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7 Android apps I stopped using in 2026 (and what I replaced them with)

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. So far this year, I’ve switched to a handful of apps on my Android phone, iPhone, and Mac for various reasons. Here are seven apps I ditched in favor of better alternatives on my Android phone. Nathan Drescher / Android AuthorityI’ve used Notion […]

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Android 17’s new distraction-killer is a Pixel 11 exclusive, Google confirms

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. It’s often one of those “you vs. you” scenarios when you move to open an app, such as TikTok or Instagram, even without intending to. The realization may not always seep in until several minutes after you’ve used the app, and by then

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Waymo’s self-driving cars get Gemini integration, so you have someone to talk to

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Self-driving cars can be great, especially for introverts who don’t want to talk to anyone on their taxi ride, and Waymo is one of the major companies offering self-driving cabs in the US. Now, the company is trying to make the passenger experience

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Will the next Mass Effect actually release under EA’s new owners? ‘I’ll believe it when I see it,’ says former EA manager turned Newzoo analyst

This month, the biggest leveraged buyout in the history of private equity went through and now EA is owned by a consortium made up of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. We don’t know what EA will be like under its new owners, but Employees are bracing

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Things 3.23 update now available with major repeating to-do improvements

Things is making repeating to-dos significantly more flexible in version 3.23, addressing two common situations: finishing a task ahead of schedule and changing its date when plans shift. Available now, Things 3.23 gives repeating to-dos ordinary checkboxes. Users can mark one complete before its scheduled date, and Things will generate the next copy according to

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Take-Two’s former AI guy is, in a twist, skeptical about AI now: ‘The guy should be selling you the gold if he’s actually got the gold’

Take-Two Interactive, the publisher who oversees studios like Rockstar and Gearbox, had an AI guy. ‘Had’ being the operative word, seeing as he, and a decent chunk of its then-AI team, were laid off around a year after he took on the role. Dicken was previously a data scientist at Zynga, before becoming its director

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Amazon announces huge drone delivery expansion, here’s where it’s coming next

Amazon Prime Air is the company’s drone delivery service, and today a huge expansion of its availability was announced. Nearly 500 US cities will be reached by the end of 2026. Here’s where Amazon drone delivery is coming next. Amazon’s Prime Air service is rapidly expanding and plans to reach nearly 500 cities and towns

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