Stories by Nehal Malik

Meta is reportedly preparing to bring facial recognition back — this time, straight to your face. According to a new report from The New York Times, Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its smart glasses, developed in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the parent company of Ray-Ban and Oakley. The feature, internally dubbed “Name Tag,”...

Apple may be closer than ever to entering the foldables race — and it looks like it’s not putting all its eggs in one basket. According to a new report from MacRumors, Apple is testing a flip-style foldable iPhone, citing supply chain information shared by Weibo leaker "Fixed Focus Digital." The clamshell-style device would reportedly...

If you’re running Windows 11, it’s time to hit that update button. Microsoft has patched a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows 11 Notepad app that could allow attackers to silently execute malicious files through specially crafted Markdown links, according to BleepingComputer. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20841, stems from Notepad’s relatively new...

It took just over two years, but YouTube has finally arrived on Apple Vision Pro. According to MacRumors, Google has officially launched a standalone YouTube app for visionOS, giving Apple Vision Pro users a native way to watch videos on a massive virtual screen inside Apple’s immersive Environments. Starting today, every video on YouTube is...

Apple’s supply chain may be facing a new wrinkle in Japan. According to Nikkei Asia, Foxconn has withdrawn from its planned acquisition of Sharp’s second LCD factory in Kameyama, citing weak LCD prices. As a result, Sharp will halt production at the facility in August and seek voluntary retirement from 1,170 employees, booking roughly 10...

Apple’s grip on the global smartphone market just tightened — and this time, it’s not about shipments. It’s about devices actually in people’s hands. According to new data from Counterpoint Research’s Smartphone Installed Base Tracker, nearly one in four active smartphones worldwide is now an iPhone. Unlike annual shipment numbers, installed base figures reflect the...

Google is widening access to its AI-powered Fitbit Coach, bringing the experience to iPhone users and expanding availability beyond the United States. In a blog post this week, Google announced that “Fitbit’s personal health coach is expanding to more people around the world.” Previously limited to eligible Fitbit Premium users in the U.S. as an...

Epic Games is pushing back against the U.K.’s latest efforts to rein in Apple and Google, arguing that newly secured commitments from both companies don’t go far enough to open up real competition in the mobile app ecosystem. In a statement shared on X, Epic didn’t mince words: “The commitments Apple and Google made to...

YouTube Music is taking another step toward locking once-free features behind a subscription. According to a new report from 9to5Google, lyrics on YouTube Music are now widely rolling out behind a Premium paywall, meaning users will need either YouTube Music Premium or a full YouTube Premium subscription to see full song lyrics. Under the new...

Apple’s AirPods lineup could be headed in a very unexpected direction. According to a new report from MacRumors, Apple’s next-generation AirPods Pro may feature tiny built-in cameras designed to help the earbuds “see around you,” opening the door to new gesture controls, spatial awareness features, and deeper integration with Apple’s broader spatial computing ambitions. The...

Recently unsealed court documents have revealed a fascinating internal perspective from the Meta CEO regarding his company’s fierce rivalry with Apple

Apple is reportedly scaling back plans for a dedicated AI-based health coaching service, internally known as Project Mulberry (and Project Quartz before that)