Sustainability Week 2025 This article is part of a series of sustainability-themed articles we’re running to observe Earth Day 2026 and promote more sustainable practices. Check out all of our Sustainability Week 2026 content. Most of the portable electronic devices you own have one. Without them, your phone wouldn’t have any power, your portable chargers

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Tech Advisor reports Google is developing ‘Pixel Glow’ for the upcoming Pixel 11 series, a rear lighting notification system similar to Nothing’s Glyph interface. This feature may provide subtle light and color alerts when phones are face down, with user-customizable controls for calls and notifications. Google appears

Social media tends to be a mostly doozy place defined by opaque algorithms dictating what you see and ‘trends’ based on metrics that we best not try to decode. The result is an echo chamber. Through this weekend, random accounts on X kept populating my timeline, all equally loudly proclaiming that the European Union (EU)

Analysis of almost 200 school-endorsed apps found that most start harvesting children’s data within seconds in contravention of the developer’s own privacy policies, leaving underage users exposed to significant privacy and security risks. The findings by UNSW researchers come from an audit of around 200 Android educational apps sourced from school recommendation lists, state Department

Apr 20, 2026 11:55:00 A research firm has shown that the number of global app releases in the first quarter of 2026 will increase by 60% year-over-year on both the iOS App Store and Android Google Play. While some predicted that the proliferation of AI would reduce reliance on mobile apps, it’s possible that AI

I spent the holidays overseas, with no access to my regular paid subscription services, and to be honest, I didn’t feel like I missed them all that much. Sure, it was nice to come home and catch up on my favorite shows, but it got me thinking about how much time and money I spend

Based on nothing more than recent headlines, it would be easy to be bullish on beaten-down Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares. The stock at one point had fallen 30% from its December peak largely because it lost its global lead to battery-powered electric vehicle (BEV) rival BYD Company (OTC: BYDDY). Now it has reclaimed that lead.

In addition to introducing a new conversational, AI-powered design workflow, Canva today announced that it is expanding beyond design with integrations that aim to help users access information from commonly used productivity tools without leaving the platform. The Canva AI 2.0 update is centered around reducing the need to switch between apps while creating and

Vivo has proven its mobile photography prowess time and again over the years. It set the bar with the X100 Pro’s 1-inch-type main sensor in 2024 and has kept raising it ever since. The new Vivo X300 Ultra is no different. The phone adds two 200MP sensors to the camera system and brings an all-new

We live in an age where an almost infinite amount of entertainment is available to us at the push of a button (or the tap of a screen): Whether it’s movies or video games or podcasts, there’s already an abundance of diverting content at our fingertips, with more being added with each passing day. So

We were warned about the RAM shortage at the tail end of 2025, but now it’s becoming a major problem throughout the tech industry. Tech companies are beginning to increase the prices of their devices, both new and old, from gaming consoles to laptops and smartphones. In some cases, it’s causing otherwise reasonably priced devices

TL;DR: Cleaner Kit helps you find more space on your phone, and it’s only $30 for a lifetime subscription. Between old apps and accidental pictures of your pocket, phone storage fills up fast, and it’s a pain to manually clear it up. If you want to simplify the process, Cleaner Kit is a new iOS app that helps you

Published: 19 Apr. 2026, 15:39 Updated: 19 Apr. 2026, 15:42 A notification on a navigation app informs the driver that an emergency vehicle is approaching from behind in this sample screenshot of the new alert system. [KAKAO MOBILITY]   Drivers in Korea will soon receive real-time alerts on their navigation apps when emergency vehicles are

I’ve tested my fair share of rugged phones over the years, like the Sonim XP Pro with its MIL-STD-810H construction, but the Blackview Xplore 1 Walkie Talkie is arguably the most suited I’ve tested to date for going off the grid. There are plenty of phones with a walkie-talkie feature, but most of them operate

The Artemis II astronauts are settling back into life on Earth, but we’re not quite tired yet of hearing about their amazing journey. There’s a new PBS documentary now streaming on YouTube that dives into the Artemis program and the latest efforts to send humans to the moon again. Also this week, NASA shared some

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. If you live in a earthquake-prone climate, you might be interested in a tool to help monitor them. QuakeInfo is a long-standing

An iPhone folder of apps showing Google, Gemini, NotebookLM, Google Maps, Google Drive, and YouTube app icons – Koshiro K/Shutterstock App stores these days are flooded with freemium software. A lot of these apps cost nothing to download, but their most useful features are often hidden behind monthly subscriptions. However, there are still developers out