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Google’s New Pixel 11 Phones Get Higher Starting Prices — Blame the RAM Shortage

A slew of new phones and gadgets were revealed at the Made by Google event on Wednesday, including new Pixel phones, a foldable, a smartwatch and a personal item tracker. Following industry trends, most of these are pricier than their predecessors. Like every other corner of the broader tech industry, phone makers have had to […]

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Microsoft patches LegacyHive Windows zero-day vulnerability

Microsoft has released security patches to address a Windows zero-day vulnerability known as “LegacyHive,” disclosed after the July 2026 Patch Tuesday. The security flaw was disclosed by a security researcher who uses the “Nightmare Eclipse” handle in protest of Microsoft’s bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure practices. Nightmare Eclipse published a LegacyHive proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit hours

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You have fewer than 200 days to migrate all your old Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home, or they’re gone forever

Pokémon Bank was originally designed for trainers to import their Pokémon from Black & White, Black & White 2, X & Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire and Sun & Moon into one collective location, making a sort-of hub that allowed you to move creatures into various games. Handy for competitive players and those diligent

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Apple sends new ‘Threat Notification’ alerts over mercenary spyware attacks

You’re not alone if you just received an “Apple Threat Notification” saying it detected a “mercenary spyware attack targeted at your iPhone.” Some users on Reddit are reporting that they received these alerts today after Apple sent out a new batch of threat notifications on August 13, but the feature itself is not new. Apple

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Insomniac’s take on Wolverine is ferocious, destructive and cinematic – but a little predictable

The answer to this – at least initially – is naked and afraid. The opening scenes of Marvel’s Wolverine see Logan in a feral state, running through the jungle before being subdued and rescued by a seemingly-benign Nathaniel Essex. Yet it doesn’t take long for the claws to come out. A quick flash-forward to the

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Marvel’s Wolverine “fully playable” on disc when it releases, Insomniac clarifies, perhaps making it one of the last few PlayStation games that will be

“Marvel’s Wolverine will come out in digital and physical [versions] and the game will be fully playable on the disc when you purchase it,” senior project director Jess Reiner-Reed told Eurogamer at a Marvel’s Wolverine preview event – our preview from which you can read now. “With that said,” Reiner-Reed added, “we want people or

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iPhone Ultra could launch in US only at first, per report

iPhone Ultra’s unveiling is only a few weeks away, and a new report claims the initial rollout could be extremely limited, including being US-only at launch. David Richards, writing at ChannelNews Australia: Apple will unveil its first foldable iPhone at its September 8 US launch event but will not release the device to market, with

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Can social media start over? Bluesky’s CEO and COO deliver their case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

The next era of social media might not be defined by a platform — it could be written by a protocol. That’s the bet Bluesky is making, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, two of its leaders steering that bet will make their case in person. Toni Schneider became Bluesky’s permanent CEO after leading the company

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Chrome could soon let Gemini auto-fix your bad passwords, and I’m not sure if that’s a good idea

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Keeping track of dozens of online logins and staying safe online gets exhausting fast. But it’s also very frustrating when reused passwords finally come back to bite you, so Google might be building an AI shortcut to clean up that mess. Instead of

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20 hours in, I cannot believe the scale, complexity, and ambition of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

I’m almost intimidated by it. From the trailers, you’ve probably seen that there are multiple playable characters whose stories you can follow; the four main protagonists are Theodora (a warrior queen determined to do right by her people), Dietrech (a foreign swordsman intrigued by this land’s martial customs), Cai (a young village boy caught up

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