# Phones are getting fun (and weird) again > Source: > Published: 2026-08-04 12:00:00+00:00 Hey, how’s it going? I hope you had a lovely weekend. I was off last week, relaxing by the water, trying to finish a harrowing[ Booker Prize-winning novel about Australian POWs during WWII](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17905709-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north), rekindling my love for [Love & Basketball](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199725/), and playing far too much [Lumines Remastered](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=games.sound.enhance.luminesremastered) on my Fold 8. I also caught up on the [latest drama between OpenAI and Anthropic](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-openai-lost-its-ai-crownand-the-fight-to-win-it-back-7d069695?st=b42mHw&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) and briefly considered switching to Deezer just so I could [whip the llama’s ass](https://newsroom-deezer.com/2026/07/winamp-announces-strategic-partnership-with-deezer-to-power-the-next-generation-of-its-iconic-music-player/) one more time. As a reminder, *Inbox* is the tech newsletter you should be able to read in around 95 seconds. We cover the most important 9to5Google stories from the last couple of days along with a few highlights from around the web. We publish every Tuesday and Thursday, and if you like what you read, [please subscribe](https://9to5google.beehiiv.com/subscribe).