Mat Smith heads up Engadget’s daily newsletter from London, UK. He has worked at Engadget for over a decade and has covered console gaming, flagship smartphones, the Apple Watch and fitness tech that promises to make him faster or stronger. He’s currently learning how to backflip. Mat has previously written for The Guardian, The Times (UK) and the BBC, and speaks fluent Japanese. He sings the praises of his Instant Pot and makes regular kitchen gadget purchases that he usually regrets.
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The Morning After: Samsung made its own generative AI model
The company is pulling a Bixby again.The Morning After: Hollywood studios wanted to use AI-generated likenesses of dead actors without permission
It was apparently one of the final points of contention with striking actors.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
The Morning After: Apple’s new MacBook lineup makes much more sense
An M3 chip for every situation.The Morning After: Elon Musk’s new AI company, xAI, launches Grok the chatbot
But only for X’s Premium+ subscribers.The Morning After: The final Beatles song was made with a little help from AI
You can listen to ‘Now and Then’... now.The Morning After: YouTube is seriously cracking down on ad blockers
Viewers must enable ads if they don’t want to pay for YouTube Premium.The Morning After: US government announces AI Safety Institute
Kamala Harris announced the institute, alongside more AI policies.The Morning After: Apple reveals new MacBook Pros, M3 chips and a new iMac
With a spooky black option for MBPs.Lenovo Smart Paper review: A solid e-ink tablet spoiled by the cost
It’s expensive and the cloud subscription is a borderline scam.The Morning After: Samsung pays tribute to its flip phone past with limited-edition foldable
Blink and you’d think it was just a normal Flip 5.The Morning After: Meta’s Threads reaches almost 100 million active users
While X introduces features for people that might not exist.The Morning After: The moon is older than we thought
According to samples from 1972.The Morning After: Tinder’s latest update lets your family play virtual matchmaker
The family that dates together, fights together.The Morning After: North Korean workers got remote IT jobs to help finance weapons programs
They used fake identities to work remotely for US companies.The Morning After: OnePlus' thinner, more affordable flagship foldable
Our verdict on the OnePlus Open.The Morning After: Amazon expands its drone ambitions
More prescription deliveries and new regionsThe Morning After: X starts charging new users $1 per year to send tweets
It’s also requiring sources for community fact checks.The Morning After: Get ready for the Myspace documentary
We’re running out of tech stories to tell.