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Sony vows to press on with discless plans, saying “digitalization is progressing” across all media despite heavy protest from players

"People have strong views, and we understand that the community has put forth those views to us." “There are various reasons we made this decision, the biggest being that the digitalization of content overall has been progressing, that’s the big factor,” Sony chief financial officer Lin Tao said through during a Q&A related to the […]

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5 reasons I’d buy the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra instead of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. That strategy, however, also pushed Samsung’s top foldable into a new price bracket. At $2,100 in the U.S., the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is one of the most expensive foldables you can buy today, making alternatives like the Google Pixel 10 Pro

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The $55bn private acquisition of Electronic Arts is expected to go ahead

In an 8K filing (a mandatory US business report for major corporate events), EA writes the deal is expected to go ahead on the 4th August. That means that the leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia (via its Public Investment Fund) in collaboration with private equity company Affinity Partners and investment firm Silver Lake will likely

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I spent a few days with Google Wallet’s new order tracking, and it’s shockingly good

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Google didn’t make much fanfare about Wallet’s order tracking, and when I first heard about it, I didn’t think much of it either. However, after having the feature on my Wallet app for the last few days, I’m completely sold. Joe Maring /

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RCS Universal Profile 4.1 gives you more control over your profile privacy

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Following on the heels of RCS Universal Profile 4.0, which brought flashy additions like native video calls and rich text formatting, GSMA is turning its attention to the underlying plumbing of modern texting. The organization has officially published specifications for RCS Universal Profile

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This Android phone maker has created a model with no bezels around the display

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Smartphone displays have undergone multiple improvements over the past few years, going from bulky bezels and huge chins to slim bezels that have shrunk year after year. However, if those last few millimeters of black border around the display irk you more than

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OnePlus confirms OnePlus 16, its first flagship after US exit, is coming soon

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. OnePlus recently announced that it was pulling out of North America and Europe, but that hasn’t stopped the brand from readying its first post-exit flagship phone. We’ve already seen plenty of OnePlus 16 leaks, but the firm has now formally acknowledged the phone’s

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Gemini Spark now works with Chrome, because giving your accounts to AI is a good idea

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. We’ve all had those days where a quick online task somehow eats up half an hour. You open five tabs in Chrome to compare flights, jump between apartment listings, fill out the same contact form three times, and before you know it, you’ve

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Here’s how Samsung’s ‘creaseless’ screens hold up after breaking them in for a week

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Samsung’s latest foldables, headlined by the extra-wide Galaxy Z Fold 8, are looking pretty hot right now. Beyond the slick new shape, fans have been impressed by the new “creaseless” display construction, made possible by Samsung’s Flex Titanium system. Recently, though, reports have

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