The Z Fold 8 is the new foldable to beat

The wide foldable is here, and it's glorious. The Verge's Dominic Preston has been reviewing Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, and joins the show to explain what this shorter, wider device gets right, what it's still missing, and why this looks like the right kind of foldable for most people. (Once the price comes down, anyway.) With a similar foldable iPhone likely coming soon, it's shaping up to be a fun year of foldables.

Further reading:

• OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face | The Verge

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• DoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division

• Willie Nelson is pushing back against data centers in his hometown.

• Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future

• Huawei beats Samsung and Apple to market with the first wide foldable

• A wide foldable iPhone dummy emerges amid rumors of a delay

• So long, small phones

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