This week, Apple announced it was set to pay millions to iPhone users for its promised Siri AI, and Google revealed a different kind of Fitbit.
To stay up to date on all this and more, scroll down to read our roundup of the seven biggest tech news stories of the week.
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7. Google’s $3 USB ChromeOS is sold out
Last month, Google and Back Market announced a USB drive that can convert many old laptops into basic Chromebooks in minutes.
This week the drive sold out, but a new batch of ChromeOS converters should be available soon.
The reason you may want to switch is that ChromeOS is much less demanding than Windows and macOS. Sure, it has some limitations when it comes to app selection, but if it means you can use your old laptop instead of having to buy a new one, that’s a major win.
So if you want to revamp your old machine, take a look at ChromeOS Flex.
6. Is third time’s the charm for Star Fox?
Japanese video game giant Nintendo shocked us all with the sudden reveal of a new Star Fox for Switch 2… sort of. Simply titled Star Fox, the upcoming game is actually a remake of Star Fox 64, originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997.
This game has already been remade for the Nintendo 3DS (as Star Fox 64 3D) and the Wii U (with Star Fox Zero), and many fans were expecting a brand new entry.
Still, it looks impressive with cutting-edge graphics, new character designs, and an exclusive competitive online battle mode. This is in addition to support for a host of Switch 2 features like GameShare and GameChat, not to mention Joy-Con 2 mouse controls.
5. Announcement of an Android Show on the theme of Google I/O
Ahead of Google I/O – the company’s annual developer conference – we’ll have The Android Show: I/O Edition, which should give us a good overview of what’s in store for Android 17.
Last year, for reference, the Android Show included a preview of Google’s Material 3 Expressive interface overhaul, as well as Gemini Live, Gemini on new devices like watches and TVs, and new safety and security tools.
This year, we expect The Android Show to introduce features like a new liquid glass-like look, App Lock, and a motion assist feature to help reduce your motion sickness.
4. Vine is back?!
Vine spearheaded short-form video content in the 2010s, and it’s coming back in the form of a new platform called Divine, funded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey — the same guy who killed it in 2017.
In addition to hosting a nostalgic catalog of over 500,000 of some of its most famous six-second videos, Divine won’t rely on a single algorithm and will allow you to select how content comes to you through four options: home feed, discovery, trending and hashtag feed.
But nostalgia is just one of the platform’s goals, and it’s also taking a stand against AI-generated content by implementing a series of measures, including a user reporting system, machine learning detection, and Human-in-the-loop (HITL) techniques to ensure you only view content created by humans.
Divine is available by invitation only at the moment, but the platform plans a wider expansion in the coming months.
3. We reviewed the LG C6 OLED TV
We published our review of the LG C6 and the TV got all five stars. Not only does it carry over everything we loved about its predecessor, the LG C5, but it also offers some excellent improvements. The C6 comes with a new, faster processor, the Alpha 11 AI Gen 3, which is also used in the flagship LG G6 OLED. The C6 also offers better color accuracy and received a nice brightness boost over the C5.
Its overall picture quality is excellent, it’s a phenomenal gaming TV, and its webOS smart TV is one of the best on the market. The C6 easily set the benchmark for OLED TVs in 2026. Our review was of the 65-inch model, which uses the standard WOLED panel. We hope to review one of the primary Tandem RGB OLED models (the 48, 77, and 83-inch models) later this year.
2. Google Fitbit Air is here
We have a new Fitbit! The much-teased Google Fitbit Air has broken cover, and it’s a cheap screenless Fitbit to challenge the likes of Whoop in the “focus wearable” space. It’s pretty simple, as far as trackers go: a simple data collection PPG sensor with a gyroscope, temperature sensor, etc., with a choice of bands and all the information available in the app.
But it’s the app that makes this interesting: Fitbit becomes Google Health and the Fitbit Premium subscription has transformed into a full-featured AI fitness coach. This is a mandatory change even for existing Premium users, with the update rolling out over the coming weeks.
1. Apple paid for its AI problems
Apple’s delayed Siri features have caused many headaches for iPhone owners, and now Apple is willing to literally pay for its AI problems. Indeed, this week we heard details of a class-action lawsuit it settled in December, in which it agreed to pay customers a portion of $250 million — and you could end up paying up to $95 per device.
The case claimed that Apple promoted “AI capabilities that did not exist then, do not exist now, and will not exist for two years or more.” He also alleged that Apple’s Siri ads “saturate the Internet, television and other airwaves to create a clear and reasonable consumer expectation that these transformative features will be available as soon as the iPhone is released.”
To make a claim, you’ll need to be able to prove that you purchased an eligible device once Apple begins inviting claims (which is expected to happen within 45 days of May 5).
