Mobile Archive

T-Mobile promises to try not to get hacked again

Umar ShakirSep 30, 2024

Sean HollisterSep 30, 2024

Samsung won’t confirm or deny whether it worked with Google on Auto Blocker — or whether it actually scans for threats.

Google, too, wouldn’t confirm or deny whether it worked with Samsung on the feature, which is now the target of a new Epic Games lawsuit against both companies.

Instead, Google tells The Verge that it’s “a meritless lawsuit”; Samsung tells us it plans to “vigorously contest Epic Game’s baseless claims.”

Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too

Sean Hollister

Sep 30

Verizon says it fixed the outage that brought mobile services down across the country

Jay PetersSep 30, 2024

DirecTV and Dish are merging

Jess Weatherbed and Nilay PatelSep 30, 2024

Sean HollisterSep 30, 2024

Tim Sweeney says his Epic lawsuits are all about freeing the youth:

We want our kids to grow up in a world that’s better than this one. I grew up in an awesome world for developers and opportunity, the early days of Apple II computers and PCs, and anybody growing up, coming of age in this industry right now, is best case going to be an Apple and Google serf. That has to change. That must change.

Not surprising to hear the man behind “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite” say this, but it really does encapsulate his war with the tech industry. More on the latest lawsuit here.

Sean HollisterSep 30, 2024

The Epic Games Store has crossed 10 million installs on mobile in its first 1.5 months.

Not as fast as Epic might have hoped — it’s targeting 100 million by the end of the year — but CEO Tim Sweeney tells journalists that goal is still “totally achievable.”

Meanwhile, it’s suing Samsung and Google over the “Auto Blocker” feature that, by default, stops users from installing that store on new Samsung phones.

Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too

Sean Hollister

Sep 30

Now that Balatro’s on mobile, here are some tips to get started

Ash ParrishSep 28, 2024

Meta’s new smart glasses look like the future

David PierceSep 27, 2024

Ash ParrishSep 26, 2024

Bye, forever because Balatro is out now on mobile.

Balatro, the super popular to the point of active concern poker roguelike, is now available on mobile. The game went live earlier today on Apple Arcade / iOS, and after a brief technical issue with Google Play, is also available on Android.

I’m getting ready to dig in myself and I’m looking forward to future news stories lamenting a sudden drop in worker productivity.

Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 FE brings AI features to a lower price

Chris WelchSep 26, 2024

Allison JohnsonSep 26, 2024

Xiaomi’s taking its flip phone global.

The company is announcing the 14T and 14T Pro with an additional bit of news: the Xiaomi Mix Flip is coming to Europe. It’s Xiaomi’s first flip-style phone, offering a large 4.01-inch screen and a couple of Leica-branded cameras. It’s yet another cool phone not coming to the US.

Xiaomi Mix Flip in several color options.

That’s just a good-looking phone.

Image: Xiaomi / Leica

Emma RothSep 25, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg thinks AI is going to make phones “a lot more exciting.”

In an interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg said phone makers like Apple and Google can do a lot with AI in phones that app developers can’t:

If I were at any of the other companies trying to design what the next few versions of iPhone or Google’s phones should be, I think that there’s a long and interesting roadmap of things that they can do with AI that, as an app developer, we can’t.