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Plaud’s new earbuds take notes, then take action

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Plaud, the AI startup behind note-taking devices like the Note and NotePin, is taking its ambitions beyond simple recording hardware. Just ahead of IFA getting started next week, the company is already showing off its latest expansion: earbuds. Plaud just announced a pair […]

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Adobe Photoshop adds optional ‘AI Assisted Editor’ mode for fully prompt-based image editing

Adobe today announced a beta for AI Assisted Editor, a new optional editing mode within Photoshop with a simplified, prompt-based interface for image editing. Here are the details. Adobe announced AI Assisted Editor, a new beta experience that replaces Photoshop’s detailed, intricate image-editing tools with a prompt-based interface and a simplified menu. AI Assisted Editor

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Plaud’s new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agents

Hardware companies have realized that note-taking is one of the easiest AI use cases to build for, and consequently have been busy shoving mics into everything from pendants and rings to credit-card-sized pucks and wristbands. Still, despite the variety of devices, only a few companies have been able to stand out. One of these companies

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Microsoft rolls out fix for Windows 11 crashes, gaming issues

Microsoft has started rolling out a permanent fix for a known issue that causes system crashes and gaming issues on Windows 11 devices. On affected PCs, users have also reported games failing to launch and freezing with “EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” errors. When it was first confirmed, Microsoft said that this issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL

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The Google Pixel 11 Pro Still Has the Best Display for Gaming, but Other Troubles Emerge

In 2025, I lauded the Google Pixel 10 Pro for its bright, vibrant display that was great to game on. Now, its successor has arrived, and although it looks identical — with some slight hardware changes — the luster has worn off. The Google Pixel 11 Pro feels underpowered when it comes to gaming, and

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NASA Astronaut Christina Koch’s Secret Trick to Decompress After Artemis II

How do you recover from 10 days of traveling through outer space and around the moon? If you’re astronaut Christina Koch, you disconnect from being online and just journal. “I spent that first week journaling about the mission without looking at any photos from the mission,” Koch told CNET on Monday during a visit to

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Meta to Pay Up to $16.68 Billion to Settle With US States on Teen Social Media Addiction

Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta has struck a deal with the 29 US states currently suing the tech giant for intentionally designing its social media platforms to be addiction and harmful to children and teens. Reuters first reported the settlement, saying the company could pay a maximum of $16.68 billion, which is less than

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Ring Gave Itself a Security Makeover Called TAKE. Here’s What’s Actually Changing

Starting this September, Amazon’s Ring security brand is clarifying how it encrypts customer data on cameras, including security video data used for AI analysis, like turning it into video descriptions on your phone. This begins with a unique Ring standard called Throw Away the Key Encryption. Previously, Ring’s cloud practices were a bit of a

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Can’t play those old 32-bit Android games on your new phone? This app can help.

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. One of the most disappointing changes to Android in recent years has been the decision to drop support for 32-bit apps. This won’t affect the vast majority of people, but I found it particularly unfortunate due to the wide variety of abandoned classic

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