Published on: 2025-04-19 12:26:11
Adam Birney / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon will reportedly release a Vega OS-powered TV streaming device in 2025. The company wants to transition away from Android for its TV tech. It’s said Amazon has been trying to convince major publishers to bring their apps to its new platform. While many brands use Android as the operating system for their TV hardware, Amazon wants to split away and use its own OS. This means leaving Fire OS, a forked version of Android, behind and embracing the new
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 14:50:26
Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its "Plus" tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require Synology-branded hard drives for full compatibility, at least at first. "Synology-branded drives will be needed for use in the newly announced Plus series, with plans to update the Product Compatibility List as additional drives can be thoroughly vetted in Synology systems," a Synology representati
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 19:20:11
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music is getting a new “Consistent volume” normalization option. The main YouTube app has had its own “stable volume” tool for a couple years now. The setting has started showing up on both Android and iOS, but only a few people have it so far. Considering the sheer amount of content they offer, streaming from either YouTube or YouTube Music can be a bit like taking a drink from a fire hose. But even when you’re ready to dive into all that me
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 19:50:26
Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its "Plus" tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require Synology-branded hard drives for full compatibility, at least at first. "Synology-branded drives will be needed for use in the newly announced Plus series, with plans to update the Product Compatibility List as additional drives can be thoroughly vetted in Synology systems," a Synology representati
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 23:00:46
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The toggle to enable the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature is missing from Android 16 Beta 4, but it’s still possible to enable it via a hidden command. Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock allows Pixel phones to use fingerprint unlock even when their screens are off. The feature was first introduced in Android 16 DP2 for the Pixel 9 series but later expanded to all Pixel phones in Android 16 Beta 3. Every Tensor-powered Pixel phone, with the exception
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 23:13:00
Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET On Oct. 14, 2025, Windows 10 will officially reach its end of life. Some of your older PCs will be unable to upgrade to Windows 11. Also: Windows 10 PC can't be upgraded? You have 5 options and 6 months to take action What should you do? Of course, you can buy a new PC with Windows 11 already installed, but thanks to tariffs, we can expect computer prices to rise. Some people are still buying Windows 11 PCs, but that still leaves you with a perfectly good
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 21:27:39
I'm an Apple ecosystem user, owning an iPhone ever since a past employer got it for me to test our company app some 8 years ago. Over time, as I've upgraded, I've also incrementally moved over my family to the ecosystem, replacing our hp/dell laptops with macbooks and Samsung Galaxy phones with Apple iPhones. Apple's application ecosystem is pretty famously locked down. You cannot side load applications onto your iPhone, quite as easily as you can with an Android. There has been some legislativ
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 07:13:00
DIY HDD: As any computer enthusiast will attest, being in the computer business for a few years usually means accumulating a pile of spare parts and hardware components. Old hard drives can be repurposed as additional storage in newer systems, or even transformed into creative modding projects with a few extra pieces and a bit of soldering, and then there's this. One such modder, who enjoys tinkering with electronics and PC hardware, turned a retired hard disk drive into a custom disc sander. R
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 07:31:59
Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 4 introduces a new “robust open/close detection” setting that improves the ability of the Pixel Fold and Pixel 9 Pro Fold to tell whether they’re folded or unfolded. This can help improve the reliability of the hinge angle sensor when you use a magnetic case. Without this setting, Android may struggle to transition apps between the outer and inner display or may move them when you don’t want it to. A key feature of most foldable phones i
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 11:27:00
The big picture: Amazon uses a fork of Android called Fire OS to power its tablets and smart TVs, but it has also been developing a new operating system called Vega, with plans to ditch Android for good. A new report suggests the first Vega OS device could debut later this year. Electronics newsletter Lowpass reports that Amazon is preparing a new TV streaming device powered by Vega OS. With development nearly complete, the company is now negotiating with major app makers to bring their service
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 10:00:04
As we grow older, it's essential to pay attention to our bodies and how they're changing -- including our mouths. Yes, our mouths. Paying close attention to your teeth as you age is important because they need more care as you get older. Plus, older people tend to be more prone to certain oral health issues. "Teeth take quite a journey as time goes by," says cosmetic dentist Dr. David Wagner, DDS, adding that your mouth also goes through a journey. "As we age, our mouths go through some interes
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 15:30:00
GuardianGamer has a solution for worried parents who want to support their kids’ social gaming activity while ensuring safety in digital playgrounds like Minecraft and Roblox. GuardianGamer ought to pique the interest of a lot of parents, considering that Minecraft is having a moment. A Minecraft Movie, based on the popular sandbox Microsoft game, has generated $570 million at the box office in two weeks while Roblox has 380 million monthly active users. Back in December, Microsoft said Minecra
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 19:00:24
Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung has done something incredible with One UI 7. Easily Samsung’s biggest Android update in years, One UI 7 has ample new features and a much-needed fresh coat of paint across the board — making it the most enjoyable piece of Samsung software I’ve used in a long, long time. Simultaneously, Samsung has botched the release of One UI 7 to a degree I didn’t think was possible. It took a mysteriously delayed beta program, followed by months of additional delays an
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 19:30:54
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing to make the icons on the Settings homepage more colorful. This is part of Google’s effort to redesign the Settings app to be more expressive. It’s unclear if colored icons are part of Google’s new Material Design 3 Expressive theme. Earlier this week, we found evidence indicating Google will introduce an expressive new Material Design theme at next month’s Google I/O developer conference. Although several mentions and potential exa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 19:50:16
Of all the things that you can’t have too much of — friends, fun, knowledge, butter, bacon — we’d like to add digital storage. Digital files of all types — photos, videos, games — get bigger all the time, much faster than the internal hard drives of laptops and desktops. That’s why portable storage drives are such a hot commodity these days, and the Samsung T7 Shield is one of the best and most durable ones on the market. The 2TB version of the T7 Shield is also on sale for 47% off at Amazon rig
