Samsung announced several new foldable phones, tablets and smart watches. We dive into the details with Android Faithful’s Huyen Tue Dao. Plus to get Twitter’s rebranding to X they needed to buy the Twitter handle from an existing user. And Mastodon hits the big leagues after the FBI seized a suspect’s equipment including a machine being used to troubleshoot a Mastodon instance.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Huyen Tue Dao, Roger Chang, Joe
The Galaxy Flip5 now has a big 3.4-inch cover screen. Also Microsoft launches its new Xbox Home Screen and Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on open map data.
How will Apple’s streaming service benefit from popular soccer star Lionel Messi’s exclusive deal with Major League Soccer? Netflix will replace its downloads tab with “My Netflix” which it describes as a “one-stop shop tailored to you.” Wall Street Journal reports TikTok wants to launch an e-commerce business in the US in early August.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Charlotte Henry, Roger Chang, Joe
Netflix earning calls mean more announcements. Star Trek at Comic-Con leads to more Trek news. Adult Swim lays out what they’ll do for Rick and Morty’s voice actor question. All that and more on Cordkillers!
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s is rolling out Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency to provide identity validation with focus on “distinguishing humans from AI online.” We discuss The Verge’s Allison Johnson’s article called “Flip phones are having a moment — and all eyes are on Samsung now.” TikTok entered the microblogging competition, with a new text option alongside photo and video. So at this point is it safe to say that Twitter is no longer focused on this part of its service?
Starring Tom Merritt, Megan Morrone, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe
EU investigates Microsoft over Teams antitrust. Facebook now has 3 billion monthly users. Samsung suffers 95% drop in profits.