Published on: 2025-04-20 05:00:01
Robert Triggs / Android Authority If there’s one thing I must have in my smartphone camera, it is a robust long-distance zoom that brings me closer to the action. Today’s best Android phones offer a wide range of zoom options, with different zoom levels, lens apertures, and sensor sizes contributing to some rather different capabilities. Just because it has a 5x periscope camera doesn’t mean they’re all the same. To test what this means for actual photos, I’ve grabbed the Pixel 9 Pro, Galaxy S
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 10:54:47
The Chinese e-commerce marketplace app DHgate, which is now the No. 2 free iPhone app in the U.S., isn’t the only one that’s oddly benefiting from President Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports from China. Another Chinese shopping app, Taobao, has now also entered the Top 5 as of Thursday. U.S. consumers began flocking to these apps over the past several days in the wake of numerous TikTok videos from Chinese manufacturers explaining how much of the luxury goods market operates out of China. The vid
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 20:30:00
Sandbox VR said it has surpassed $200 million in lifetime sales for its location-based virtual reality entertainment venues. The milestone comes after a solid 2024, during which Sandbox VR generated $75 million in sales and had more than 1.4 million players across its locations. In March 2025 alone, the company’s locations drew more than 150,000 players, and the company expects monthly players to grow in tandem with store openings, said Steve Zhao, CEO of Sandbox VR, in an interview with GamesB
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Sandbox VR said it has surpassed $200 million in lifetime sales for its location-based virtual reality entertainment venues. The milestone comes after a solid 2024, during which Sandbox VR generated $75 million in sales and had more than 1.4 million players across its locations. In March 2025 alone, the company’s locations drew more than 150,000 players, and the company expects monthly players to grow in tandem with store openings, said Steve Zhao, CEO of Sandbox VR, in an interview with GamesB
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-01 13:10:02
Work continues on AmigaOS 3.2 with the stewards of this classic Motorola 680x0 friendly operating system, Hyperion Entertainment, releasing version 3.2.3 a few days ago. In a news bulletin on the official site, Hyperion highlighted that the third update for AmigaOS 3.2 includes two years of (more than 50) fixes and enhancements. It is somewhat remarkable that work on AmigaOS 3.X continues in 2025, given that Commodore International released AmigaOS 3.0 in 1992 with the Commodore Amiga 1200, fol
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-02 21:10:57
Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is getting a taste of its own medicine. Since March, Wired reports, the Government Accountability Office, an independent investigative agency of Congress, has been auditing the Trump administration's initiative to slash federal expenditures. The probe concerns how DOGE, which GAO refers to as the US DOGE Service (USDS), handled sensitive data at multiple agencies, including the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-04 18:24:25
Today, almost everybody has heard of AI and millions around the world already use, or are exposed, to it - from ChatGPT writing our emails, to helping in medical diagnosis. At its base, AI uses algorithms – sets of mathematically rigorous instructions - that tell a computer how to perform a variety of advanced functions or transform facts into useful information. The Large Language Models (LLMs), that drive today’s increasingly powerful AI, are special kinds of algorithms that learn from massiv
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-06 12:55:53
While it often seems that no one is watching the watchmen under the Trump administration, a new report from Wired suggests there is at least one agency still keeping tabs on the Department of Government Efficiency and its seemingly unfettered reach into the guts of government. The publication, citing government records and sources, revealed that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) launched an investigation back in March into how Elon Musk’s pseudo-agency has been handling data in the offi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 06:15:57
CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.0 / 10 SCORE Xiaomi 15 Ultra Pros Powerful processor Camera can take amazing photos Six years of software support Cons Extremely expensive Useful camera grip is a pricey extra Camera's auto mode can be underwhelming The Xiaomi 14 Ultra was one of the best phones of 2024, thanks in no small part to an awesome camera system that took some of the best
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 05:20:56
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The probe, which has been ongoing since March, covers DOGE’s handling of data at several cabinet-level agencies, including the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and the Social Security Administration, as well as the US DOGE Service (USDS) itself, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED. Records show that t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 10:20:56
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The probe, which has been ongoing since March, covers DOGE’s handling of data at several cabinet-level agencies, including the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and the Social Security Administration, as well as the US DOGE Service (USDS) itself, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED. Records show that t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 02:10:28
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Strings found in MIUI firmware suggest Xiaomi is developing a ‘Chip performance dashboard’ feature. This dashboard would allow users to adjust CPU and GPU frequencies and voltages within safe parameters. Changes would require a reboot and will undergo system checks to ensure that the phone works well enough. Most Android flagships these days come with overkill processors, and frankly, most of us don’t need that much processing power for our everyday ta
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-12 18:00:17
ZDNET's key takeaways The latest Xiaomi 15 Ultra sees improvements in almost all the right places, with a 200MP periscope lens and a more durable design. The camera configuration is still one of the most competitive ones on the market. If you're in the US, you'll have to pay to play, with conversions nearing $1,555. View now at Mi The moment I unboxed the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, I knew I was in trouble. While the flagship had launched in China earlier this year, its global debut at Mobile World Cong
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-14 06:51:41
Flexport’s business is built on supply chains, and the new tariffs the U.S. is placing upon its trading partners have plunged international trade into chaos. Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen joined TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos for a StrictlyVC conversation on the ins and outs of the tariffs’ impact, the industry’s reaction, and why Petersen still sees longterm opportunity in global trade.
