.99. This is the same controller Valve first showed alongside its upcoming Steam Machine in November 2025, positioning it as part of a broader push toward living room PC gaming. A $100…