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It’s been too long since Apple updated the iPhone selfie camera with a 12MP sensor. Since then, the company’s only improvements were software-related, with Photonic Engine and updates to Smart HDR.
While the iPhone 16 will be the first to bring an Apple Intelligence approach, only the iPhone 17 models will add the selfie camera upgrades users have long been waiting for. According to Haitong Securities analyst Jeff Pu, the 2025 iPhone 17 models will get a 24MP sensor with six plastic lens elements.
In comparison, the current iPhone 15 lineup has a 12MP front camera with five plastic lens elements. That...

Rumor claims iPhone 17 will get an upgrade we’ve been waiting 5 years for

In an era where phone durability is paramount, the HTC U24 Pro recently underwent the rigorous testing of well-known phone enthusiast Zack Nelson. Launched two months ago, the HTC U24 Pro, a mid-range Android phone, faced scrutiny under Nelson’s infamous durability tests. Nelson, known for his JerryRigEverything channel, subjected...

HTC's newest smartphone goes through a famous durability test

I will get a Pixel 9 Pro because Google left me no other choice. October 2017: Google announced the Pixel 2 XL, and I spent a couple of days jumping through hoops trying to order the phone’s panda version to ship to Lebanon. My first few orders didn’t go through because the Google Store was refusing my Lebanese credit card, so I switched to Amazon, got the black version since the panda one was out of stock, and shipped the phone to my US forwarding address. Then, on top of the local US taxes, I paid the shipping and import fees to forward the phone to Lebanon and register it on my local network.

This is the Pixel prison: I can check out any time, but I can never leave

According to multiple rumors, the iPhone 16 will feature a redesigned camera bump with vertically-aligned lenses. Now, a new image posted to social media by Sonny Dickson shows off iPhone 16 dummy units with that new design, alongside new color options for this year. First look at iPhone 16 dummy...

iPhone 16 colors and redesigned camera bump revealed in new image

Flipboard is making good on a major fediverse promise. Late last year, at the same time it announced it would be switching user accounts to ActivityPub, Flipboard said it planned to let users follow users on federated platforms that used ActivityPub from the Flipboard app. Starting Tuesday, that feature is here, meaning that you can follow people from places like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed right inside Flipboard.

Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

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I've covered Muscle Cars from the 1960s and 1970s I like, Muscle Cars that had the best performance, cars that I have owned, fast cars that I have driven, and even classic VWs that I think are cool most recently.

Longest-Lasting Cars: Top 3 Most Reliable Models

The new store lets “a select number” of Next Pro artists design merch that SoundCloud will create and sell for them, all while artists collect 100 percent of the profits. So far, the SoundCloud Store features merch from artists like Wiz Khalifa, Denzel Curry, Bktherula, and others.

SoundCloud launches a store for artist merch.

Just weeks after the NYT profiled Blake Benthall about his Silk Road 2.0 role and post-prison endeavors, 404 Media has identified a co-founder, Thomas White, as its “Dread Pirate Roberts 2.0.”. Between his 2014 arrest and receiving a five-year prison sentence in 2019, White apparently launched DDoSecrets with Emma...

Thomas White reveals himself as a co-founder of Silk Road 2.0 and DDoSecrets.

One Walmart shopper is issuing a warning against buying meat at the massive retail chain—but the reason why isn’t strictly tied to Walmart. It seems that customers at stores such as Walmart believe it's acceptable to grab perishable items, such as meat or dairy, and then place them on any available shelf if they decide they no longer want them.

Walmart customer shares why they will never shop for meat at the store leaving viewers torn

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The Made By Google event usually occurs in October.

Google Reveals Its AI Smartphone Early at Made for Google Launch Event — And Beats Apple to the Starting Line

DoorDash is bundling Max’s $9.99 / month ad-supported plan with its annual DashPash membership in the US, which costs $96 / year. Uber One offers a similar bundle with Disney Plus in the UK.

Beyond the streaming bundle.

Apple recently rejected DOS emulator iDOS 3 from the App Store, but following App Store rule changes that look to have cleared the way for PC emulator apps, iDOS 3 is now available for download, developer Chaoji Li announced. In June, Li said that Apple had rejected iDOS 3 because...

Apple approves iDOS 3 following emulator rule change

Google’s inclusion of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold foldable in the Pixel 9 series must have been a massive surprise if you weren’t paying attention to all the Pixel 9 rumors that preceded Google’s big press event on Tuesday. The name isn’t the only big change coming to Google’s second-gen Pixel Fold model.
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a much better design than the first-gen version. It’s also significantly thinner than the Pixel Fold and even thinner than the recently launched Galaxy Z Fold 6, one of its main rivals.
The improvements don’t stop there, as the Pixel 9 Pro Fold...

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is incredibly thin, with specs and Gemini AI to impress

Apple will release the highly anticipated iPhone 16 Pro next month. After almost a year and a half of rumors and leaks, many features are pretty much confirmed for the new models. In this article, we’ll tell you about six features we expect to see on the iPhone 16 Pro.
Display size increase: Analyst Ross Young was the first to say Apple would increase the display size of the iPhone 16 Pro models. Several other reports have since corroborated his claim, so we expect the base model to feature a 6.3-inch display and the iPhone 16 Pro Max to have a...

6 rumored iPhone 16 Pro features that are all but confirmed

Every year, most Android users look forward to the latest smartphones from Samsung. This is because Samsung makes arguably some of the best high-end Android smartphones around. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is no exception, but how does it hold up versus Google’s latest flagship, the Pixel 9 Pro XL?

Pixel 9 Pro XL versus Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Magic Editor comes with some new tools this year, including Auto Frame to correct the angle in a slanted photo while using gen AI to fill in the gaps. Oh, and then you can reimagine the grass on the ground as wildflowers. It’s something!

Oh, here’s the “What is a photo?” segment.

We covered Google’s Pixel 9 launch event live from the company headquarters in Mountain View, California, and here’s everything we’ve seen so far. Other than the base Pixel 9, the rest of the phone lineup has gone Pro, including the Pro 9, Pro 9 XL, and the newly renamed Pro 9 Fold. A bunch of the company’s big AI magic is also in the new cameras, which can do things like add people in the photo after it’s taken.

Google Pixel 9 launch event live coverage: all the news

I love storing a digital pass in my phone’s wallet enough that I’m a little miffed when I have to use a different app or, heaven forbid, a saved PDF instead. On Android, at least, there’s a better way, thanks to a new Google Wallet option rolling out now that uses AI to generate a digital version with all the relevant details that you can use just like any other digital pass.

Google Wallet can make digital passes for nearly anything now

If you like the idea of investing as little effort as possible into mopping your hardwood floors, you might want to check out the current deal on the Narwal Freo X Ultra. Right now, our favorite robot vacuum for mopping is down to its second-best price of $999.99 ($400 off) at Amazon, which is just $50 shy of the all-time low we saw during Prime Day. Narwal is also matching said discount when you apply the promo code SUMNXU at checkout.

Our favorite mopping robovac is on sale for nearly its best price to date

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Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show

Google’s Pixel phone lineup is getting a little bigger this year. The Pixel 9 series now counts one standard model — the Pixel 9 — and...

Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show

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