Yes, we tested Samsung’s latest premium foldable, but we didn’t try to destroy every surface and angle of the phone.
For that, there’s JerryRigEverything on YouTube, with the usual scratching and bending, with the results you’d probably expect, although the new hinge design is surprisingly resilient for something so skinny (and with the protruding camera lenses that make it a bit wobbly).
A regulatory filing surfaced Monday morning in Korea showing the underperforming electronics giant won an order to build chips for an unnamed large global tech company in a contract that runs through 2033.
Then, a few hours later, Elon Musk tweeted the arrangement was for Tesla’s “next-generation AI6 chip,” built at Samsung’s plant in Texas, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg.
Update: Added info from Elon Musk’s tweet.
That’s how The Nerd Reich author Gil Duran explains the thought process of billionaires trying to control everything to our Decoder guest host, Jon Fortt.
In Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, he notes that iOS 26’s public beta is expected next week, and a possible tweak for upcoming M5-powered iPad Pros..
The M4 iPad Pro that launched last year switched the orientation of its front-facing camera for use in landscape mode since many people use it like that or in a laptop-like stand, but the new model could also include a portrait-oriented camera, so video calls look fine no matter which way you’re holding it.
Days after two execs for a data analytics firm were embarrassingly shown on the kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, one of them has resigned, with cofounder Pete DeJoy taking over as interim CEO.
An Astronomer post on social media says, “Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI. While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not.”
Baumgartner died while paragliding today on the eastern coast of Italy, reports the Associated Press. Reports from Italian media said his motorized paraglider crashed into a swimming pool at a hotel, injuring a young woman on the ground
He was most widely known for his 2012 jump from the stratosphere that made him the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall, and the person to complete the highest-ever parachute jump, until that record was topped two years later.
Chipotle is hosting “one of the biggest and most unique listening parties in music history” tomorrow for You’ll Be Alright, Kid, a new album from TikTok Hype House member Alex Warren.
Judging from his current hit, “Ordinary,” Warren’s music has a lot in common with how Chipotle tastes, so the combo makes sense. The song will play at restaurants on Thursday night, and there’s a giveaway tied to the Chipotle app. Hopefully, it works out better than McDonald’s $1 million Flexi-Disc promotion in 1989.
This pop-up is showing up on Best Buy’s product pages for many people today, including us, and the company’s official Twitter account has responded to a question, saying, “Generally, that only pops up when we are in the middle of an update or such. It’s rare when this happens, but you definitely hit at just the right time.”
That right time has stretched for at least a few hours, so there’s probably something else afoot, even if it’s not malicious. We’ll let you know if we hear anything.
