About Tony Simons

Tony has a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix and over 14 years of writing experience between multiple publications in the tech, photography, lifestyle, and deal industries.

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Sora 2 Review: The Most Fun AI Video Tool Right Now

Final Score 4.0 / 5 ★★★★☆ Try Sora (Plus $20/mo) Quick Specs PlatformSora App Price$20/mo (Plus) Best ForEveryday creators StandoutCharacters/Casting Weak Spot2+ character dialogue VibeSocial + remixable Sora 2 (Sora App) The most fun AI video tool I’ve used. Not perfect, but the Characters/Casting + social layer makes it a daily driver. The Good (Why […]

iOS 26.3 Beta 1 Is Out, Here’s What’s New So Far

BETA CHECK DEV BUILD Quick Take TL;DR iOS 26.3 Dev Beta 1 Roundup Early days, but two themes pop: a smoother iPhone-to-Android exit ramp, and a new Notification Forwarding clue that could matter a lot. Transfer to Android appears as a built-in Settings flow, aiming to make switching less miserable (and less app-dependent). Notification Forwarding […]

Foldable iPhone Leak Points To Touch ID And Two 48MP Cameras

LEAK CHECK PROTOTYPE Quick Take TL;DR Foldable iPhone Leak Touch ID might be back, and Apple could use two different selfie camera setups across two screens. The leak claims Apple’s first foldable iPhone is a book-style foldable that prioritizes thinness over stuffing in every familiar iPhone feature. That tradeoff reportedly means side-mounted Touch ID instead […]

Is Nano Banana Pro Worth It For Businesses And Freelancers?

ROI CHECK BREAK EVEN Quick Take TL;DR Nano Banana Pro ROI Is it worth paying for? Here’s the math-driven version. Nano Banana Pro is Google’s more “work-focused” image generation and editing option, built for higher accuracy and better control than quick image generators. In practice, access usually comes through Gemini subscription tiers (or via the […]

What is Vibe Coding? The New Trend That Kills Code Quality.

The Quick Answer: Vibe Coding is a software development method where the human developer focuses entirely on high-level “intent” (natural language prompts) and delegates the actual code writing to an AI. Popularized by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, it prioritizes speed and flow over code cleanliness, treating the underlying codebase as a temporary artifact managed […]