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T-Mobile paying $17.5 million in fees for 911 outages

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile paying $17.5 million in fees for 911 outages August 19, 2025 Having access to 911 calls is of utmost importance to Americans. Being able to make these calls in time can be the difference between life and death, so the FCC takes it very seriously when a carrier has an outage in which calls can’t be routed to the nation’s emergency line....

T-Mobile's $15-per-month plan is now available (Update: You might not want it)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile’s $15-per-month plan is now available (Update: You might not want it) July 12, 2025 Update, July 27, 2025 (10:00 AM ET):T-Mobile’s new Connect prepaid mobile plan is now available, but a word of warning: if you truly rely on your mobile data, you might want to pass on this one. After looking closer at the plan’s fine print, you will seethe data limit has a hard cap....

The best and worst TV revivals: We rank some of the biggest titles

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best and worst TV revivals: We rank some of the biggest titles August 11, 2025 “Hollywood’s out of ideas” has become a cliché at this point. Every remake, reboot, sequel, and adaptation is greeted with a collective groan, despite tons of shows and movies with brand-new ideas rolling out too. On the other end of that spectrum, there’s also clearly an appetite for the familiar....

The HUAWEI Nova 5 could include the debut of a brand new chipset

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The HUAWEI Nova 5 could include the debut of a brand new chipset July 16, 2025 In a post onWeibo(viaGSM Arena), the head of HUAWEI’s smartphone division revealed that the upcoming HUAWEI Nova 5 will come with a brand new chipset. This unnamed chipset will bea 7nm node, just like the company’s current flagship processor, theKirin 980. If this pans out,Huaweiwould be the first company with two 7nm chipsets in its portfolio....

The revived Google Maps for Apple Watch is finally available

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The revived Google Maps for Apple Watch is finally available July 07, 2025 It’s been a month since Google announced thereturn of Maps for Apple Watch, and now it’s finally here. Google hasreleasedthe Apple Watch version of Maps (via9to5Google) as part of an iOS app update, putting some common navigation options on your wrist. This isn’t as independent from your iPhone as Apple Maps, but does provide many of the essentials for getting around town....

The Walking Dead creators make VR show "Gone" for Samsung Gear VR

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Walking Dead creators make VR show “Gone” for Samsung Gear VR August 22, 2025 Have you got aSamsung Gear VRhandy? If so, you are in total luck, because what seems like one of the most excitingVRventures is about to hit the web. It is made by Skybound Entertainment (the creators of The Walking Dead TV show) and Samsung. Going by the name of “Gone”, this VR show aims to kickstart a new type of content....

This launcher lets you use Android 10's desktop mode (kind of)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This launcher lets you use Android 10’s desktop mode (kind of) July 09, 2025 Remember the hiddenDesktop Modethat was going to make it to Android 10? We saw glimpses of it during theAndroid Q beta program, but the final Android 10 release only brought a barebones implementation of the feature. Back in May, adeveloper Daniel Blandford made a custom desktop launcherbased on the built-in desktop mode to take advantage of the feature....

This week in Apple: iPhone 12 concept renders and iPhone SE 2 rumor mill churns

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: iPhone 12 concept renders and iPhone SE 2 rumor mill churns August 21, 2025 The big Apple news this week is all about the so-called iPhone SE 2 (which is not likely to be its real name). The projected release date was bumped up a bit by industry analysts, and there’s even a supposed price. Check it out in the roundup below....

Timehop's data breach compromised 21 million accounts

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Timehop’s data breach compromised 21 million accounts June 30, 2025 Timehop, which resurfaces photos and posts from social media accounts, suffered adata breachJuly 4 that affected 21 million accounts. Compromised data includes names, email addresses, and 4.7 million phone numbers. According to Timehop, the attackeraccessedthe app’s cloud computing account with an administrator’s sign-in credentials December 19 of last year. The attacker then created a new account and logged in four times: twice in December, once in March, and once in June....

Turing Phone can now be reserved?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Turing Phone can now be reserved - are you getting one? June 06, 2025 Turing Robotics Industries knows they are catering to a niche market, but they don’t quite know how much interest there is for their Turing Phone just yet. The company may havemissed the expected July 31st pre-order date, but they are making up for it by allowing you to reserve a phone....

Vanadium dioxide is a strange metal that doesn’t heat up while conducting electricity

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Vanadium dioxide is a strange metal that doesn’t heat up while conducting electricity August 15, 2025 A study led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and at the University of California, Berkeley, has just made a groundbreaking discovery which could have major implications not just for future consumer gadgets, but for a range of other engineering disciplines....

Why is the OPPO Find X display so good? Probably because it’s from the Galaxy S9

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why is the OPPO Find X display so good? Probably because it’s from the Galaxy S9 June 13, 2025 Samsung is said to be supplying OPPO with Y-OCTA displays for use in theOPPO Find X, according toETNews. If true, this would be the first time Y-OCTA displays are being used on a smartphone that isn’t a Samsung flagship. Samsung first used Y-OCTA displays on theGalaxy Note 7....

Why we are keeping phones for longer

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Why we are keeping phones for longer July 13, 2025 After years of rapid growth, global smartphone shipments areslowing down. This is party due to the plateauing of the smartphone revolution in China and India, which has seen hundreds of millions of new customers purchase their first 4G smartphones over the past half a decade. At the same time, data suggest consumers arekeeping their smartphones for longeracross the U....