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Smartphones
I tested the Pixel 11 Pro XL’s 25W wireless charging — and it’s still way too slow
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Pixels and I get on reasonably well, but if there’s one area that I find myself constantly sighing loudly at, it’s charging the darn phones. Yes, you can just splash the cash on official accessories like the Pixel Flex 67W charger ($59.99 at Amazon), a mighty impressive USB-C adapter in its own right. But not all the accessories in Google’s charging ecosystem…
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Musique
Kilómetros De Sal : Le goût du bitume et de la mélancolie
Quand la poussière retombe et que la route reprend, Guy de Lussigny capture l'instant précis où le voyage brûle et nettoie à la fois. Un groove latin brut, solaire et sans artifice.
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Tech News
I got hit by phantom roaming charges abroad — here’s how to avoid them
You hear horror stories of people unwittingly incurring monstrous mobile bills when roaming abroad. Just recently, one Reddit user was horrified to find that AT&T had clobbered them with a $53k charge, after an eight-day European trip they expected to run them about $100 in roaming fees. You tend to feel sorry for these people, while also having lingering thoughts that they’ve been dealt a very tough life lesson. Thankfully, my own roaming-fee surprise…
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Tech News
Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade
For decades, astronomers thought rings were something only giant planets had. That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across. “It was a surprise,” says Pablo Santos-Sanz, an astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Granada, Spain. Ever since, the…
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IA
Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster believes OpenAI used his work to rush ahead and beat him to solving a legendary math problem with a $1 million bounty. But that’s not been enough for him to stop using the company’s models—and he’s not the only mathematician that feels that way. “Even if you don't agree with any of this, you're kind of stuck. With AI being so useful, it's hard to completely prevent oneself from using it,”…
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Wearable
5 smartwatches you should buy instead of the Moto Watch Ultra
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The Moto Watch Ultra is Motorola’s latest smartwatch, featuring a unique blend of features for the price. The singular variant costs $350 and includes LTE eSIM support, Wear OS 6, a 1.5-inch pOLED display, and Polar’s health and fitness tracking algorithms. That’s a fabulous combination in itself, but Motorola has cut corners on the processor and is only offering two OS upgrades.…
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Tech News
Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law
This story originally appeared on Capital B and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a child in the 1950s and ’60s, Regina Martin became so used to the oil pumpjacks near her home that she assumed every child lived beside them. Everyone was made “sick to [their] tummy” by the sulfurous, rotten-egg smell that never seemed to leave, she thought. Only until she was grown did she begin to see a possible…
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IA
Google’s Gemini went rogue and breached three companies
What you need to know Google has apparently admitted that Gemini had escaped its testing environment and independently accessed systems belonging to three real companies. A misconfigured internet connection was the initial opening, while a matching company name added to the confusion. Gemini eventually stopped itself after recognizing that it was targeting real companies. Google initially kept the incident quiet, arguing that Gemini self-corrected and caused no damage. Google's Gemini adds to the long…
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Tech News
Forge des communs numériques éducatifs: des ressources libres produites par les enseignants
Moins de trois ans après sa création, la Forge des communs numériques éducatifs rassemble 10.000 projets. Une réussite qui s'appuie sur les contributeurs, mais aussi sur les utilisateurs. Les enseignants ne sont pas voués à rester des consommateurs passifs de numérique, loin de là. C'est ce que montre la mission des communs numériques éducatifs de la Direction du numérique pour l'éducation (DNE), dans une enquête sur la Forge des communs numériques éducatifs, intitulée "Comprendre…
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Tech News
Des drones non identifiés ont forcé l’aéroport de Luxembourg à fermer vendredi soir
Recevez tous les soirs un résumé de l’actu importante avec Le Récap’ Le trafic aérien de l’aéroport de Luxembourg a été fortement perturbé dans la soirée du vendredi 18 septembre 2026. Selon Reuters, les vols ont pu reprendre ce samedi matin. Ils avaient été suspendus la veille, en raison de la présence de systèmes d’aéronefs sans pilote non autorisés, autrement dit des drones. Ces engins ont été détectés « à proximité, puis au-dessus de…
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Apps & Logiciels
I used Immich for years, but this self-hosted Google Photos alternative is even better
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. I’ve had Immich running on my home server for the past three years. It’s a self-hosting essential for me as I try to offload as much of my backups and services from the cloud as possible. It’s where I keep the photos from my SLR, where my phone backs up photos automatically, and where I can search through years of images without…
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Smartphones
Apple Exec Says 'Hold Us Accountable' on iPhone Duo Crease
Apple hardware engineering VP Tom Marieb spoke with TechRadar and shared some candid thoughts about Apple's upcoming iPhone Duo. The iPhone Duo uses a matte nano-texture display, which is meant to cut down on glare and minimize the visibility of the crease. When asked if the iPhone Duo's crease would be more visible over time, as that's what tends to happen on other foldables, Marieb said the nano-texture display would help. He asked people…
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IA
PocketPal AI : l'IA 100 % locale et gratuite qui protège vraiment votre vie privée sur mobile
