Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Anonymous sources have told a reliable news outlet that ByteDance will not sell TikTok. In light of the United States ban, ByteDance will fight using all legal maneuvers possible. However, if all else fails, the company would rather pull TikTok from the US than sell it. Earlier this week,
Read MoreU.S. authorities consider DJI a security threat. Congress is weighing legislation to ban it [non-paywalled link], prompting a lobbying campaign from the company, which dominates the commercial and consumer drone markets. The New York Times: DJI is on a Defense Department list of Chinese military companies whose products the U.S. armed forces will be prohibited
Read MoreMicrosoft started testing ads in its beta releases of the Windows operating system a few weeks ago. It looks like Microsoft has added those ads in the update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week. If you recently installed the Windows 11 KB5036980 update, you may have seen ads on your Start Menu. The ads
Read MoreFile Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here’s how to use it on your Mac. Connecting to FTP in macOS’s Finder. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows you to securely copy files over a network. How to use SSH for secure connections in macOS talked
Read MoreArt by Samar Haddad / Space Vacation A look at Samar Haddad’s bold homages, from sci-fi to comedy. Continue reading…
Read MorePhoto by Carmen Mandato / Getty Images Tupac Shakur’s lawyers warned Drake that they would take him to court if he did not take down his “Taylor Made” diss track featuring AI-altered vocals made to sound like the late rapper. And it seems like the message was received loud and clear. Following Tupac’s lawyers giving
Read MoreAndroid 15 could introduce a new toggle to “show long app names” in the search results and apps list of Pixel Launcher. The launcher currently truncates too-long app names to ensure that they don’t overlap in the list. Some users don’t like seeing truncated app names, so this new feature will be good news for
Read MoreImage: Bandai Namco Between Dune, Fallout, and Mad Max, it’s a good year for stories with lots of sand and little water. Now, you can add Sand Land — an adaptation of the late Akira Toriyama’s manga of the same name — to that list. The difference here is that Sand Land comes in two
Read MoreThe new sets include a Town Hall and Dodo Airlines airport. | Image: Lego Good news for those of us who love Animal Crossing and Legos. Starting August 1st, Lego is launching two new Animal Crossing sets and a minifig of one very special canine crooner. Lego teased the news on its X account, which
Read MoreNot every Lord wants to be popular amongst his own serfs, but if you are wanting to make your population rise so you can fleece them for more taxes at some point in the future you are going to need to know how to get your approval rating up to attract more of the right
Read MoreArchetype Entertainment, the Wizards of the Coast-created gaming studio has taken to YouTube to post a second ‘Founders Q&A’ update. Some faces at the studio will be well-known to fans of the legendary Mass Effect series. Three alumni of that record-breaking set of games led Exodus’ development. Studio Head James Ohlen, Chad Robertson as General
Read MoreHaving done this for a long time, an Amazon deal occasionally jumps off the page as being possibly too good to be true. A crazy 48% price drop on the Fitbit Versa 4 caught us by surprise for the right reasons today, with the fitness tracker plummeting by $95 on the site right now. Fitbit
Read MoreSome Android-powered TVs can expose the contents of users’ email inboxes if an attacker has physical access to the TV. Google initially told the office of Senator Ron Wyden that the issue, which is a quirk of how software is installed on these TVs, was expected behavior, but after being contacted by 404 Media, Google
Read MoreA 30-second video ad for the Google Pixel 8a just hit YouTube. The ad doesn’t give away any info we didn’t already know, but it does confirm pretty much all the rumors are true. We expect the Pixel 8a to land in May at or around Google I/O. Earlier today, we shared some leaked ad
Read MoreProtesters wanted to expose Columbia; Columbia exposed its students. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Android Headlines We’ve already seen a bunch of images revealing what Google’s Pixel 8A might look like, but now, leaked marketing materials shared by Android Headlines give us an even better picture of what we can expect. The promotional images suggest that the budget-friendly Pixel 8A will come with seven years of security updates.
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge After moving to ban TikTok in the US, the federal government could target the China-based DJI next. A report from The New York Times highlights a bill advanced by the House of Energy and Commerce Committee last month that could ground DJI’s fleet of drones across the country.
Read MoreA set of leaked ads for the Google Pixel 8a show various features of the unannounced smartphone. A major bit of info here is that the Pixel 8a could get the same seven-year update commitment the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro get. Most of the other features here are either expected or came with
Read MoreTutao, known for the encrypted email service Tuta Mail, has filed a Digital Markets Act (DMA) complaint to the EU over an alleged de-ranking in Google Search. From a report: Google Search rankings are all too familiar to search engine optimization (SEO) specialists charged with ensuring web pages rise to the top of search results.
Read MoreThe first time I used the Light Phone 2’s GPS, I drove to Los Angeles for a date. I ended up parked in a red zone, hyperventilating to the rhythm of my hazard lights. All I did was get lost, and yet, I was seconds away from puking all over myself. (I didn’t, thank goodness.)
Read MoreAndroid TV stores Google account login without any security measures, which can be ordinarily abused with browser apps to log into Google services. Google mentions that it has fixed the loophole on newer devices running the latest Google TV and is fixing it for other older devices. If you own a smart TV or a
Read MoreCredit: Curtis Joe / Android Authority A new rumor suggests the Nintendo Switch 2 could have magnetic Joy-Con. This would allow you to snap the Joy-Con into place quickly and easily instead of needing to slide them on. Elsewhere, the report suggests current Nintendo Switch Pro controllers could be compatible with the next-gen Switch. It’s
Read MoreImage: Owen Grove / The Verge In March 2023, a North Carolina student was stepping off a school bus when he was struck by a Tesla Model Y traveling at “highway speeds,” according to a federal investigation that published today. The Tesla driver was using Autopilot, the automaker’s advanced driver-assist feature that Elon Musk insists
Read MoreImage: The Verge Shein, one of the most popular online shopping platforms, will be required to comply with strict regulations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission announced today. The fast-fashion company reported having more than 45 million average monthly users in the EU, earning it the designation of a “very large
Read MoreCrashes involving post-fix Tesla vehicles have prompted the NHTSA to look into how effective the Autopilot updates were. | Photo by Sebastian Gollnow / picture alliance via Getty Images Tesla can add yet another investigation into its Autopilot feature to what’s already piling up to be a pretty bad year for the company. On Friday,
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