Apple’s rumored entry into the foldable smartphone market, the iPhone Fold, has sparked widespread interest and speculation. With reports of innovative design elements and advanced features, this device is anticipated to compete directly with established players like Samsung’s ZFold series. The video below from Shane Craig gives us a detailed look at the latest […]
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I have a love-hate relationship with Spotify that might just be leaning more towards love today. While I struggle with some of the company's choices about the type of content it allows on its platform, I have always had a soft spot for its Wrapped roundups and the monthly audiobook hours included with my Premium subscription. For those like me, Spotify’s news today will likely enhance the appeal of its audiobook offerings. It’s announcing a partnership with Bookshop.org — which lets indie bookstores sell their wares online through a unified platform — allowing users to buy physical books from within its app, and launching a new Page Match feature that helps sync your progress across the physical books you read and the audiobooks in Spotify’s catalog. Also, the audiobook recap feature that summarizes the plot so far is expanding to Android this spring, following its iOS debut (in beta form) last fall.
Page Match is coming to all places where Spotify’s audiobooks are available, starting with the English language titles in its 500,000-strong library. Meanwhile, you can access Bookshop within the Spotify app in the US and the UK, where Bookshop operates.
Though I’m thrilled that this will mean easier and greater support of independent bookstores in those areas, I’m more excited by the prospect of Page Match, which I previewed at a recent launch event in the company’s offices in New York. I’m the sort of person who reads the same title in its ebook, physical and audio forms. (I often wish that a purchase of a physical book came with free ebook and audio versions, but that’s besides the point.)
While Kindles currently do a decent job of getting you to your latest page read across various devices, switching between, say, Martha Wells’ All Systems Red on Spotify and the paperback copy is not quite as easy. With Page Match, though, that should get a lot easier.
When you get access to the feature (which is rolling out today), you’ll find the Page Match button under the title of each audiobook. You’ll have to first look up the book on Spotify and tap into its full chapter list to find this, which means the book you want to use has to be one of the hundreds of thousands in the company’s library. Then, tap the green “Scan to listen” button if you’re looking to move over to the audio version or “Scan to read” below it if you’re switching over to a hard copy instead.
Whichever you pick, you’ll need to enable access to your device’s camera and then scan the page of the book you’re on. This should work on ereaders as well, and appears to be using some form of optical character recognition to match the part of the book to its audio counterpart.
If you’re scanning to listen, the process is fairly straightforward. Once you’ve placed the page in the viewfinder, the app will quickly jump to that very spot in the chapter track. I’ll note that it was hard for me to confirm whether this actually worked during my first demo, since I never felt like I found the words being spoken on the page I was looking at. In this case, it was Lights Out: An Into Darkness novel by Navessa Allen, and I mostly felt like the narration had simply gone past the page I was on, rather than a complete failure. Subsequent attempts with other books, like Stephen King’s It, were more effective.
Things get a bit trickier when you’re trying to move from audio book to the paper (or ereader). After pressing “Scan to read,” you’ll need to place a page in front of the camera and wait for it to tell you to move forward or backward. Ideally, you’d already know more or less where you were, so you won’t have to flip too many pages.
In my demo, because we were a few chapters too far from where we paused in the early part of It, there was a lot more page-turning required to get to the right spot. What I found helpful was the progress bar at the bottom of the screen, which highlighted the correct location and how far away we were from it. The instructions “Move forward” and “Move back” were clear and came up in a timely manner. When we finally landed on the right page, the screen highlighted the specific lines on the page to start from, too.
I have to caveat this with the observation that there were a few starts and stops during my demo, which were resolved once I established a solid internet connection. And though “Scan to read” did eventually work as promised, there was a bit of flipping around that seemed to be part of the process, which might be tedious and not quite the magical experience some might expect.
The good news is that Spotify seems to already be working on even more features to make it easier to read physical books in tandem with listening to audiobooks. The company said it sees “the future of reading as one that’s personalized, flexible, and built to move fluidly across formats and moments. Page Match is an early example of how Spotify is helping shape that future at scale. “
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra represents a bold step forward in smartphone design and functionality, blending innovative features with some contentious decisions. With its sleeker build, refined aesthetics, and a focus on premium functionality, the Ultra model stands as the centerpiece of Samsung’s flagship lineup. However, certain omissions and design tweaks have sparked debate, leaving […]
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How secure is your Synology NAS right now? If you haven’t updated it recently, the answer might be more alarming than you think. In this guide, SpaceRex explains how a newly discovered vulnerability, CVE-2026-24061, could allow attackers to gain unauthorized root access to your system with shocking ease. With a severity score of 9.8 out […]
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There’s something profoundly strange about seeing a perfect sphere sitting in the middle of nowhere. It doesn’t belong there in the way a building or a bridge would, yet somehow it looks like it’s been there forever. That’s the magic of Ninho Globo, a monumental stone installation by Paris-based studio Atelier Yokyok that just landed in the windswept landscape of eastern Portugal.
