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The Artemis II lunar mission is one of the first times NASA has allowed astronauts to fly with smartphones, giving them modified iPhones to take photos and videos (Kalley Huang/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 4, 2026

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Lenovo’s Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to pre-install GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 2, 2026

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Asus President Jonney Shih said the company would not launch any new smartphones in 2026, signaling the brand’s exit from the Android market (James Peckham/PCMag)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 19, 2026

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Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level cross-device AI assistant for its Motorola computers and smartphones, arriving later this quarter (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 7, 2026

Igor Bonifačić / Engadget: Lenovo is introducing Qira, a system-level cross-device AI assistant for its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving…

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Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy are growing in India’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 30, 2025

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U.S. judge rules that Google must renegotiate every year any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

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Netflix is shifting its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle and Tetris, playable on TVs with smartphones as controllers (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 13, 2025

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The American smartphones market increased by 1% in the second quarter; The share of American smartphone shipments assembled in China increased from 61% to T2’24 to 25% in the second quarter

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 28, 2025

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The objective of the Apple supplier’s goal, one of the best smartphones manufacturers, has collected around 608 million dollars in its Hong Kong IPO, while the Chinese company seeks to develop abroad (Peggy Ye / Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 9, 2025

Peggy Ye / Nikkei Asia:: The objective of the Apple supplier’s goal, one of the best manufacturers of smartphone games,…

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Former Google staff members and others explain why Google’s efforts in 2013 to build Motorola smartphones in Texas failed, while Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the United States (Verne Kopytoff / Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 6, 2025

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Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Bill Ackman says his fund took a new stake in Microsoft after the company’s recent stock price decline; Ackman says investors underestimated Microsoft (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

Browsing: smartphones

The Artemis II lunar mission is one of the first times NASA has allowed astronauts to fly with smartphones, giving them modified iPhones to take photos and videos (Kalley Huang/New York Times)

Lenovo’s Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to pre-install GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Asus President Jonney Shih said the company would not launch any new smartphones in 2026, signaling the brand’s exit from the Android market (James Peckham/PCMag)

Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level cross-device AI assistant for its Motorola computers and smartphones, arriving later this quarter (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy are growing in India’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)

U.S. judge rules that Google must renegotiate every year any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices (Bloomberg)

Netflix is shifting its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle and Tetris, playable on TVs with smartphones as controllers (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)

The American smartphones market increased by 1% in the second quarter; The share of American smartphone shipments assembled in China increased from 61% to T2’24 to 25% in the second quarter

The objective of the Apple supplier’s goal, one of the best smartphones manufacturers, has collected around 608 million dollars in its Hong Kong IPO, while the Chinese company seeks to develop abroad (Peggy Ye / Nikkei Asia)

Former Google staff members and others explain why Google’s efforts in 2013 to build Motorola smartphones in Texas failed, while Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the United States (Verne Kopytoff / Fortune)