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The biggest news about Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7 foldable continues to be its likely chipset. Once again, there’s a rumor that says the company is ditching Qualcomm and instead using an in-house Exynos chip on the new phone, which is expected to launch sometime next summer. According to The Elec, the Galaxy Z Flip … Read more

Randy Faris/Getty Images The past year has been a big year for AI, and we here at ZDNET have been documenting it through multiple articles per day, across our entire editorial team. I’ve generally written a couple of articles each week on one aspect of AI innovation or another. It’s been truly exciting and fascinating to … Read more

The recent rollout of iOS 18.2 finally brings many of the promised Apple Intelligence features, like Genmoji and Image Playground. One such long-awaited tool is Visual Intelligence, a feature currently reserved for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max that was first introduced at the company’s September event. What is Visual Intelligence? Visual Intelligence is … Read more

It’s always a fun challenge to see how two of the best smartphone cameras stack up. I spent a week shooting photos and videos with the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the Galaxy S24 Ultra to compare everything from sharpness to color contrast to zoom capabilities. If you’re a creative type, like a photographer or … Read more

Eyeballs are great: I have two. I also like spoons. But if you want a consistent coffee dose for great espresso or pour-over, a precise scale is the mildly inconvenient one true path. I can still remember a time when in order to weigh out my coffee beans each morning, I placed a little dosing … Read more

Even if it wasn’t the strongest year for Xbox exclusive games (and some of those exclusives had their issues), Game Pass was still an extremely good deal for console owners. Mostly, it’s the variety; the subscription service continues to offer a great mix of new blockbuster releases, along with smaller indie games and older titles … Read more

Table of Contents Table of Contents BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition McPixel 3 Close to the Sun We’re approaching New Year’s Eve, and several games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass on that day. If you’re wondering what you should play this weekend and are a Game Pass subscriber, you should give these games … Read more

Remember when you could long-press the home button or tap the Google search widget microphone to launch Google Assistant and complete various tasks, like setting a reminder or an alarm? That’s still an option; it’s just hidden behind a swipe-up gesture. Where Did Google Assistant Go? Thanks to AI, the way our Android phones work … Read more

Mobile network outages can leave you stranded without one of our most critical lines of access to the world for hours. What good is a smartphone if it can’t phone, especially in an emergency? An AT&T outage earlier this year took down services for more than 12 hours in many of the most populous cities in the US, and … Read more

OpenAI has laid out plans to become a for-profit company. In a blog post published on Friday, OpenAI’s board said it will replace the company’s existing structure with one that puts control into the hands of its for-profit arm. Going into 2025, OpenAI plans to become a Public Benefit Corporation⁠ (PBC), which is a for-profit company … Read more