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Suspicious bulk orders of used books have led many booksellers to believe they are being purchased on behalf of AI companies so that they can be scanned and used as training material without author consent or payment. An AirTag hidden inside a rare book sold as part of a bulk order appears to confirm the […]

CNET’s People’s Picks is a community awards program that surveys our readers to get their opinions on the tech gadgets and services they use and love the most, like internet service providers, headphones and TVs. The latest People’s Picks awards zoom in on what readers think about their mobile carriers — that includes everything from

A biotech startup called Vivodyne says the AI drug-discovery industry has a data problem, and that it has built a machine to fix it. HIVE, modular robotic labs built by the company, can grow 20 kinds of human tissue, then autonomously dose and monitor them, generating the kind of causal biological data that today’s AI

The latest macOS 26.7 beta appears to have revealed quite a lot about a number of upcoming Apple home products. It includes references to a new HomePod mini, a security camera, a next-generation Siri remote for a new Apple TV 4K – and the long-anticipated HomePad product. A deeper dive into the code also appears

One of the hidden expenses in upgrading to a new iPhone can often be the need to replace your case when the dimensions differ. That so far seemed a likely bet for anyone upgrading from one of last year’s Pro models to the iPhone 18 Pro, but two accessory makers think not – with one

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The Fire TV lineup is entering a slightly strange phase. New Fire TV Sticks are moving over to Vega OS, but Android isn’t being pushed out of the picture entirely. A couple of months ago, we learned that Fire OS 16, which is

Rockstar’s been embroiled for some time in a legal dispute after firing 30 unionised workers in the UK, which has, naturally, been seen as union-busting behaviour by those impacted. The workers, who are part of The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), have been making solid progress. In June of this year, it was

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. In our rundown of the changes, we ran a poll asking readers if they’re looking forward to the third-party app store integration on the Play Store. We received just under 2,000 votes, and here’s what the majority had to say. Andy Walker /

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The Pixel 11 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro are good exceptions to this trend because they share the same hardware as their even more expensive XL and Max siblings, though the regular Pixel 11 and iPhone 17 miss out on some features. The

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Ask Photos is a useful AI-powered feature in Google Photos that helps users easily find photos and videos with natural language queries. Google has been working on a bunch of new features for Ask Photos over the past few months, and now we’ve