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Google Nest lineup gets a price hike across nearly every camera & doorbell
Alongside a price hike on the Google TV Streamer, the Nest lineup is also seeing prices go up effective immediately on nearly every camera and doorbell that’s currently available. As mentioned in another post, the Google TV Streamer just got a $50 price hike – a 50% increase over its original price tag. Google is also rolling out price hikes across the rest of its smart home ecosystem, the Nest lineup, though to a…
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Amazon is sued by the FTC and 22 states for 'secretly' overcharging advertisers since 2019
The company's "deception continues to this day," the lawsuit says. Amazon has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 states over its handling of advertising auctions. The company has made billions of dollars by "secretly" inflating its rates for more than six years, according to a statement from the FTC. The regulator alleges that Amazon for years deceived its advertisers by adding "hidden" surcharges to its ad auctions, which resulted in…
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FTC lawsuit alleges Amazon has been ‘secretly and systematically’ overcharging for ads
Amazon responded saying the FTC’s claim ‘fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers behave.’ Amazon responded saying the FTC’s claim ‘fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers behave.’ The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a “secret ad surcharge” to drive up prices for ads on its website and app. FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson claims in a blog post on the lawsuit that the higher advertising prices “were largely passed on to American consumers.”…
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Smartphones
Galaxy S27 and S27 Plus could finally get a meaningful zoom camera upgrade
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Samsung’s regular Galaxy S phones haven’t exactly been spoiled with telephoto camera upgrades in recent generations. That could finally change with the next series, as a new leak suggests the Galaxy S27 and S27 Plus may inherit the same 3x telephoto system as the upcoming Galaxy S27 Pro. As spotted by Digital Trends, tipster @phonefuturist claims in an X post that Samsung…
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Smartphones
What’s new in Android’s August 2026 Google System Updates [U]
The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others are aimed at developers. The following first-party apps comprise the “Google System”: To update, open the Settings app > tap your name at the very top for “Google services” (on Pixel) > All services tab > Privacy…
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Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak
The Trump administration is halting vital federal research on the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, despite the record-breaking, nationwide outbreak of the diarrheal pathogen, according to Politico. Of the three research programs that represent nearly all of the Cyclospora work at the US Department of Agriculture, two have been defunded, and the third is about to lose every scientist working on it. The Trump administration is shuttering the USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center near Washington, DC,…
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I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro
Watching the Red Sox-Yankees game on a headset is for someone — just not for me. Watching the Red Sox-Yankees game on a headset is for someone — just not for me. This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn’t make that much sense. Apple and Major League Baseball chose…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple Releases New iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and tvOS 27 Public Betas
Apple today released the sixth public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate, allowing anyone with a compatible device to download and test the new software. The sixth betas come a week after Apple seeded the fifth betas and a few hours after the eighth developer betas. You can get started by signing up on Apple's beta website and then opting in to the public beta by opening up…
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Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article
If you’re like many of our readers, you’ve got Ars Technica bookmarked and hit the front page a few times a day. But for others, a compelling story is what brings them here for the first time. And the discussions sometimes keep them coming back. Since its launch in 1998, Ars Technica has been known for its depth of community. If all you’re doing is checking out the front page and the discussion threads…
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Apps & Logiciels
Google TV Streamer gets $50 price increase
Google has quietly raised the price of the Google TV Streamer to $149.99. This $50 increase is quite drastic for the 2024 Google TV device that launched at $99.99 and saw $20 discounts during the holidays. This new price is already live on the Google Store and Best Buy, but other retailers (like Amazon) are still selling it at the original price as of Monday afternoon. This increase is presumably due to RAM pricing,…
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Domotique
Home Assistant : organiser pièces, étages et étiquettes avant que la maison devienne illisible
Une installation Home Assistant commence souvent avec quelques lampes, deux capteurs et une prise. Les noms semblent alors évidents. Deux ans plus tard, la même maison peut contenir plusieurs centaines d’entités, des automatisations difficiles à retrouver et trois objets appelés « température salon ». Le problème n’est plus technique : il vient d’une organisation qui n’a pas grandi avec l’installation. Home Assistant propose plusieurs niveaux complémentaires : appareils, entités, zones, étages, étiquettes, catégories et…
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IT & Science & Technology
Apple ends hardware support for three Intel MacBook models
Apple has ended official hardware support for three Intel MacBook models from 2017 and 2018, leaving owners to turn to third-party repair options. The first is the 13-inch 2017 MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt 3 ports. The most recent compatible OS is macOS Ventura, which was released in 2022. Second is Apple's 2018 Retina MacBook Air. It can only be updated to macOS Sonoma, putting it two macOS releases behind at the time of…
