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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

While Amazon’s October Prime Day is just around the corner, you shouldn’t dismiss Target’s Circle Week sales event. The Amazon Big Deals Day event is starting tomorrow, but the retailer isn’t the only one having a sale. Target’s Circle Week event started yesterday, and there are some great sales to take advantage of. The catch … Read more

Another Prime Day is tomorrow. Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, sometimes called October Prime Day, commences on Oct. 8 and 9, and we’re scouring the internet for the best savings so you don’t have to.  Also: The best October Prime Day deals you can shop right now Whether you’re looking to score on tablets, security cameras, … Read more