TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Guitar Hero vets RedOctane reveal their new music game
RedOctane Games, a relaunched version of one of the studios behind the very first Guitar Hero, has shared a first trailer for its new music game, Stage Tour. The original RedOctane was shut down by Activision in 2010, and only recently reformed under Embracer Freemode to create a new music game fran
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Android 17 beta 2 brings a new multitasking trick and cross-device handoff
Users can now turn any app into a floating bubble and manage them from a new taskbar bubble bar on large-screen devices.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Why no magnets in Galaxy S26? Samsung R&D chief explains
Magnet rings have changed my life. I grip and mount and satisfyingly snap awesome accessories on and off my phone all day. Even Samsung sells neat ones like these folding magnetic mirrors. But unlike Apple and Google, Samsung refuses to put the magnets inside the phone.
Why? I asked Samsung's Won-Jo
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 In Landmark Trial, Plaintiff Says Social Media Harm Started at Age 6
The plaintiff, a 20-year-old identified only as K.G.M., took the stand to testify against Meta and Instagram in a bellwether case over tech addiction.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 The physics of squeaking sneakers
Geometry of tread patterns determines frequency, so blocks were designed to play Star Wars music.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 What went wrong with Highguard? The "hubris" of its developer's leadership, say former staff in a new report
It's hard to make lightning strike twice.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Microsoft launches Copilot Tasks for automated to‑do lists
Copilot Tasks is a new AI feature that breaks down your task, creates a step by step process to complete that task on your behalf, and checks in when it needs your go‑ahead.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Android 17 Beta 2 brings a pop-out windowed mode to all apps with 'bubbles'
Android 17 Beta 2 fell into our laps today, and unlike Google’s first build, this one is chock full of...
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Android 17 Beta 2 brings a pop-out windowed mode to all apps with ‘bubbles’ - 9to5Google
Android 17 Beta 2 fell into our laps today, and unlike Google’s first build, this one is chock full of...
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Here’s everything new in Android 17 Beta 2 [Gallery] - 9to5Google
Google today released Android 17 Beta 2 for Pixel devices. This comes less than two weeks after the first release....
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Apple Says iPhone and iPad Are Approved to Handle Some Classified Data - Gizmodo
No assembly required.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Smartphone sales could be in for their biggest drop ever
The smartphone industry could experience a record-breaking decline in 2026 as a result of the RAM shortage stemming from memory-hungry AI giants. That's according to the latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), which forecasts smartphone shipments to plummet 12.9 percent this yea
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery
The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Samsung exec confirms you can blame RAM — and other materials — for the Galaxy S26’s higher pricetag
The Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus are "more of the same for more money," my colleague Allison Johnson reported this week. Now, Samsung is confirming what we previously only suspected: RAMageddon is partly to blame.
Samsung's Won-Joon Choi, the COO of its mobile business, tells The Verge that the m
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data
Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue
The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Three ways new Apple products next week will modernize iPhone, iPad, and Mac - 9to5Mac
Apple officially confirmed that it will begin launching new products starting on Monday, March 2. With new iPhones, iPads, and...
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Highguard: New Report Details The Months Leading Up To Launch And The Fallout After
A new report explains leadership at Wildlight Entertainment wanted to follow in the steps of Apex Legends' release.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages
The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children's online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors' personal data in order to verify their ages.
"Age verification technologies are some of
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Qualcomm won’t be announcing Windows gaming handhelds at GDC after all
In January, Qualcomm hinted to The Verge that it might finally bring its powerful Arm-based Snapdragon processors to Windows gaming handhelds at the 2026 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco - just in time to challenge Nvidia's own first Arm gaming CPU and Intel's first dedicated handheld gam
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 So, we’re getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right?
Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada's fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we're getting Meta AI glasses under the Prada brand.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 NATO approves the iPhone and iPad for classified use
Apple's mobile devices are secure enough for NATO. Following extensive testing by the German government, the iPhone and iPad are now considered secure enough for the NATO-restricted classified level.
Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechn
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 How Chinese AI Chatbots Censor Themselves
Researchers from Stanford and Princeton found that Chinese AI models are more likely than their Western counterparts to dodge political questions or deliver inaccurate answers.
TechnologyFebruary 26, 2026 Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers
The company's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.