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Google Just Took Another Step Toward the AI-First Smartphone

Google Just Took Another Step Toward the AI-First Smartphone

[ad_1] After years of sprinkling AI into its mobile products, Google’s fully leaning in. The company is integrating Gemini more deeply into Android, allowing its AI assistant to manage a wider range of everyday tasks across apps — a move that could fundamentally reshape how people interact with their phones. Rather than you having to …

TCL CSOT shows off the world's highest pixel density displays for XR

TCL CSOT shows off the world's highest pixel density displays for XR

[ad_1] Display Week 2026 was held in Los Angeles last week – it was an opportunity for the world’s largest display makers to showcase their most advanced technologies. TCL CSOT’s presentation focused on eXtended Reality (XR) applications. The first is a tiny 0.28” display – small enough to be embedded in lightweight smart glasses. However, …

Spotify’s Party of the Year(s) is here to tell you about your all-time listening stats

Spotify’s Party of the Year(s) is here to tell you about your all-time listening stats

[ad_1] Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is celebrating its 20-year anniversary by rolling out “Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s).” This is a mobile-only experience that offers a variety of insights, like the first song you streamed and your all-time most-streamed artist. Users are also getting an “All-Time Top Songs Playlist.” Have …

Googlebooks Could Be the Ideal Laptop for Android Fans

Googlebooks Could Be the Ideal Laptop for Android Fans

[ad_1] Just about 15 years ago, Google introduced ChromeOS and Chromebooks, right when cloud computing was becoming mainstream. While early Chromebooks were fraught with limitations, ChromeOS’s constraints dissipated over the years, becoming a low-cost, viable alternative to what Apple and Microsoft offer. Google’s now looking to shake up the laptop market once again with Googlebooks — …

Ford Launches Energy Subsidiary to Build Data Center-Scale Batteries at Kentucky Plant

Ford Launches Energy Subsidiary to Build Data Center-Scale Batteries at Kentucky Plant

[ad_1] Ford Motor Company has been quietly working on a secret side hustle. The automaker announced Monday the formal launch of Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary that will manufacture and sell US-assembled battery energy storage systems for utilities, large industrial customers and — perhaps most importantly — data centers. Ford hopes to deploy at …

How Figma Upgraded Data Pipeline from Multi-Day Latency to Real-Time

How Figma Upgraded Data Pipeline from Multi-Day Latency to Real-Time

[ad_1] Underneath every review sits a purpose-built, independent context engine. It’s the layer that decides what the agent actually sees before a single token of generation happens. Purpose-built because code review demands a different context than chat or autocomplete: placing the relevant context fragments assembled for each review. The engine assembles inputs across four planes: …

TikTok is rolling out an ad-free subscription tier in the UK

TikTok is rolling out an ad-free subscription tier in the UK

[ad_1] TikTok is the latest social media platform to offer a paid ad-free experience. The short-video platform announced a £3.99 subscription service in the UK, which will be available in the coming months for users aged 18 or older. Apart from removing all ads inside the app, TikTok promises its subscription tier will also prevent …

There’s an active Spotify outage right now

There’s an active Spotify outage right now

[ad_1] Settling down for lunch and looking to unwind with some music, but can’t connect to Spotify? You’re not alone, as there’s currently an outage impacting Spotify users. Spotify’s status-tracking X account confirms the issue, and shares that the company is actively looking into it. At the moment, though, there’s no firm word on what …