Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 249th edition here with a breakdown of the tumultuous week for Reddit, more exclusive details on the Google Pixel 8, big updates for existing Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch, and a church
Read MoreGitLab Dedicated, a fully isolated, single-tenant SaaS edition of the GitLab devsecops platform, is now generally available. The service is hosted and managed by GitLab and deployed on Amazon Web Services. Launched June 15, GitLab Dedicated is geared to users with strict compliance requirements such as isolation, data residency, and private networking. Managed by GitLab,
Read MoreWelcome to the 488th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week: WhatsApp is allegedly working on multi-account support. This is a big deal. For a long time, people would need to install multiple copies of the app. It’s a feature that is only available on some Android phones.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority We fully expected the Samsung Galaxy S23 to take the Android phone market by storm when it launched in February 2023, and we weren’t wrong. It was hardly a bold prediction — Samsung has ruled the high-end Android world for a few years now, just as the latest iPhone
Read MoreYour phone’s portrait mode is no match for these portable, powerful point-and-shoot cams.
Read MoreThink of it as a budget version of Boston Dynamics’ Spot for beginner hackers. It ain’t cute, but you can teach it new tricks.
Read MorePlus: The arrest of an alleged Lockbit ransomware hacker, the wild tale of a problematic FBI informant, and one of North Korea’s biggest crypto heists.
Read MoreWhen you talk to hackers who’ve just finished an epic project, they’ll often start off with a very familiar refrain: “I had no idea what I was getting into.” And maybe they’ll even follow up with the traditional second line “If I knew how hard this was going to be, I probably wouldn’t have tried.”
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Opinion post by Edgar Cervantes Most manufacturers like to wrap you in their vines, making it hard for you to switch to the competition, but Apple is especially known for this. After making a career out of creating Android-focused content, I, too, seem to have fallen into Apple’s trap.
Read MoreWhat separates a good smartphone from one of the best phones money can buy? Often it’s as simple as a brilliant camera setup. This is especially true at the ultra-high-end of the market, where a sophisticated camera array is essential to command the big bucks, regardless of your brand of choice. Xiaomi knows this all
Read MoreApple made sure to showcase a 3D movie with Vision Pro – so what would we want to see in this new format?
Read MoreImage: Netflix Now that a week of video game news is complete, it’s time for… streaming news. Netflix is returning for its now-annual Tudum event, a livestream where it will showcase all of the latest news and trailers for its biggest franchises. That includes the ones that are already hits, like The Witcher, Bridgerton, and
Read MoreSan Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority It takes a great display to make a brilliant smartphone. Google’s most recent Pixel phones have been good in this regard, especially in realistic color reproduction. However, they’ve never quite matched the very best in some important areas, such as peak brightness and dynamic refresh rates. Google has frequently
Read MoreJune Yoon / Financial Times: Chipmakers like TSMC and Samsung race to curb emissions as chip manufacturing makes up most of a device’s carbon output, a tough job in fossil fuel-reliant Asia — Meanwhile sister companies with green energy knowhow look set to cash in — A greener future is not necessarily a lower-tech future.
Read MoreAnnie Murphy gets a little filthy and very funny as she fights for a better future for streaming. | Photo by Nick Wall / Netflix Right now in Hollywood, the screenwriters of the Writers Guild of America are on strike. And one reason they’re on strike is the fear that AI will take their jobs,
Read MoreLavender Au / Wired: A profile of Jack Ma, the Chinese tech icon who disappeared from public view for three months after regulators questioned him over a November 2020 speech — The iconic Alibaba founder disappeared from view after criticizing China’s government. He returned to the country in March—as a teacher, not a businessman.
Read MoreTake a deep breath, get up, and start moving with discounts on air purifiers, fitness trackers, and electric mowers.
Read MoreRadio trackers have become an important part of studying the movements of wildlife, but keeping one running for the life of an animal has been challenging. Researchers have now developed a way to let wildlife recharge trackers via their movements. With trackers limited to less than 5% of an animal’s total mass to prevent limitations
Read MoreWhen the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit’s community won’t ever be the same.
Read MoreA landmark right to repair law in Massachusetts is great for car owners. The US government argues it’s also great for hackers.
Read MorePlayers of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat make up some of the most diverse communities in esports, inviting queer gamers and characters to the arena.
Read MoreA landmark right to repair law in Massachusetts is great for car owners. The US government argues it’s also great for hackers.
Read MoreMost of us probably now have a smartphone, an extremely capable pocket computer — even if sometimes its abilities are disguised a little by its manufacturer. There are many contenders to the crown of first smartphone, but in that discussion it’s often forgotten that the first generally available such devices weren’t phones at all, but
Read MoreTonya Riley / CyberScoop: Genetic testing company 1health.io settles by paying $75K to the FTC for exposing sensitive health data, in the first FTC enforcement over genetic information — The case is the latest in a series of FTC enforcement actions focused on health data privacy and the first involving genetic information.
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