Samsung’s new earbuds are losing the Buds name, and that’s not just a rebrand
Samsung’s own Galaxy Wearable app has quietly confirmed the names of three unannounced products ahead of its July 22 Unpacked event: the Galaxy Watch 9,…
I ran Kickbacks with Claude Code for a week to see if the spinner ads actually pay
Kickbacks is a VS Code extension that swaps the small “thinking…” line inside Claude Code for a five-second sponsored message, then pays you a cut…
CloudStream isn’t illegal, but almost everyone using it is one tap from piracy
CloudStream keeps showing up in the same conversation as piracy, and that conversation usually skips a detail that matters. The CloudStream app itself is an…
Samsung’s next foldables are getting pricier, and Apple just did the same thing
Samsung’s next wave of foldables and smartwatches is arriving with a bigger price tag than expected. A leak published by Roland Quandt at WinFuture reveals…
Samsung is shutting down its own texting app, and not every Galaxy phone gets an easy switch
Samsung Messages goes dark for good on July 6, ending a decade as the default texting app on Galaxy phones. Samsung confirmed the exact shutdown…
Tidal’s price hike closes the gap with Spotify, but not all the way
Tidal is raising its subscription price for the first time in three years. Starting on the first billing date on or after August 3, 2026,…
Gemini Spark can now sort and manage files on your Mac without you
Google has started rolling out Gemini Spark for Mac, and the update changes what its AI agent is allowed to do with your files, not…
Gemini keeps throwing ‘Something went wrong (1099)’ and switching models only sometimes fixes it
“Something went wrong (1099)” is the message that shows up mid prompt in Google Gemini, usually right after the app has spent a few seconds…
I used the ChatGPT Chrome extension as my default search and went back to Google
The first search that made me question the ChatGPT Chrome extension was not a complicated one. I typed a brand name into the address bar…
Android 17’s first big update locks in a fitness tracking upgrade for your Pixel
Google pushed out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 6 on July 1, 2026, and the most useful change in it is not the headline feature. It…