Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place

Carl Pei, co-founder and CEO of Nothing, is imagining a future beyond the iPhone — and it’s a device powered by AI agents, not running apps. “In terms of AI in software, I think people should understand that apps are going to disappear,” said Pei, whose consumer electronics brand makes…

I don’t care how cheap it is, don’t buy a TV in 2026 missing these features

When I was shopping for a new TV recently, I’ll admit, even as someone who regularly writes about TVs, the experience was a bit overwhelming. In the world of smart TVs, there are countless brands, confusing panel names, and prices ranging from $200 all the way up to $1,000 or…

Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion-dollar behemoth to rival its chips business

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was years ahead of the market when he pushed the company to start tinkering with building AI-specific chips back in 2010, more than a decade before the current buzz around AI. A similar move in 2020 — doubling down on data center networking with a strategic…

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday. This is the first time since 2023 that the FBI has confirmed it was buying access to people’s data collected from data brokers, who…

Change this Apple Wallet setting right now to kill ads forever

Apple Wallet is objectively one of the iPhone’s most versatile apps. The digital wallet securely stores your credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, and more for contactless payment on the go. It’s dangerously convenient and makes you feel like you aren’t spending real money at all — which could be…

Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes

It’s been almost exactly one year since Trevor Milton, the founder of now-bankrupt electric truck startup Nikola, was pardoned by President Trump. Now the Wall Street Journal has published one of the first deep dives into Milton’s new effort: trying to build autonomous planes. Milton and an “investment group” purchased…

4 Windows settings I changed to push my PC to the max

Ultimately, at some point, there’s only so much software can do to fix a Windows PC’s performance. You can’t expect a five-year-old machine to keep up with the latest in photorealistic 3D games, or edit 4K video as smooth as butter. And with antivirus protection being on by default, you…

Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first-time creators 

You’ve more than likely had that moment where you’re sitting with a friend, the conversation is flowing, you’re making each other laugh, maybe even saying something surprisingly insightful. Then someone says it: “We should start a podcast.” Most of the time, that idea fades as quickly as it came. Not…

Your favorite printer company now has a free streaming service

It’s not unusual for big brands to run their own FAST (free ad-supported TV) services. Samsung has Samsung TV Plus, Paramount has Pluto TV, Fox has Tubi, Roku has The Roku Channel, and Amazon — which once had Freevee — has since folded its free content into a dedicated section…