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 01:29:06
Android 16 has been out for a while through beta programs for Pixel devices. Google just released Android 16 Beta 4 , the last scheduled update in this platform release’s beta program. This build marks the second platform stability release, meaning that developer APIs and app-facing behaviors are now final, and apps targeting Android 16 can be made available in the Play Store. If you want to try out Android 16 before its stable release, but don’t have a compatible Pixel device, here’s some good
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-17 17:55:03
Enter number of people: Visualize Presets: 100K 1 Million 10 Million 100 Million 1 Billion Note: For extremely large numbers, the visualization may become slower to render. Mouse controls: Left-click + drag to rotate, Right-click + drag to pan, Scroll to zoom About This Visualization This visualization helps you grasp large numbers by representing people in stadium-sized units. Each stadium holds 100,000 people. The 3D view allows you to explore the stadiums from any angle, giving a better
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 06:36:41
On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. we designed, 3d printed and built a <$500 drone with that calculates GPS coordinates without a signal using a camera + google maps in 24h pic.twitter.com/8P2QoQMNbW — Ian Laffey (@ilaffey2) February 18, 2024
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 10:54:00
The fourth beta of Android 16 has begun rolling out to supported Pixel smartphones and tablets, and it'll be the last release for the beta program. Android 16 reached platform stability in its last beta, and this secondary stability release is all about tightening up all the screws before the final release in a few months. We'll probably hear more about Android 16 next month during Google I/O 2025. Users installing the latest beta will receive the latest fixes and optimizations first, and will
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 11:36:41
On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. we designed, 3d printed and built a <$500 drone with that calculates GPS coordinates without a signal using a camera + google maps in 24h pic.twitter.com/8P2QoQMNbW — Ian Laffey (@ilaffey2) February 18, 2024
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 17:19:54
It's no secret that Musk is anxious about the world's population. In 2022, he made the controversial proclamation that "population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming." That wasn't just one of his many idle thoughts, but a serious mantra to live by. The centi-billionaire now has at least 14 children with at least four different women — Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, author Justin Wilson, musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher, and right-wing in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 19:10:44
China has banned automakers in the country from marketing their vehicles with grandiose terms such as “smart driving” or “autonomous driving” following a fatal crash involving a Xiaomi SU7. The car was in driver assistance mode as the vehicle approached a construction zone, but the driver took control only just before the car hit a concrete barrier. Three passengers were killed in the accident. The problem with any assistance system below Level 4—in which a vehicle can operate entirely without
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 23:37:15
The New Jersey attorney general sued Discord on Thursday, alleging that the company misled consumers about child safety features on the gaming-centric social messaging app. The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court by attorney General Matthew Platkin and the state's division of consumer affairs, alleges that Discord violated the state's consumer fraud laws. Discord did so, the complaint said, by allegedly "misleading children and parents from New Jersey" about safety features, "obscu
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 23:05:19
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on re-adding a dedicated shortcut for toggling Do Not Disturb mode from the Quick Settings panel. For a long time, Android let users quickly toggle Do Not Disturb mode from a Quick Settings shortcut, but this shortcut was replaced with Modes in the latest Android 15 quarterly release. The Modes shortcut launches a panel where Do Not Disturb mode can then be toggled, requiring two taps for what previously only required one. People oft
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 23:24:15
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 4 is now available for Pixel phones. Testers can manually download an OTA or factory image, but most will want to wait for an update notification. We’re now within spitting distance of Android 16 stable, due later this quarter. Google is putting the finishing touches on Android 16, and last night told us to look forward to Beta 4 arriving today. While we’re not quite to the point where the new OS update is ready for a stable release,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 23:30:15
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new Video Chat panel for Android that lets you apply a variety of visual and audio effects to video calls. These effects include background blur, portrait lighting, portrait touch-up, and studio-style mic processing. Although we spotted evidence of the Video Chat panel in Android 16 Beta 4, the feature doesn’t work yet, suggesting it’ll roll out in a future release. If you want to look your best on a video call, you’ll need a gr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 23:45:37
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 4 arrives today for Pixel devices. New owners of the Pixel 9a can now enroll in the Beta program, their first opportunity to do so. Downloads for the Pixel 9a should also be available soon. Android development is proceeding a little differently this time around, with Google giving work on Android 16 a much earlier start than we’ve come to expect. But while Android 16 is moving on a bold new timetable, Google similarly pushed up its launch
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 23:06:47
is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. After 24 hours with Huawei’s Mate XT — a.k.a. the world’s first trifold smartphone — I have this to say for it: the novelty hasn’t worn off. I’ve tried the Mate XT twice before, first shortly after it launched last September, and then again in February after it was released outside of China. But now Huawei is ready to actually let me review its one-of-a-kind hardware, which
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 03:45:01
New Jersey's Attorney General Matthew Platkin is suing Discord over the chat company's child safety features. The lawsuit claims that Discord has "misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application." The Office of the Attorney General and the state's Division of Consumer Affairs concluded that Discord violated New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act after a multiyear investigation into the company. The details of the lawsuit are cur
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 03:50:07
ZDNET's key takeaways The Sabrent USB SSD 4-bay docking station is available now on Amazon for $89. This docking station makes adding external drives to your system a total plug-and-play affair. The case is plastic, so it feels a bit cheap but that doesn't get in the way of performance. $89.99 at Walmart $89.99 at B&H Photo-Video $89.99 at Amazon more buying choices At Amazon, the Sabrent USVB SSD docking station is on sale for $81, a 10% discount. It seems I'm always running out of room on
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