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You Won’t Look At Apple’s Siri AI The Same Way After Watching This (Video)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Google, Software, Videos,
Here's the story you probably heard: Apple fell behind on AI, panicked, and quietly handed Siri over to Google. So when a much smarter Siri showed up at WWDC, the case seemed closed. Siri was just Gemini wearing an Apple logo. It was a tidy narrative, repeated everywhere, and it turns out to be wrong.
During WWDC, I was invited to a closed-door media briefing with Craig Federighi and his team. Craig took the Google question head-on, first walking us through how a typical chatbot app like ChatGPT or Gemini works, then explaining what Apple built instead. His conclusion was blunt: "The amount of Google Assistant we use is none." No Gemini client code in iOS, none of the models Google deploys to its own customers, and not even Google Search as the foundation of Siri's world knowledge.
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Apple’s visionOS 27 Update is Actually Insane (Video)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Wearables, Software, Videos,
You can probably recite the joke by now: Vision Pro is a very expensive iPad strapped to your face. I've heard it for two years. However, after going hands-on with the visionOS 27 developer beta, I think that joke is finally running out of road.
Start with Siri, because Apple basically started over. On visionOS 27, the assistant lives in your room as a small 3D orb you can park anywhere - next to your monitor, above the couch, wherever - and it stays anchored there. There's no wake word anymore, either. A new interaction called Look and Speak means you just glance at the orb and start talking. That sounds small. In practice, it removes the most awkward thing about talking to a headset.
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Apple’s Long-Promised New Siri Is Finally Here, If You’re Willing to Beta Test iOS 27
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Software,
Apple has been promising a smarter, more personal Siri for so long that it started to feel like a running joke. The assistant that was supposed to understand your life, dig through your apps, and actually get things done kept slipping - announced, delayed, quietly pushed to “next year.” Well, next year is here. The new Siri just made its public debut in the iOS 27 beta, and for the first time you can actually try the thing Apple has been talking about for what feels like forever.
There’s a catch, though. A few of them, actually. This isn’t a switch that flips on your iPhone tomorrow. You have to opt into a public beta, join a waitlist, own a fairly recent iPhone, and live in the right part of the world. The upside, though, is that once you get in, the new Siri is...actually really good. For Apple, that would be a first.
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Faraday Future Announces 4 New Robots Pushing Further Away from EV Sales
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Corporate News,
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Faraday Future, the EV startup whose car-delivery numbers have historically looked like a group chat headcount, has a new pitch: buy its robots. The company is now showing off a lineup that includes a humanoid, a quadruped, and an industrial robot arm - because when Plan A is hard, sometimes you add legs. |
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From the event floor: I was at Faraday Future’s El Segundo launch event, where the company introduced four new EAI devices: the full-size All-New Futurist humanoid, the FX Navi quadruped, and two smaller humanoid concepts called Master Mini and Nova. The core pitch was that FF can take the AI and software work it has done for cars and extend it into robots for homes, schools, factories, and public spaces. It was an ambitious reset for a company still trying to prove it can ship at scale - and a reminder that in 2026, every mobility company eventually finds its way to robotics. |
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The awkward bit: Faraday said in January 2025 it had sold “15 or 16” vehicles. Now it expects over 100 robot shipments in June and says first-half shipments should top its 220-unit target. That’s not a comeback story yet - but it is a very expensive side quest. I’ll be keeping my eye on this one. |
Why the ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Is the Ultimate Field Laptop for Creators
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, PC / Laptop, Product Reviews,
Imagine a 13-inch laptop that costs $3,000 and doesn't even have a dedicated graphics card. Sounds like a tough sell. But somehow, this machine manages to trade blows with an RTX 4060.
This is the ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition. It goes way deeper than a simple brand collaboration. ASUS actually baked real software and hardware integration into this device. It is easily one of the most purpose-built machines for creators on the market today. Let's dive into what makes it special.
