[ad_1] Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Pro While there have been rumors that Google was working on a new laptop-focused OS for years, the company didn’t officially confirm the existence of Aluminium OS until late 2025. There’s still a lot we don’t know about the operating system, but we are slowly …
[ad_1] Android phones might finally catch up with Apple-style face unlock, but without the notch. A new system called Polar ID, developed by Metalenz, could bring secure, infrared-style facial recognition to Android devices as early as 2027, with under-display versions likely arriving a year later. According to a report from Wired, Polar ID replicates the kind of …
[ad_1] You have noticed that the internet is dying. Twitter changed hands, changed names, and changed shape, and the version of it you knew is gone. Reddit went public. Google search now returns generated answers stapled to half a dozen ads. Instagram is bots making content for bots. Discord servers you joined in 2019 have …
[ad_1] TL;DR Google has introduced new assistant models, called “drafters,” that could significantly speed up Gemma 4. Drafters work by predicting sections of prompts to the main model, which can focus on processing them in bigger batches. This allows the model to use the memory and the compute more efficiently. Google’s recently launched Gemma 4 …
[ad_1] A fresh leak suggests Apple’s 20th-anniversary iPhone may see a button-less design. According to rumours, Apple’s long-rumoured button-less design has reportedly reached a point where the technology is expected to feature on next year’s iPhone release. Solid-state buttons, which replace mechanical moving parts with haptic feedback systems, have circled Apple’s roadmap since at least …
[ad_1] Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is now offering up to $1.5 million for advanced zero-click Pixel hacks targeting the Titan M2 security chip. Meanwhile, Google is slashing payouts for basic Android and Chrome vulnerabilities and cutting several bonus categories. Researchers can still earn up to $250,000 for full-chain Chrome exploits, and the …
[ad_1] Motorola recently introduced two versions of the Edge 70 Pro for global and Indian markets, with differences in camera hardware and charging capabilities. Now, it appears that the global variant could launch in India under the Edge 70 Pro+ moniker. According to a tipster, Motorola is set to unveil the Edge 70 Pro+ in …
[ad_1] Google’s next Pixel phone might miss out on one of its most anticipated upgrades. According to a fresh leak, the Pixel 11 series won’t ship with Google’s next-gen face unlock hardware. Earlier reports suggested it would finally fix one of the feature’s biggest limitations, but this is now in question. The upgrade in question, internally …
[ad_1] The next update to Apple’s operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to …
[ad_1] Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Bell has introduced a $40 “device handling fee” to replace the connection fees recently banned by regulators. Interestingly, smartwatches are currently exempt from the “handling” tax. The carrier has warned that the fee amount is subject to change. It seemed like Canadian carriers were finally moving away from …
