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You know that one friend who somehow knows everything about money? Yeah. Now imagine they live in your phone. Say hey to Experian, your big financial friend. It's the app that helps you check your FICO score, find ways to save, and basically feel like a financial genius. And guess what? It's totally free. So go on, download the Experian app. Trust me, having a BFF like this is a total game changer.
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Oh, so it's tech news you want. Apple has been making some positively wacky moves lately, with notoriously accurate analyst Ming Chi Kuo claiming A more affordable MacBook is coming next year with an A18 Pro processor. Yeah, as in the chip that powers the iPhone 16 Pro. If any other company was putting a phone CPU in a laptop, we'd probably all immediately burst out laughing. But this is an Apple silicon chip. Scientists don't even know how to measure its upper limits. I'm pretty sure it could power an Iron man suit, lending some credence to Kuo's claim. Macrumor said they spotted references to this iPhone book in some backend code last year. So Kuo also made it clear Apple ain't giving up on spatial computing just yet, predicting a new Vision Pro with an M5 chip launching this year, a Vision Air and XR glasses in 2027, followed by a Vision Pro 2 in 2028. Maybe by then they'll have stopped trying to slither around EU regulations like they did last week when they announced a new tiered commission system that punishes iOS app developers with less visibility on the App Store and the removal of basic features unless they Pay Apple a 13% commission on external purchases. Apple also said they have no choice but to withhold some iOS 26 features from EU users due to bureaucratic complexities introduced by the so called Digital Markets Act. And they implore regulators to consider making it easier for small businesses such as themselves to make a living. And say hi to your mother for me. The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their users, indicating that similar laws passed in nearly half of all US states are totally fine, despite pornhub ceasing operations in many of them. And horndogs have nowhere else to go. Twitter's not a thing anymore. The ruling is igniting dicksaurce. I mean discourse around how such laws interact with the First Amendment, AKA free speech, with some analysts saying age verification could demolish the Internet as a tool for speech and that the Supreme Court judges are scared of nudity. And while there are legitimate concerns about how easy it is to legalize censorship as long as you're doing it to protect the kids. More and more countries and US States are passing age verification laws for social media too. Now if we could just find a way to do it without forcing people to upload their driver's licenses or something because because we'd have to start giving kids driver's licenses, and that's a whole nother can of worms. Supposed human person Mark Zuckerberg has announced all of Meta's AI stuff is being restructured under a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by Scale AI founder Alexander Wang, who was recruited earlier this month as part of a $14 billion investment in Scale AI. Zuck also treated himself to some billionaire fun you know, he splurged a bit, offered massive pay packages, and successfully poached 11 top researchers from Google, Anthropic and especially OpenAI, where so many employees were getting Meta offers that the company is now recalibrating compensation for staff and giving them the whole week off so the execs can please have quiet in the office for five seconds. Meta wants all those AI researchers because a Meta's models need some serious work to catch up and b they really want AI in every corner of their products, including Facebook, where users have reported being shown AI versions of private pictures from their camera roll. This is a feature, not a bug. In the US at least, some users were shown a pop up with allow and disallow options for letting Meta AI automatically AI ify your private photos in the eu. Some users say they got an email to opt out, which was likely missed by many. Regardless, you can opt out yourself on the Facebook mobile app. Can't do it on desktop by going to settings, then preferences, then camera roll sharing suggestions. Meta AI, the personal AI that understands you because it already went through all of your how about instead you go through hell and back in our sponsor War Thunder, the game that immerses you in intense combat with more than 2,500 incredibly detailed tanks, planes, helicopters and ships, and one of the most sophisticated vehicle damage models in gaming. We're talking individual components like engines, fuel tanks, weapons and even crew members. This is still a video game. They're a component all susceptible to damage or disabling by enemy shells or missiles, different types of which behave differently according to the type of armor you have equipped. It's science. You can learn about how all those things interacted to cause you to blow up using the X ray view, which would be great to have in real life join a worldwide community of over 70 million players in one of the most comprehensive vehicle combat games ever made. Check out War Thunder for free today on PC console and mobile using our links. What now? You want quick bits? Tell me you're joking. Microsoft is making it easier for regular non business users to stay on Windows 10 for an extra year by making extended security updates free for users who sync their PC settings to Windows Backup with their Microsoft account. You can still pay 30 bucks if you prefer, or you can now redeem 1000 Microsoft Rewards points if you know what those are. Cause I don't. Microsoft's even just providing an option in Windows Settings to enroll in the ESU program because Windows 10's end of support in October is fast approaching. And I guess they'll do anything to stop you from migrating to Linux, for they know the pain that awaits you there. Anchor has announced another recall for five more of the company's power banks, the A1257, A1647. I'm not gonna read all of those. They don't exactly roll off the tongue. Unlike the previous recall of the PowerCore 10,000 power bank, there are reportedly no reports of splosions, but Anker figured, hey, why not try being proactive and do something to stop their batteries from exploding before they explode? It's weird and new, but they're open minded. Canada has canceled plans to enact a digital services tax on American tech companies, the first payments of which were supposed to start coming in today. US President Trump ended all trade talks with Canada on Friday in response to the tax, which left Canada feeling pretty dumb. So, you know, sorry, boot that. And after making their tiny humanoid robots fight each other physically, China is making them play the world's most popular game, football. While humans may love it, the robots show no celebration whatsoever when they score a goal, but they do capture the spirit of the game perfectly in one respect, these bots take some of the most dramatic dives I've ever seen for no discernible reason at all. Oh what? They're bringing out the stretcher? Come on, he's fine. I won't be fine if you don't come back on Wednesday for more tech news, though it'll be as emotionally damaging to me as it is to soccer players, none of whom have ever suffered a single real injury. I love sports.