Engadget “Which iPhone should I buy?” It’s a question you might have heard many times over the years. Much of the time, the answer is simple: Get the best iPhone you can afford. If you’re happy with your current iPhone, meanwhile, don’t feel like you have to make a change at all. But if you’re ready to upgrade, allow us to help. We’ve reviewed just about every iPhone ever released, so we’ve picked through all nine models in Apple’s current smartphone lineup and highlighted the ones that should satisfy most people below. Before we dive in, note that we’ve […]
Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Ditching Human Fact-Checkers
With the news that Meta is ending its third-party fact-checking program , we dig into the future of content moderation. From Community Notes to automated systems, how do you manage trust and safety for a site with two billion daily active users? You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight , Lauren Goode on Bluesky at @laurengoode , and Zoë Schiffer on Threads @reporterzoe . Write to us at uncannyvalley@wired.com . How to Listen You can always listen to this week’s podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to […]
Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Photograph: Brad Bourque; Getty Images How much did you spend on your last graphics card for your PC? Four hundred dollars? A thousand? What would inspire you to spend double that on a GPU? Nvidia thinks you may want to splurge on its new RTX 5090, which showcases the absolute top end of this generation of graphics cards for well-heeled enthusiasts. The Founders Edition, which comes straight from the brand itself, rather than resellers like MSI and others, is meant to shatter what prior Nvidia cards are capable of, and I’m lucky enough to have one in my gaming […]
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 review: Pure AI excess for $2,000
Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Devindra Hardawar for Engadget It’s the fastest video card I’ve ever seen, but it’s not meant for mere mortals. devindra hardawar Senior Editor A $2,000 video card for consumers shouldn’t exist. The GeForce RTX 5090 , like the $1,599 RTX 4090 before it, is more a flex by NVIDIA than anything truly meaningful for most gamers. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said as much […]
Samsung Says Its Galaxy S25 Is ‘Qi2 Ready.’ Here’s What That Really Means
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Apple’s MagSafe technology is my favorite smartphone innovation of the past five years—it has changed how I use my phone. The Qi2 wireless charging standard introduced in 2023 was supposed to bring the same magnetic charging marvels to Android smartphones , as well as enable wider compatibility of accessories between iPhone and Android—which would have been most welcome. Sadly, after two years, there’s only a single Qi2 Android phone out right now. You’d think Samsung, in its never-ending quest to outshine Apple, would finally debut Qi2 on its new Galaxy S25 series— announced earlier today —but […]
Everything Samsung announced at the Galaxy S25 Unpacked event
Sam Rutherford for Engadget Samsung’s first Unpacked event of 2025 delivered the Galaxy S25 series — as expected. Although the phones don’t have dramatically upgraded specs, the company stuffed — you guessed it! — more AI into the devices. This latest batch is more context-sensitive and predictive, and some of it even squeezes more out of the phones’ mildly upgraded hardware. Quick Overview Galaxy S25 Ultra $1,300 See at Samsung Galaxy S25 $800 See at Samsung Galaxy S25+ $1,000 See at Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The Galaxy S25 Ultra is still the biggest, best and most expensive of the […]
Samsung teased a very slim phone called the Galaxy S25 Edge
Samsung Samsung is making a thin version of the Galaxy S25 . The Galaxy S25 Edge was teased at the end of the company’s Unpacked event , and it does appear to be meaningfully thinner than the other phones Samsung launched today. There’s very little to go off of in Samsung’s tease. Voiceover describe the phone as “a culmination of our most innovative technology” and hypes up the device’s apparent sleekness. Scrub through Samsung’s livestream and you’ll see components like a vapor chamber, cameras and metallic frames, but only the barest glimpse of the Galaxy S25 Edge’s actual silhouette. […]
Amazon includes a $200 gift card when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Engadget/Sam Rutherford Samsung just held its Unpacked event and the company announced all kinds of new products. The most notable of the bunch, however, was likely the Galaxy S25 Ultra flagship smartphone. It’s the most powerful of the just-announced S25 line and Amazon is offering a pretty swell pre-order bonus, to the tune of a $200 gift card . That’s right. If you pre-order a Galaxy S25 Ultra handset, you get a $200 Amazon gift card that can be used on just about anything. This can help shave off some of the sticker shock of that $1,300 price tag […]
Samsung goes back to basics with the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s stylus
A hands-on photo of Samsung’s Galaxy S25 smartphone lineup. The “Ultra” model in Samsung’s Galaxy S lineup is typically the phone crammed full of every feature the company could think of. But this year, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is actually taking a step backward with the S Pen. The motion gestures and useful remote camera shutter function have been removed, and the stylus is back to being just a stylus. You can still wave it around like a magic wand , but the phone won’t do anything. During a media briefing on the new S25 series last week, Samsung […]
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch for Kids software makes Wear OS a family affair
Google Samsung and Google are introducing a new Wear OS software experience called “Galaxy Watch for Kids” that’s designed to make the Galaxy Watch 7 LTE (and presumably future wearables) safe and fun for children to use. The new software features and setup process is similar to Apple’s “Apple Watch For Your Kids” just with Android devices rather than iOS ones. According to Samsung , parents will be able to set up their child’s Galaxy Watch 7 directly from their phone and activate its eSIM. After that, kids don’t need a phone to use the Galaxy Watch. The core […]