The AI-powered musicmaker Suno is struggling to reach licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. That's according to a report from the Financial Times, which says both sides can't agree on whether users should be able to share the AI-generated songs they create."Universal wants AI-generated tracks to stay inside apps such as Suno and not spread freely across the internet. Suno, however, wants users to be able to share and distribute those songs more widely," the Financial Times reports. Suno, which lets users create AI-generated music with a text prompt, became the subject of a massive copyright lawsuit from U …Read the full story at The Verge.

Privacy Display ensures that onlookers can’t see what’s on the screen. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge My colleague Allison Johnson loved the Privacy Display in her review of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The display feature, which blocks onlookers from getting a peep at what’s on the screen when viewed from the side, is worth getting the S26 Ultra for if you are serious about privacy during your commute or elsewhere. And thankfully, it’s not as expensive to buy the only device in Samsung’s latest smartphone lineup that has the unique mode. The cost of an unlocked S26 Ultra with 256GB of storage has dropped to $1,099.99 at Amazon, Samsung, and Best Buy, which is $200 off its original price — and now just $100 more than the S26 Plus that has fewer features.Samsung Galaxy S26 UltraWhere to Buy: $1299.99 $1099.99 at Samsung (256GB) $1299.99 $1099.99 at Amazon (256GB) $1299.99 $1099.99 at Best Buy (256GB)In addition to Privacy Display, the S26 Ultra is Samsung’s biggest, most capable phone yet. It has a 6.9-inch 3120 x 1440 OLED screen that can go up to a 120Hz refresh rate, and its dual telephoto lenses offer various optical zoom levels to help you find the right crop without digital noise being added. Also of note, this is Samsung’s only S26 phone that supports (and includes) an S Pen stylus.It’s a flagship Android 16 phone that isn’t missing many features, unless magnet-based recharging matters to you. Unlike Google’s latest Pixel 10 phones, Samsung is still skipping on magnets even though they’ve become a popular way to recharge. Despite lacking magnets, the S26 Ultra is no slouch when it comes to boasting the latest wireless charging standard, with Qi2 speeds peaking at 25W with the right charger, which is faster than other phones in the series. You can always get a magnet-equipped case for the phone, and you won’t miss out on much.If you aren’t swayed by the Privacy Display, the other S26 models got cheaper, too. The smaller S26 debuted at $899.99, and is now $799.99 for the 256GB model at Amazon and Best Buy. The S26 Plus, which offers a bigger, higher resolution screen and a bigger battery (plus slightly faster wireless charging at 20W versus 15W in the S26), is $999.99 at Amazon and Best Buy, down from its original price of $1,099.99 where the S26 Ultra currently sits.

Getting a stable wired connection to a device that's a floor above your home router is a challenge, and I know this pain all too well. My current living arrangement is a rental, and as a result, I have very few options for running cables. I could run a very long Ethernet cable across floors and baseboards, but it's a bit of an eyesore. The other option was a powerline adapter, which was something I had dismissed for many years after trying one in a previous house. I had assumed that my dodgy experience was just the norm with these adapters, and that they were more of a last-ditch method, but I really couldn't have been more wrong.

Google says it has updated Gemini to better direct users to get mental health resources during moments of crisis. The change comes as the tech giant faces a wrongful death lawsuit alleging its chatbot "coached" a man to die by suicide, the latest in a string of lawsuits alleging tangible harm from AI products.When a conversation indicates a user is in a potential crisis related to suicide or self-harm, Gemini already launches a "Help is available" module that directs users to mental health crisis resources, like a suicide hotline or crisis text line. Google says the update - really more of a redesign - will streamline this into a "one-touc …Read the full story at The Verge.

The two iPhone 18 Pro dummies look much like last year’s 17 Pro models. | Image: Sonny Dickson We might have our first good look at the shape of the oddly wide iPhone Fold, after leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson shared photos of what he says is a dummy unit of the foldable, alongside similar models of the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. The apparent design leak comes as it's reported that early engineering tests of the foldable have suffered from production problems which may cause it to ship months later than other iPhones this year.Dickson, who has a good track record for sourcing accurate dummy models of Apple and Samsung phones used by case makers to test and design their products, shared images of the foldable unit on Bluesky …Read the full story at The Verge.

Android XR is getting a new feature that turns 2D apps, websites, images, and videos into "3D experiences." The feature, which Google calls "auto-spatialization," was initially announced last year, and it's launching on Tuesday as an experimental feature for Samsung Galaxy XR headsets.Here's a video from Google that gives you an idea about how auto-spatialization might look in practice:There are a few caveats to auto-spatialization: it supports content up to 1080p or lower at 30fps, it "uses slightly more battery power," and it only works "on the app window currently in focus," Google says. But if you have a Galaxy XR device, it could be …Read the full story at The Verge.

Cases from many hardware generations ago can easily house the hardware of today, and while that's a large part of the appeal, it doesn't come without pitfalls. One of those pitfalls is the front I/O, and it's one of the most misunderstood parts of a desktop PC. It's usually among the last things that you think about when buying a new case, and when most builders are carrying over an existing case from a previous build, it's no wonder that it's such an afterthought. USB has changed a lot, and plugging in a flash drive to transfer some files quickly can expose this quickly.

Just look at all that vertical space. | Image: Google Google's Chrome browser is getting a couple of new features, both of them extremely welcome and wildly overdue. The first is a reading mode, which does what it already does in most other browsers: strip out a lot of website cruft to make pages easier to read. Reading mode is good, you should use it, a lot of websites are bad. The second feature is the big one: vertical tabs. Instead of having all your tabs in a row across the top of your browser, you can now right-click on the tab bar and select "Show Tabs Vertically" to have them appear in a sidebar instead.Vertical tabs are hardly a new idea about browsers - even the original Chrome team …Read the full story at The Verge.

We saw a host of excellent Bose discounts during Amazon’s so-called Big Spring Sale last month; however, none of them were quite as steep as the current price drop we’re seeing on the latest Bose Soundlink Flex. Right now, the portable speaker is on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for $119 ($40 off), nearly matching its best price to date.Bose Soundlink Flex (second-gen)Where to Buy: $159 $119 at Amazon $159 $119 at Walmart $159 $119 at Best BuyA few years back, we crowned the original Soundlink Flex the best portable Bluetooth speaker under $200. It was an impressive speaker with expansive sound and a surprising amount of low-end thump, not to mention a rugged, IP67-rated design that allowed you to take it pretty much anywhere. It was a real winner in many respects, particularly for its compact size, which is probably why Bose didn’t feel the need to completely reinvent the wheel with the second iteration. The second-gen Flex is nearly identical to the first-gen model, only with a few subtle refinements. The travel-friendly speaker features a redesigned control strip with a new play / pause button and a power button that’s easier to locate — a welcome upgrade, given that the buttons on the original weren’t easy to use by feel alone. The 2nd Gen version also features adjustable EQ and support for higher-res AAC and aptX codecs, though you still get up to 12 hours of battery life, stereo pairing (if you own two), and weatherproofing, making the silicone-wrapped speaker a great picnic or poolside companion.More deals and discountsLego’s adorable R2-D2 replica is currently on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Target for $79.99 ($20 off), matching its lowest price to date. The 1,050-piece set is a nice, decor-worthy homage to everyone’s favorite R2-series astromech droid, complete with a 180-degree swiveling head, an attachable periscope, and a miniature Artoo that’s meant to sit alongside the included info plaque.If Google’s premium subscriptions don’t scare you off, the third-gen Google Nest Doorbell is down to $139.99 ($40 off) — its second-best price to date — at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. The new model supports 2K HDR video, a taller field of view than prior models, and a new sensor with a wider aperture lens for full-color low-light video. The wired video doorbell can also leverage Gemini for AI-generated text descriptions, assuming you’re willing to pay for Google’s Home Premium Advanced plan ($20 a month).I probably wouldn’t call Twelve South’s 4-foot PowerCord the God Cable we’ve been looking for, but it’s still a good option for charging a range of gadgets now that it’s on sale at Amazon for $14.15 (about $16 off), which is about $3 shy of its lowest price to date. The sleek, low-profile device combines a 30W fast charger with a USB-C cable, allowing you to top off your phone, tablet, and a host of other small electronics without the need for an extra wall adapter.

Making the case for better selfies. The Selfix phone case is a classic example of a great idea in theory that falls apart in practice.It's a case for the iPhone 17 Pro with a circular screen on the back. It mirrors the middle of your main phone screen, making it easier to frame up selfies using your phone's higher-quality rear cameras rather than the selfie camera. A nice concept! I wish it worked better.Selfie cameras have come a long way, and the updated sensor in the iPhone 17 series' front-facing camera is more than capable in good lighting. But there are still ways that the bigger sensors and lenses in your phone's rear cameras outperform them: They can do slow-motion …Read the full story at The Verge.

Anthropic is debuting a new AI model as part of a cybersecurity partnership with Nvidia, Google, Amazon Web Services, Apple, Microsoft, and other companies. Project Glasswing, as it's called, is billed as a way for large companies, and potentially even the government, to flag vulnerabilities in their systems with virtually no human intervention.Anthropic is offering its launch partners access to Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose model that it's not currently planning to publicly release due to security concerns. Newton Cheng, the cyber lead for Anthropic's frontier red team, told The Verge that the model will ideally give cyber …Read the full story at The Verge.

Docker is an integral part of my self-hosted journey because I moved from conventional tools to an organized, containerized setup. Doing so with Docker is a cakewalk because you can isolate one service from others and never encounter deployment or launch issues. I learned the arcane art of Docker containers by running simple commands and creating compose files. It was empowering but cumbersome to tackle, and Portainer served as a perfect tool to do most of the container-related tasks via a GUI interface.