Apple Podcasts is getting an enhanced video experience this spring 7:06 AM PST · February 17, 2026 Apple is taking on YouTube and Spotify with a new video podcast experience launching in the spring. Users will be able to switch between watching and listening to shows in the Apple Podcasts app, which will begin using the company’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) video...

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing a full 45-minute all-hands meeting video on X, making it publicly accessible. Details of the Tuesday night meeting were previously reported by The New York Times, which may have influenced xAI’s decision to post the video online. The full video reveals significant new details about...

MWC 2026 Updates: News, Updates and Product Announcements What we expect at MWC 2026 By Mike Sorrentino Google's exhibit at MWC 2025 was Android Avenue. Tara Brown/CNETMobile World Congress is one of the biggest showcase events for the mobile phone industry. Taking place in Barcelona, the annual conference features everything from high-profile phone launches to the display...

German activist jailed in Hungary for attacks at Nazi rallyReutersGerman left-wing activist Maja T. has been sentenced to eight years in prisonA German activist has been sentenced to eight years in a Hungarian prison for assaulting right-wing extremists and for being a member of an extreme left-wing group.The 25-year-old, identified only as Maja T., was found guilty of involvement in violent...

War in Ukraine spills into Hungarian electionNick ThorpeBudapest correspondentReutersThe two leaders have not spared barbs for each-other recentlyWar-torn Ukraine "will stop at nothing" to prevent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party winning the upcoming Hungarian elections, the Hungarian government claims. Physical violence against the prime minister and his family, and attacks or...