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Missing Android 16’s Pixel VIPs widget? You’re not alone (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 20:05:38

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s new Pixel VIPs widget launched with the release of Android 16. However, some Pixel owners report that the widget is missing. An update to the Contacts app is likely needed before the widget becomes available. Update, June 12, 2025 (07:05 AM ET): Users report that the Pixel VIPs widget now shows up correctly on their device. If you still don’t see it with the June Pixel Feature Drop installed, ensure your Google Contacts app is up to date thro

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Craig Federighi explains why it took so long to make the iPad more Mac-like

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-19 20:04:13

iPadOS 26 arguably brings the biggest update to the iPad ever seen, turning it into something much more Mac-like in both UI and capabilities. But since iPads have been using the same chips as Macs since 2021, why did it take so long? That’s the question Apple’s software head Craig Federighi sets out to answer in a new interview … iPadOS 26 is so ground-breaking that I argued Apple has finally turned the device into something worthy of the term ‘computer.’ The biggest change by far is proper w

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Amazon Is Running a Clearance Sale on Seagate SSDs, Now the Final Models Are at Record-Low Prices

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-19 20:25:57

Seagate is a brand name that first comes to mind when considering trusted external storage. Its hard disks are trustworthy, easy to use and sturdy which is the reason why they are everyone’s go-to option when they want their data to be stored securely and readily available. As storage demands are always increasing, having a reliable external hard drive is more crucial than ever before. Today, the Seagate 4TB external hard drive is priced at an amazing price on Amazon, just $99, down from its us

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Pixel 9A Buying Guide: Everything to Know About Google's Budget Phone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-19 20:30:06

Google's latest budget phone, the $499 Pixel 9A, arrived fresh off the heels of Apple's "affordable" offering, the $599 iPhone 16E. Very convenient timing. The Pixel 9A is $300 cheaper than the baseline Pixel 9 and therefore scales back when it comes to features like cameras and RAM. But it maintains other attributes, like display size, processor and AI features -- and even touts a higher battery capacity than its pricier Pixel counterparts. For more on what the new phone has in store, be sure

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24 Best Flavors of AriZona's Iconic Iced Tea (2025)

wired.com Pete Cottell 2025-09-19 19:09:00

The internet loves to wax poetic about the eternal virtue of Costco’s $1.50 hot-dog-and-soft drink special, but where’s the love for AriZona’s 99-cent tallboys? Aside from a brief gag in a 2016 episode of Atlanta, very little fanfare is given to this under-costed dynamo of flavor and refreshment. Thirsty folks from all socioeconomic strata instantly recognize the colorful 23.5-ounce cans in their local bodega, and most flavors can still be found for 99 cents (plus applicable taxes and deposit fe

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Klarna’s CEO is now taking your calls — over an AI hotline

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-19 18:01:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has already used AI to replace himself during earnings reports, and now Klarna is using AI to clone him another way: through an AI-powered phone hotline. The hotline is now open for users to provide feedback to an interactive AI version of Siemiatkowski that’s trained on his “real voice, insights, and experiences,” according to a press relea

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Google offers more buyouts to US employees, cracks down on remote workers

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-19 12:46:00

In brief: Google is once again reducing its headcount while cracking down on remote workers. The company has offered buyouts to employees across a number of divisions. It has also rolled out a new RTO mandate across more teams, giving employees the option of returning to the office or taking a voluntary exit package. Google's latest round of buyouts will be offered to employees in its knowledge and information (K&I) and central engineering units as well as marketing, research and communications

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Joplin gets a new update for easier, more secure note-taking

techspot.com Unknown 2025-09-19 13:47:00

Joplin is a privacy-first app. Capture your thoughts freely and without distractions, tracking, or ads. With Joplin's end-to-end encryption and open-source code, you can concentrate on your ideas and tasks without worrying about your privacy. How does Joplin compare to Evernote or OneNote? Joplin is an open-source, privacy-focused note-taking app that supports Markdown and local storage, giving you full control over your data. Unlike proprietary apps, it doesn't lock you into a closed ecosyste

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Android 16 launches with subtle tweaks, paves way for major features later this year