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ZDNET's key takeaways The new Xiaomi 15 Ultra sees improvements in almost all the right places, with a 200MP periscope lens and a more durable design. The camera configuration is still one of the most competitive ones on the market. If you're in the US, you'll have to pay to play, with conversions nearing $1,555. View now at Mi The moment I unboxed the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, I knew I was in trouble. While the flagship had launched in China earlier this year, its global debut this week at Mobile Wor
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-17 01:09:00
Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET At Mobile World Congress 2025, Xiaomi showcased a Modular Optical System (MOS) that magnetically attaches a lens to a custom Xiaomi 15. It's like a Moto Mod, but with a full-fledged, working camera lens. I had a brief hands-on session with this concept, and left feeling there might be a future where you can attach your camera lens to your phone -- and where Camera Control is finally useful. Also: Samsung teased me with its Galaxy S25 Edge at MWC - and I was ready to give u
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-17 15:00:00
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. When you jump into a video on YouTube or Netflix, a lot happens very quickly behind the scenes. Video data is rapidly downloaded to your device, which then has to unpack and normalize that information into a smooth, hiccup-free stream. The process of encoding and decoding video data has changed greatly over the years, with H.264 (AVC) and its succes
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 10:40:46
On the heels of releasing its most capable AI model yet, Google is making some changes to the Gemini team. A new report from Semafor reveals that longtime Googler Sissie Hsiao will step down from her role leading the Gemini team effective immediately. In her place, Google is appointing Josh Woodward, who currently leads Google Labs. According to a memo from DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, this change is designed to "sharpen our focus on the next evolution of the Gemini app." This new responsibilit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 22:33:27
England's top-tier soccer league will soon use optical tracking to automate portions of offside calls. The Premier League said on Tuesday it will adopt semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) in live matches beginning on April 12. The league said the new tech won't change the accuracy of offside calls, but it will make them 30 seconds faster on average. SAOT uses sensors from up to 30 cameras mounted high above the field in each Premier League stadium. They track the ball's precise location an
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-24 05:00:00
I realized quite late in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that being this version of a shinobi is hard — but it was precisely the precision the game demanded that made it all the more rewarding. With Shadows, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has achieved both its most impressive stealth and assassination mechanics. At its best, Shadows evokes games like Arkane’s Dishonored series, mixing emergent action with an artful blend of skills and scenarios. While not nearly at the level of sophistication as those
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-25 06:32:57
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Xiaomi is offering up to four months of Spotify Premium for free to users of select devices. Eligible products include the new Xiaomi 15 series, 14T phones, and various wearables. You don’t need to buy a new device — existing owners can claim the trial too. If you own a recent Xiaomi device and you like music, you might have received a little treat this week. Thanks to a new promotion launched by Xiaomi in partnership with the streaming giant, you mig
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-25 10:20:32
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers. The company also shared details on what branch of Android platform developers should work with from now on, as well as what will happen to other AOSP-adjacent projects. The details shed light on what exactly will change after Google takes development of the Android OS fully private. Earlier this week, we broke the news that Go
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-26 05:11:55
Coincidentally, Apache Kafka 4.0 was released last week, too. So let’s download it and use it for our experiments. Unpack the distribution and format a directory for the Kafka files: 1 2 3 tar xvf kafka_2.13-4.0.0.tgz KAFKA_CLUSTER_ID = " $( bin/kafka-storage.sh random-uuid ) " bin/kafka-storage.sh format --standalone -t $KAFKA_CLUSTER_ID -c config/server.properties Building an AOT cache is a two-step process. First, a list of all the classes which should go into the archive needs to be genera
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-26 18:53:43
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More AI models perform only as well as the data used to train or fine-tune them. Labeled data has been a foundational element of machine learning (ML) and generative AI for much of their history. Labeled data is information tagged to help AI models understand context during training. As enterprises race to implement AI applications, the hidden bottleneck often isn’t techno
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-27 18:00:00
Other Good International Phones These phones are worth considering if you have yet to see something you like. Photograph: Simon Hill Oppo Find N5 for £1,106: It’s a real shame that the Find N5 won’t even land in the UK or Europe, because the world’s slimmest book-style foldable (3.6 millimeters open) is a lovely phone. The 6.62-inch cover display and 8.12-inch inner display are excellent, and the Find N5 has top specs all the way (Snapdragon 8 Elite, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB storage, 5,600-mAh batte
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-27 22:16:00
In a nutshell: Google has confirmed that it will now develop Android privately as part of its efforts to streamline the development process. However, the company has assured users and developers that the operating system will remain open source, and it will continue to release the source code for new Android versions. Google told Android Authority that it will move all Android development to its internal branches next week, marking a significant shift from the system that has been in place for
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-29 13:38:35
Large language models are challenging to adapt to new enterprise tasks. Prompting is error-prone and achieves limited quality gains, while fine-tuning requires large amounts of human-labeled data that is not available for most enterprise tasks. Today, we’re introducing a new model tuning method that requires only unlabeled usage data, letting enterprises improve quality and cost for AI using just the data they already have. Our method, Test-time Adaptive Optimization (TAO), leverages test-time c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-29 13:21:51
Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, but that will no longer be the case. This does not mean Android is shedding its open source roots, but the process won't be as transparent. Google has confirmed to Android Authority that all Android development work going forward will take place in Google's internal branch. This is a shift from the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-29 18:20:24
Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, but that will no longer be the case. This does not mean Android is shedding its open source roots, but the process won't be as transparent. Google has confirmed to Android Authority that all Android development work going forward will take place in Google's internal branch. This is a shift from the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-29 22:01:51
For years now, Android has been developed in a way that allowed the public to look in on Google’s work, but that’s now changing as Google has just confirmed that it will start to develop the operating system entirely in its internal branch. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) has left most of Google’s work in developing Android as an operating system visible to the public eye. But, starting next week, Google is moving that work behind closed doors. Google confirmed to Android Authority that
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