OpenAI completed its for-profit restructuring — and struck a new deal with Microsoft

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L), speaks with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, who joined by video during the Microsoft Build 2025 conference. OpenAI’s controversial for-profit restructuring is finally complete, along with a new deal with Microsoft. The company’s for-profit arm is now a public benefit corporation, dubbed OpenAI Group PBC. … Read more

An Apple Shortcuts masterclass

If you know how to set it up, it can almost seem like your phone can read your mind. The minute you walk out of the office, a text gets automatically fired off letting your spouse know exactly when you’ll be home. When you start reading a book, your phone immediately shuts off notifications. When … Read more

Samsung shows off its trifold phone in person

When fully open, the trifold is essentially a 10-inch tablet. | Photo: SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg via Getty Images After long insisting that it will release its first trifold phone this year, Samsung has gotten one step closer by showing off a version of the hardware at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, being held … Read more

The government shutdown is delaying new gadgets

Tech products that are packaged and ready for sale aren’t launching in the US as planned right now, thanks to the government shutdown. Earlier this month, Leica delayed its M EV1 camera due to holdups on approval from the partially shuttered Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The WiiM Sound audiophile speaker, currently shipping in international markets, … Read more

Democrats slam FCC’s decision to ‘gut’ prison phone call price caps

Senate Democrats are urging the Federal Communications Commission to enforce a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and video calls. In a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), among others, criticize the agency’s efforts to “effectively gut” a final … Read more