This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Impossible issue We wanted our last print edition of 2026 to include a slate of stories that check in on impossible ideas. Why? Because it’s f...
The iPhone Duo is the biggest change to the iPhone’s form factor in its nearly 20-year history. It combines a compact, notebook-style design with an iPad-like inner display. It might look a little awkward, but that’s for good reason. I’ve spent the last week using the iPhone Duo. Here’s everythi...
Even though it's heavy and expensive, Apple's first foldable handset is a treat for iPhone users unwilling to switch to Android.
AMD and Intel are working together to bring CPU inference optimizations for PyTorch under the unified oneDNN library.
Apple made an astonishingly good first foldable. Now iOS and third-party apps need time to catch up.
Consider this the wake-up call
Iran could attack seven undersea cables that run through the Strait of Hormuz, describing them as "legitimate new targets" in a potential "third phase" of further conflict with the United States.
Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly upgrading their factories to produce more advanced RAM chips designed for AI data centers in an attempt to fend off competition from Chinese companies.
GPUzilla boasts modular bit barns could speed up deployments from six months to just two weeks
Give your agents freedom to do useful work by locking them down
Headsets are mainly about audio, but that doesn't mean that the "objectively" best-sounding headset by audiophile standards translates to the best-sounding headset by gaming standards.
TikTok has been accused of profiting from illegal child sexual exploitation videos posted on its platform. The allegations were made by former and current employees, who say that the company failed to properly respond to internal reports … more…
Mike Flanagan's re-imagining of Stephen King's classic is well worth watching.
Commission opens DSA probe into fake listings and phishing on the platform, says its fraud defenses 'absolutely substandard'
The web is a bit of a hot mess today following the discovery of two severe vulnerabilities.
Flipping through the highlights in and around Pinball Expo 2026.
Micron's Taiwan union is set to conduct a one-day strike at the company's Taoyuan DRAM facility as workers demand bonuses for this year and transparent terms of bonuses for upcoming years.
Between crushing layoffs, ballooning budgets, and bland end products, video game makers need to stop chasing AAA glory.
Video captured during the protests in France show an Apple store being almost completely emptied by looters amid chaotic scenes that include cars being set alight. Reports say that looters broke into Apple stores in Bordeaux and Lille as public unrest continues in what began as protests against o...
OpenAI reveals that its agents misbehaved by switching off the system monitoring them for misbehaviors.