After complaints from BBC, Apple plans an update “in the coming weeks” that will make it clearer to users when Apple Intelligence is summarizing notifications (Zoe Kleinman/BBC)

Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
After complaints from BBC, Apple plans an update “in the coming weeks” that will make it clearer to users when Apple Intelligence is summarizing notifications  —  Apple has said it will update, rather than pause, a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that has generated inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones.

Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for January 22 at 10AM PT in San Jose, where Galaxy AI updates, the Galaxy S25, and more are expected (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for January 22 at 10AM PT in San Jose, where Galaxy AI updates, the Galaxy S25, and more are expected  —  After plenty of leaks and rumors, we’re officially entering Samsung’s lead-up to the Galaxy S25 launch date, as the company has confirmed …

Meta says it’s testing an “Imagine Yourself” feature announced in September that automatically generates AI images of a user and puts them into that user’s feed (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Meta says it’s testing an “Imagine Yourself” feature announced in September that automatically generates AI images of a user and puts them into that user’s feed  —  Meta AI put a Redditor into “an endless maze of mirrors” as part of a new AI feature it is testing.

HDMI Forum unveils the HDMI 2.2 spec, with better audio sync and up to 96Gbps bandwidth for resolutions like 12K at 120Hz, some of which need an “Ultra96” cable (Darragh Murphy/Tom’s Guide)

Darragh Murphy / Tom’s Guide:
HDMI Forum unveils the HDMI 2.2 spec, with better audio sync and up to 96Gbps bandwidth for resolutions like 12K at 120Hz, some of which need an “Ultra96” cable  —  Plus a sneak peek at the new Ultra96 HDMI Cable  —  When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Samsung announces new Galaxy Book5 Pro and Book5 360 laptops with Intel Arrow Lake Core Ultra processors, available in the US, Canada, UK, and more in February (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Samsung announces new Galaxy Book5 Pro and Book5 360 laptops with Intel Arrow Lake Core Ultra processors, available in the US, Canada, UK, and more in February  —  Samsung has announced new Galaxy Book 5 Pro and 360 laptops featuring the NPU-packing (but not CoPilot Plus-qualifying) …

The Connectivity Standards Alliance announces that Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept its Matter certification for their own “Works With” programs (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
The Connectivity Standards Alliance announces that Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept its Matter certification for their own “Works With” programs  —  Buying a smart home product today means checking which ecosystems it works with by looking for the little “Works with Apple Home” …

Similarweb: DAUs of the Bluesky’s mobile app in the US grew 12% in December vs. 284% in November; Bluesky has 26.44M total users, after hitting 20M in November (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: DAUs of the Bluesky’s mobile app in the US grew 12% in December vs. 284% in November; Bluesky has 26.44M total users, after hitting 20M in November  —  Social network and X competitor Bluesky’s massive growth slowed in December in the U.S., after having surged from 9+ million …

AMD unveils Ryzen AI Max+, a laptop chip with new integrated memory and 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, claiming 84% faster rendering performance vs. the MacBook M4 Pro (Paul Alcorn/Tom’s Hardware)

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware:
AMD unveils Ryzen AI Max+, a laptop chip with new integrated memory and 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, claiming 84% faster rendering performance vs. the MacBook M4 Pro  —  Disruption is a daily thing.  —  AMD announced its ‘Strix Halo’ Ryzen AI Max series laptop processors here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas …