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I Usually Find Android Phones Too Complicated, but the Pixel 9 Pro Is Different

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-22 05:59:00

CNET's key takeaways I've been using Google's Pixel 9 Pro for months. I like its solid overall performance and quirky new AI skills. The element that stands out most is how easy it is to use. Android phones often get a bad rap for being overly convoluted. And to be fair, that's often well justified. Samsung's Galaxy S25 range, for example, has deep menu systems for messing about with nearly every aspect of the phone, along with features like the Edge Panel sidebar and a variety of Samsung's

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Google is raising the price of Nest Aware subscriptions again

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-22 07:24:09

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Google is raising the price of its Nest Aware and Nest Aware Plus subscriptions starting in August 2025. According to emails sent out to subscribers today, the cost of the entry-level Nest Aware service is increasing from $8 per month or $80 per year to $10 per month or $100 when paying for a full year up front. Nest Aware Plus is going from $15

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Your Google Nest Aware plan is getting more expensive

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-22 11:15:06

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is raising the price of Nest Aware subscriptions. Nest Aware subscribers will now have to pay $10 per month or $100 per year. The price has gone up to $20 per month and $200 per year for Nest Aware Plus. This may come as a shock, but a company is raising its subscription prices. Jokes aside, this most recent price hike is connected to Google and its Nest Aware plans. The company has updated its website and is alerting users via email about pric

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Apple’s TV app gets fresh design in iOS 26 and tvOS 26, here’s what’s new

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-22 11:32:59

Liquid Glass is the theme of Apple’s big cross-platform redesign this year. The new design is coming to Apple’s TV app too in iOS 26 and tvOS 26, joined by some other UI updates. Here’s what’s new. Apple TV app getting Liquid Glass, new theatrical poster art, more changes in iOS 26 Apple’s TV app has undoubtedly gotten more use this year than ever before, driven by Apple TV+ having its best year to date. This fall, just in time for returning Apple TV+ hits like Slow Horses and The Morning Sho

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The 45mm Pixel Watch 3 is $100 off on Amazon - get it while the deal lasts

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-22 11:00:15

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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You can save $150 on the OnePlus 13 at Amazon right now - but there's a catch

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-22 11:30:14

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Watch Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage Be a B-List Movie Star in This Faux Movie Trailer

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-08-22 11:00:32

Ahead of the release of the official trailer for Mortal Kombat II, Warner Bros. sneakily released a spoof movie trailer to go along with its meta marketing for its leading man, Johnny Cage, played by The Boys star Karl Urban. When Mortal Kombat first released back in 2021, fans of NetherRealm’s long-running fighting game series collectively scratched their heads in confusion over one of its original characters, Johnny Cage, being absent from the film. As if overcorrecting from past mistakes, Wa

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This Spendy Thermostat Is Paying for Itself by Cutting My Energy Bills, and It's 14% Off Too

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-22 10:23:00

Deal alert: The Nest Learning Thermostat Gen 4 is available for $240 -- a discount of 14% or $40 -- on Amazon. Price is our biggest complaint about this thermostat, so this deal makes it a bit more compelling to snap one up now. CNET's key takeaways $240 for a smart thermostat may sound like a tough deal, but mine is set to pay for itself this summer thanks to lower heating and cooling payments. Automated Eco Modes make energy saving easy, even if you don't have time to plan out your schedule

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Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-22 11:20:18

xAI continues to face backlash over its Memphis data center, as the NAACP joined groups today appealing the issuance of a recently granted permit that the groups say will allow xAI to introduce major new sources of pollutants without warning at any time. The battle over the gas turbines powering xAI's data center began last April when thermal imaging seemed to show that the firm was lying about dozens of seemingly operational turbines that could be a major source of smog-causing pollution. By J

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OpenAI Engineer Quits, Says Company Is Pure Chaos Inside

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-22 14:04:09

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, rolling out feature after feature to keep the multibillion-dollar gravy train steaming ahead. And that kind of drum beat, especially paired with ChatGPT's meteoric rise, is bound to cause plenty of chaos behind the scenes. In a blog post, former OpenAI engineer Calvin French-Owen, who helped build the company's new coding agent Codex, said there "wasn't any personal drama in my decision to leave" — but he did recap his experie

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Cyberpunk 2077's latest update brings VRR to consoles and introduces an autodrive mode

