Startups
A half-century of direction-setting Apple turned 50 in 2026. From a garage in 1976 to one of the world’s most valuable companies, its history is a study in bold bets: personal computing, graphical interfaces, smartphones, and a tight hardware–software loop that others try to emulate. Those bets produced
Gadgets
A quick primer: what’s changing Apple’s Dynamic Island — the interactive pill-shaped area that houses system alerts, timers and a few app extras — appears poised to get noticeably smaller on the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro. Multiple supply-chain and accessory-sourcing signals (prototype images, revised screen protector molds and case outlines)
Startups
A 50-year arc in one view In 1976, three young engineers and entrepreneurs started Apple in a California garage. Half a century later the company is a global technology leader with a market value around $3.5 trillion, a portfolio of consumer hardware, software platforms, and a fast-growing services business.
Games
Quick background: The Elder Scrolls: Blades in context The Elder Scrolls: Blades is Bethesda’s mobile take on the long-running Elder Scrolls franchise — a first-person dungeon crawler and town-builder designed for iOS, Android and later some console ports. Launched as a free-to-play live service, Blades combined short, repeatable combat missions
AI
Why a social network built on decentralization added AI Bluesky grew out of an impulse to reimagine social media as a federated ecosystem rather than a centralized walled garden. Built on the AT Protocol, its early appeal was control: users, developers, and small servers (instances) could interact without a single
AI
A fresh play: Bluesky goes AI Bluesky — the decentralized social project that grew out of Twitter's research efforts and now runs on the AT Protocol — has quietly added an AI-first consumer app to its lineup. The move ties together two of the biggest trends in social media: decentralized
Software
Why Android 17 matters now Android releases are no longer just annual OS bumps; they're platform-level shifts that change how apps are built, how devices communicate, and what users expect from privacy and personalization. Android 17 is currently under development and, based on early signs in previews and
Games
A quick post-mortem: what happened A recent top-down tactical spin-off from the PUBG family launched into early access, attracted initial attention, and then shuttered operations barely two months later — before it ever left early access. The short lifecycle is a useful case study for developers, product leads and publishers about
AI
Why Attie matters Bluesky has introduced Attie, an AI assistant designed to help people build bespoke social feeds instead of relying solely on the follow graph or opaque recommendation engines. Attie is rolling out in a closed beta that currently requires an invite; interested users can add themselves to a
Events
A milestone, staged for the company Apple is rounding off its yearlong commemorations with a private celebration at Apple Park for employees, according to reporting from Mark Gurman. The closing event is tipped to include a high-profile musical guest — reports have suggested Paul McCartney — bringing a cultural flourish to an
AI
A quick primer: what changed Apple has moved away from building a singular, centralized assistant and instead is leaning into an App Store–style approach for AI. Instead of shipping one flagship chat product, the company appears to be creating a search-like platform that surfaces third-party AI experiences and models
AI
Why Attie matters Bluesky’s Attie introduces a new layer of personalization to decentralized social networking by pairing AI-driven feed construction with the AT Protocol. Instead of relying solely on a single service’s ranking signals, Attie lets people define and generate bespoke timelines using machine intelligence as a builder