EmbeddingGemma 2 Expands Beyond Text to Support Code, Images, Video, and Audio
Based on Gemma 4 and released under the Apache 2.0 license, Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 is a compact, open-weight, multimodal embedding model designed…
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Article: Cryptographic Foundation of Mobile ID Systems: An ISO/IEC 18013-5 Enterprise Architecture Blueprint
This article provides a framework for asking the right architectural questions before an enterprise commits to an mDL provider or library. It shows…
Instagram Modernized Its UI with an AI-Native Architecture, Cutting Token Costs by 33%
Instagram Direct migrated its Android UI from the legacy Android View system to Jetpack Compose, creating an AI-native UI codebase that is easier fo…
The OnePlus 16 is the company’s most interesting phone in years
Today the OnePlus 16 launched in China, the company's first flagship phone since quitting both the US and European markets this summer. As luck woul…
Xcode 27.2 Introduces an Agent- and Merge-Friendly JSON Format for Project Configuration
Apple is introducing a new JSON-based format for Xcode project configuration files, replacing the traditional property-list-based format. Available…
Android Bench 2 Adds Support for Long-Horizon Tasks, Agentic Evaluation, and Continuous Scoring
Google has released Android Bench 2.0, a major update to its benchmark framework for evaluating AI models and agents on Android development tasks. T…
A Trump Mobile breach may have exposed data of more than 3,600 people
Trump Mobile appears to have suffered a data breach that may have exposed the data of 3,615 people, according to reports from PCMag and Straight Arr…
TCL’s paperlike OLED phone made me more excited for the iPhone Duo
I've spent most of the last couple weeks using an otherwise unexceptional midrange Android phone with one amazing feature: a matte OLED display. Tha…
Google's Android Security State Libraries Enable Component-Level Security Verification
Google's AndroidX Security State libraries enables apps to verify security patch status at the individual component level, rather than relying on a…
Samsung raised prices on the Galaxy S26 by $100
The base Galaxy S26 with 256GB of storage costs nearly $1,000 after Samsung raised prices in the US by $100 or more, Phone Arena reports. The Galaxy…
Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback
It's a quirk of the release calendar that when Vivo's X Fold 6 launched in China this June, it was just another foldable. Now that it's ready for it…
Honor’s Magic 9 Pro Max has a big camera and a bigger battery
Honor launches its new Magic 9 flagship phones in China today, and the 9 Pro Max features a design revamp, a capable camera, and a colossal battery.…
Swift 6.4 Brings Subprocess 1.0, Improved Interoperability, Faster Wasm, and More
The latest release of Swift, Swift 6.4, introduces a range of language and tooling improvements, including better performance through expanded suppo…
What iOS Developers Need to Change in their Apps to prepare for the iPhone Duo
With the upcoming introduction of the foldable iPhone Duo, iOS developers will need to adapt their apps to ensure they work correctly across the new…
Presentation: Designing Fast, Delightful UX With LLMs for Mobile Frontends
Balakrishnan Ramdoss discusses how to architect production-grade, AI-powered conversational apps at scale. He explains how to overcome model latency…
Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset
Motorola is the first company to announce a phone running Qualcomm's top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip. The Signature 27 looks set to be…
Google Agent Development Kit for Kotlin Reaches Feature Parity with Python, Supports On-Device AI
Google has released the Agent Development Kit (ADK) for Kotlin 1.0, a production-ready framework for building AI agents across Kotlin, Android, and…
Shopify Drops React Native for Swift and Kotlin as AI Changes Cross-Platform Development Tradeoffs
Shopify recently announced it is abandoning React Native to rewrite its flagship apps in Swift and Kotlin. With the significant jump in the quality…
Open-Source Project Brings Full iOS 27 Virtualization to Apple Silicon
The open-Source project vphone-cli enables a full iOS 27 system to run as a virtual machine on Apple Silicon. Built on Apple's own Virtualization.fr…
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 nam…
The iPhone Duo’s hardware doesn’t look special, but its software might be
With the iPhone Duo, Apple has pulled off a familiar trick. It arrives into a mature Android foldable market with a handful of hardware features we'…
Apple completely revamped iOS 27’s controls and apps for the iPhone Duo
Obviously, part of the appeal of a foldable phone is all that additional screen real estate. That gives you plenty of room for some serious multitas…
Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000
With only a few hours left until the first iPhone launch event since John Ternus took over as the CEO of Apple, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says…
A word with a woman who’s trying to pull off a crossbody phone strap
Oh, this thing? It's just a crossbody strap. It's a fun and youthful way to carry your phone. It's all the rage with Europeans and young people. I l…
Apple says ‘Fold’ and competitors ask ‘how wide?’
Apple is almost certain to launch its first foldable iPhone tomorrow, seven years after Samsung's Galaxy Fold initially went on sale. And while Appl…
Xiaomi’s wide foldable promises more power than Samsung’s
Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to release a short, wide foldable phone, in the same week Apple is expected to do the same. I got to try the 18 Fo…
First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost
China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in m…
Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold
Huawei has released its third trifold phone in China, and the company has clearly had half an eye on Samsung during development. Not only does the M…
Get ready for a really busy month of smartphones
We're not even half a day into September, and two new smartphones have already launched: the Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra. We're expecting more this wee…
Poco’s F9 Ultra pairs an ultra-bright display with a glowing Bose subwoofer
Xiaomi spinoff brand Poco has partnered with Bose for the second year in a row for its flagship F9 Pro and Ultra phones. The F9 phones double down o…