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Verizon is so fed up with cable vandals, it’s putting a $25,000 bounty on them

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Earlier this week, Verizon confirmed that vandalism of fiber cables caused widespread disruptions to mobile and internet services across parts of Southern California and Los Angeles. While the carrier said at the time that law enforcement was brought in to investigate these incidents, […]

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This shocking Zoom bug allowed silent device takeovers on Android and iOS

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Over the past few months, we have watched frontier AI models rapidly alter the cybersecurity landscape — from AI models breaking technical barriers to mounting regulatory scrutiny over weaponized AI capabilities. Now, a newly disclosed Zoom flaw shows just how serious that can

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Android Auto messaging is useless, and it’s all because of one missing feature

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Despite my appreciation for Android Auto, especially as a daily user, I’m a realist. There are facets of the experience that Google can certainly improve, and one of the most glaring problem areas is its messaging system. Android Auto, now with the help

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Survey says YouTube Premium users are worried about the platform’s future perk plans

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. My colleague Adamya Sharma detailed her qualms, suggesting that many users want a more robust Premium experience rather than more content from outside sources. But what do readers think of YouTube’s strategy? We ran a survey asking our readers what they would prefer:

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New Microsoft Defender ‘ShieldBreak’ zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges

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A security researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit named “ShieldBreak” after Microsoft released the August 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates. The new vulnerability is described as a bypass for RoguePlanet, another Defender privilege escalation flaw disclosed in June and patched by Microsoft one month later. As Nightmare Eclipse

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I tried to love ‘second brain’ apps. Here’s why I abandoned them — and what I’m using instead

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. And yet, they didn’t make me more productive. I switched between Notion, Obsidian, Tana, Anytype, NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook), Logseq, and a variety of other apps — only to find my productivity waning. Megan Ellis / Android AuthorityDon’t get me wrong, second brain

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Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want

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It’s hard to imagine a home appliance more forgotten — yet more consequential — than the water heater. Most people only think of water heaters when their shower runs cold, but they represent about 18% of a household’s total energy budget and are one of the main causes of residential water damage. To Luke Winston-Almanzar,

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These 5 Samsung Gallery features are so good you’ll want to ditch Google Photos

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google Photos gets most of the attention, but Galaxy users have a better alternative, and these features make the case better than I can. Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityRecording videos with your Galaxy phone is fun, but if there’s one thing that often

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s internal playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 6 disrupted by a giant inflatable rat, as Bethesda union protests cuts

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"Layoffs like this cannot continue." The rat was placed in proximity to the office by the CWA video game union, alongside a wall of small red flags planted into the ground. These flags were intended to represent each laid off employee impacted by the substantial job cuts made by Microsoft last month. According to a

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I found the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s biggest weakness, and it’s not the new design

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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The work laptop has been under constant attack from phones and tablets — and more recently, foldables — for the past several years. However, despite the onslaught, the humble portable computer has been doing well for several reasons. Laptops are cheaper than comparably

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