Samsung has officially started its One UI 8.5 beta program. The update brings major upgrades to Photo Assist, Quick Share, and device security. It’s initially available for the Galaxy S25 series in six countries.
It was a chaotic week where AI drove up hardware costs and wiped a hard drive, while open-source software like Linux and Home Assistant saw major wins. The consumer tech landscape is shifting fast, and not always for the better.
Moody Nashawaty and Risley Mabile met in a retail trader Discord in 2022. By 2025, they’d launched Enders Capital, an SEC-registered fund with $5 million in assets. Their story shows how the meme stock era is evolving into something more professional.
The Wine compatibility layer is gearing up for a major release. The new 11.0-rc1 candidate includes crucial 64-bit support for scanners, while the staging branch quietly fixed a bug reported over a decade ago.
Ubisoft has started adding Activision Blizzard games to its Ubisoft+ Premium subscription. The first titles are available to stream now through Nvidia GeForce Now. This is the first result of the cloud rights deal struck last year.
Iceye, a Finnish satellite startup, has raised €200 million, pushing its valuation to €2.4 billion. The company now gets most of its revenue from defense and is eyeing a possible IPO in the next few years.
The European Commission has fined X €120 million for deceptive blue checkmarks and other transparency failures. This is the first major DSA fine against a major platform, but experts doubt it will change X’s course.
The Galaxy S26 series design appears to have been confirmed via leaked firmware. Renders show all three models adopting a camera bump identical to the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7.
Salesforce is seriously considering a corporate name change to Agentforce, CEO Marc Benioff confirmed. The move follows a major rebranding of its core products and a strategic shift away from “cloud” terminology, driven by customer focus groups.
Microsoft is ending its annual diversity and inclusion report and removing DEI as a company-wide performance metric. This follows a recent executive order targeting such initiatives. The company says it’s just changing formats, but the timing raises serious questions.
