Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Crowdfunding project of the week: the Sevenhugs Smart Remote can control everything June 15, 2025 Websites likeKickstarterandIndiegogoare home to great innovations, but they also host plenty of crazy projects we can live without. This is why we created the ‘Crowdfunding project of the week’ series, where we highlight the hottest gadgets from this category. Shall we check out today’s featured product?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Amazon selling the 32 GB Moto G5 Plus for just $180 – cheapest price yet! August 23, 2025 Update (August 10th):The Moto G5 Plus has gone on sale a few times recently, but now we are seeing it at its lowest price ever. For a limited time, you can pick up the Moto G5 Plus from Amazon for just $180....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. DxOMark: Pixel 3 camera not as good as Mi Mix 3 or HTCU12 Plus August 22, 2025 DxOMarkpraised the Pixel 3’s Zoom and Bokeh-effect shots, stating these facets were better than efforts from prior Pixels. However, it found the handset lagged behind some dual camera smartphones in these regards. The website also highlighted the Pixel 3’s detail preservation and speedy autofocus in photos, while its noise reduction was one of the standout video pros....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Elon Musk is now the world’s second-richest person, and more tech news today August 20, 2025 1. Elon Musk blows by Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person Bill Gates has mostly been the richest person in the world for as long as I can remember, and even when he wasunseated by the likes of Carlos Slim, it seemed like an aberration....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. EU regulators could force Apple to finally ditch the Lightning connector June 15, 2025 There could be an imminent curtain call for Apple’s Lightning connector if European regulators get their way, viaReuters. The same group of regulators who just issueda $5 billion antitrust fine on Googlemight forceAppleto homogenize with the rest of the smartphone industry. At this point, almost every Android phone either has a Micro USB port or aUSB Type-Cport, with almost all the new devices sporting the latter....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Europe promises free Wi-Fi for all, faster internet at home, and 5G June 01, 2025 The European Commission has been pretty busy lately, not just in dealing with the post-Brexit mess, but also with their digital initiatives. With the new €120 million grant, the EU plans to provide free Wi-Fi in every EU town by 2020. It also wants to ensure that by 2025, 5G is fully deployed across the continent and every European household has an internet download speed of at least 100Mbps....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Even HUAWEI’s biggest rival is arguing against banning it July 31, 2025 HUAWEI has been subject toUS sanctionsfor well over a year now, affecting its mobile phone division and network infrastructure business. Washington has also been pressuring allied countries to bar the use of HUAWEI infrastructure for 5G networks. Now, one of HUAWEI’s major rivals in the infrastructure space has come out against a recent ban in Sweden....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook makes its best effort at being a shoulder to cry on post-breakup August 20, 2025 Anyone who has ever gone through a ‘Facebook official’ breakup understands that the current algorithmFacebookuses automatically shuffles all of your ex’s posts to the very top of your feed, bolds their name every time it occurs, and plays “Hurt” by Johnny Cash each time you log on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition headed to mobile later this year June 08, 2025 Square Enix has announced a remaster of 2004’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles during its E3 2019 presentation last night. Called Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition, the game will launch this winter for thePlayStation 4,Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. The original game features a single-player campaign with four main characters....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Fold spotted in hands-on video complete with screen crease July 25, 2025 A new hands-on video of theGalaxy Foldhas emerged on YouTube (viaSamMobile). The footage arrives from a channel calledphoneoftime, and it supposedly shows off anAT&Tmodel of the device, and its unmissable display crease. The video apparently originates from Vietnam (home to one of Samsung’smajor production hubs), showing a person booting up the phone and using it in its folded and unfolded forms....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google adds shortcuts to its main search app for quicker answers June 17, 2025 Even in this world wheredigital assistantscan help out, sometimes you just want to search the internet yourself for general information like news, weather, the latest sports scores and more. Today,Googleis rolling out an update to its main search app for iOS and Android in the US that will add shortcuts below the search bar....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google continues its petty feud with Amazon August 12, 2025 Amazon Fire TV users are reporting that YouTube’s usual TV-optimized interface on the Silk web browser is no more. The feud between two multibillion-dollar corporations started when Amazon refused to sell Google’s products and offer Chromecast support on Prime Video on Android.Google subsequently removed YouTube from Echo Show devices and Fire TVas part of its retaliatory move, and although Amazon stated that it would start selling Chromecast devices again, that promise remains unfulfilled....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google could invest $1 billion in Lyft — report July 29, 2025 According to a report byBloomberg,Googleis thinking of investing $1 billion in Lyft, one of Uber’s main competitors. The money could help the US ride-sharing service expand to international markets and try to take some business away from rivals. The possible investment is extremely interesting because of the fact that Google also invested in Uber back in 2013....