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-19 16:11:00

Forward-looking: Android 16 sets the stage for a series of enhancements that will roll out over the course of the year. While the current release may appear modest in scope, it lays the foundation for more significant changes ahead. Google is emphasizing a continuous stream of updates rather than delivering a single, feature-packed launch. Android 16 introduces a series of thoughtful updates aimed at refining the user experience, strengthening security, and improving accessibility across the An

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Government considers social media time limits for children

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-16 18:23:09

Government considers social media time limits for children 3 days ago Share Save Adam Hale BBC News Zoe Kleinman • @zsk Technology editor Share Save Getty Images Plans being discussed by ministers include limiting the time children can spend on social media apps The government is considering introducing tougher online safety measures to limit the amount of time children can spend on social media, the BBC understands. Proposals include a two-hour cap on the use of individual social media apps

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Chime prices IPO at $27 per share, valuing fintech company at $11.6 billion ahead of Nasdaq debut

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-09-19 22:58:10

Chime priced its IPO at $27 per share on Wednesday, above the expected range, in an offering that values the provider of online banking services at $11.6 billion The company raised roughly $700 million in the IPO, with another $165 million worth of shares being sold by existing investors. The stock is expected to begin trading Thursday under ticker symbol CHYM. The offering comes after a years-long freeze in the fintech IPO pipeline, as rising interest rates and valuation resets kept many late

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Google Home now lets you control your smart devices, your way

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 18:00:40

TL;DR Google Home now lets you set up different Favorites for each device. That means you can pin the front door as a favorite on your smartwatch, while the lounge light is pinned on Google TV. This should be useful if you tend to control different smart home gadgets via specific devices. Google has just announced the stable release of Android 16, while also revealing a few features for ecosystem users. It turns out there’s a notable addition to the Google Home app as well. The search giant

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June 2025 Pixel Feature Drop is here, and here’s everything new it’s bringing to your Pixel

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 18:00:42

TL;DR Google has released the June 2025 Pixel Feature Drop for supported Pixel devices. This Feature Drop includes the Android 16 platform update and Pixel-exclusive features such as Pixel VIPs widget, Battery Health Indicator, custom Gboard stickers via Pixel Studio, and more. Pixel devices are also getting Google app updates that bring even more features. It’s raining updates today for Pixels! Supported Pixel devices are getting a ton of new features today, courtesy of a combination of app

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Google Messages is finally getting group chat icon customization and RCS tags for contacts

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 18:00:59

TL;DR Google has finally announced that custom icon support for RCS group chats will soon be available in Google Messages. The company has also confirmed that Google Messages will soon allow users to snooze chats. In addition, the messaging app will clearly label contacts with RCS enabled. Although Google has been working on adding custom icon support to RCS group chats in Google Messages for quite some time, the feature has yet to reach users. We first spotted references to the feature in a

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The latest Android 16 beta now lets you throttle your Pixel’s battery, charging

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 11:20:59

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 update apparently brings the battery health assistance feature. This feature effectively throttles your charging speed and battery over time in the name of battery health. The feature also comes after numerous reports of battery issues affecting older Pixel phones. Google announced a battery health assistance feature alongside the Pixel 9a earlier this year. The feature effectively throttles your charging speed and battery over

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Samsung could shake up its audio lineup with two new earbuds (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 12:32:26

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is likely working on two new earbud models: the Galaxy Buds Core and the Galaxy Buds 3 FE. The Galaxy Buds Core may succeed the Galaxy Buds FE, potentially skipping the “Galaxy Buds 2 FE/Galaxy Buds FE 2” name. Based on the model numbers, the Galaxy Buds 3 FE could further extend the lineup even though the Buds 2 FE don’t exist. Samsung makes some great earbuds that complement Galaxy devices very well. The last new product launched in the Gala

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PSA: iPadOS 26 removes Split View and Slide Over multitasking features

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-17 21:04:22

iPadOS 26 introduces major new windowing features designed to upgrade the iPad’s multitasking experience. But with those new features, two longstanding multitasking features have been removed: Split View and Slide Over are no longer supported in iPadOS 26. Split View and Slide Over are gone, but Stage Manager lives on with new iPadOS 26 windowing Apple has had no shortage of iPadOS multitasking takes over the years. Most of those systems have co-existed within iPadOS, even as new features wer

