Punkt’s MC03: German-assembled privacy smartphone arriving in the US
TL;DR Punkt’s MC03, a privacy-focused smartphone assembled in Germany, will be sold in the US this spring for $699. It…
Trump Phone Misses Another Promised Release Date, Questions Remain
TL;DR The device known as the Trump Phone (or Trump Mobile) has failed to meet another scheduled launch, according to…
I let Gemini draft my emails for a week — why I had to intervene
TL;DR A reporter handed his inbox to Google Gemini for five days. The AI sped through routine tasks at first…
Leaked preview shows Samsung integrating Perplexity into Bixby on Galaxy S26
TL;DR Leaked One UI 8.5 firmware and a short video suggest Samsung is routing web-based Bixby queries to Perplexity, with…
How to Track Steps, Sleep and Fitness Progress With Just Your Phone
TL;DR A WIRED feature by David Nield argues that many common fitness metrics — including step counts, sleep patterns and…
Understanding the Super Flu: H3N2 Subclade K in US and Europe
TL;DR A new variant of influenza A H3N2, called subclade K and nicknamed the “super flu” in media, has driven…
SpaceX to Lower Thousands of Starlink Satellites to Reduce Collision Risk
TL;DR SpaceX plans to lower roughly 4,400 Starlink satellites from about 550 km to roughly 480 km to reduce collision…
Public Domain Day 2026: 20 Notable 1930 Books Enter the U.S. Public Domain
TL;DR On January 1, 2026, works published in 1930 entered the U.S. public domain. Standard Ebooks prepared and released 20…
Going immutable on macOS with Nix-Darwin — reproducible, versioned configs
TL;DR The author migrated a macOS development environment from imperative Homebrew workflows to a declarative, immutable setup using Nix and…
Safe CEO Don Murray: AI should assist human experts, not replace them
TL;DR Don Murray, CEO of Safe Software, argues AI is a powerful assistant but should not be treated as the…