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-22 15:19:33

There's another big update for Cyberpunk 2077 coming our way. Update 2.3 brings some notable new features to PC and consoles. CD Projekt Red (CDPR) is adding official in-game support for VRR on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. This should help with screen tearing when the frame rate drops and is of particular use when running the game in performance mode. There's also an official AutoDrive feature, which is something that has long-existed in the modding community. This is available in all cars and moto

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I stock my toolkit with these 10 DIY gadgets (and they're all I need)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-22 15:18:08

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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This midrange OnePlus phone undercuts the Galaxy S25 - and it's on sale for $110 off

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-08-22 15:30:15

ZDNET's key takeaways OnePlus 13R costs $600 and features a bright display, powerful performance, and fast charging. It doesn't have a flagship camera system and wireless charging. But for the money, you won't find a more balanced handset. View now at OnePlus View now at Best Buy more buying choices At Amazon, the OnePlus 13R is on sale for $490, its lowest price yet. Act fast because this deal will only last a limited time. The OnePlus 13R follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, delive

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The 2025 San Diego Comic-Con Panels We’re Most Excited About

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-22 15:15:36

That time is almost upon is. San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is almost here, and next week at this time, io9 will be among the 100,000-plus fans descending on San Diego for four days of pop culture excitement. All the best movies, TV, comics, games, toys, anime, you name it, and it’ll be at Comic-Con. Which is both the best and worst thing about the convention. The worst thing is that there’s so much going on, there’s no way you could come close to seeing or doing everything you want to. The best thin

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Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-22 15:43:23

Ars Technica's community is—in our biased opinion—second to none online. For more than 26 years, readers have enabled and inspired our work, creating a community with an amazing signal-to-noise ratio. To aid these efforts, we're updating our Posting Guidelines to make them more accessible to new readers—and more straightforward and more transparent for everyone. The substance of the guidelines isn't changing. Most provisions are just common-sense items meant to foster genuine discussion, such a

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Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-08-22 15:42:32

The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40 states as of July 16. Cases were almost as high in 2019, putting the country’s measles elimination status at risk. Six years ago, health officials were able to stop the spread. But amid growing public backlash against vaccines, many of the tactics used then may not work now. Measles elimination means there has been no continuous transmission in a country for longer than 12 months. That almo

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GM and Redwood teaming up to make batteries for energy storage

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-08-22 15:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. General Motors and Redwood Materials are joining forces yet again, this time with the intent to build energy storage units made out of new batteries and recycled EV packs. The two companies signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to build energy storage out of US-manufactured batteries, as well as “second-life” EV

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GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-08-22 15:00:00

GM is sending new and old EV batteries to recycler Redwood Materials, which then repurposes the packs for stationary energy storage, the two companies announced today. Second-life batteries from GM have already made their way through Redwood’s process and into a 12 megawatt microgrid at the company’s Sparks, Nevada, headquarters. Electricity from that installation then flows to a nearby 2,000 GPU data center owned by Crusoe. The microgrid is part of Redwood’s new energy storage division that l

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iPhone 17 Pro: Three reasons you might want to upgrade from iPhone 16 Pro

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-22 19:49:36

This fall Apple will launch four new iPhones, including the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Based on rumors around what’s new this year, here are three reasons you might want to upgrade to an iPhone 17 Pro—even if you already own an iPhone 16 Pro. #1: Camera upgrades One thing you can always bank on with iPhone updates is that the camera system will get better. This year, rumors indicate at least three camera changes are coming. 24MP TrueDepth camera 48MP Telephoto lens Camera app gains multi-c

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The next Made By Google event (better known as the Pixel launch) is set for August 20

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-22 19:50:59

Google will host its next Made by Google event on August 20, the company announced today. In a media invite, it promised the event would feature new Pixel phones, watches, buds "and more." It's hard to imagine what other product types might be covered by those last two words, but for those who watch the industry closely, this event is likely to see the launch of the Pixel 10 flagship phones, along with a Pixel Watch 4 and new Pixel Buds. It's easy to make that deduction, especially going by pre

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This new, improved Nextdoor might be just the social app we need right now

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-22 19:14:11

Nextdoor The app notorious for serving as a bulletin board for neighborhood tattletales is getting an AI-centered redesign, and it's bringing some pretty useful features. In a post this week, Nextdoor announced its biggest app redesign ever. At the core of the new app, Nextdoor says, are three components: Alerts, News, and Faves. Also: 5 reasons why I still prefer Perplexity over every other AI chatbot Real-time safety alerts: "Neighbors have long turned to Nextdoor in moments of crisis,