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IA
New evidence shows OpenAI's trade secret theft & destruction of evidence, says Apple
Apple has been urging the court to require expedited discovery, and information discovered on Chang Liu's work MacBook suggests OpenAI is actively destroying evidence. OpenAI poached over 400 employees from Apple to work on AI projects, and two were called out in a trade secret theft lawsuit in July. Apple has suggested the case needs urgent attention, and that every delay causes more harm. According to a new filing from Apple on Monday, the…
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IA
Apple Says Former Engineer Used Stolen Trade Secrets at OpenAI, Taught AI Agent to Run Them
Apple today submitted new evidence in its lawsuit against OpenAI, with the hope that the new information will persuade the judge to grant an expedited discovery process. Apple filed a theft of trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan in July, accusing them of using multiple methods to steal data from Apple. Liu kept an Apple-issued MacBook after he left for OpenAI, and Apple got it back after the lawsuit…
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Smartphones
iPhone 18 Pro: Three reasons you might want to upgrade from iPhone 17 Pro
iPhone 18 Pro will be unveiled next week, and while most iPhone 17 Pro owners won’t upgrade so soon, for those considering a new iPhone there are three main features likely to motivate them. Better battery life is often at the top of iPhone users’ feature wishlists. Who doesn’t want an iPhone that lasts longer between charges? Last year’s iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max brought big improvements in this area, but rumors indicate…
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IA
Apple reveals ‘shocking evidence’ from ex-employee’s MacBook in OpenAI suit
Apple has filed a new document in its ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI as it continues to push for expedited discovery. In today’s filing, Apple says that it has new “shocking evidence” based on early forensic inspection of a laptop used by former engineer Chang Liu. Apple first filed the lawsuit in July, accusing ex-employees of stealing trade secrets for the benefit of OpenAI. It moved for a preliminary injunction a few weeks later, while…
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IA
The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok
The Pentagon has launched versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, giving 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools that have been tailored to “warfighter needs.” ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government — custom versions of the popular consumer generative AI tools — are now part of GenAI.mil, a centralized, secure portal launched last year. GenAI.mil, which offered Google Gemini when it first launched, is designed to give Department of…
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Smartphones
PSA: Gemini can adjust system settings on any Pixel running Android 17
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The Pixel 11 series debuted a new Gemini feature called Device Help. Device Help lets you tell Gemini what you want to accomplish on your phone, and the AI will return the relevant settings and even offer to make multiple changes for you in a single tap. Now, we’ve learned that the feature isn’t a Pixel 11 exclusive. Google’s Minhaz A V…
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Tech News
Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes
It took three years, but Coyote vs. Acme is finally in theaters and delighting audiences of all ages with its irresistible blend of slapstick humor, pointed satire, and even a warm fuzzy here and there. We’re happy to report that the film was worth the wait. The film is based on a well-known satirical piece by Ian Frazier (also titled “Coyote vs. Acme”) published in The New Yorker in 1990. Development of a film…
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Musique
Démocratie Sous Morphine : Le réveil brutal sous les néons
Guy de Lussigny capture l'ivresse amère d'une cité engourdie. Un groove de béton qui refuse de s'endormir, extrait de l'album Au clair du bitume.
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How Enterprising Modders Installed Windows NT On Nintendo GameCubes
A blast from the past modded onto another blast from the past. With the current "analog" tech trend encouraging hobbyists to find new ways to exercise their ownership over hardware, console modding is seeing more and more attention. While taking gaming tech apart and putting it back together again has long been incredibly popular, the online communities surrounding it are increasingly breaking into the mainstream. As more individuals enter the modding hobby, the lengths…
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Smartphones
Pixel 11 owners say their phones are waking up without being touched
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Now that the Pixel 11 series has only been out in the wild for a short time, the inevitable early quirks are starting to emerge. One of them appears to involve Google’s usually handy ‘Lift to check phone’ feature, with Pixel 11 Pro owners reporting that their screens are waking with barely any movement at all. A Reddit user raised the issue…
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Smartphones
How to run Mario Kart 64 with native Metal rendering, high frame rate, and HD textures on iPhone [Video]
Love Mario Kart 64 and want to play it on iPhone? You may have tried Delta or another N64 emulator in the past to make that happen. And while that works, it’s now possible to run the classic cart racer with native Metal rendering on iPhone. As we’ll discuss in this video and post, running Mario Kart 64 with native Metal rendering presents several key advantages over running the same game via an emulator.…
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Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
We’re getting close to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! From October 13-15, more than 10,000 innovators, founders, investors, and industry leaders will attend our event in San Francisco’s Moscone West, but the community gathering in the Bay Area stretches beyond those three days. With our Disrupt Side Events program, you can bring people together anytime from October 10-16 for a custom event that gets promoted to Disrupt’s attendees. But time is running out — our deadline…
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