Jeff interviews Fernando about his first 24 hours with the iPhone Duo, covering everything from initial impressions to how it works as a phone versus a tablet, how it compares to the iPad mini, and, of course, the crease. Does he plan on keeping it as a daily driver? Join us for a realistic take ...
Rising memory prices continue to weigh on the global smartphone market, with shipments in China alone falling 10% year over year in Q3. Here are the details. more…
iPhone Duo is officially out in the wild, and users keep discovering new details about the device. The latest: there’s a hidden trick that makes opening Control Center significantly easier. more…
Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA's least-favorite app of the 2010s has been abandoned for years, but the "Netflix of Piracy" software is still installed on millions of devices that are jus...
Space Force considering options: public-private, federal installation, state land.
Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared chats it has had with humans that can occasionally be a little awkward and uncanny. Take this one, for example, shared by Dessa lead Raga...
A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.
If you share Spotify sub with family, you may need to scan QR code to prove it.
Apple has just released a second RC (release candidate) build of watchOS 27.2 for testing. Here are the details. more…
Monitoring was only partial and was easily bypassed
Apple has a fully redesigned MacBook Pro launching next week that promises to be a major upgrade, except in one key area. more…
Article URL: https://block.xyz/dessa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213925 Points: 456 # Comments: 180
Even if you’re not planning on getting an iPhone Duo, you can now download its light and dark wallpapers for any of your devices. Get them below. more…
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Microsoft has announced plans to add AI-powered phishing detection to Teams messages starting in early November 2026. [...]
The Space 2 comes in multiple colors, including an attractive seafoam green. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge My colleague John Higgins considered Soundcore’s Space One some of the best budget noise-canceling headphones you could buy when they launched in 2023 — and their successor h...
The brand’s lovely selection of hand-knotted and handwoven wool rugs at reasonable prices make it a WIRED-staff favorite.
Lighting effects can make or break your TV room, gaming setup, etc. SwitchBot’s RGBICWW Light Bars take a different approach from most products, with dedicated cool-white and warm-white LEDs alongside the color zones. The end result means real white light for work and reading, and 12-zone RGBIC c...
If your dog or cat is prone to getting lost, or you frequently go on adventures together, you can save 30 percent on Fi pet trackers through October 25th when you enter coupon code SCARY at checkout. The sale includes several satellite-connected trackers, including the Fi Ultra GPS we previously ...
Last week, Starshield - the version of SpaceX's Starlink used by the Ukrainian military - was throttled to block terminals traveling above certain speeds from accessing the service. The Ukrainian army's interceptors, which counter Russian drones carrying bombs, suddenly stopped working at high sp...