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2+ min ago (52+ words) Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S26 series. Welcome, Android Central readers, to your ultimate guide for the new Samsung Galaxy S26 series. Read below for more information on Samsung's upcoming phones. What you need to know Buying the Samsung Galaxy S25 series Please login or signup to comment...

5+ min ago (631+ words) The Army is on the hunt for a new, large drone it hopes to equip its first unit with by fiscal 2028, according to government contracting documents and a service official, an ambitious effort that may replace a more than decade-old platform. The Army posted a request for information on Friday outlining half a dozen "desired characteristics" for a short/vertical takeoff and landing (S/VTOL) drone. The RFI acknowledged a "pressing need" for a new platform that doesn't need to take off from a runway, infrastructure that is likely to be an early target for an adversary during a large-scale combat operation. For years, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle has occupied the skies for division-sized formations, but it requires a runway to launch. As battlefields become more complex, autonomized and rife with contested airspace, the Army wants a more advanced drone…...

7+ min ago (581+ words) The pace of natural disasters has increased dramatically, according to professionals whose job is to restore connections in an emergency. A T-Mobile truck is parked at the company's headquarters, with a SatCOLT (satellite cell on light truck) behind it. It seemed darkly fitting that my area of the Pacific Northwest would see heavy rainfall and record-breaking floods'as I was finishing work on my article about'T-Mobile's disaster response programs. I was reminded, looking at the gray skies outside my window, that natural disasters come in all sizes and intensities, and often without much advance warning. During my visit to T-Mobile's headquarters in November, where I got an in-depth tour of how the company's emergency management teams restore network functionality during natural disasters, I asked everyone: "What keeps you up at night?" "How many hours do you have?" said John Saw, T-Mobile…...

13+ min ago (73+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Xiaomi Mimo: Xiaomi releases MiMo-V2-Flash, an open-weight MoE model with 309B total and 15B active parameters, saying it excels in reasoning, coding, and agentic scenarios" " Today, we are releasing and open-sourcing MiMo-V2-Flash." It is a powerful, efficient, and ultra-fast foundation language model " This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:25 PM ET, December 16, 2025....

15+ min ago (399+ words) Starting January 1, longtime creative and technical leaders Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley will step into new roles as studio heads, continuing to guide the team's focus on ambitious, character-driven experiences that define PlayStation Studios. Shift Up announced that CEO Kim Hyung-tae received the Presidential Citation for his contribution to the development of the game industry at the '2025 Korea Content Awards' held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul on the 10th. Dead Island 3 is officially in development according to a report released by Dambuster Studios Limited. Targeting a 2028 launch. Employees at Doom studio id Software have voted in favour of union representation with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). I hope the devs can break away from MS and take their IP's with them in the not to distant future. This entire consolidation and mass industry firings that MS has spearheaded has been…...

15+ min ago (921+ words) Let's talk about tech. Welcome to Ask Jerry, where we talk about any and all the questions you might have about the smart things in your life. I'm Jerry, and I have spent the better part of my life working with tech. I have a background in engineering and R&D and have been covering Android and Google for the past 15 years. Ask Jerry is a column where we answer your burning Android/tech questions with the help of long-time Android Central editor Jerry Hildenbrand. I'm also really good at researching data about everything " that's a big part of our job here at Android Central " and I love to help people (another big part of our job!). If you have questions about your tech, I'd love to talk about them. Email me at [email protected], and I'll try to get things…...

16+ min ago (198+ words) A holiday surprise you didn't expect: Meta and Amazon Fire TV have joined forces to craft an Instagram experience for the living room. Amazon says the app is "organized into channels tuned to your interests." A few channels include sports, music videos, and trending topics. The app's main view showcases these Reels horizontally, including "For You" and "Popular with friends." Consumers with a Fire TV Stick HD, Fire TV Stick 4K Plus, Fire TV Stick 4K Max (1st and 2nd Gen), Fire TV 2-Series, Fire TV 4-Series, or Fire TV Omni QLED Series can find the Instagram for TV app today (Dec 16). Most recently, Instagram announced a feature called "Your Algorithm." In short, the platform gave users in the U.S. the keys to control their Reels feed by telling the AI what they want to see and what they don't. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri,…...

19+ min ago (261+ words) Apple has simplified the battery replacement process and is selling the battery through its Self Service Repair Store, complete with an updated step-by-step guide. Here are the details. Last October, when iFixit published its teardown of the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro, it made a point to highlight the fact that battery replacement was one of the most challenging repairability aspects of the device, as it involved swapping out several internal components. For reference, here is iFixIt's teardown. It covers the battery design starting at the 1:28 mark, with additional details again at 5:14. Today, Apple is addressing this critical sticking point with the announcement of a new battery replacement process that no longer requires users to remove other modules from their 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro beyond the bottom case. Additionally, Apple is now selling these batteries as standalone modules through its Self Service Repair…...

20+ min ago (175+ words) Apple (AAPL, Financials) and other smartphone makers are expected to face higher production costs in 2026 as a global shortage of memory chips driven by artificial intelligence demand pushes up component prices, according to Counterpoint Research. The research group predicted a 6.9% increase in smartphone prices in 2026, almost double its previous projection. Meanwhile, worldwide smartphone sales are expected to dip 2.1%, reversing prior estimates for flat to slight increase. DRAM, which AI data centers utilize extensively, is growing in price, causing the move. As organizations create data centers employing Nvidia computers and SK Hynix and Samsung memory, demand for AI infrastructure has increased. Counterpoint reported a 20% to 30% increase in the bill of materials for low-end smartphones under $200 this year, and 10% to 15% for mid- and high-end handsets. Manufacturers see more pressure from 40% higher memory costs until mid-2026. The business said Apple and Samsung can handle the…...

22+ min ago (733+ words) iPhone owners who haven't yet jumped to iOS 26.2 will want to download and install this latest update. That's because it not only offers important security fixes but, enhances several built-in apps and features in clever ways. On Friday, Apple released the 26.2 updates for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other products. Though they all offer bug fixes and feature improvements, iOS 26.2 may be the most impactful of the bunch. Here are five reasons you'll want to jump to this latest version. Reported as exploited in the wild, both zero days may have been used in extremely sophisticated attacks against targeted individuals still running versions of iOS before iOS 26, Apple explained. These two flaws impact WebKit, the engine used to render web pages in Safari and many other apps. The first flaw, dubbed CVE-2025-43529, could allow an attacker to remotely…...