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Xiaomi 17 Review: The Compact Flagship That Forgot to Act Small
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Features, Product Reviews,
The global Xiaomi 17 arrives in a market where “small phone” usually means “some compromises included.” Smaller battery. Smaller camera ambition. Smaller sense of occasion. Xiaomi clearly did not get that memo. This thing shows up with a 6.3-inch display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, three 50-megapixel rear cameras, and a 6,330mAh silicon-carbon battery, all in a body that still reads as compact by 2026 standards. It launched globally on February 28, starting at €999 and £899, which puts it directly in the ring with Samsung, Google, and Apple’s smaller flagships.
And that is the whole story of the Xiaomi 17. It is not trying to be the weird one in the lineup. It is not the camera monster, and it does not have the Ultra’s headline-grabbing hardware. It is the phone for people who want a top-tier Android device that still fits in a real pocket, and according to multiple reviews, it mostly nails that brief. The consensus is simple: excellent battery life, strong overall camera performance, a great display, and the usual Xiaomi software mess that stops the whole thing from feeling truly effortless.
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The Journey of Andru Edwards: A Tech Creator’s Impact on Brands and Millions at Forbes Creator Upfronts
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Features, Videos,
If you look closely at the creator economy, you will find a few pioneers who helped build the foundation. For tech creator Andru Edwards, the journey started with a simple fascination. Tech has always felt like magic. Holding a thin piece of glass and seeing a face pop up from 3,000 miles away is incredible. Sharing that magic has grown into a community of nearly a million people.
Let's look at how tech content creation evolved from early web trends into a massive driver for global brands.
Apple’s Master Plan: Why the MacBook Neo’s Flaws Are Actually Its Features
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There is a question nobody in the tech space seems to want to answer right now. What if the best computer for most people isn't the most powerful one?
Apple just announced the new MacBook Neo for $599. It features an A18 Pro chip, comes in four fun colors, and has the tech crowd losing their minds over what it lacks. We need to talk about why those missing features are actually a brilliant move.
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Why the iPhone 17e is Genius (Video!)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Features, Product Reviews, Videos,
The iPhone 17e is the affordable iPhone Apple should have made from the start. At the same $599 price, it fixes nearly every major complaint people had about the last model with the A19 chip, 256GB of base storage, MagSafe, the new C1X modem, Ceramic Shield 2, and smarter camera features. In this video, I break down the six upgrades that make the 17e feel less like a budget compromise and more like a real member of the iPhone 17 lineup.
What makes this phone so interesting is not just the spec sheet, but how much better the everyday experience looks this time around. Faster wireless charging, more storage at no extra cost, better durability, and a more capable camera all add up to a phone that feels much easier to recommend. If you skipped the previous model because it felt like Apple was holding back, this breakdown shows why the iPhone 17e may be the value pick in the lineup.
Lucid Gravity Grand Touring Review: Fast, Smart, and Almost Unreal
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Product Reviews, Transportation,
There is a very specific fantasy car that keeps showing up in the EV era. It seats a whole family without punishment. It looks expensive without trying too hard. It charges fast enough to make road trips feel normal again. It handles like something much smaller than it is. And it does all of that without becoming another giant rolling refrigerator.
The 2026 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring gets shockingly close to that fantasy.
In its most efficient factory configuration, Lucid says it can go up to 450 miles on a charge. In the real world, that number moves around a lot depending on wheels, tires, and seating layout. The borrowed example here, loaded up with the third row and bigger wheels, wore a 386-mile EPA label, which already tells you the most important thing about the Gravity: this is a vehicle where configuration matters a lot.
The bigger story is that Lucid did not build a soft, compromised family hauler and then sprinkle performance on top. The Gravity Grand Touring makes 828 horsepower, uses a 123-kWh battery, supports charging at up to 400 kW, and has become the rare three-row EV that is both genuinely practical and genuinely exciting to drive. The Gravity is very fast, very spacious, very clever, and still a little unfinished around the edges.
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