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MagSafe Monday: UGREEN’s 145W Power Bank is a MagSafe beast that charges everything

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-09-17 23:00:00

Over the years, I’ve tested my fair share of portable battery packs and desk docks. Most of them fall into two categories: slim and convenient or bulky and powerful. The UGREEN Nexode Power Bank manages to be both. It’s MagSafe compatible, supports Qi2, and has enough power to top off a MacBook Pro in less than an hour. If you’re looking for one device that can charge your whole Apple setup at once, this might be the one. I use it daily. Some of my favorite gear Abode Home Security System Abode

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Apple explains Siri delays, teases more new features are coming

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-18 16:48:43

During its WWDC keynote, Apple addressed one big elephant in the room: Siri’s delayed features that were announced last year but never shipped. And now in a new interview, Siri’s recently-appointed boss Craig Federighi has explained more of the reasoning behind the delay, and teased even more new features are coming. Craig Federighi promises Apple will ship every Siri feature previously announced ‘and more’ Craig Federighi is Apple’s software chief, and as such tends to get a lot of PR time du

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PSA: iOS 26 Spatial Scenes will work on iPhones 12 and up [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-18 17:01:47

Update: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that the feature works with any iOS 26-compatible iPhone. It has been updated to clarify that the feature is only supported on iPhone 12 and later. Today, Apple announced Spatial Scenes, a new iOS 26 feature that turns 2D photos into immersive 3D effects. And here’s the good news: even if you don’t have an iPhone compatible with Apple Intelligence, you’ll still get access to it. Here’s how it works. It’s AI, but it’s not Apple Intellig

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WhatsApp is getting AI-powered summaries for unread chats

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-19 21:47:51

When Apple’s AI summaries for notifications work, they can be pretty useful. However, with Apple Intelligence limited to select devices, most iPhone users still can’t take advantage of it. Now, WhatsApp is testing its own in-app, AI-powered feature that summarizes unread messages in chats, groups, and channels. Here’s how it works. As uncovered by WABetaInfo (via Tecnoblog), WhatsApp’s AI summaries are being tested on Android, and are opt-in through a feature called Private Processing. Once ac

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Apple's latest entry-level iPad is back on sale for $299

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 14:59:41

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Looking for a budget-friendly iPad you can use for everyday tasks, like catching up on emails and messages, then reading the latest news before streaming a show? This might be the deal for you. The A16-powered iPad (a model that Apple released just a few months ago) has dipped to $299.

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Threads is finally getting its own DM inbox

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 16:00:01

Nearly two years after launching Threads, Meta is finally giving in to users on one of the most requested features for the service: direct messaging. The company is beginning to test a dedicated inbox for Threads, beginning with Hong Kong, Argentina and Thailand, Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a post on Threads. Threads has had some messaging capabilities since last year, but the feature only allows users to send Threads posts to friends via their Instagram DMs. This is more than a little clunky a

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Show HN: Spark, An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for Three.js

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 17:02:56

An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for THREE.js Integrate in your scene with other meshes and splats, fast rendering on all devices, programmable dynamic splat effects, wide format support (ply, spz, splat, ksplat)

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Apple Knows AI Isn’t What People Really Want, but It Can’t Say That

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-19 17:30:30

If you felt like Apple’s WWDC 2025 was a bit light on AI, you’re not alone. While conferences from competitors like Google and its annual I/O keynote were basically breathless in launching new Gemini features, models, and video generation tools, Apple took a more tepid approach. This year, we got a new AI health coach, Visual Intelligence, for more agentic, multimodal AI that can view your iPhone screen, and everyone’s favorite—new Genmoji. One thing that doesn’t appear on that shortlist is Appl

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Lifetime Subscription to Babbel for 71% Off and an Extra Discount Gets You Mind-Expanding Language Lessons Forever

