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Android 17: Everything you need to know
By Harish Jonnalagadda published
What's next Here's a look at all the updates coming to Android in 2026.

Gamers are dead wrong about VR exclusives like Deadpool and Thief. Here's why
By Nicholas Sutrich published
Try something new A slew of new VR exclusives like TMNT, Thief VR, Deadpool, and others are resurrecting old, tired conversations about exclusivity, and I'm sick of it.

WatchOS 26 and Wear OS 6 take different approaches to the same problems
By Michael L Hicks published
Wear OS Weekly From stolen tricks to cool (and terrible) ideas, watchOS 26 is an interesting foil to what Wear OS 6 and One UI 8 Watch will offer.

Google's on the right track with desktop mode in Android 16
By Andrew Myrick published
It's finally here It's still early, but after spending a bit of time with Google's take on Desktop Mode, I'm impressed by how polished it is. Hopefully, this means things will only get better from here.

Why I use Gemini over ChatGPT as my AI assistant, and you should too
By Brady Snyder published
Slow and steady OpenAI kicked off the AI race in 2022, and ChatGPT is still one of the top chatbots available. But for most people, Gemini is better.

Apple just turned the iPad into the best Chromebook
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
Better than a Chromebook Apple's new iPadOS brings a slew of nice changes making it a real lightweight computing platform.

Android 16 Material 3 Expressive vs. iOS 26 Liquid Glass: Imperfect polar opposites
By Brady Snyder published
UI overhauls Android and iOS are both shaking up their visual and user interfaces with upcoming software versions, but which is best? I tried them both.

Should you wait to buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7?
By Nicholas Sutrich published
Patience, young one All signs point to an ultra upgrade for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and that's reason enough to consider waiting to upgrade this year.
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