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A year after the UK’s Online Safety Act came into force, a new study has found that harmful social media content is still reaching teenagers at nearly the same rate as before the law took effect. Research by the Molly Rose Foundation (via The Guardian) found that a third of all UK teenagers and nearly half of all girls encountered suicide, self-harm, depression, or eating disorder content on social media in the span of just one week. What the data shows The study surveyed 1,825 children aged 13 to 17 across 21 UK schools in April and May 2026. Here’s…

Spotify is adding a human touch to its most popular discovery playlist by adding short editor-led videos directly inside the New Music Friday playlist for US listeners. The move aims to give listeners a look at the people who actually pick the tracks. Curators step into the spotlight The videos appear alongside songs as you scroll through the playlist in the Spotify mobile app. In the videos, editors share their takes on standout releases, rising artists, and the stories behind tracks gaining traction. Spotify says this implementation merges New Music Friday with the format it introduced through The Drop Weekly,…

The Galaxy S27 series is not expected until early 2027, but rumors about Samsung’s next flagship phones are already piling up. One of the biggest changes could be coming to the Galaxy S27 Ultra, with Samsung reportedly dropping its long-standing 3x telephoto camera in favor of a single 5x periscope zoom lens. According to a new report from yeux1122 on Naver, Samsung’s 5x periscope camera delivers better image quality and improved stability when capturing 3x zoom shots. If accurate, this could address one of the most common complaints about recent Galaxy Ultra models. However, it raises the question of whether…

Every Computex promises the next big thing, but only a handful of laptops actually feel worthy of the hype. After spending time exploring the show floor and seeing these devices up close, one thing became abundantly clear: 2026 isn’t just about faster processors. It’s about smarter laptops, better portability, and AI features that are finally starting to feel useful instead of being another sticker on the palm rest. A big part of that shift is NVIDIA’s new RTX Spark platform, which made its way into several premium creator machines this year. Rather than diving into its technical details yet again,…

Apple unveiled a much smarter Siri at WWDC 2026, but one major AI feature never got a mention. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is quietly building support for multiple third-party AI models inside Siri and Apple Intelligence, and the necessary framework is already hiding inside the first iOS 27 developer beta. Apple may soon let Siri tap into more AI models than just ChatGPT In the latest edition of Power On, Gurman reports that Apple has built underlying support for integrating AI models beyond ChatGPT across both Siri and Apple Intelligence. While the feature wasn’t announced during WWDC, the…

While reports of Samsung exploring a horizontal camera bar design for the Galaxy S27 Ultra have surfaced before, a new claim from tipster yeux1122 suggests the redesign could have a more significant benefit. According to a post on Naver, the layout change may finally allow Samsung to add proper Qi2 MagSafe-style magnetic charging to its next Ultra flagship, something Galaxy users have been waiting for since the company adopted Qi2 support. Samsung has used this design before. The 2019 Galaxy S10 series featured a horizontal camera strip across the back, giving the phones a memorable look, while reducing wobble when…

Apple has spent the last few years expanding what Wallet can hold, from driver’s licenses now live in as many as 14 states in the US to transit cards for cities like Atlanta, reducing the need to carry physical cards and documents.  The steady expansion has turned Wallet from a simple payment app into a broader digital hub. While Siri AI and Apple Intelligence stole much of the spotlight at WWDC 2026, Apple Wallet quietly received its most substantial upgrade yet with iOS 27.  More importantly, iOS 27 feels like the moment those individual additions start coming together as a…

Roku may not stay independent for much longer. According to a Reuters report citing people familiar with the matter, the streaming platform company is exploring strategic alternatives that include a full sale, with at least one U.S. media company already involved in preliminary discussions. Roku is reportedly weighing a sale amid growing industry interest Reuters reports that Roku has held talks with at least one American media company over a possible combination, though no final decision has been made. The company has also explored alternatives such as a private investment in public equity, better known as a PIPE transaction. Roku…

Making chips smaller has dominated the semiconductor conversation for years, but TSMC’s next big leap may come from how those chips are packaged instead. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is developing a new Chip-on-Panel-on-Substrate, or CoPoS, technology that promises lower manufacturing costs while delivering better performance for future AI processors. TSMC’s CoPoS packaging could make future AI chips both cheaper and faster In a recent post on X, Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that TSMC is working on CoPoS, an advanced packaging architecture that replaces conventional wafer-based manufacturing with panel-level processing. The shift to rectangular panels allows for better material…

Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote packed in plenty of software announcements, but one rumored iOS 27 feature was noticeably missing. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that omission may have been intentional, with Apple still sitting on a fully customizable Camera app that could instead debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro. Apple’s customizable Camera app reportedly still exists behind closed doors In the latest edition of Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter, Gurman says Apple developed significantly more for iOS 27 than it actually showcased during WWDC. Among the features left off the stage was a redesigned Camera app that would let users customize…