[ad_1] Matt Horne / Android Authority I quite like Duolingo, which seems an unfashionable thing to say in 2026. It may have been a trailblazer in language-learning apps, but, at best, it divides opinion these days. I certainly can’t blame anyone who has given up on the app. There are various reasons to dislike what … Read More “8 Duolingo changes I want to see after a 1,000-day streak” »
[ad_1] Both ZachXBT and Dark Web Informer also confirmed how hackers had targeted and resold particularly valuable Instagram accounts, including the short handles @hey and @jowo with a “combined gray-market valuation estimated above $1 million,” according to the CyberSec Guru. Such accounts can be valuable even if hackers hold them for just a few days … Read More “Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts” »
[ad_1] Nvidia opened Taipei’s enormous Computex trade show on Sunday with a spark, literally. The chipmaker unveiled a new PC CPU called the RTX Spark, which it dubbed a “superchip,” and named a who’s who list of PC makers that will soon deliver AI PCs powered by it. The super-fast, 1-petaflop chip is designed to … Read More “Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP” »
[ad_1] Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I’ve been a Kindle user for well over a decade, so in some ways the idea of jumping ship feels traitorous. I genuinely love my devices and the place they’ve earned on my nightstand, carry-on, and tiny Grinch heart. Unfortunately, Amazon’s locked-down approach and recent sunsetting policies have made … Read More “I switched from Kindle to BOOX, and I have mixed feelings” »
[ad_1] You may not have heard of UK-based Noble Audio, but it makes some excellent-sounding earbuds and headphones and has gradually been producing more affordable true-wireless models. A couple of years ago, I added its FoKus Amadeus buds ($320) to CNET’s list of best-sounding wireless earbuds as my “top audiophile” pick. Now we get the … Read More “Audiophile-Oriented Noble Audio Debuts More Affordable Osprey Earbuds” »
[ad_1] Just as expected, Huawei unveiled its nova 16 series in China today with four members. The top dog in the rotation is the nova 16 Ultra, and it brings an impressive set of cameras and a substantial battery capacity. Nova 16 Ultra is armed with a 7,000 mAh battery, which supports 100W wired, 50W … Read More “Huawei nova 16 Ultra arrives with 200MP main cam and 7,000 mAh battery” »
[ad_1] Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Google is finally making password manager switching easier by letting users securely import and export passwords and passkeys between Google Password Manager and third-party apps. The new Credential Exchange standard eliminates reliance on insecure CSV exports, creating a safer way to move sensitive login data across platforms. Don’t … Read More “Google just made switching password managers a whole lot easier” »
[ad_1] Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Store v51.7 delivers a major usability refresh, with a cleaner and more consistent experience across Android phones, Android TV, and Android Auto. Purchase and download dialogs have been redesigned, making app installs and purchases look more modern and easier to navigate. App deals are now much … Read More “Google is giving the Play Store a much-needed interface cleanup” »
[ad_1] Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential privacy tradeoffs. The company gave me access to Spark last week. Google advertises Spark as an AI agent that can take on tasks and work on … Read More “Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo” »
[ad_1] We’ve always found strace useful but somewhat hard to work with. Its output is often inscrutable, it’s hard to follow subprocesses or threads, and if you want to filter syscalls you have to rerun the trace with a flag for each one. What you want in debugging is a tool for exploring, refining, etc., … Read More “Jane Street Blog – strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance” »
