Apple on Monday unveiled the latest version of its budget-friendly iPhone line. The iPhone 17e retails for $599 and will be available on March 11. The smartphone comes with the A19 chip that’s found in the base iPhone 17, and will support Apple Intelligence. The base model comes with 256…
Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599
Apple on Monday unveiled a new iPad Air that’s powered by the M4 chip. The company says the device is designed to be faster, thanks to an updated neural engine and more memory, making it better for AI uses. This Air is said to be 30% faster than the M3…
Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue
Instagram tracked the time users spent on its app, with company executives flagging “milestones” that its app reached year after year. The app’s daily usage grew from 40 minutes per day in 2023 to 46 minutes per day in 2026, according to documentation revealed during CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in…
No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government
As Sam Altman discovered Saturday night, it’s a fraught time to do work for the U.S. government. Around 7 p.m., the OpenAI CEO announced he would be fielding questions publicly on X, as a way of demystifying his company’s decision to pick up the Pentagon contract that Anthropic had just…
Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay
PayPay, Japan’s leading mobile payment app, has reportedly postponed its U.S. IPO due to market volatility and recent conflict in the Middle East. The company was planning to release its IPO price range on Monday, March 2. PayPay aimed for a valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion), Bloomberg…
India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year
Bengaluru-based Pronto is helping to bring India’s largely informal domestic help market online. As daily bookings climb and its city footprint expands, investors are opening their wallets. The startup said Tuesday that it raised a $25 million Series B round led by Epiq Capital, valuing the nine-month-old company at $100…
How I turned my Samsung Galaxy into a professional-grade camera
I use my Samsung Galaxy S25+ for my photography because it delivers stunning picture quality and is easily upgradeable. It’s become my go-to camera for everything from work-related product photography to outdoor shots, and family pictures without me needing to invest in a dedicated DSLR. The phone’s standard photography is…
Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue
The AI coding assistant Cursor has surpassed $2 billion in annualized revenue, a metric calculated by multiplying the latest month’s revenue by 12, according to a Bloomberg source. This individual says the four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months. The disclosure appears timed to…
Phone batteries aren’t getting any better, even on the most expensive models
For me and a lot of other owners, there are a lot of long-standing gripes about smartphones that aren’t being addressed with the priority we think they deserve. Some people are upset that the industry has effectively abandoned small smartphones that can be used one-handed. One of my own complaints…
ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal
U.S. app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day on Saturday, February 28, as consumers responded to the news of OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense (DoD), which has been rebranded under the Trump administration as the Department of War. This data, which comes from market intelligence provider…