* Samsung Unpacked February 2026 * Introducing Claude's Corner * The MatPlotLib Truce As promised, I have one story that isn't primarily about AI although to be honest, it's also really primarily about AI. But there is some gadget news though, and I'm a certified
* OpenAI Gets Its Claws on OpenClaw * Ring Cancels Its Contract with Flock Safety * Meta Facial Detection and Watch Aspirations Next week is Samsung Unpacked and as I am a bit of a Samsung junkie, you can expect that at least one story next week won't be about AI.
* Adam Mosseri says Social Media Not “Clinically Addictive’ * Free Claude Users Can Now Use Skills * US FTC Threatens Apple Over Apple News Content I managed to squeeze in one story that isn’t AI this week. This is going to get harder in the future, I think, but fortunately Mobile
Check out the YouTube video - see the link at the end of this post A little part of the internet has been buzzing lately about the Clicks Communicator, an upcoming phone from the makers of the keyboard case available for the Motorola Razr, and certain iPhone and Pixel models.
* Task-Oriented Agentic Programming * Spotify Gets Bookish with Bookshop.org Partnership and Page Match * TikTok Deemed Addictive by the EU BTW, it seems like at least some of the posts on Moltbook (see last week's TTNN or pretty much anywhere on the internet if you've no idea
* Dario Amodei's "The Adolescence of Technology" * Intel Panther Lake is.... Good? * Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw Everywhere, All at Once * Tesla Ending Production of Model S and X More than ever probably, this week's stories are not listed in order of importance or in any logical
The MeloBuds N20 are budget earphones with ANC and app support. They are very inexpensive at around $30. Let's take a look and see if they play at or above their price range. See link to the YouTube review at the end of this post. Hardware The case
* Nex Computer's New Everything Phone * TikTok Deal Closes * Apple's Redoing the Humane AI Pin (?) Nex Computer's New Everything Phone A few months ago, I wrote an article about Google's upcoming Android PC and what it might take for such a product to
As I wait for Samsung to release their official "pro" keyboard case, I have been making do with a variety of keyboard cases from other companies. Every keyboard case has issues, some more tolerable than others. For the most part, I have been using the Sahara keyboard case
* Gemini is the New Siri * ChatGPT Health * Everyone is Using Claude Code (SIGH) I know, I know, all these topics are AI related. That kinda sucks, but let’s go… Gemini Is the New Siri The tech news never goes away, but this week felt a bit more muted, perhaps
YouTube video review link at end of this article! Hardware * 8.6 ounces (Nothing - 11.8 ounces; XM5 - 9.4 ounces) or 243.81 grams [website says 240g] * ~5.5cm earcups with ~14.5mm depth * 40mm and 13mm dynamic drivers * BT 6.0 with dual connection * Hi-Res Audio
* CES 2026 * AI Giants Make Money and Buy Energy * Grok on Lockdown Happy New Year! (let's hope) CES 2026 Of course, it is entirely unsurprising that CES was full of AI this year. The world is increasingly full of AI-powered tools and gadgets. If you were to ask