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 China's smartphone shipments fell 4% year over year in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from Counterpoint Research, with Apple delivering the strongest growth among the top six brands.
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Anthropic today launched Claude Design, a new AI product for creating designs, prototypes, slides, and more. Claude Design uses Opus 4.7, a new AI model that was introduced earlier this week.
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 A source said to be familiar with Apple's supply chain today revealed the color options Apple is planning for the iPhone 18 Pro, ?iPhone 18 Pro? Max, and the upcoming foldable iPhone.
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 India will not require smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung to preload devices with a state-owned biometric identification app, reports Reuters.
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NEW RESOURCES New-to-me, from BK Reader: The Brooklyn Mavens Turn Everyday Life Into a Digital Archive. "For Lauren Riley and Merlyn Oliver, Brooklyn is not just the subject of their work. It […]
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Plus, nine other surprising wellness devices that your HSA or FSA might cover.
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It's not an image generation tool, which makes sense if you've used Claude.
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NEW RESOURCES Wildenstein Plattner Institute: Announcing the Release of The Eva Gonzalès Catalogue Raisonné Project. "The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is pleased to announce the digital release of The Eva Gonzalès Catalogue Raisonné […]
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 No, you aren't going crazy - Apple has quietly made a backend change to the App Store app in iOS that switches the location of the Updates tab and renames it to make it more prominent.
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Casely has reannounced a recall of its Power Pods 5,000mAh MagSafe E33A charger after dozens of people were injured and one even killed by the defective devices, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) announced. It's recommended that you stop using the devices immediately, dispose of them safely and seek a replacement from the manufacturer.
A year ago, Casely and the USPSC published a recall of 429,000 units of the power bank with the model number E33A. That followed 51 incidents of the devices "overheating, expanding or catching fire" and burning users in multiple cases.
However, many of the devices have remained in use and are even more dangerous than initially thought. "In August 2024, a 75-year-o
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 iPhone accessory maker Casely reissued a recall for its faulty Power Pod wireless power bank (via The Verge) after one of the affected units resulted in the death of a 75-year-old woman and another exploded on a plane.
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Many countries are pursuing social media bans for anyone under 16, but a recent poll is putting the effectiveness of such laws into question. The Molly Rose Foundation, a charity organization that focuses on preventing online harm, recently published a study that polled 1,050 Australian children between ages 12 and 15 in March. The study's results showed that 61 percent of those between 12 and 15 who previously had access to affected social media platforms still have one or more active accounts.
Australia made a first-in-the-world decision to ban social media for those under 16 years old, beginning on December 10. While it's only been a few months since the ban went into effect, the foundation's poll concluded that the ban doesn't have a "clear positive or negative impact on children's wellbeing." The study also noted that 70 percent of children trying to get on restricted platforms said that it was easy to get around the ban.
"These results raise major questions about the effectiveness of Australia's social media ban and show it would be a high stakes gamble for the
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NEW RESOURCES Cengage: Gale Launches Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part III, Expanding Access to Rare and Previously Undigitized Materials. "Gale, part of global edtech company Cengage, today announced the launch of Eighteenth […]
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 If you own a MacBook and work from home, it's easy to have your laptop plugged in for hours on end without thinking about the long-term battery life implications. Fortunately, Apple recently added a setting that lets you cap how high your Mac's battery charges, and if you own an iPhone that was released in the last few years, you may already be familiar with it.
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