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Dominic Preston

Samsung’s S25 and S25 Plus offer more of the same

The Galaxy S25 (left) and the S25 Plus (right).

If the Galaxy S24 series heralded the triumphant arrival of Galaxy AI, then the S25 and S25 Plus may be a bit of a comedown: they promise more AI that’s smarter and sometimes slightly faster. You’d better like it because that’s pretty much all you’re gonna get.

Samsung changed as little as it could on the Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus, announced today alongside the larger and redesigned Galaxy S25 Ultra. There’s the obligatory jump...

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Allison Johnson

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra smooths out some sharp edges

Stylus still included.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra, announced today, sheds more of its Note roots this year with rounded corners and flat edges that align it more with the rest of the S series. It comes with Qualcomm’s latest chipset, an upgraded ultrawide camera, and not much else, hardware-wise. With no price increase over last year’s model — starting at $1,299 — it’s a light refresh of Samsung’s biggest phone, with a major emphasis on One UI 7.0’s AI upgrades.

Something...

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Chris Welch

Samsung goes back to basics with the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s stylus

The “Ultra” model in Samsung’s Galaxy S lineup is typically the phone crammed full of every feature the company could think of. But this year, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is actually taking a step backward with the S Pen. The motion gestures and useful remote camera shutter function have been removed, and the stylus is back to being just a stylus. You can still wave it around like a magic wand, but the phone won’t do anything.

During a media briefing on the new S25 series last...

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Dominic Preston

Google Gemini now works across multiple apps in a single prompt

Google has announced a variety of new AI features at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event. | Image: Google

Google’s AI assistant Gemini is now able to carry out tasks across multiple apps in a single interaction, in an update announced today alongside the launch of Samsung’s new Galaxy S25 series. Those phones are also Samsung’s first to feature Gemini as the default on-device assistant, relegating Bixby to the app drawer. Those changes are part of a raft of other updates from...

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Samsung is bringing ambient sensing to SmartThings

Samsung announced a new AI-powered ambient sensing technology for SmartThings designed to make your smart home be more helpful. | Image: SmartThings

Samsung announced today that its connected appliances and smart home devices will soon be able to act as motion and sound sensors for its smart home platform SmartThings. This includes its televisions, Music Frame speaker, Family Hub fridge, and more. The company said the updates are slated for release in 2025 and 2026 but didn’t...

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Mickey 17’s new trailer is a reminder to read the small print

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Ahead of Mickey 17’s debut in a few weeks, Warner Bros. has dropped a new trailer that really makes the film’s vision of terraforming alien planets look like absolute hell — at least for the working class.

Everyone has an important role to play in Mickey 17’s take on a future where humanity is trying to colonize other worlds. But in the new trailer, it’s clear that Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has no idea what he’s agreeing to when he signs up to...

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Jay Peters

Samsung and Google are developing AR glasses together

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Samsung and Google are partnering up to build AR glasses, Samsung’s TM Roh told Bloomberg. But there aren’t many other specifics beyond the fact that they’re in development — there’s not even a specific release timeline, with Roh telling the publication that Samsung and Google “will try to reach the quality and readiness we want as soon as possible.”

The announcement follows Meta’s splashy reveal of Orion, its first augmented...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

Trump’s war on electric cars has only just begun

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The EV tax credit is still alive and kicking — but for how long? 

Read the full story at The Verge.

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Gaby Del Valle

Google reportedly worked directly with Israel’s military on AI tools

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Google worked with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, racing to beat out Amazon to provide AI services, according to company documents obtained by the Washington Post.

In the weeks after Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, employees at Google’s cloud division worked directly with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) — even as the company told both the public and its own employees that Google only worked...

ESPN.com

Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon

Sources: Mavs lose center Lively to foot fracture

Mavericks starting center Dereck Lively II has sustained a small fracture in his right foot and is expected to miss two to three months, sources told ESPN.

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ESPN

Sources: Jets hiring Lions DC Glenn as new coach

The Jets are hiring Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their next head coach, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

SBNation.com

Ricky O'Donnell

Ben Johnson said 3 things every Bears fan wanted to hear in his introduction

Ben Johnson gets it.

The Chicago Bears had so much optimism heading into the 2024 season. It ended the way most years do for the Bears over the last 35 years: with bitter disappointment and widespread embarrassment throughout the organization.

Chicago fired a head coach during the season for the first time in franchise history when it axed Matt Eberflus in the middle of a 10-game losing streak. The Bears’ mission ever since was to find a new head coach who could salvage the Caleb...

Wired Top Stories

Julian Chokkattu

Samsung Galaxy S25 Series: Specs, Release Date, Price, Features

The three flagship Android phones debut new ways to interact with Google’s Gemini and, yes, Samsung’s Bixby.

Wired Top Stories

Julian Chokkattu

Samsung Says Its Galaxy S25 Is ‘Qi2 Ready.’ Here’s What That Really Means

The company’s new smartphones do not have Qi2 wireless charging built in natively. Just give me my magnetic Android phone already!

Mashable

Take $250 off the Sonos Arc soundbar and feel the noise

SAVE $250: As of Jan. 22, get the Sonos Arc soundbar for $649 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $899. That's a discount of 28%. This is the lowest price we've seen so far.

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Mashable

Florida snow looks otherworldly. See the wildest photos on social media from the winter storm

Snow is falling in Florida as a "historic snowstorm" brings dangerous conditions across 1,000 miles of Interstate 10 from central Texas to northern Florida, according to AccuWeather. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Sunday ahead of what forecasters predict could be one of the Gulf Coast's worst storms in over a century.

In the wake of this rare snowfall, it's transformed the Sunshine State into an otherworldly winter wonderland, and social media is buzzing with stunning...

Mashable

Companion review: Love hurts in this savage and silly thriller

At first glance, there's just something off about Iris and Josh, the cute couple at the heart of Companion. Maybe it's the slight age gap, between the bright-eyed twenty-something (Yellowjackets' Sophie Thatcher) and the smirking thirty-something (Star Trek: Lower Decks' Jack Quaid). That could be why Iris gets side-eye from Josh's snarling friend Kat (Never Have I Ever's Megan Suri). Or perhaps it's the endless fawning and naïveté from the young woman, who dresses in outfits pastel, prim,...

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Take $120 off the Samsung Galaxy Ring at Amazon and kickstart your movement goals

SAVE $120: As of Jan. 22, you can get the Samsung Galaxy Ring for $279.99 at Amazon. That's $120 off the list price of $399.99.

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The Stargate Project: Trump and OpenAI announce $500 billion AI venture

Under the Trump administration, OpenAI and other members of the tech sector are making a push to establish AI dominance in the U.S.

On Tuesday, the ChatGPT maker announced The Stargate Project, a $500 billion venture to invest in AI infrastructure. OpenAI, Oracle, Japanese company SoftBank, and Emirati firm MGX lead the venture as initial equity funders, with British chipmaker Arm, U.S. chipmaker Nvidia, and longtime OpenAI partner Microsoft also contributing as technology partners.

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Yellowjackets Season 3 trailer teases a bloody descent into madness

We're going back to the wilderness for Yellowjackets Season 3, and based on the new trailer, the Yellowjackets past and present are in for a gnarly time.

SEE ALSO: 'Yellowjackets': 10 burning questions we have for Season 3

In the past, the stranded soccer players are recovering from their first winter in the wilderness, with Natalie (Sophie Thatcher, Heretic) in charge. But her leadership may not last for long! Looks like Shauna (Sophie...

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