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The White House calls Truth Social the ‘most powerful and popular’ social media platform

The White House claims the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social is the “most powerful and popular social media platform in the world.” The statement, provided to The New York Times by White House spokesperson Davis Ingle, is at odds with the user counts from some of the biggest social media platforms on the web. Data gathered […]

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Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years

Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer. In an internal note to his team, Shaw says he’s “decided it is time for me to move on and try new things,” after supporting Microsoft’s communications for 29 years – nearly 20 years as a Microsoft employee plus time at the Waggener […]

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Meta may have leaked the first look at its slim ‘Project Phoenix’ headset

Just a couple of weeks before Meta Connect starts on September 23rd, UploadVR posted images seemingly revealing the design for Meta’s “Project Phoenix” headset. The images, which UploadVR says were “found in the HorizonOS Prescription Lens firmware package,” suggest Meta may be looking to compete with devices like those from Xreal or Viture. These companies’ […]

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Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions

Meta says it’s making changes to the prompts suggested by its AI chatbot after a viral video showed it digging for personal information about a woman’s young daughters, as reported earlier by Futurism. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby says the company “missed the mark,” adding that “the feature never should […]

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Samsung says ‘Tim Cook’ bought a Galaxy Fold

That isn’t Apple’s former CEO promoting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 in a new Samsung ad – “Tim Cook from Palmerston North” just happens to have the same name and look a lot like him. Released right as Apple announced its iPhone Duo, the ad mimics Apple’s cinematic product launch videos, with “Tim Cook” saying […]

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Ikea supersized its cheap Bluetooth speaker and added an optical input

Ikea’s new Badkruka wireless Bluetooth speaker is now available in the US for $59.99. It’s reminiscent of the colorful and tiny $10 Kallsup speaker that Ikea debuted earlier this year at CES 2026, but at almost seven inches tall the boxy Badkruka isn’t designed with portability in mind as it also lacks a rechargeable battery. […]

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What Wikipedia Reveals About AI Overviews And Web Traffic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

A University of Washington paper estimates AI Overviews reduced search referrals to Wikipedia by about 5%, a metric Google disputes.

The post What Wikipedia Reveals About AI Overviews And Web Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Insta360 launches a single-lens Osmo Pocket rival you can actually buy in the US

Insta360’s first compact steadicam, the Luna Ultra, made a splash this year by beating DJI to launch with two lenses. Now it’s followed the Ultra with a slightly stripped back Pro model, which drops to one lens but has a unique advantage: it can shoot vertical video in 4K. Plus, unlike DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4, […]

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Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats

Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t copied. As my colleague Dom Preston already explained, it’s almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same global suppliers. Apple’s new CEO John Ternus and head […]

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