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2025-09-19 21:40:15

It’s natural to be envious of people who can casually move from language to language, in conversation or as they’re reading. It’s definitely not easy, but learning a new language is well worth the effort, especially when you have lifetime access to 14 languages when you buy a subscription to Babbel at StackSocial for 71% off. See at StackSocial Babbel is the world’s top-selling language instruction app, and this is a buy-once-own-forever deal rather than a recurring yearly or monthly bill for

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Apple WWDC 2025 Live: Liquid Glass Design Takes Over iOS 26, MacOS, CarPlay and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-19 16:20:53

Apple/Screenshot by Joe Maldonado/CNET The Camera app in iOS 26 is nearly bare, populated primarily with a shutter button and a switch to toggle between Photo and Video modes. It's the one app so far where I imagine Apple's designers said, "Let's do Liquid Glass, but even less." And from a visual standpoint, I get the appeal: You want to be absorbed by the photo you're about to take, not distracted by the controls around the periphery. But I'm admittedly wary of the fact that, without any cues

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Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-19 22:20:40

CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduced the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference this week, he did it the same way he introduced the Calculator app for the iPad last year, or timers in the iPad's Clock app the year before—with a hint of sarcasm. "Wow," Federighi enthuses in a lightly exaggerated tone about an hour and 19 minutes into a 90-minute presentation. "More windows, a pointier poin

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Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-09-18 11:00:00

Self-driving vehicle developers don’t usually love talking about “teleoperation”—when a human guides or drives robot cars remotely. It can feel like a dirty secret. Shouldn’t an autonomous vehicle operate, well, autonomously? But experts say teleoperations are, at least right now, a critical part of any robot taxi service, including Tesla's Robotaxi. The tech, though impressive, is still in development, and the autonomous systems still need humans to guide them through less-common and especiall

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Fervo Energy lands $206M in financing to build massive geothermal power plant

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-19 19:31:35

Geothermal frontrunner Fervo Energy said Wednesday that it had secured $206 million in financing to continue work on a new power plant in Utah. The startup is developing what promises to be the largest enhanced geothermal power plant in the world. The initial phase of Cape Station is expected to come online next year and produce 100 megawatts of electricity, and a subsequent expansion set to open in 2028 will add another 400 megawatts. Enhanced geothermal, which runs deeper and hotter than tra

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Missing Android 16’s Pixel VIPs widget? You’re not alone (Updated: Rolling out)

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Amazon Is Running a Clearance Sale on Seagate SSDs, Now the Final Models Are at Record-Low Prices

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24 Best Flavors of AriZona's Iconic Iced Tea (2025)

Klarna’s CEO is now taking your calls — over an AI hotline

Google offers more buyouts to US employees, cracks down on remote workers

Joplin gets a new update for easier, more secure note-taking

Android 16 launches with subtle tweaks, paves way for major features later this year

Government considers social media time limits for children

Chime prices IPO at $27 per share, valuing fintech company at $11.6 billion ahead of Nasdaq debut

Google Home now lets you control your smart devices, your way

June 2025 Pixel Feature Drop is here, and here’s everything new it’s bringing to your Pixel

Google Messages is finally getting group chat icon customization and RCS tags for contacts

The latest Android 16 beta now lets you throttle your Pixel’s battery, charging

Samsung could shake up its audio lineup with two new earbuds (APK teardown)

PSA: iPadOS 26 removes Split View and Slide Over multitasking features

MagSafe Monday: UGREEN’s 145W Power Bank is a MagSafe beast that charges everything

Apple explains Siri delays, teases more new features are coming

PSA: iOS 26 Spatial Scenes will work on iPhones 12 and up [U]

WhatsApp is getting AI-powered summaries for unread chats

Apple's latest entry-level iPad is back on sale for $299

Threads is finally getting its own DM inbox

Show HN: Spark, An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for Three.js

Apple Knows AI Isn’t What People Really Want, but It Can’t Say That

Lifetime Subscription to Babbel for 71% Off and an Extra Discount Gets You Mind-Expanding Language Lessons Forever

Apple WWDC 2025 Live: Liquid Glass Design Takes Over iOS 26, MacOS, CarPlay and More

Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking

Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Soon—With One Big Unanswered Question

Fervo Energy lands $206M in financing to build massive geothermal power plant

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