More than the headline. Less than a rabbit hole.
Phones, apps, settings, scams, outages, and the AI that showed up without being asked. What changed, what it does on your device, and what you can ignore.
In July 2025, software investor Jason Lemkin was nine days into an experiment: could he use Replit Agent to build a commercial app without hiring a developer or writing the code himself? He had been posting enthusiastically about the project and its rapidly climbing cost. Then, during a freeze on code changes, the agent deleted … Read more
What this changes for you The familiar moment At 8:00 a.m., your phone showed 100%. By late afternoon, it is asking for a charger—even though this felt like an ordinary day of messages, directions, news, and a few videos. That does not automatically mean the battery is worn out. It may be. But replacing the … Read more