# Digital Trends

> Tech for the way we live.

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## Posts
- [OpenAI halts super-powerful Astra AI over hacking fears](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-e0f0): Plus a wild sci-fi anime vying for cult status and a Mac app that rethinks how you share files.
- [Fighting AI slop is catching real creators in the crossfire](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-a143): Platforms cracking down on synthetic content are silencing real voices: plus Kimi K3's sandbox escape and GTA 6's big
- [Social venues are banning creepy Meta smart glasses](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-fa7b): Meta says it's AI also went rogue, while offline messaging apps get the heat from the government.
- [Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to be your cell carrier now](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-478f): Direct satellite-to-phone plans could shake up how you pay for service.
- [AI is too good at faking news as a real sources. ChatGPT shines at it](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-3e22): Apple is taking the pain out of making your iPhone talk to a Windows PC, while the fight for AI rages in the smaller corners.
- [Google Health just made Fitbit talk to Apple Health](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-4e41): Your wrist data finally crosses the platform divide, plus AI politics, a heartwarming one-fan story, and more.
- [App that detects nearby Meta smartglasses is a hit among iPhone users](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/app-that-detects-nearby-meta-smartglasses-is-a-hit-among-iphone-users): Signal messaging jumped after last week's headlines about federal data collection, and the pattern tells you something
- [Meta's AI sorcery made Instagram even harder to stop scrolling](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-2f23): Here's how the algorithm keeps you hooked: plus Ferrari's surprise comeback and a $500M zombie deal.
- [Foreign humanoid robots just made America's threat list](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-4f0b): Three stories caught my eye this week, and none of them fit neatly together.
- [Apple now lets you lease an iPhone or Mac](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-5770): Apple has a new upgrade program that lets you lease an iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch 
- [Gen Z is scripting real conversations with chatbots first](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-6b30): From rehearsing breakups to job interviews, AI prep is reshaping how Gen Z shows up in real life.
- [Facebook's new badge proves you're human: not AI](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-01c3): Space companies keep pitching the same idea: haul the data centers off Earth and park them in orbit.
- [ChatGPT wants to discuss your health with medical records](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-27c4): Here's what else is on deck: a new Resident Evil movie that might actually nail it, LG stops sneaky software installation on monitors, but TVs are still a privacy nightmare.
- [Samsung's new palm-friendly foldable phone is an utter joy](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-3757): This week ran on a mix of hardware I actually got my hands on, a philosophical rift in AI, and some good news for anyone who has struggled with PDFs.
- [Light's $299 flip phone wants you to forget apps exist](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-641b): This week's tech ran on the extremes: phones that strip everything away, companies paying fortunes for a handful of
- [The museum of sounds your old tech made still haunts the web](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-74ea): Dial-up screeches.
- [Google's AI reconstructed Pelé's greatest goal never caught on film](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-389e): Google used recollections from memory, a single photograph, and other archival material to bring alive a legendary goal that was never captured.
- [Northwestern's spinning drone disappears by going too fast to see](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-3221): The Phantom Twist doesn't hide its trick behind software or a battery.
- [World's first commercial brain-computer implant successfully done in China](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-ad6b): Intensifying the competition with Elon Musk's Neuralink, China has hit a major neurotechnology milestone with its latest coin-sized brain implant.
- [Samsung may have finally solved foldables phones' biggest flaws](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-654f): Samsung has spent years chasing the same problem on its foldables: the crease.
- [Young men top sextortion stats: the finding no one expected](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-6d5a): Australia's watchdog data surprises experts, plus AI replaces nurses and Nolan ditches his phone.
- [Apple is taking OpenAI to court, and it's a tsunami of shockers](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-66aa): A disgruntled ex-employee is at the center of it all: plus EA caves, and China's rocket catch is wild.
- [Netflix is eyeing live channels, and it could change everything](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-f95e): Think cable, but make it streaming: plus robots with a gentle touch and the future of AI music labels.
- [DuckDuckGo's browser now blocks YouTube ads for good](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-7ffb): Plus, OpenAI's new voice models arrive and we played Doom: The Dark Ages.
- [iPhone Air 2 may get a bigger battery and still stay razor-thin](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-2ba4): Here's how Apple might pull off the thinner-phone-bigger-battery paradox.
- [The foldable iPhone could have you wait and queue up](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-4568): Apple’s foldable iPhone hype may run straight into a launch shortage, as Apple eyes a repeat of the iPhone X launch.
- [Apple's Hide My Email has been exposing you all along](https://digitaltrends.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-c864): A bug quietly undermined one of iCloud's most trusted privacy tools, despite users paying for it.