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The Quibi debacle, HUAWEI Mate 40 event, and more tech news you need to know
August 13, 2025
1. RIP Quibi
It wasn’t good, it wasn’t well-executed (no screenshots?!), and the content was a true mixed bag with few gems.
A fairly sad official announcement from Quibi HQ capped off the venture, which said it was winding down, and included the following quote:
The true Quibi post-mortems, via later books or documentaries, will be interesting.
2. Oops:Apple revealed Qualcomm’s own 5G modem roadmapand naming convention (Android Authority).
3.You might not need “Hey Google” to use Google Assistant on Smart Displays, with ultrasound potentially being used to activate the device (Android Authority).
Ahead of the reveal,HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro: Everything we know so far(Android Authority).
Indian smartphone shipmentsreach record high in Q3 2020, after lockdown lows (Android Authority).
6.Jony Iveis bringing his design talents to… Airbnb. Reminder, Ive was key in the iOS 7 refresh, which gave the iPhone a much more modern look (The Verge).
- Car design is about to change forever, and apparently,the design of the future is a …skateboard?(FastCo).
8.Tesla produced and delivered a record number of cars this quarter, but growth isn’t exactly a rocketship as competitors line up (Engadget).
Also, here’s even more detail showing how hard autonomous driving is:Watching unlisted driving videos from GM’s Cruise autonomous carsreveals some alarming behavior (Jalopnik).
Stunning imagesshow NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stirring up rocks on an asteroid(The Verge).
11. What even isfriction, anyway? (Wired).
12.Diabolical ironclad beetlesinspire tougher joints for engineering applications (Nature).
13.Banksy’s ‘Show me the Monet’ painting sold for $9.81 million at auction. The auction lasted eight minutes (The Guardian).
14.People are sharing the weirdest photos they found in real estate listings. I’ve lived in a place with the shower in the kitchen. It was…ok (deMilked).
- ELI5: “What do washers actually doin the fastening process?” (r/explainlikeimfive).
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