By estherdidsang@gmail.com 
This week, we were treated to Google AI updates galore at Google I/O 2026, and Apple announced the date of its own software showcase keynote: WWDC 2026.
To catch up on all this and more, scroll down to read our highlights of the biggest tech news stories of the week.
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7. The Trump Phone saga got worse
Last week, we reported on what was hopefully the end of the T1 Trump Phone’s saga: it is being shipped out to customers. Though this week we have terrible news, and that’s the personal data of seemingly everyone who bought one has been leaked, thanks to a security exploit on the Trump Mobile website.
This includes names, addresses, and “everything short of credit card number,” said YouTuber Coffeezilla via his Voidzilla sidechannel (who was one of the people affected by the leak).
This leak also seemingly revealed that only around 30,000 orders have actually been placed for the T1 Phone, and only from roughly 10,000 distinct customers, which is a far cry from the previous estimates of around 590,000.
6. Apple set a WWDC date
Knowing when Apple will hold WWDC and knowing the exact day and time of the keynote are two different things. One is a signal to mark your calendar and make travel plans, the other (that keynote) is a trigger for deep rumination about all Apple will say and do. Now that we know it’s June 8 at 10AM PST, we’ve been pondering that big Google Gemini-backed Siri reveal, platform updates galore, a folding tease (please), and Tim Cook’s CEO swan song. What a wild day it will be.
5. Nvidia gave up on gamers?
Nvidia has seen incredible growth thanks to the AI boom — turns out making the metaphorical mining tool in the AI gold rush (with its processors being an essential component for data centers that power the largest models) makes you a killing. However, its latest investor call announced not only a record-breaking quarter, but also that it’ll be grouping how it reports sales for GPUs bought by gamers with those bought for robotics, automotive, and telecoms needs.
This change in strategy lines up with the rumor that we won’t see any new GPUs from Nvidia this year at all, as it seems Team Green is turning its back on PC gamers somewhat.
The move to bury graphics sales in Nvidia’s financial reports feels like another step on this path of marginalizing the GeForce family. We shouldn’t jump to conclusions, but it does feel somewhat ominous.
4. We played Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
After going hands-on with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced at a Ubisoft preview event in Paris last month, we can safely say that this is a remake done extremely well. It has all the makings of a fabulously refreshed experience, taking one of the best games in the series, giving it a boost mechanically and a glow-up aesthetically, and still ensuring the right balance of the original’s spirit with some game-enhancing modernizations.
Combat has been overhauled to be much more action-oriented, and while there’s a clear influence of recent games in the series like Assassin’s Creed Mirage here, it still retains that flow, style, and piratical action that made Edward Kenway such a joy to take on in combat all those years ago. The world of the Caribbean in the Golden Age of Piracy looks absolutely breathtaking, controls have been tightened, exploration feels more organic and natural, and there are even big changes to those pesky and annoying insta-fail stealth missions.
We didn’t get to see much of the brand-new content that’s been made for Resynced, but we’re excited to dive back in and devour everything the original had, and more, all over again when the game releases on July 9.
3. We tested Sony’s expensive headphones
Sony has launched its most expensive wireless headphones to date, the Sony 1000X The Collexion. The idea here is to take the technology of the super-popular WH-1000XM6, power it up even further with a next-gen processor and new advanced audio transducer design, and then add its most comfortable and premium physical design on top of that. Has it worked? Well, in our Sony 1000X The Collexion review, we had high praise for their more spacious and detailed sound, and their absolutely supreme levels of comfort and beautiful metal finish. So are they worth their steep $649 / £550 price? Well, that’s a bit more contentious…
2. Google I/O delivered Android XR… kinda
We’ve known since last year that 2026 will be Google’s year of the smart glasses, and at I/O we finally saw that promise in all its glory as Samsung unveiled a pair of pairs from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. Attendees also got to experience Xreal’s Project Aura glasses.
As expected, they’re essential Ray-Ban Meta glasses but powered by Google Gemini — though that’s not necessarily a bad thing given the popularity of Meta’s specs.
The only catch? We didn’t get prices or release dates for any of this tech, though Samsung did promise its glasses would land in the “Fall” (so either September, October, or November).
1. Google I/O brought AI galore
Google I/O 2026 kicked off this week, and if you were worried/hoping (delete as appropriate) that artificial intelligence (AI) was a passing craze, think again. The software giant revealed incoming Gemini-powered upgrades for Search, Android, Google Docs, online shopping, and even YouTube (yes, really) at its annual developer conference, meaning AI is likely to touch your life one way or another, sooner rather than later.
In fact, Google is so confident about the all-encompassing nature of its new software tools that the company used an iPhone (not a Pixel) to demo Gemini Spark at Google I/O. Was that a warning shot to Apple, or an olive branch? Maybe we’ll find out at WWDC…
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