Dominic Preston

The new Instax Mini Link Plus seems like a pretty great portable printer, going by Thomas Ricker’s review. But if you’re going to introduce great repairability and sustainability features, maybe do that worldwide next time.

Nintendo’s legal team is probably already keeping a close eye on Google’s Project Genie, a world model that Jay Peters used to build some very precise knockoffs of its games. But some commenters want to make sure the lawyers get the message.

We’ve known for a while that ICE agents are using facial recognition apps to pull people’s details, but The New York Times does a good job of laying out the apps the agency uses, the Palantir-powered database behind them, and how it’s allegedly being used for unexpected penalties like revoking TSA PreCheck.

Sorry to Zuck-dunk two days in a row, but it’s fair to say that when the Meta CEO predicts AI is the next big thing in social media, you should take it with a grain of salt.

That’s according to Seong Cho, head of marketing for mobile, during today’s quarterly earnings call. Discussing plans for 2026, he mentioned XR form factors including “next-generation AR glasses.” Samsung has been developing the glasses with Google as a follow-up to Galaxy XR, but this is the first we’ve heard of a release window.

With news that Meta has spent millions on an ad campaign to persuade people that having data centers in their backyard isn’t all that bad, Mark’s next move is an obvious one.