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Harry Potter fans and LEGO enthusiasts, lend us your ear. You’ve been trapped in the world of muggles for far too long. Get ready to immerse yourself in the magical world of Hogwarts with the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Grounds set, which can whisk you away to a much more magical place than the … Read more

A US judge has cleared the way for billions of dollars to be refunded to former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. At a court hearing in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday, judge John Dorsey gave final approval to FTX’s reorganization plan, the terms of which had previously been put to creditors and voted through by … Read more

So what’s the best laptop of 2024? I’ve tested well over 59 laptops during my career as a tech reviewer. I’ve seen awful laptops, middling laptops, and extraordinary machines that are worth every cent. Not to toot my horn — OK, fine maybe a toot-toot or two won’t hurt — I’m a beast when it … Read more

Epic: “I agree with Google, we need to look at the real world.” Epic is getting eight minutes of rebuttal to Google’s closing argument, and lead attorney Gary Bornstein is using part of it to argue this: we should look at the internal documents in this case to see what’s actually going on. “What did … Read more

A federal judge has ordered Google to open up its app store to rivals and give Android users more choice when it comes to downloading apps.  Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in the Epic and Google saga on Monday, detailing how Google has to change how it operates Google Play. According to the … Read more

What you need to know Samsung has posted details surrounding its Galaxy A16 5G, the successor to the A15 5G from 2023. The cheap phone features a slightly larger 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, a 50MP primary lens, and six years of Android OS updates. Samsung states the phone’s updates will run until October 31, 2023, … Read more

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The unannounced Google Home extension for Gemini won’t initially roll out to all users directly. Instead, the extension will first appear as a public preview. The preview is not available yet, but we were able to activate it. While Gemini is a capable tool of its own, you can … Read more

An anonymous reader shares a report: The companies behind the streaming industry, including smart TV and streaming stick manufacturers and streaming service providers, have developed a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,” according to a report from the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) published today and sent to the Federal Trade … Read more

Epic Games has successfully forced Google to change its Play Store business model following the conclusion of a 2020 antitrust lawsuit. A U.S. judge today decided that the Google Play Store has an illegal monopoly, and Google has been ordered make multiple changes as a result, reports Reuters. Google will need to allow Android users … Read more

Ask any parent, and there’s a few universal truths when it comes to our kids: They lose things. They break things. They have zero appreciation for the money you spend on them. (And one day, should they have their own children, a light bulb will go on and they’ll suddenly get it.) What’s that have … Read more