Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Big-name smartphone brands such as Apple, Samsung, and Google all delivered arguably evolutionary upgrades for the most part in 2022. Nevertheless, there’s still plenty to like about the Galaxy S22 Ultra, iPhone 14, and Google Pixel 7 series. Although they made have grabbed most of the headlines, these weren’t
Read MoreIf you’ve ever owned a shortwave radio, you’ve probably listened at least a little to the BBC World Service. After all, they are a major broadcasting force, and with the British Empire or the Commonwealth spanning the globe, they probably had a transmitter close to your backyard. Recently, the BBC had a documentary about their
Read MoreOnline or in-store, you can get a black or white Symfonisk bookshelf speaker for $99.99, a $20 discount off its usual price. This is the second-gen model developed alongside Sonos, complete with Wi-Fi connectivity so you can use it to complete your Sonos surround sound setup. It supports Apple AirPlay 2 for easy audio streaming
Read MoreThe iPhone 6s battery. Apple changed the game when it launched the original iPhone in 2007. It introduced us to multitouch displays, usable mobile web browsing, and, sadly, non-removable batteries. The latter trend has spread throughout the smartphone industry, becoming the standard for almost all phones in 2022. That might change if a newly proposed
Read MoreThe option to upgrade to new Home architecture has been removed from iOS 16.2 | Image: Apple / The Verge Apple has apparently removed the option to upgrade to the new HomeKit architecture on devices running iOS 16.2. The change follows multiple reports of issues and problems with the Home app after the upgrade was
Read MoreApple has been accused of choosing profit over human rights, with two reports pointing to Apple’s App Store decisions in China, Hong Kong, and Russia.
Read MorePhoto by Sean Hollister / The Verge Remember when Hasbro announced it’d let you put your 3D-printed face on a fully licensed Star Wars, Marvel, Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, or Power Rangers action figure for $60 plus tax? Well, my Hasbro Selfie Series figure just arrived this week — and while it’s not a perfect resemblance,
Read MoreSteve Dent / Engadget: Google open sources two of its latest privacy-enhancing technologies, including one that blurs objects in a video, as part of its Protected Computing initiative — Google has announced that two of its latest privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), including one that blurs objects in a video …
Read MoreBrian Cronin / CBR: The US Copyright Office rules that a comic book made using AI art is ineligible for copyright protection, reversing a September 2022 decision — Reversing an earlier decision, the United States Copyright Office rules that a comic book made using A.I. art is ineligible for copyright protection
Read MoreEditing your photos on your iPhone is one thing, but editing your photos on your Mac can take your photography skills to a whole ‘nother level. Work like the pro you are with these photo editing apps.
Read MoreReddit users report seeing horizontal lines on their iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models. It could be a bug, not a hardware issue.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: YouTube acquires NFL Sunday Ticket residential rights for seven years, starting in 2023, sources say for ~$2B per year; DirecTV reportedly currently pays $1.5B — Video streamer to pay annual fee of roughly $2 billion under seven-year deal — Created with sketchtool.
Read MoreEntrepreneurs can be both built and born. The same is true for the businesses themselves. Some are born organically, and some grow inorganically. There’s no single right or wrong strategy for growth. When it comes to growing a business, entrepreneurs and executives have two primary options: they can either buy an existing business or build
Read MoreThe epidemic has largely subsided, but largely because queer men seem to have learned more from AIDS and Covid-19 than the authorities did.
Read MoreBig savings over at Verizon – that’s almost an iPhone for free. If you order quickly, you might even get it in time for Christmas.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Each week, we have a special event here at Android Authority known as Wallpaper Wednesday. In this weekly series, we post a collection of wallpapers created by both our readers and members of our staff. Some of the content you share with us is quite astounding, so that’s why,
Read MoreEben Upton, the CEO of Raspberry Pi Ltd, says that he hopes 2023 will signal a recovery from the supply chain shortages of the past several years. But if your hope is to purchase a Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023, there’s some bad news on that front. Upton says the firm’s updated single-board computer won’t
Read MoreBloomberg: Customs data: Chinese companies imported $2.3B worth of semiconductor manufacturing machines in November, down 40% YoY and the lowest level since May 2020 — China’s purchases of machines to make computer chips contracted in November to their lowest in more than two years …
Read MoreA new “early stable” release will be available to a small group of people one week earlier than the scheduled stable release date. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is changing the release cycle for its Chrome web browser, the company announced in a blog post, adding a new early preview of
Read MoreForbes: A profile of stablecoin developer Tether, which has withstood huge redemption runs during the current brutal crypto winter, competition, and regulatory pressure — Amid crypto’s existential crisis, its largest liquidity provider, Tether, has withstood multiple multibillion-dollar redemption runs.
Read MoreThis wearable heats up, vibrates, and soothes sore eyes and temples. I don’t want to take it off.
Read More(Photo: Tingey Injury Law Firm/Unsplash)Microsoft’s tumultuous attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard has largely focused on the voices of its competitors (namely Sony). But of all who are likely to feel the acquisition’s impact, console gamers have been the quietest bunch—until now. Gamers have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in an effort to stave off the
Read MoreThe market for non-fungible tokens took a nosedive this year. Now, die-hard evangelists think the key to success is finding different ways to use them.
Read MoreThe storm’s scale and severity is unprecedented. Almost everyone in America, and a fair few in Canada, will feel its force.
Read MoreUnlike the elevated horror of years past, this new(ish) genre finds a catchy, goofy premise and sticks to it.
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