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Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (22+ words) Pixel phones get Android 17 first, along with June Pixel Drop features, with other devices getting the OS update later this year....
Verizon's "Simplicity' flat-rate plan starts at $30 per month for new customers
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (23+ words) Verizon is launching a new Simplicity plan that starts at $30 per month for new customers, with the same price for each line....
Google launches Wear OS 7 with Live Updates and a battery life boost
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (211+ words) Pixel watches will also get Gemini Intelligence features later this year, like AI-generated widgets. Google's Wear OS 7 update is starting to roll out today for the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4, adding a new Live Updates feature that tracks live events from…...
Apple 2027 rumors: Air Pods with cameras for AI and the second folding i Phone
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (215+ words) All leading up to the eventual smart glasses. With cameras mounted in their stems and lights to indicate when data is being uploaded to the cloud, they could give the upgraded version of Siri "visual context" about your surroundings, before…...
Qualcomm's latest chip hints that more powerful smart glasses could be on the way
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (281+ words) The Verge Smart glasses are still a nascent category, but chipmaker Qualcomm is hard at work upgrading the silicon to power the next wave of XR devices: the Snapdragon Reality Elite Although Qualcomm is announcing the chip today at Augmented…...
Snap is finally about to ship AR glasses " and they cost a fortune
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (406+ words) The new Specs are priced at $2, 195, and you can preorder them starting today. Snap is finally launching augmented glasses for the public. Specs, which Snap describes as "a wearable computer built into see-through augmented reality glasses," will cost $2, 195. You can…...
The Google / Xreal Aura XR glasses are now available to preorder
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (262+ words) The Verge The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy Reservations for the second Android XR device, now dubbed the Xreal Aura, are available for $99 starting today, with…...
Netflix was reportedly worried about antitrust scrutiny if it bought Roku instead of Fox.
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (147+ words) The Roku Netflix Player was originally a streaming box that then-Netflix CEO Reed Hastings decided not to build. Now Semafor reports Netflix was interested in acquiring the company before Fox closed its $22 billion deal, losing out once again after Paramount…...
Austin Powers 4 is here, and it's" a Verizon ad.
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (210+ words) This is just typical phone company stuff," says Seth Green, reprising his role as Scotty don't." Some of the Powers band is back together, including Mike Myers as Dr. Evil," Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina," and Rob Lowe as No....
We now know how DJI's dual camera Osmo Pocket 4 P compares to Insta360's
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (324+ words) The Verge After a brief debut at the Cannes film festival last month, DJI announced all the details of its Osmo Pocket 4 P stabilized camera today as part of its initial launch in China While it doesn't match the 8 K…...