Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google to court Qualcomm, jilted lover Intel may be put out in the cold July 10, 2025 Intel might be on the verge of losing one of its biggest customers. Word on the street is that Google is looking to tap Qualcomm to produce its server chips going forward, according toBloomberg. Although this wouldn’t ruin Intel, it would certainly be a serious hit to the company’s bottom line....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Google to end controversial military AI work after employee backlash July 29, 2025 Google will reportedly not renew its contract with the Pentagon for its work on Project Maven, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiative that aims to use artificial intelligence to analyze drone footage, when its current one ends in 2019. According toGizmodo, Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene told employees about the decision in a meeting on June 1....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. How to get started with Samsung DeX and the Galaxy S8 June 02, 2025 You hear the phrase often that smartphones are as powerful as a PC, but are they really? Samsung certainly thinks so and theGalaxy S8andGalaxy S8 Pluscome with an optional extra thatliterallyput this to the test. CalledSamsung DeX, it takes the concept of smartphone-as-a-PC and makes it a reality with its DeX station, charging throughput, and USB and HDMI ports....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. In Android Q you must give permission for unknown app installs every time August 08, 2025 InAndroid 8.1 Oreoas well asAndroid 9 Pie, if you want to install an app from outside theGoogle Play Store, you have to enable the “Install unknown apps” permission for any applications you’ll be using to install APKs. Once you’ve enabled that permission, it stays enabled until you disable it manually....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Interview with TYLT August 17, 2025 With an increasing number of phones offering wireless charging capabilities, good wireless charging products are in growing demand. Tylt is one such company that has stepped up to address this need, and while it is still a young company, it has been making quite a name for itself in the wireless charging market. AtCES 2015, Tylt introduced a few new useful additions to their product portfolio, and we got to spend some time with their VP of Product Development, Kannyn MacRae, to talk about the Tylt car charger and the Tylt Vu Solo!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meet the LG X300, a stylish entry-level smartphone heading to Korea August 16, 2025 LG has announced that its newest entry-level smartphone will be available through all three major carriers in South Korea, starting at 253,000 won or around $215. All eyes are on the upcoming LG G6, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only device the South Korean company will be releasing this quarter....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus responds to USB Type-C cable confusion: offers refunds August 19, 2025 Goolger Benson Leunghas been calling out a lot ofUSB Type-Cadapter cable manufacturers lately for not correctly sticking to the official specifications and potentially causing damage to older charging hardware.One of the companies caught out was OnePlus, which supplies a USB Type-C cable and adapter to charge up its OnePlus 2 flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO reveals unique credit card-sized multi folding phone concept June 28, 2025 OPPOfiled patentsfor phones that fold not just once but multiple times back in November. The company has now paired up with Japanese design studio Nendo toshow offa clear concept for its triple-folding “Slide Phone.” The concept design created by OPPO and Nendo imagines a compact folding phone unlike anyother foldable deviceout there....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pebble announces its first round smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round August 15, 2025 Pebblehas just announced the Pebble Time Round, the company’s foray into the circular smartwatch world. It’s super light and thin, weighing only 28 grams and measuring just 7.5mm thin, and comes in two different band sizes – 20mm and 14mm. Color options include Black, Silver and a special Rose Gold option that’s only available with the 14mm band size....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm confirms LG G5 will use Snapdragon 820 August 06, 2025 At this stage of the game I don’t think there’s anyone out there that doesn’t already know the upcomingLG G5will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC. But that hasn’t stopped the semiconductor maker from jumping the gun on this weekend’s announcement atMWC 2016by confirming in a tweet that the LG G5 will use the new chipset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Read the letter two US senators just sent to Mark Zuckerberg about your privacy June 06, 2025 Over the weekend,an exposé fromThe New York Timessuggested that Mark Zuckerberg was not entirely truthful during his testimony before Congress in March of this year. The Congressional hearing was an attempt to clear up confusion surroundingthe Cambridge Audio Audio Analytica scandal. Now, two U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Specs (and Stadia support?) emerge for Google’s Android TV streamer (Updated) July 08, 2025 Update, August 04, 2025 (11:35 AM ET):Recently,XDA Developerspublished a breakdown of some firmware code a developer found related to a Google-branded Android TV streamer. The majority of what the team found is summarized in the original article below, but they’ve unearthed a few new tidbits of information since....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The leather back could make the G4 more expensive than we thought July 03, 2025 That“vegetable-tanned” leather backon the G4? It’s costingLGextra, and the company is passing the buck to customers. Ahead of theofficial unveiling(if there will be any veils left to lift by then) on April 28, the LG G4 went up for pre-order in its native South Korea....