6 geeky gift ideas that aren’t just for nerds anymore

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 6 geeky gift ideas that aren’t just for nerds anymore June 09, 2025 Being a geek? Believe me, it ain’t always been easy. Just ask Just askSteve Urkel,Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe— to name a few — they all get where we are coming from. The good news is that our embrace of modern technology has seemingly flipped ‘nerd’ status on its head....

August 7, 2025 · 9 min · 1816 words · Caroline Bowers

Apple iPad mini vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple iPad mini vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD June 30, 2025 One of the reasons why people invest in tablets is to curl up with their device at the end of the day and enjoy some reading. Of course, lugging around a 10-inch tablet isn’t exactly very comfortable, nor is it very natural to look at. Seven-inch tablets, on the other hand, are a whole lot more subtle and can fit into bags and jacket pockets far more easily....

August 7, 2025 · 27 min · 5544 words · Tina Nicholson DDS

ARM's Intelligent Power Allocation adds some more clever to thermal management

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ARM’s Intelligent Power Allocation adds some more clever to thermal management July 27, 2025 ARM is well known for many things, not only does it design extraordinary processors and microprocessors (hint: you probably have a chip based on one of its designs in your phone), but it is also the champion of low power consumption, and heterogeneous computing (with big....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 597 words · Kathryn Gibson

BlackBerry releases Priv Emulator for developers

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry releases Priv Emulator for developers June 02, 2025 With the physical keyboard kind of having gone the way of the Tamagotchi and the summer jams mixtape, theBlackBerry Privis setting itself apart by featuring a full qwerty keyboard. Now developers can take this hardware into full consideration, becauseBlackBerryhas just released a Privemulator. The emulator runs best with the most recent version of Android Studio and with SDK tools matching the version of Android currently running on the Priv....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Katherine Patterson

CSR Racing full review (video)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. CSR Racing full review (video) June 26, 2025 Some of the best games on Android tend to be racing games. Sure, there’s some bad ones, but there’s a lot of good ones out there too, and CSR Racing is one of them. It has some stunning graphics, a variety of awesome cars, and you can even upgrade those cars with turbos among other awesome upgrades....

August 7, 2025 · 5 min · 986 words · Dr. Laura Keller

Free apps can cost more than you think: here's why

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Free apps can cost more than you think: here’s why June 08, 2025 We all love free apps, right? The idea that one has to pay for mobile software can even scare off a costumer or two… or thousands. But after reading this article you may want to change your position on the matter and spend those few dollars most paid apps probably cost....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 733 words · Gina Duran

Furbies can't make phone calls

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Furbies can’t make phone calls | Podcast 086 June 12, 2025 Jonathan Feist returns from Japan, Joe Hindy and David Imel have questions and our regular Android Authority Podcast tech talk ensues for another episode. Joe is a little upset about fake Amazon reviews, Jonathan drones on for half an hour about Japan, (which was awesome, by the way), David is unhappy with Google’s versioning strategy, but happy for a Messenger update, Kris Carlon said the Apple A10 chip is pretty powerful, we talk it through and Xiaomi has a couple new phones, the Mi Note 2 and the Mi MIX, which Josh was in China to put his hands on....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Justin Morrison

Google Photos could finally let you adjust bokeh effects

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Photos could finally let you adjust bokeh effects Jul 21, 2025 Depth-of-field/bokeh effects have become one of the more popular smartphone photography features, in the form of portrait mode and other similar options. Now, it looks likeGoogle Photoswill finally allow users to adjust the intensity of the effect. Android Policecracked open the latest Google Photos APK file to search for hints of upcoming features....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Paul Delacruz

Google Pixel XL vs Nexus 6P first look

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google Pixel XL vs Nexus 6P first look June 28, 2025 Google has now taken the wraps off the Pixel XL, leaving behind the Nexus family in favor of a new direction that sees Google more directly compete against Samsung and Apple in the smartphone hardware game. The new Pixel XL brings a lot to the table, but how does it compare to its predecessor?...

August 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1205 words · Erica Myers

Google's 'Launch Night In' event, fun with the LG Wing, and more tech news today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s ‘Launch Night In’ event, fun with the LG Wing, and more tech news today Jun 19, 2025 1. Next Google Pixels: September 30 Out of the blue, Google dropped that its next Google hardware launch event will happen on July 11, 2025. What was announced: 2. LG Wing announced TheLG Wing is now officialand I find it remarkable how useful this second twisting screen appears to be....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Jaime Miller

Google's week-old AI ethics group is already a hot mess

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google’s week-old AI ethics group is already a hot mess July 05, 2025 There’s nothing like theMatrix’s recent 20th anniversaryto remind us all of the threat of AI. Google is seemingly aware of such concerns, having formed an AI ethics board last week to advise on its ongoing AI developments. However, as picked up byVox, the department has already run into trouble....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Tiffany White

Halfbrick Studios to bring Fruit Ninja to VR

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Halfbrick Studios to bring Fruit Ninja to VR Jun 07, 2025 Fruit Ninjawas a massive hit for mobile gaming back in 2010 when it was released on iOS and Android. With such a simple concept of swiping the screen to slice and dice a variety of fruit, it lead to hours of competitive gameplay to beat your friends’ score, and now Halfbrick Studios have announced that the title is heading to VR....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Julie Shepard

HMD Global may reveal a Nokia-branded tablet on October 6 (Update: Confirmed)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. HMD Global may reveal a Nokia-branded tablet on October 6 (Update: Confirmed) July 24, 2025 Update, June 10, 2025 (10:18 AM ET):A week ago, we found evidence to suggest there could be a new Nokia tablet on the way. Today,on Twitter, the official Nokia Mobile account confirmed the rumor. You can see the tweet embedded below. The tweet doesn’t give us much info other than the confirmation that a new tablet is on the way....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Dr. Rachel Boyd