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I found the ultimate toolkit for tinkerers - and yes, it's actually practical

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-22 19:22:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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We tested the best AR and MR glasses: Here's how the Meta Ray-Bans stack up

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-22 19:28:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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'Gentle Parenting' My Smartphone Addiction

news.ycombinator.com Kyle Chayka 2025-08-22 17:17:12

On a recent weekday, I sent an Instagram message to a friend of mine, an art adviser in New York named Stephen Truax, to gossip about an exhibition. Instead of messaging me back in the app, he texted me to say that he’d blocked Instagram on his smartphone during daytime working hours. Impressed, I asked him how he was accomplishing such a feat. Truax said he was using Opal, an app that makes your smartphone a little more like a so-called dumbphone, without requiring you to trade in your device a

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IPhone 16E vs. iPhone 15 Pro: Affordable Alternatives to the iPhone 16

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-22 12:00:08

The iPhone 16 is an excellent handset for Apple aficionados, but $799 can be pretty pricey for a lot of people. But there are a couple of good options that are both cheaper and have Apple Intelligence: the iPhone 16E and the iPhone 15 Pro. Both have 6.1-inch displays, but the Pro has a few more perks. The 16E starts at $599, but Apple no longer sells the 15 Pro. However, you can snag a used version of the 15 Pro for anywhere between $538 and $684 or get a refurbished one from Apple for $759. On

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iPhone 17 Air Rumors and Leaks: 10 Features to Look for in September

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-22 18:00:00

Key takeaways The rumored iPhone 17 Air could come with an A19 Pro chip and five-core GPU. Latest rumors include four color options for a skinnier iPhone. Looming tariffs could still raise the price of all iPhones, including the rumored iPhone 17 Air. Whispers about Apple's new iPhone line have been floating around for a while, but a slew of recent leaks have produced some colorful rumors about an ultrathin iPhone -- which might be called the iPhone Air. It started last week when a Korean bl

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YouTuber faces jail time for showing off Android-based gaming handhelds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-22 19:17:34

There are countless Android-powered gaming handhelds, but they go beyond the usual slate of Android games by offering console emulation support. The problem is the game ROMs on these devices, which are not entirely legal. Italian YouTuber Once Were Nerd is learning how seriously some rightsholders are taking game piracy after agents from the country's Guardia di Finanza showed up to confiscate his consoles. He now says the investigation could lead to criminal charges and the end of his channel.

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This phone has twice the battery capacity of the Galaxy S25 Edge and costs less than $200

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-22 23:28:37

TL;DR HONOR just announced the X70 phone, set to go on sale on Friday in China. Despite its $165 price tag, the HONOR X70 features a massive 8,300mAh silicon-carbon battery and military-grade toughness. At 8.2mm, it’s about the same thickness as the iPhone 16 Pro. A $165 smartphone wouldn’t usually raise expectations about its specs, but one manufacturer clearly didn’t get that memo. Despite the price tag, the new HONOR X70 boasts an insane 8,300mAh silicon-carbon battery along with military-

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HBO confirms The Last of Us season 3 will arrive in 2027

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-22 23:11:50

If you’re all caught up on The Last of Us (the TV version that is) then you’ll know that season two made clear that when the show returns it will focus a lot more on Kaitlyn’s Dever’s Abby. But it sounds like we’re going to have to wait a while to see that side of the story unfold. Speaking to Variety off the back of The Last of Us netting HBO 16 Emmy nominations this week, the company’s CEO, Casey Bloys, said season three is "definitely planned for 2027." Bloys didn’t offer any more specific i

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I finally found a Windows mini PC powerful enough to replace my desktop (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-22 23:38:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The Minisforum AI370 EliteMini with the Ryzen AI 9 and 64GB of RAM normally retails for $1,249, but is currently on sale for less. It's a powerful mini PC with plenty of ports, support for an 8K display, and runs cool and quiet. You'll still need to supply your own peripherals, and it's best to purchase them while on sale. $999.9 at Amazon Amazon is offering coupons for multiple Minisforum AI370 EliteMini configurations. The base model can be purchased at a $230 discount

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I Usually Find Android Phones Too Complicated, but the Pixel 9 Pro Is Different

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Cyberpunk 2077's latest update brings VRR to consoles and introduces an autodrive mode

I stock my toolkit with these 10 DIY gadgets (and they're all I need)

This midrange OnePlus phone undercuts the Galaxy S25 - and it's on sale for $110 off

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