Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system had become illegal monopolies. Today, that appeals court affirmed the lower court’s decision in Epic v. Google, according to an full opinion you can read below — and Google
Read MoreTesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month, a video of Tesla’s service in San Francisco shows a vehicle arriving with a human at the wheel, as reported earlier by Business
Read MoreCredit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Proton Authenticator is a new free, open-source 2FA app for mobile and desktop. It supports encrypted multi-device sync, local-only storage, and easy import/export of 2FA tokens. The app works with or without a Proton account and avoids things like ads and trackers. Authenticator apps are a great way to
Read MoreDuring its most recent earnings call, Samsung has re-confirmed that its Project Moohan Android XR headset is launching “this year.” Samsung has previously hinted at a 2025 release date, and this is the latest confirmation that it’s still on track. An earlier report suggested Project Moohan could be released as early as October. Samsung has
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Motorola will launch a special edition Razr in collaboration with Swarovski. New renders provide a look at the special edition phone from a variety of angles. This collaboration is limited to the vanilla Razr. A few weeks ago, we learned that Motorola was joining forces with jewelry maker Swarovski
Read MoreThe next chapter in Agent 47’s story arrives in the fall of 2025, as “Hitman: Absolution” brings stealth-focused action to iPhone and iPad. ‘Hitman: Absolution’ arrives on iOS, iPadOS this September In Hitman: Absolution, players reprise their role as Agent 47. Assigned to kill his former handler, the mission takes a turn when the fate
Read MoreStakeholders say the optimal size of funds to execute scaling strategies should be in the range of €200m to €300m. Read more: Irish scale-up firms face €1.1bn financing gap, finds new report
Read MoreThe National Lottery in the UK will shut down this weekend to put through its biggest tech update in decades. National Lottery draw game sales and all prize claims will be temporarily paused in shops, on the website, and in the app between 11pm on Saturday, August 2 and late in the morning on Monday,
Read MoreThe latest One UI 8 release makes it possible to use Samsung DeX on PCs again, though you’ll need a third-party tool called scrcpy to do so. Samsung previously discontinued its “DeX for PC” application, leaving users without the dedicated desktop interface on their computers. One UI 8’s new DeX can run on a virtual
Read MoreThe Google Pixel 10 series is just a few weeks away, and I’m keenly waiting to see what these new phones offer. One of the most intriguing and persistent rumors is that the base model will have a telephoto camera, but what about the Pro phones? It sounds like Google could maintain the same 48MP
Read MoreThe world needs more affordable Chromebooks that don’t suck, and the Asus Chromebook CX14 is a solid entry.
Read MoreGoogle Chrome on Android will let you require biometric authentication before autofilling passwords, adding a much-needed layer of security. This feature closes a loophole, as the existing biometric protection for autofill in Google Password Manager currently only applies to apps, not the browser. A newly discovered setting explicitly states this protection is “coming soon to
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge. The decision came after the internet regulator urged the government
Read MoreYou unlock your phone and bam, you’re greeted by an AI widget showing you the weather. Utter “Ok Google,” and there’s Gemini, ready to chat with you in whatever language you speak. Make a circular gesture on your screen, and voila, you’ve got information on whatever you were just staring at in wonder. We’re surrounded
Read MoreKerry-based Fexco Group has signalled a significant expansion into the UK with the acquisition of Sainsbury’s Travel Money. Read more: Kerry’s Fexco aquires Sainsbury’s Travel Money
Read MoreCredit: SammyGuru Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S25 FE will launch earlier this year. An August or early September release is likely, meaning the phone could go on sale well before October. The company also shared its plans to launch its first tri-fold phone, XR headset, new entry-level Galaxy A phones, and the Galaxy
Read MoreIt seems T-Mobile may be automatically switching some legacy customers to Go5G Plus plans starting August 13, claiming it comes at no extra cost. The change mostly affects Magenta Max users, with some T-Mobile One plans also reportedly included. While perks and pricing are said to remain the same, concerns remain about how this impacts older
Read MoreCredit: SammyGuru Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S25 FE will launch earlier this year. An August or early September release is likely, meaning the phone could go on sale well before October. The company also shared its plans to launch its first tri-fold phone, XR headset, new entry-level Galaxy A phones, and the Galaxy
Read MoreVoice actors and industry associations are sounding the alarm over the growing use of AI in dubbing, calling for increased regulations to protect quality, jobs and artists’ back catalogues from being used to create future dubbed work. “We need legislation: Just as after the car, which replaced the horse-drawn carriage, we need a highway code,”
Read MoreRadioShack’s Vintage Turntable looks great, and I really want to like it, but is a practical demonstration that nostalgia is a trap, and design isn’t everything. RadioShack Vintage Turntable review RadioShack has lurched back to life. Sort of. When we heard about the Vintage Turntable from the company, we had to give it a spin.
Read MoreElon Musk’s Boring Company plans to build a 10-mile underground transportation loop in Nashville connecting the airport to downtown, with private funding and a projected launch as early as fall 2026. “If that happens, Nashville would become the second city where The Boring Company has opened such a system, with the first being Las Vegas,”
Read MoreOver on his YouTube channel the vivacious [Stephen Hawes] tells us that we never need to buy solder stencils again! A big claim! And he is quick to admit that his printed solder paste isn’t presently quite as precise as solder stencils, but he is reporting good success with his technique so far. [Stephen] found
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Variety: Edward Saatchi isn’t totally sure people will flock to Showrunner, the new AI-generated TV show service his company is launching publicly this week. But he has a vote of confidence from Amazon, which has invested in Fable, Saatchi’s San Francisco-based start-up. The amount of Amazon’s funding in
Read MoreCredit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung’s offerings have become pretty exciting over the last couple of months. Thinner phone fans got the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, and foldable phone enthusiasts got the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Z Flip 7 FE. But despite all these additions to its portfolio, there’s no
Read MoreThis ad image is hardly clear — get closer to this Apple “Shot on iPhone” billboard before you decide what it’s showing you. A billboard and the original Shot on iPhone art – Image Credit: TommyGunMassacre/Reddit and Apple/Instagram The Shot on iPhone marketing campaign is well known for coming up with some creative shots. However,
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