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EA is now a private company
Electronic Arts has officially become a private company. Last September, EA announced that an investor group led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners would be taking the company private in a $55 billion deal, and on Tuesday, EA said the deal successfully closed. The PIF will reportedly own 93.4 percent of the new company. The deal includes $20 billion of debt financing — making it the largest leveraged…
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AirPods Pro, AirPods Max get another iOS 27 beta firmware release
Apple has introduced new beta firmware for AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max, so that developers can continue testing out inbound iOS 27 features. Apple will be introducing a number of new features for select AirPods models this fall, as part of the iOS 27 and other 27-gen operating system releases. Ahead of that release, it is testing out the features via beta firmware builds. The new firmware, build 9A5336b, replaces the previous build,…
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T-Mobile wants to make switching providers easier with its revamped plans
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. T-Mobile has been pushing loyal customers away by killing off many of its legacy plans. At the same time, the carrier is attempting to attract new members. Its latest attempt aims to take the pain out of switching to a new wireless provider. T-Mobile has announced a new initiative called the “Nothing” plan. According to the press release, the aim is to…
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IA
Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.
As policymakers debate how to govern increasingly powerful AI systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic’s Mythos, a Chinese open-weight model has narrowed the gap with the industry’s leaders. GLM-5.2, the open-weight AI model from China’s Z.ai, is only a few months behind OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 on cyber and bio capabilities, according to a new report from AI safety nonprofit SaferAI. But the divide between frontier capabilities and safety practices…
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Smartphones
The Galaxy S26 FE sure does look like a Samsung phone in leaked images
Continuing the trend of Samsung’s “Fan Edition” series, the Galaxy S26 FE has just surfaced in new leaks with another evolution of “yep, that’s a Samsung phone” design. Posted by “The Cipher Project” on Telegram, three images show off the Galaxy S26 FE in black, light green, and dark purple colors. The design, like the rest of the Galaxy S26 series, takes a half-step away from past years by introducing a new camera island…
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Xbox's free 25th anniversary gifts include a dynamic theme and avatars
It’s also highlighting classic titles from the past two and a half decades on Game Pass. This fall, Xbox will mark its 25th anniversary, and it is giving away some freebies to players in honor of the milestone. (Sadly, the previously announced translucent green Xbox Series X will not be free.) A special 25th anniversary badge will be granted to any players who log into Xbox on console, PC or the Xbox mobile app…
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Apps & Logiciels
Telegram's takedown caused by planted porn & weaponized App Store policies
The brief removal and restoration of Telegram from the App Store was a targeted attack by a "takedown extortionist," and it's something the company's CEO says can be weaponized against other apps, too. On Monday evening, Telegram was removed from the App Store for a number of hours, following a report that CSAM material was posted to it. The following day, the fallout of the event revealed it was a worse situation than first…
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Apple Limits Bug Bounty Submissions After Flood of AI Slop
Apple limited the number of vulnerabilities security researchers can submit to its bug bounty program because of an uptick in reports about fake bugs hallucinated by AI, according to The Financial Times. Apple said its bug review system was seeing a high volume of poor-quality submissions from amateur bug hunters using AI to locate vulnerabilities. In some cases, there is no actual vulnerability, and real submissions are lost in the deluge. The Financial Times…
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Telegram CEO says extortionist planted illegal content that triggered App Store removal
Pavel Durov, Telegram’s CEO, has elaborated on what led to the app’s brief removal from the App Store last night. Here’s what he said. Last night, Telegram disappeared briefly from the App Store worldwide, without warning or explanation. During the time the app was unavailable, many speculated that the move was politically motivated, or perhaps in response to the recent discovery that Telegram has allegedly been using an obfuscated private UIKit API to animate…
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Fin de panne rapide pour Netflix : les films et séries sont à nouveau accessibles
Mise à jour du 4 août à 22h07 : la situation revient progressivement à la normale. L’IA générative crée du contenu en quelques secondes, mais souvent au prix de vos données personnelles. Avec Lumo AI, l’assistant européen de Proton, vos conversations restent 100 % confidentielles. En plus de la panne Discord, il y a aussi une panne Netflix. Sur DownDetector, le nombre de signalements grimpe en flèche tandis que sur X, plusieurs personnes se…
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WhatsApp updates group chats with new features including ‘@all’ tag
WhatsApp is rolling out some new feature updates for group chats, including the ability to tag everyone in the chat with a single “@all” tag. Rolling out now, WhatsApp has three new features for group chats. Polls now support an end time, the ability to hide voter names, and the ability to edit a poll within 15 minutes of sending. You can also now create new groups from existing groups. This allows you to…
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Google’s August Pixel update is here and ready to squash some bugs
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The August software update for Pixel phones has started making its way to users. This month’s update includes a handful of relatively low-key bugfixes on Pixel 10, and also patches a security vulnerability Google categorized as high-severity. Google announced the update in a post on the Google Pixel community forum. The biggest change is that, on Pixel 10-series phones, a few bugs…
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RevenueCat Shipaton mobile hackathon is back with $1 million worth of prizes
