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With the Google Pixel 9a having launched a few months ago and the Google Pixel 9 hitting shelves nearly a year back, a common dilemma arises—should you opt for the newer mid-range model or stick with last year’s flagship? It’s a valid question, especially given their similar pricing and shared DNA.
In Europe, the Pixel 9 costs about €100 more than the 9a, while in the US, the gap widens to $150. On paper, the two phones have a lot in common—identical displays, matching chipsets, and comparable camera se
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But there remain a few options to plug in your 56K (or slower) screeching modem into. Read more ›
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If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever. Read more ›
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The world’s richest man is using his new AI art tool to pump out sexualized images of women, leaning hard into the fantasies of his most devoted male followers. Read more ›
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The fifth tvOS 26 beta changed several "HomeKit" references to "Apple Home" in the Settings app on all Apple TV models compatible with the update. For example, Israeli website The Verifier reported that the "AirPlay and HomeKit" menu on the Apple TV is now labeled "AirPlay and Apple Home." MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris spotted other examples, such as the one below. Before:Your Apple TV won't connect with iCloud and HomeKit... Read more ›
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macOS Tahoe includes 15 new aerial screen savers for the Mac, each panning over natural landscapes around the world. The new screen saver options were highlighted by Dylan McDonald, and we have provided still previews of all of them below. The new screen savers can also be set as wallpapers. To browse through all screen savers on macOS Tahoe, open the System Settings app, click Wallpaper, and click the "Screen... Read more ›
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With GPT-5, OpenAI addresses the question: What's the point of a model being so intelligent if humans don't understand how to use it? Read more ›
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Disney's largest cruise ship yet, Disney Adventure, will sail from Singapore this December. CEO Bob Iger described the ship as a floating ambassador. Read more ›
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Another victim has been scammed out of an RTX 5090 from Amazon's French location. Despite buying an RTX 5090 from an Amazon-hosted listing, the buyer received a card with a missing GPU core and missing memory modules. Read more ›
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Once hyped as the indestructible truck of the future, the sci-fi pickup is now leading a massive plunge in used Tesla values as the company grapples with the fallout from its CEO's politics. Read more ›
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I didn't know how to change a flat tire and it was getting dark. A stranger stopped to help me and left before I could thank me. It changed my life. Read more ›
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The National Museum of the US Air Force hosts the world's only permanent public exhibition of a B-2 stealth bomber. Read more ›
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Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons. Read more ›
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Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 by October 2025, but someone is suing the company to stop it from doing so. Read more ›
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Newegg is offering Seagate's legendary BarraCuda hard drive in its 24TB variant for only $250 right now, that amounts to a cent per gigabyte. These are great savings for a NAS-ready, 7200 RPM hard drive that use the fat better CMR tech instead of the archaic SMR method. Read more ›
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"Heather Adkins, Google's vice president of security, announced Monday that its LLM-based vulnerability researcher Big Sleep found and reported 20 flaws in various popular open source software," reports TechCrunch: Adkins said that Big Sleep, which is developed by the company's AI department DeepMind as well as its elite team of hackers Project Zero, reported its first-ever vulnerabilities, mostly in open source software such as audio and video library FFmpeg and... Read more ›
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The PC, which was rescued from a dumpster, has an Intel Core i5-6600 CPU and an AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU. Read more ›
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The J-20 may not have any significant upgrades aboard its hardware, but the "Mighty Dragon" still has one major advantage when compared to western jets. Read more ›
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They haven't built a spacecraft for travelling to our nearest star system. But "Engineers have designed a spacecraft that could take up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri," reports LiveScience: The craft, called Chrysalis, could make the 25 trillion mile (40 trillion kilometer) journey in around 400 years, the engineers say in their project brief, meaning many of its potential passengers would only know life on... Read more ›
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WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys, and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all the gaps. Read more ›
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A Japanese company has started selling the My Key Keychain that accepts Cherry MX-compatible switches and keycaps, allowing you to bring your favorite keyboard feel wherever you go. Read more ›
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A few weeks ago, Google officially shared a video that revealed the Pixel 10 Pro design. Later on, it even posted an image showing the whole Pixel 10 series, though that wasn’t entirely intentional. Either way, Google officially sharing details about the new series (which is coming on August 20) has not stopped the leaks. Here’s another video showing the Google Pixel 10 Pro, which was posted by Evan Blass.... Read more ›
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Some have expressed concern over the future of Xperia phones following reports that the company is looking for third-party manufacturers for future high-end models (Xperia mid-rangers are already made by ODMs) and after the company started to pull back from Europe. If you were among those concerned, here’s some good news. Sony Group CFO Sue Lin said that Xperia is “a very important business for us” during a briefing on... Read more ›
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We've seen a bunch of mainstream smartphones with cooling fans so far, most recently the Oppo K13 Turbo and K13 Turbo Pro, and it seems like Huawei wants to outfit the upcoming Mate 80 with such a contraption as well. But the Chinese company has gone a different route compared to its competitors, by integrating the fan into the phone's large circular camera island - in the lower half of... Read more ›
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Poco launched the F7 back in June, after having released the F7 Pro and F7 Ultra first, a few months prior. Now, the 'vanilla' model is receiving a new software update in India, which promises to fix a bunch of camera-related issues. The official changelog promises that, once you have installed the new software, you'll see "more natural skin tones and facial details", with "improved facial contrast and accurate brightness... Read more ›
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It's either time for an upgrade or it's about time to try out the foldable life in general. Either way, this year's Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 looks like a promising next step, but the steep price tag might make you think twice and consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 instead. The new Z Fold7 is a few hundred bucks more expensive in some regions, which is a substantial amount. Yet,... Read more ›
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Following a slightly confusing turn of events, we saw a report from last week claiming to showcase the iPhone 17 Air’s battery, which later turned out to be the cell for the iPhone 17 Pro. We now have actual images of the iPhone 17 Air battery thanks to a post on Korean blog Naver. The images showcase a similar-looking L-shaped battery encased in a steel sheet like the iPhone 17... Read more ›
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After a few leaks, the Samsung Galaxy A17 5G made a surprise debut a couple of days ago. But it didn’t leak alone – there is a 4G version on the way too. A leak from Italy priced the 5G model (8/256GB) at €320 and the 4G model (same 8/256GB) at €290. When the A17 5G appeared in Spanish stores, the 8/256GB model was €310 – close enough. This suggests... Read more ›
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Chinese smartphones keep pushing the boundaries for battery capacity, and according to a new rumor, Xiaomi is testing a Redmi phone with a cell that’s between 8,500 and 9,000mAh. The new report comes from Digital Chat Station and mentions that Xiaomi has already tested the device internally and is using a self-developed battery without compromising on its charging cycle lifespan. The Redmi phone in question will apparently come in at... Read more ›
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Is the Honor Magic V5 the thinnest horizontal foldable on the market right now? Honor says so, but the more important question is whether you care – thinnest or not, the V5 has a lot going for it. It already launched internationally and will debut in Europe in less than two weeks. Do you plan on buying one? Honor Magic V5 colorways Depending on which color you pick, the Magic... Read more ›
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Apple announced its American Manufacturing Program, which will aim to bring its supply chain and advanced manufacturing back to US soil. Apple is expanding its $500 billion spending commitment from earlier this year by another $100 billion, and Cupertino is pledging to hire 20,000 people in the US across its R&D, silicon engineering, software development, AI and machine learning departments. Apple American Manufacturing Program Apple’s now $600 billion commitment to... Read more ›
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