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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has released the third and final beta for Android 16’s first quarterly platform release (QPR1). Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 is available without a detailed changelog, which is typical for these releases. We’ve already started digging into the build to find out what’s new, though, and here’s what we’ve discovered so far. Note: At …

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is Samsung’s best foldable yet, quieting many of the complaints users had about previous versions. However, the phone is far from perfect, and there’s still room for improvement, leaving an opportunity for upcoming devices like the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold. If rumors are correct, Google will have several advantages over Samsung’s top foldable. I’m …

New evidence suggests that Samsung is working on a fourth One UI 8 beta build for the Galaxy S25 series. Whether it will roll out to beta testers is unclear, but regardless, this new build throws a spanner in the works and appears to be removing some features. As some of you might recall, Samsung seemed like it was getting …

When I first reviewed the Dell 14 Plus (6/10, WIRED Review), my main criticism was over the price. At the time, the only configuration available had a terabyte of storage and cost $1,099. That hurt its appeal to me, especially since it would be a more attractive sub-$1,000 laptop if Dell were selling a 512-GB option. But what if that …

When the three-year era of Sword & Shield came to an end in January 2023, it went out with a bang. Crown Zenith was a set so great that it spoiled the next year of the hobby, with its stunning pull rates, incredible art, and fan-favorite pocket monsters. For reasons that are impossible to fathom, The Pokémon Company has chosen …

AMD’s latest Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series of CPUs go on sale later this month, and the top option will be priced at $11,699. The 9000 WX-Series chips are designed for workstations, with the $11,699 Threadripper Pro 9995WX shipping on July 23rd with 96 cores and 192 threads. Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Supermicro will all start selling high-end …

Patch 33.0.3 is rolling out with updates for Hearthstone, Battlegrounds, and more! Hearthstone Updates Dev Comment: With the launch of The Lost City of Un’Goro last week, our primary goals for this patch are to infuse power into several of the new cards and to tone down some older decks and early outliers. We’re doing …

Industry is a TV show that regularly baffles me, but in a good way: There’s little I love more than watching these fictional hotshot bankers spout a bunch of impenetrable financial jargon on a Sunday evening. But I’m currently experiencing a new flavor of Industry-related bafflement, and I don’t like it at all. When this year’s Emmy nominations were announced …

Since Skate’s announcement way back in 2020 (originally dubbed Skate 4) we’ve seen an influx of skateboarding games, from sims like Session, to the arcadey Tony Hawk remakes, and unique experiences like VR Skater and Olli Olli World. No matter how you look at it, skateboarding video games are definitely back, but they’re still missing that open-world sandbox feel that …

Today is World Emoji Day, and the Unicode Consortium is sharing a preview of some of the new emoji that should hit your devices early next year as part of Unicode 17.0. If you ask me, it’s a promising batch, especially the Bigfoot emoji — sorry, “hairy creature.” The list includes these emoji, according to the Consortium: I can think …