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Motorola Edge launches today after leaks, plus more tech news you need to know
June 19, 2025
1. Motorola Edge: launch today, leaked yesterday
Motorola’s Edge event is today, at 12pm ET, which is pretty right around the corner. Presumably, it’ll be streamed live on the company’sYouTube channelorTwitter account.
It matters because the new Moto Edge is the company’s first flagship phone in forever, if you exclude the folding Moto RAZR, which I do.
Leaks and oopsies:
2.Epic has changed its mind and officially placed Fortnite on the Google Play Store. It’s not really by choice, as Epic explains it was basically forced to join rather than get users to sideload its APK. The world’s biggest game couldn’t even try to beat Apple’s 30% cut of revenue, and its attempt to beat Google failed. It’s quite the position for that duopoly on our phones. Also, Epic is reportedly raising cash, like many other companies during this downturn. Fortnite hasn’t hit the top of the charts in gaming that I’m seeing on the Play Store yet, but it’s still early (Android Authority). (Android Authority).
3.“Umm, is the $499 OnePlus 7T a better choice than the OnePlus 8 series?” (Android Authority).
4.Galaxy S20 Ultra gets a new DxOMark ranking, but doesn’t top the listings: you be the judge (Android Authority).
5.Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 can monitor your blood pressure, but you’ll need to calibrate it monthly. I wonder how accurate it is (Ars Technica).
6.Rumors are that Apple has delayed an iPhone SE Plus model until late 2021, while the iPhone 12 series will feature four new models (9to5Mac).
7.Razer’s updated Blade Stealth gets a faster display and GPU(Engadget).
8.Facebook spent $5.7b to buy 9.9% of a giant Indian telco, Jio, its single biggest investment ever (The Verge).
9.The next SpaceX Starlink launch is set for 3:37pm ET later today, 60 more sats going up (YouTube).
10.Calm yourself with endless Super Mario clouds(Gizmodo).
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