Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. It’s official: AT&T can merge with Time Warner July 07, 2025 After a six-weeks-long trial, Federal Judge Richard J. Leon issued his final ruling today thatAT&Tcan proceed with its merger with Time Warner, viaThe New York Times. The merger will consolidate AT&T’s telecommunications services with Time Warner’s content, which includes some of the biggest names in media like HBO, CNN, and sports broadcasts from the NBA and NCAA....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Kyocera crams action cam into rugged DuraForce Pro June 04, 2025 Hoping to make you forget all about thatGoProof yours,Kyocerahas stuffed an action camera into the ruggedized body of its upcoming DuraForce Pro smartphone. It was bound to happen sooner or later, as smartphones have a long history of gobbling up anything you’d normally carry in your purse or pockets alongside your handsets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LastPass 4.0 launched: one of the best password managers improved Jul 25, 2025 Password managers? There are plenty, but we have always noticed LastPass seems to be ahead of the competition in plenty of ways. This solution is secure (at least for the most part), convenient, full of features, multi-platform and pretty affordable. Can you better that? Apparently you can, and that is what LastPass 4....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Latest Essential Phone update brings fixes for Spectre and Meltdown July 09, 2025 Andy Rubin’s outfit might have flubbed theEssential Phone‘s launch, but the company has issued numerous updates in an effort to show it’s taking this smartphone thing seriously. As has been a theme, the Essential Phone received another update today with some important and necessary fixes. First thing’s first: taking to Twitter, Essential confirmed that the update includes the January security patch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. March security update broken for some Pixels (Update: AT&T Pixel 4 update back) August 18, 2025 Update, June 13, 2025 (02:15 PM ET):In the article below, we talk about how the AT&T Google Pixel update for the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL was temporarily halted by Google. However, according to9to5Google, that update is rolling out again to AT&T users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meizu m3 launched: all new processor but same old $92 price tag July 10, 2025 Meizuhas announced its latest entry-level smartphone today – the Meizu m3, which is the successor to last year’s m2 model. Despite the new name, much of the smartphone remains the same as the previous generation, including its very wallet friendly $92 base line price....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. More details leaked about Samsung Galaxy A7 and Galaxy Grand Max June 22, 2025 A couple of weeks ago rumors started to surface aboutanother new device in Samsung’s Galaxy A range. The company officially launched theGalaxy A3 and the Galaxy A5at the end of October, and the A5 went on sale in China at the end of November. The rumored new addition to the line is the Galaxy A7 and according to a magazine advert seen by SamMobile, the A7 will be a 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Mozilla scrambling to address security attacks on Tor users July 02, 2025 Mozilla is expected to release a security patch in the near future for Firefox, whose vulnerability is apparently exploited to attack Tor users. There are multiple reports of a JavaScript exploit which is used to attack Tor users by revealing their MAC address, hostname, and even their public IP address in some cases....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nest Secure has an unlisted, disabled microphone (Update: Google statement) August 18, 2025 Update, June 23, 2025 (04:02 PM ET):We received a statement from Google regarding the implication that the Nest Secure alarm system has had an unlisted microphone this whole time. It turns out that yes, the Nest Guard base system (the circular device with a keypad above) does have a built-in microphone that is not listed on the official spec sheet at Nest’s site....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New HTCU “Ocean” rumors claim it will have sensors embedded in its frame July 14, 2025 New rumors about the next flagship phone fromHTChave started popping up on the internet once again. The latest report claims that the phone, which it says will be called simply the HTCU, will have embedded sensors in its frame that will allow it to do various tasks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. nubia launches three beautiful new phones in China, including nubia M2 July 10, 2025 nubia is pretty new to the Android world, but its parent company should be a familiar face: nubia was spun off as an independent brand back in 2015 but continues to maintain a close relationship with ZTE. Since then, the Chinese company has launched a few phones ranging from its flagship devicenubia Z11 to more affordable phones like the N1 Lite....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. On April 30, your Roomba might disconnect from Google Assistant – Here’s why July 21, 2025 If you’ve owned aRoombafor a while, you might have connected it at some point toGoogle Assistant. This would allow you to say commands like, “OK Google, ask Roomba to start cleaning” and your little robot vacuum would start doing its job. On August 04, 2025, iRobot — which creates the lovable Roomba devices — will phase out that old way of connecting a Roomba to your smart home....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus X teased for Oct 29 launch, specs leaked briefly July 05, 2025 OnePlushas begun teasing the launch of a new product for October 29th, with the tag line #PowerfullyBeautiful. Going by the teaser image, the company is preparing to announce itsOnePlus Xsmartphone. According to the company’s Twitter account, OnePlus will be heading to London for its next launch event....