Mark Jansen loves a new phone. For nearly a decade covering Android at Android Police, he has tracked every rumor, every launch event. The spectacle drew him in. Yet something shifted. Rumors now read like tales of compromise. Prices climb. Features feel familiar. Jansen decided. He won’t upgrade anytime soon. Not until Samsung, Google and […]

Verizon Communications delivered a quarter that caught Wall Street off guard. The telecom giant posted stronger-than-expected wireless customer gains. It raised its full-year profit and cash flow targets. And it locked in a major fiber contract with Google. Shares jumped 3% in early trading on July 24. The numbers tell a story of discipline over

Nestlé just handed over half its bottled water operations to private equity. The $3.4 billion transaction with Platinum Equity creates Peranel, a standalone venture packed with iconic brands. S.Pellegrino. Perrier. Essentia. Acqua Panna. Nestlé Pure Life. More than 30 labels sold across 120 countries. The Swiss giant keeps 50% ownership. Yet the move marks a

Fedora keeps its promises. Twice a year the community ships a major new version packed with fresh software, security fixes and architectural tweaks. But few users see the machinery behind those downloads. A recent technical post lays out the full sequence from a packager’s git commit to the finished ISO, OSTree commit and cloud image.

Researchers across Europe thought the Digital Services Act would open doors. Instead they slam into walls. Platforms like TikTok, X and Meta stand accused of blocking, delaying or watering down the very data that could expose how their systems fuel disinformation, addiction and harm. The complaints come as the EU tries to turn lofty regulation

Google once served as the internet’s generous gateway. Searchers typed questions. Blue links beckoned. Publishers earned clicks, ads and subscriptions. That compact is cracking. AI Overviews now sit atop millions of results. They synthesize answers from web pages. Users read summaries and stay put. Clicks vanish. Revenue dries up. The shift marks a profound transition

ServiceNow just posted another quarter that left doubters scrambling. Subscription revenue hit $3.877 billion. That’s 24.5% growth. Current remaining performance obligations climbed 21% to $13.2 billion. The market noticed. Shares reacted positively after the July 22 report. And the company raised its full-year outlook. But this isn’t just another earnings beat. It’s evidence of a

Samsung Electronics and Broadcom just inked one of the largest semiconductor agreements on record. The memorandum of understanding, valued at more than $200 billion through 2030, spans memory chips, contract manufacturing and advanced packaging. Announced at an AI summit in San Francisco on July 24, it signals fresh momentum in the race to supply hardware

Waymo has told Uber it will launch its own rider app in Austin and Atlanta starting in January 2028. The move ends an exclusivity deal that funneled all Waymo robotaxi rides through Uber in those cities. Hundreds of the autonomous vehicles will stay available on the Uber platform until at least May 2028 under the

Kevin Warsh took the oath as Federal Reserve chairman on May 22. Barely two months later, he faced Congress with a blunt message. “No tolerance.” Those two words, delivered during testimony this month, echoed through markets and boardrooms alike. They signal a chairman determined to stamp out price pressures that have lingered above target for