Rumors that the S26 Ultra would have some anti-snooping tech built into the screen have been circulating for a while. Now we’ve got an animation showing how the feature will work inside of One UI 8.5. There will be a toggle in the display settings, but you’ll also be able to add a Quick Settings toggle, or even automate it based on which app you’re using or if you’re in a crowd.
Early on Saturday morning, American forces struck multiple sites inside Venezuela, including a large-scale assault on Caracas, and arrested President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The two are expected to stand trial in New York for drug and weapons charges.
In a press conference later in the day, President Trump said that the US would “run” Venezuela for an indeterminate period of time, though no further detail was provided. He also suggested that American oil companies would be allowed to swoop in and take control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.
You can get all the latest updates from The New York Times, NPR, and Reuters.
If you’re Samsung or Google, you probably put your folding screens through the wringer with fancy machinery. If you’re a resourceful developer and infosec expert, you build a Flappy Bird clone that you control by flapping your phone like wings. If you’re not particularly worried about your foldable, you can play Foldy Bird here.
The Fraimic Smart Canvas is a framed E-ink screen being shown off for the first time at CES 2026. It’s meant to mimic your typical wall art but, because nothing is sacred, instead of showing an actual painting or a photo by a human, it displays AI “art” generated by your voice prompts. The Smart Canvas is available for preorder in two sizes, standard for $399 and large for $999, though deliveries aren’t expected until June.
When Microsoft was first developing the Surface Duo, it was originally intended to run a Windows 10-based OS code-named Andromeda that looked a lot like Windows Phone. Of course, the company ended up canning those plans, opting to make the Duo Android-based instead.
But you can now get your hands on an unstable build of Andromeda and see what might have been.