RevenueCat’s annual Shipaton mobile hackathon is officially back, running August 1-September 30 with major prizes available for winning apps. Here are the details. Have you ever had an idea for an app? Until very recently, building an app felt like a massive undertaking reserved for skilled coders. But with the rise of AI coding tools, now anyone can build and ship a great app with no prior experience required. To encourage and cultivate a…
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Panne Discord résolue : il était impossible d’envoyer certains messages
Discord a corrigé le souci et la panne est désormais terminée. iPhone, MacBook, Apple Watch, AirPods… Tous les produits Apple sont sur Back Market à des prix bien plus avantageux que le neuf. Chaque appareil est soumis à jusqu’à 100 points de contrôle qualité et est livré avec une garantie de 12 mois. De quoi profiter de performances comparables à celles d’un produit neuf. Article d’origine publié à 21h16 : Discord est sujet à…
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Apps & Logiciels
Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store
Pavel Durov claims attackers post illegal content and manipulate reports to ‘trigger the removal of legitimate communities.’ Pavel Durov claims attackers post illegal content and manipulate reports to ‘trigger the removal of legitimate communities.’ Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blames an extortionist for planting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in a public chat to get the app temporarily removed from Apple’s App Store on Monday night. “Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting…
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These Apple products are likely getting more expensive next month
Apple recently raised prices across much of its product lineup, but even more increases are expected next month for iPhone and more. Earlier this summer, Apple raised prices across a wide range of products. Macs, iPads, Apple TVs, HomePods, and Vision Pro all got more expensive at once. CEO Tim Cook had warned that price increases were coming. But their widespread arrival across so many products was jarring nonetheless. The only flagship products spared…
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Apple Releases New AirPods Beta Firmware With iOS 27 Features
Apple today released a fourth version of the beta firmware it is testing for the AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 4, and AirPods Max 2. The firmware is available for developers and has a build number of 9A5336b. In iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate, Apple is adding a new AirPods interface, a slider for Adaptive mode, and support for custom EQ, so the firmware adds support for those features.…
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Apps & Logiciels
Here’s the first Asus Googlebook as the floodgates start to open
Another Googlebook has surfaced online just a day after images of a separate PC maker’s version made an appearance. This is the Asus Googlebook CX9406. We know of the existence of Google’s Googlebook line, though there’s an air of mystery still enveloping it. Recent leaks have shown off versions from Lenovo, which appears to be planning on two models. More images of the larger 15-inch model have since surfaced, but nothing from some of…
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Staff lottery reveals Apple's first-half September event plans
Apple is opening a lottery for U.S. retail employees to staff its next major product event, bringing store workers into preparations for the company's biggest launch of the year. An internal memo viewed by Bloomberg invited U.S. retail employees to enter a lottery to help staff the in-person event. Selected workers will greet and check in guests, organize lines, provide directions and support security teams. Applications close August 8, and Apple will notify selected…
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Smartphones
Voici HiLight, la nouvelle LED de notification des Pixel 11
Nous avons un meilleur aperçu de la fonction HiLight, grande nouveauté introduite sur les Pixel 11. Avec ce système, Google cherche à réinventer la LED de notification. Les fuites autour du Pixel 11 évoquent depuis plusieurs semaines l’intégration d’une nouvelle fonctionnalité : une lumière au dos des smartphones, positionnée au niveau des capteurs photo et agissant comme une LED de notification à l’ancienne. Surnommée Pixel Glow jusqu’ici, on en sait désormais plus à son…
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WHOOP is giving members a one-year subscription to Natural Cycles
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. In addition to monitoring metrics like recovery, sleep, and strain, WHOOP’s tracker bands also offer insights into women’s health. For example, these devices can be used for menstrual cycle tracking and pregnancy insights. The company is now expanding its women’s health offerings with a new integration. In a press release, WHOOP announced a partnership with the FDA-cleared birth control app Natural Cycles.…
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Your Galaxy’s SmartThings app looks set for its biggest redesign in years
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Samsung has spent the past couple of years refreshing its apps with the latest One UI design, but SmartThings has largely been left alone to look increasingly dated. That appears set to change, with a major redesign bringing a new navigation bar, dynamic backgrounds, and several other visual upgrades to the Android smart home app. SamMobile has shared an early look at…
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How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired
What did the content creators learn about ChatGPT at the “summer club” weekend trip? What did the content creators learn about ChatGPT at the “summer club” weekend trip? The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It’s a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation, often with luxurious freebies and activities. Trips can also spur hard feelings from uninvited influencers, trigger criticism from the public,…
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China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer?
Tesla's factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Tesla built 93,579 cars in China that month, a hefty 38 percent increase compared to June 2025, according to CPCA's data. But that production isn't translating into bumper sales to Chinese customers. Rather, sales have been down quarter on quarter in China for more than a year now, particularly as buyers tire of the Model 3 sedan. Almost…
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