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Google is set to reveal its new flagship Pixel hardware at a Made by Google event today at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, when we’ll find out exactly what the company has in store with its expected Pixel 10 phones, Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel Buds 2A.Will they include Qi2 magnetic charging? Is the 10 Pro Fold going to be the first IP68-rated foldable phone? And why on Earth has Google seemingly changed the Pixel Watch 4 to charge on its side?Thanks to a recent ad, we know the event will feature appearances from celebrity guests, including Jimmy Fallon, Steph…

More prices have leaked for Google’s new lineup of Pixel phones and watches, this time joined by prices for the new accessories and Pixel Buds 2A. Prices posted by leaker Evan Blass on X for the Pixel 10 family — including the 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold — line up with previous pricing rumors that were shared last month, as do those for the new Watch 4 models.This leak also gives us a $129 price for the Pixel Buds 2A, up a little from the original $99 Buds A-Series, but those launched four years ago.…

If you’re a concerned parent who is yet to get your child a smartphone, or you’re a parent dealing with the tangled web of various parental controls – you are not alone. Now HMD – the maker of Nokia phones – has debuted the HMD Fuse, designed to be easy to manage for parents. Crucially, the Fuse is a smartphone rather than a dumb phone, so the child can get access to all the key apps they’ll want. Parents can install a partner app on their own smartphone (iOS or Android) which enables them to set time limits, block apps…

Apple is manufacturing more of its iPhone 17 phones for the US in India instead of in China, and for the first time, the full lineup of new models will ship from India at launch, according to Bloomberg. The company is also working on a successor to the iPhone 16E that it plans to make in India, Bloomberg says.Apple has increasingly been moving iPhone production to India to reduce its dependence on manufacturing in China. The company already expects to pay $1.1 billion in tariffs for the current quarter, but Bloomberg reports that currently, Apple’s exports of iPhones to the…

While it was President Joe Biden who signed the law that would force ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok or face a ban, it’s his successor, Donald Trump, who has yet to fulfill his promise of arranging a deal to keep TikTok running, legally, in the United States. The current deadline for a deal is September 17th. Still, it hasn’t stopped Trump’s administration from creating @WhiteHouse on TikTok, which published its first post on Tuesday night: a video celebrating Trump’s accomplishments.While Trump tried to ban TikTok in 2020, his stance softened during his re-election campaign once his team learned…

Meta is bringing its AI translation tool to more users on Facebook and Instagram, which automatically dubs your reels into another language. The feature also uses AI to make its dub match up with the sound of your voice and the movement of your mouth.For now, you can only translate your reels from English to Spanish (and vice versa), similar to what Meta previewed during its Connect event last year. You can enable the tool by selecting the Translate voices with Meta AI toggle on the menu that appears before you publish a reel on Instagram and Facebook. Meta also…

On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, as part of a No Azure for Apartheid protest. They declared the area a “Liberated Zone” encampment and said they had changed its name from East Campus Plaza to “The Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza.” The organization, which announced and distributed pictures of the takeover in a press release, said around 50 people were in attendance at the start of the event.The protesters set up tents and artistic homages to the losses in Gaza, including shrouds…

Google Docs will now let you generate an audio version of your documents using AI. In a post announcing the rollout, Google says you can customize Gemini’s AI audio output with different voices and playback speeds.This feature isn’t just for a document’s creator, as Google says readers can access a shared document’s AI-generated audio by selecting the Tool dropdown menu and selecting Audio > Listen to this tab. Authors can also add a customizable audio button directly in a document by choosing Insert > Audio, which readers can click to start listening.Google announced plans to let you turn your documents…

Google is one step closer to reaching its nuclear ambitions now that it’s working with public power utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to purchase electricity from a next-generation reactor. It’s the first power purchase agreement for technology this advanced that a US utility has made, according to the companies.The plan is for TVA to buy electricity from a reactor being developed by engineering company Kairos Power in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Once the reactor is up and running, expected in 2030, it should start supplying electricity to the local grid that serves Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.If they manage…

We’re in an age where you can realistically delegate tasks to smart hunks of metal, whether it’s a self-driving car or a robot that can clean on your behalf. Most of us probably won’t be able to afford the helpful sentient humanoids being developed in our lifetimes, but robot vacuums are an affordable way to experience that promised utopia right now.Today’s floor cleaners are also more advanced than ever. In addition to vacuuming, many of the best models can now mop, allowing you to tackle both carpet and hardwood flooring. Some can automatically dispense of their trash and dirty water,…

While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many great iPad deals are available outside of those times. The day-to-day discounts come and go like changing winds, so there’s often some amount to be saved, particularly on Apple’s most affordable iPad. The most recent iPad Pro and iPad Mini are also regularly discounted, as is the latest iPad Air.It’s difficult to know where exactly you can find the most notable iPad deals unless you’re scouring the major retailers on a daily basis. But that’s often what our deal hunters at…

We might have a new king of esports gaming monitors — one with fewer compromises than usual. Asus has just announced the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W at Gamescom 2025. Not only does it offer a 26.5-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD OLED screen at a blazing-fast 540Hz, it’s also a dual-mode panel that can switch to a practically unheard-of 720Hz refresh rate when you kick the graphics down to 1080p* resolution.Asus may not technically have the fastest monitor ever made, as both Koorui and HKC have announced 750Hz 1080p monitors, but both of those have TN panels that won’t even begin…