Vivo's X300 Ultra Aims to Catapult You Into Hollywood StardomI tested the Vivo X300 Pro cameraphone in November 2025 and loved its overall performance and its huge detachable zoom lens. At Mobile World Congress 2026, the company is back with the X300 Ultra, a camera phone aimed squarely at video producers wanting to take the movie-making world by storm. I got to take a close look at the...

US asked Ukraine for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky saysJames LandaleDiplomatic correspondent, in KyivGetty ImagesThe US has asked Ukraine for help defending Gulf allies against Iranian drones, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.He said Ukraine's partners had been reaching out and there had been "requests from the American side". The Pentagon declined to comment.Zelensky made...

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PST · February 6, 2026 Image Credits:TechCrunch / Getty Images Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks like law and corporate analysis. At the time, the scores were pretty dismal, with every major lab scoring...

We're Tracking Streaming Price Hikes in 2026: Spotify, Paramount Plus, Crunchyroll and OthersThe start of a new year of streaming brims with anticipation for all the great things you'll watch. You could get hooked on an underrated show, binge the return of a favorite or stream a new Oscar Best Picture winner from your couch. Envisioning upcoming entertainment is better when you don't factor in...

World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warnsEPA/ShutterstockThe rules-based world order "no longer exists", German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned world leaders at a major security summit.Opening the annual Munich Security Conference, he said "our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big power politics, and Europeans must be ready to make "sacrifice". Merz also...