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Phone manufacturers spent years building software locks into your hardware to route you back to their service centers. A wave of new state laws took effect January 1, 2026, and the patchwork is now covering enough of the country that compliance is no longer optional. The independent repair ecosystem is about to get a real infrastructure upgrade.
By Devon Reyes · 3 min read
Apple's iPhone Fold is targeting September 2026 with a Liquidmetal hinge, a nearly crease-free 7.8-inch display, and a price between $2,000 and $2,500. Seven years of watching Samsung take every arrow in the foldable market either paid off or it didn't. The supply chain says it ships. The engineering says it might actually be different. The crease will tell us everything.
By Devon Reyes · 4 min read
Apple's Siri delays dominate headlines, but the real story is what already shipped: the Foundation Models framework gives every iOS developer free on-device LLM inference with three lines of Swift. The billion-dollar Gemini deal is a pragmatic bridge, not a white flag.
By Devon Reyes · 5 min read