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The smart specs arm race is really starting to hot up this year. Meta is now on its second generation pair of Meta Ray Bans, while Google has tapped up Samsung (along with eyewear designers Gentle Monster and Warby Parker) for its latest effort, which promises to be a lot more mainstream than Google Glass ever was. Then on the AR side, Asus has partnered with Xreal for a pair of gamer-grade glasses. Acer’s two new wearables cover both bases. First up, the AR Vision GR0. These augmented reality glasses plug into your smartphone or laptop (Android, iOS and Windows…

When the Trump phone was first announced last June, it was proudly promised to be made in America. Trump Mobile quickly walked back that claim, and now promises only that the T1 is “assembled” in the US. Except… it didn’t walk it back everywhere, with one website page still promising that the phone is “American-made,” in likely violation of Federal Trade Commission rules.On the Trump Mobile website’s “Phones” page you can still find the erroneous claim that the T1 is a “Premium American-Made Smartphone for Performance & Privacy,” which I was tipped off to by SEO consultant Sam Penny. It’s…

MSI has unveiled a new Claw 8 handheld gaming PC ahead of the Computex 2026 show, and this model swaps out its predecessors’ Intel Lunar Lake mobile chip for a specialized handheld processor. MSI describes the Claw 8 EX AI Plus as being the “world’s first” handheld to contain the recently announced Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor, which features an array of Xe3 GPU cores to run games.We should note that the Acer Predator Atlas 8 and OneXPlayer 3 gaming handhelds are also expected to launch with these chips, but MSI may be the first out of the gate. The…

Apple’s next big iPhone software update could make the Camera and Photos apps a lot more powerful – and, surprise, surprise, a lot more AI-focused. According to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iOS 27 is set to introduce a slew of Apple Intelligence-powered features across photography, image editing, and automation when it’s unveiled at WWDC 2026 on 8 June. The biggest reported change is a new Siri-powered mode built directly into the Camera app. Rather than hiding Apple’s Visual Intelligence tools behind the Camera Control button, Apple is reportedly adding a dedicated Siri option alongside existing modes like…

AI image tools rarely make me feel like I’m part of the creative process. They are, after all, mostly designed so that people with no design experience can type in a few words and get back a usable result. So I was pleasantly surprised by Adobe’s latest take on an AI image assistant: it’s a bot designed to take away some busywork, while still granting you creative control.Unlike AI generators that are specifically designed to make and edit images or video, Adobe’s Firefly AI Assistant, which I’ve been testing in beta, is more like a multitasking middleman that can operate…

Giving up Gmail isn’t easy. Even if you’re concerned about privacy, chances are your email address is tied to dozens of online accounts, subscriptions, and smartphone contacts, carefully curated over the years.  That’s precisely the problem that Proton is trying to solve with a new feature that lets users send and receive Gmail messages directly within Proton Mail. The privacy-focused email provider has expanded its Easy Switch migration tool to support full Gmail connectivity. The biggest change is that users can now send emails from their Gmail address directly inside Proton Mail – something that previously wasn’t possible. Until now,…

Tired of lazy AI content infecting your smartphone? YouTube is tightening its moderation on AI-generated content, with a new system that will automatically label realistic AI videos – even if creators don’t disclose that they’ve used artificial intelligence in their videos. The platform has required creators to disclose realistic AI-generated or significantly altered content since 2024, but it’s now introducing its own detection systems to help identify content that may not have been properly disclosed.  If YouTube identifies what it calls “significant photorealistic AI use”, it will automatically add a disclosure label to the video, even when a creator hasn’t…

While Blue Origin investigates the root cause behind last night’s spectacular explosion of its New Glenn rocket, it’s already clear that this will be a major setback for NASA’s Moon base plans and Amazon’s fledgling Leo space internet constellation.The incident occurred at about 9pm at Blue Origin’s Florida launch site during a hot-fire test, where seven engines in the booster stage are lit while keeping the 322-foot-tall rocket fixed to the launchpad. The explosion and ensuing fireball severely damaged the only launchpad Blue Origin has for its New Glenn rocket.“It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already…

Today, I’m talking with Wassym Bensaid, the chief software officer at Rivian, and the co-CEO of Rivian’s platform joint venture with Volkswagen, which everyone just calls RV Tech.That joint venture kicked off about a year and a half ago with a nearly $6 billion investment from Volkswagen. It effectively puts Wassym in charge of the operating system and electrical architecture for every future EV from Volkswagen and its associated brands, including familiar names like Audi, but also new companies like Scout.There’s a lot of Decoder ideas in there — I really wanted to know how that joint venture works and…

Apple’s long-awaited Siri overhaul, expected to arrive in iOS 27, might look a lot like ChatGPT with a splash of Liquid Glass. Renders from Bloomberg offer a preview of iOS 27, including the new app and chat interface for Siri. The renders are “based on information viewed by Bloomberg and people with knowledge of [Apple’s] plans,” and could differ from Apple’s final designs, which Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple will reveal at WWDC in June.The images show a new pill-shaped Siri chat bubble popping out of the Dynamic Island with a drop-down menu containing options for Ask, Siri, and ChatGPT.…

If you like to read by the pool or at the beach, the 2021 Kindle Paperwhite remains one of the best e-readers available despite its age. That’s because, unlike Amazon’s latest entry-level Kindle, the last-gen Paperwhite is waterproof. And now through June 14th (or while supplies last), it’s on sale at Woot with ads, 16GB of storage, and a 90-day Woot warranty for $99.99, which is $40 off its original price.Despite being a few years old, Amazon’s last-gen Paperwhite offers nearly all the features that make the current model our favorite e-reader for those who primarily read Kindle books. It…

The next Call of Duty game has been confirmed with Modern Warfare 4 arriving this autumn, but the big news is that the Nintendo Switch 2 is back in the game. It’s the first mainline Call of Duty game to release on the Nintendo platform since 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Wii U. So this is 13 years in the making. The new game will be built natively for the Switch 2 with help from the mobile-focused studio Digital Legends, which suggests there’ll be differences between this game and the version coming to Xbox Series S|X, PS5 and…