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Tim Cook hints at iCloud Plus tier for AI power users

Emma RothJul 30

Xbox CEO lays out priorities in memo after major ‘reset’

Jay Peters and Tom WarrenJul 30

Stevie BonifieldJul 30

Roblox is planning new voice and video chat features.

After announcing it’s shutting down Roblox Connect, Roblox said in its latest earnings report that it’s working on adding “integrated voice calls” and video chat, as alternatives to tools like Discord.

Our roadmap includes a plan to provide users the option to video chat with friends or stream with their Roblox avatar. Because the calls will originate within the Roblox app and accompany users as they move between games, they deliver a safer, richer, more immersive connection than any off-platform alternative.

Apple’s iPhone and Mac sales keep growing despite RAM shortages

Emma RothJul 30

Jay PetersJul 30

Reddit is planning something new in video.

The company’s Q2 2026 shareholder letter mentions that “we’re reimagining how users and communities connect, share, and consume content through a modernized video experience on Reddit.” Wonder if it will make Reddit yet another app with a vertical video feed. The platform turned on video replies in May.

Daily active uniques also reached 130 million users. However, the company is facing “headwinds in users coming from search,” says CEO Steve Huffman.

Image: Reddit

Jay PetersJul 30

Senators call on Apple to not buy Chinese-made RAM chips.

Apple has reportedly been seeking permission to buy memory from CXMT, a blacklisted Chinese supplier.

“We urge Apple to abandon any effort to incorporate memory from CXMT, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), or any other Chinese state-backed supplier into any of its products,” the Senators wrote in a letter to CEO Tim Cook.

Citing core national security and economic reasons, Schumer demands Apple reject Chinese military-linked chips

[U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York]

Stevie BonifieldJul 30

Chrome for Android has custom new tab page backgrounds now.

As spotted by 9to5Google, you can change the background to different colors and images, including uploading your own, and set the background to refresh everyday, like on the desktop version of Chrome. The new backgrounds are under “Customize new tab page” in Chrome’s three dots menu.

A screenshot of new tab page customization options on Chrome for Android

1/2Image: Google

Richard LawlerJul 30

Wonder Man won’t have a second season on Disney Plus.

A show almost canceled as a tax write-off before it ever aired is now canceled, according to Variety, despite Variety’s report that it was renewed in March.

Our S1 review mentioned that “by the end of the season, you get the sense that Simon and Slattery could go on to become one of Marvel’s more novel riffs on a superhero team,” and a source in today’s report says the show’s characters could pop up elsewhere in the currently-under-renovation-MCU.

‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+

[Variety]

LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button

Jay PetersJul 30

Richard LawlerJul 30

More Odyssey in IMAX.

Christopher Nolan’s three-hour movie has had additional 70mm IMAX showtimes added, which are now scheduled to run through September 16th.

After experiencing the movie in both standard widescreen and IMAX, our reviewer Charles Pulliam-Moore wrote that “By shooting The Odyssey completely in 70mm, Nolan crafted a film whose size and visual detail could make it feel immersive in ways that most modern features aren’t.” Might be worth getting a ticket, even if AI bots aren’t much help.

Jay PetersJul 30

The Epic Games Store launches on iOS in Brazil.

Apple recently started allowing alternative app marketplaces in Brazil following a long legal dispute, during which Epic originally announced that the store would be launching in the country.

The store will have Fortnite and Rocket League Sideswipe, Epic says.

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Epic Games Store Comes to iPhones in Brazil as Apple Obstructs App Store Competition

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NASA’s Curiosity rover found a ‘sea of polygons’ on Mars

Stevie BonifieldJul 30

Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body

Emma RothJul 30

Jay PetersJul 30

The Xbox app is now rolling out on Hisense TVs.

Microsoft said Thursday that it’s been rolling the app out “over the past month” to supported TVs running Hisense’s VIDAA OS. The company announced earlier this year that the app was on the way.

The Xbox app is also available on select Samsung TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, and LG TVs.

XBOX App Available on Hisense and VIDAA OS-powered TVs

[XBOX Wire]