L'IA s'impose dans tous les domaines du développement technologique. C'est particulièrement vrai pour Android, où Gemini est devenu l’assistant numérique et l’outil de chat IA par défaut. Cependant, si vous préférez éviter l’IA de Google, la bonne nouvelle, c’est que vous disposez désormais d’une alternative qui est véritablement une solution exclusivement locale : PocketPal AI. Cette solution fonctionne également sur les appareils Apple. Dans les rares occasions où j’utilise l’IA, une IA installée localement…
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Smartphones
I went hands-on with the iPhone Duo, and I'm genuinely excited
I've used pretty much all foldables released in the last four years, so I know what this category has to offer. Whether it's the tri-folding Huawei Mate XT, creaseless Find N6, or the camera powerhouse that is the Vivo X Fold 5, Android foldables have come a long way. But it took just an hour of using the iPhone Duo to understand just what Android brands need to do differently. With the iPhone Duo,…
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Apps & Logiciels
pearOS, c'est le macOS de Linux, et sa dernière version est meilleure que jamais
Avec cette nouvelle version, le développeur peaufine l'aspect « Liquid Glass » de pearOS grâce à une multitude d'améliorations. Les utilisateurs de macOS devraient s'en réjouir. Avec cette nouvelle version, le développeur peaufine l'aspect « Liquid Glass » de pearOS grâce à une multitude d'améliorations. Les utilisateurs de macOS devraient s'en réjouir. Les points clés à retenir sur la nouvelle version de pearOS Comme le savent mes lecteurs réguliers, j’adore les belles interfaces utilisateur.…
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Apps & Logiciels
India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos
India has extended its anti-spam regime to require caller-ID and call-management apps to share users’ spam reports with telecom operators, prompting spam-blocking app maker Truecaller to call the ruling anti-competitive. On Friday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the country’s telecom regulator, amended rules governing commercial communications, making it mandatory for caller-ID and call-management apps that let users flag calls as spam or junk to send those reports to a blockchain-based platform maintained…
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IA
Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress,” is having a rough time on its first press tour. The production company that created it, Particle6 Group, has made it available for 75 simultaneous interviews with journalists, and it seems to be making mistakes in all of them. (I was not invited to speak with it, and frankly, I cannot imagine why Particle6 didn’t want to schedule that meeting.) In one particularly odd interview with Piers Morgan and…
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Apps & Logiciels
Gemini app for macOS adding send and read iMessage integration
Google’s latest update to the Gemini app for macOS readies local iMessage integration. This follows the app coming to Windows last week. Gemini’s latest Connected App on the Mac is @messages to “Read, search, and send messages in Apple Messages.” Specifically, the integration can: This will aid context by being able to look up information from conversations. Example prompts include: This integration appears in Settings > Connected Apps at the very bottom after updating…
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Smartphones
iPhone 18 Pro Max Requires 'Prepare to Ship' Battery Drain Before Shipping
The iPhone 18 Pro Max has a battery capacity over 20 watt-hours, which means there are additional shipping requirements. If an iPhone 18 Pro Max needs to be shipped somewhere, its maximum battery capacity has to be limited through firmware. According to Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses an "innovative battery-firmware solution" that limits battery capacity to below 20Wh between when the iPhone is manufactured and its delivery to a customer. Activating the…
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IA
A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI
Four years ago, a startup lab launched that wasn’t quite an incubator, accelerator program, or venture firm. UP.Labs, as it was called then, built startups designed to solve problems for corporate customers such as Alaska Airlines and Porsche, as well as for the outside world. The firm still has the same mission — albeit with a critical addition to its approach, a new name, and a $100 million investment from Silversmith Capital Partners. Vantora,…
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IA
Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments
Anthropic has a wet biology lab in the Bay Area where it can use its AI models to run physical experiments, it has confirmed to TechCrunch. AI leaders have been promising that AI is the key to curing human disease. Dario Amodei opined just last week: “I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years.” To do that, an LLM would have to have methods to test its theories…
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IA
AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation
Military aircraft were already in the air this spring when U.S. officials made an alarming discovery: The intelligence driving an armed operation against a Chinese vessel had been hallucinated by an AI chatbot. The operation was aborted at the last minute, narrowly averting a potential conflict with China, CNN reported on Friday. The episode underscores a growing concern among military officials and outside experts: As decision-makers lean more heavily on AI, the errors these…
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Wearable
The Quantified Scientist tests the Apple Watch Series 12’s new heart rate sensor
In a new video, The Quantified Scientist’s Rob ter Horst compares the new Apple Watch Series 12’s heart rate sensor against a Polar H10 ECG chest strap. Here’s what he found. For the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple completely revamped the device’s heart sensor, which now measures heart rate every five seconds even when the user isn’t active. In our review of Apple Watch Series 12, which you can read here, we found that…
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IA
AI almost led the US military to start a war with China, report says
CNN's sources claim the US nearly attacked a Chinese ship it believed was carrying nuclear weapon components. A false, partially AI-generated intelligence report nearly prompted the US military to attack a Chinese ship in the Middle East, CNN reports. The incident "almost started a war," according to a source cited in the report, and highlights the risks of incorporating AI into the sensitive work of the US Department of Defense. Engadget has asked the…
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