May 2, 2025

A beta build of Android 16 contains an early version of Google’s new Android Desktop Mode that, in the future, could let users simply plug their smartphone into a monitor and use it like a laptop or desktop computer. The new feature was shared by Android tinkerer Mishaal Rahman reporting for Android Authority. Rahman manually…

In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense. And it’s using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends.

Apple and Anthropic are building an AI-powered coding tool that will work in Xcode, Apple’s code-writing tool, Bloomberg reports. A new version of Xcode will integrate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model to “write, edit and test code on behalf of programmers,” Bloomberg says. Apple is slowly rolling this new version out internally initially and apparently has…

Form and function. Nothing cements your relationship status with a new hobby like buying a special bag for it. Hiking? Cycling? Photography? You bet there’s a special bag designed for just that. Getting into a new thing and accumulating gear for it is a joy. An important and underappreciated subcategory of that enjoyment is finding…

A photo taken this week showed Mike Waltz using an app that looks like—but is not—Signal to communicate with top officials. “I don’t even know where to start with this,” says one expert.