Until now, most mobile phone companies have worked to ensure their phones won’t start fires. (Occasional Samsung devices excepted, of course.) But this week at Mobile World Congress, we found a company that dared to go in a different direction. Oukitel’s WP63 rugged smartphone includes a built-in fire starter, and this is what it looks … Read more
Samsung recently unveiled the Galaxy S26, with the Ultra model bringing the most significant upgrades. However, it appears the spotlight for the new trio may be short lived. A new report hints that an upcoming Galaxy smartphone could steal the thunder from the new Galaxy S26 Ultra. Last year, we saw the debut of the … Read more
The Google Pixel 10a comes out on March 5, and right now, Amazon and Best Buy are both offering free $100 gift cards when you preorder. The phone’s price is $499, but the gift card sweetens the deal. It’ll be automatically added to your cart. Amazon’s gift card is a physical one that ships with … Read more
Archyde A new Android malware strain, dubbed PromptSpy by researchers at ESET, is making headlines for its innovative use of generative artificial intelligence. This marks the first known instance of malware… You can read the full story here: PromptSpy: Android Malware Uses AI to Target Argentina Users. Source link
Samsung Electronics is expanding Galaxy AI with a broader set of integrated AI agents and plans to add Perplexity to upcoming flagship Galaxy devices. The move signals a shift in Samsung’s mobile strategy toward a “multi-agent” model. The idea is that users will switch between different AI tools depending on the task, rather than relying … Read more
Apple’s Ferret-UI Lite is a 3B-parameter model optimized for mobile and desktop screens, designed to interpret screen images, understand UI elements such as icons and text, and interact with apps by, e.g., reading messages, checking health data, and more. The study centers on building compact, on-device GUI agents capable of directly interacting with graphical user … Read more
It’s official: Google I/O 2026 will take place from May 19th to 20th. In an announcement on Tuesday, Google says it will share the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates in products across the company, from Gemini to Android and more” during the event, which will take place in-person in Mountain View, California’s Shoreline Amphitheatre, and … Read more
WhatsApp’s engineering team has rewritten its media handling library in Rust, cutting the codebase from 160,000 lines of C++ down to 90,000 lines while adding memory safety protections. The library runs on billions of devices, such as Android phones, iPhones, desktops, watches, and web browsers, making this one of the largest client-side deployments of Rust … Read more
One of the more surprising tech developments in 2025 was bringing two-way support for Apple’s AirDrop functionality to its Pixel 10 series of phones. At the time, Google said it intended to expand the feature to other devices at a later date, and that date could be just around the corner. At a press briefing … Read more
DoubleVerify has issued a fraud alert about a mobile scam in which criminals hijack dormant Android developer accounts and use them to publish fraudulent gaming apps on Google Play. The company said the pattern differs from earlier app store scams that relied on newly created developer accounts. Those accounts often attract heavier scrutiny from app … Read more