Picture this: you’re standing on a rocky plateau in Salvaterra do Extremo, a small border town where Portugal meets Spain. The terrain is rough, dotted with old dry stone walls and scrubby vegetation. And right there, perched on what used to be a farm, sits this five-meter sphere made entirely of local black schist, a rock that splits into beautiful flat layers. Against the sky, it looks like something that either fell from space or grew from the earth itself. Maybe both.
Designer: Atelier Yokyok
Atelier Yokyok, a four-person team founded by architects Samson Lacoste and Luc Pinsard (later joined by Laure Qaremy and Pauline Lazareff), built this sphere by hand with the local community. This wasn’t a case of a design team parachuting in with prefab materials and machines. They used the schist that’s native to this region, honoring the geological identity of the place while creating something that feels both ancient and futuristic.
What really gets you is how the piece plays with your sense of scale. From far away, Ninho Globo looks planetary, like a dark moon that’s settled into the landscape. The name itself means “Global Nest” in Portuguese, and that double meaning is intentional. Is it a celestial body? A giant nest? A seed pod waiting to crack open? It refuses to be just one thing, and that ambiguity is part of its power.
Then you get closer and notice the fissure. There’s a deliberate crack called the “Canyon” that cuts through the sphere, inviting you inside. Step through, and suddenly you’re in a hollowed-out chamber where the scale flips completely. Now you’re not looking at something massive. You’re inside it, cradled by layers of stacked stone, experiencing the weight and texture of the schist up close. The space is cool and shadowy, a shelter carved from geometry. It makes you think about what it means to inhabit a space, to be protected by it.
This kind of visceral, physical experience is what Atelier Yokyok does best. The studio has spent years exploring how our bodies interact with space, often using lightweight materials like textiles in their earlier work. But with Ninho Globo, they’ve shifted toward mineral permanence, something that will weather and age with the landscape rather than disappear. It’s a move that speaks to bigger questions about what we build, why we build it, and what we leave behind.
The project was part of Landscape Together, a program co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe initiative that brings artists, institutions, and local communities together to breathe new life into rural areas. Ninho Globo is now part of the permanent collection at Museu Experimenta Paisagem, an open-air museum dedicated to site-specific art. The work embodies something we’re seeing more of in contemporary art and architecture right now: a turn toward low-tech, community-driven projects rooted in place. In an era obsessed with speed and novelty, building something slowly, collectively, and with local materials feels almost radical.
There’s also something to be said about the location. This is a border territory, a place that exists in the margins between two countries. It’s not a tourist destination. It’s remote, rugged, and deeply connected to the rhythms of the land. Water is scarce here, and the hollowed interior of Ninho Globo speaks to that absence, turning it into a meditative space where geological memory becomes tangible.
What Atelier Yokyok has created isn’t just a sculpture. It’s a conversation starter about habitat, shared resources, and how we relate to the places we live. It’s about time, both geological and human. And it’s a reminder that sometimes the simplest shape, a sphere, can hold the most complex meanings.
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In the rapidly evolving world of smart home appliances, robot vacuums have transitioned from expensive novelties to essential household tools. However, for many homeowners—particularly those living in multi-storey properties like townhouses—the “set it and forget it” promise often falls short. Many mid-range robots struggle with complex layouts, lack the suction to handle diverse floor types, […]
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What if setting up your next 3D printer felt less like a chore and more like unwrapping potential? The Creality K2 Pro promises just that, a compact yet feature-packed machine designed to deliver precision and versatility right out of the box. In this overview, 123-3D explores how the unboxing and setup process of the K2 […]
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Samsung is poised to reshape the foldable smartphone landscape with the Galaxy Z Fold 8, a device that merges innovative design, enhanced performance, and innovative photography. By prioritizing the Z Fold 8 over its Galaxy Z Flip series, Samsung signals a strategic shift toward larger foldable devices. This decision reflects the company’s confidence in evolving […]
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What if you could create a professional-quality manga without ever picking up a pencil, or even knowing how to draw? Tina Huang explores how she built a fully functional manga drawing app, Manga Generator Studio, in just 24 hours, using a no-code development approach called “vibe coding.” This ambitious project combines AI-driven features with intuitive […]
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