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The Trump phone starts shipping this week, CEO claims

• Dominic Preston
• May 13, 2026

The Trump phone may finally be here: Trump Mobile's CEO told USA Today that the phone will begin shipping to buyers this week. The announcement comes...

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The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more

• John.Higgins
• May 13, 2026

For the better part of 12 years, Apple owned the 5K monitor world - primarily because it made basically the only options. LG's 5K UltraFine was a soli...

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A Conspiracy Theory About QR Codes Has Led to Chaos Ahead of Georgia’s Midterms

• David Gilbert
• May 13, 2026

The state of Georgia banned the use of QR codes for elections, based in part on the assertions of a man who’s boosted false claims about Israel and 9/...

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Data centers are coming for rural America

• Abigail Bassett
• May 13, 2026

At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp...

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Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors

• Dominic Preston
• May 13, 2026

Amazon's head of devices and services, Panos Panay, says that the company is "not necessarily" planning to release a smartphone, but has stopped short...

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Sony’s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign

• Dominic Preston
• May 13, 2026

Sony's Xperia 1 flagships have looked more or less the same since 2020, but that's finally changing with the Xperia 1 VIII, which moves to a chunky sq...

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Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough

• Elizabeth Lopatto
• May 12, 2026

After two weeks of hearing from assorted witnesses that he was a lying snake, the jury finally heard from the lying snake himself: Sam Altman. At the...

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iOS 27 might add a lot more customization to the Camera app

• Stevie Bonifield
• May 12, 2026

Apple's next iOS update could include something phone photographers have been waiting for: a lot more control over the Camera app. According to Bloomb...

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Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads

• Jay Peters
• May 12, 2026

Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to questions or context about a con...

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Meta will tell parents when their teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm

• Stevie Bonifield
• May 12, 2026

Starting Tuesday, parents can get more details about what their teens are up to on Instagram. Meta is adding a feature to its Teen Accounts that shows...

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Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI

• Emma Roth
• May 12, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Al...

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Gemini’s biggest new features are all about controlling your phone

• Allison Johnson
• May 12, 2026

It is, once again, Gemini season. Google is announcing a host of new Gemini features during its pre-I/O Android showcase, many of which aim to help us...