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Honor Has Radically Reinvented the Phone for the Robot Age. I Played With It and It’s Wild

When Chinese phone brand Honor first teased the concept of its Robot Phone last year, I thought it sounded too outlandish to be real and too good to be true. The device it was proposing occupied a perfect center point in the Venn diagram of my interests in robotics and unconventional phone design. Even when

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Welcome to the internet in 2026, where AI agents are both victim and attacker in malware wars

It might feel like an eternity that we’ve been living in this AI era, but really we’re only at its advent. As such, many of the risks associated with it have until now been merely hypothetical. However, we’re now seeing research filter out from security and software research teams that show some genuinely concerning behaviour,

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Parents urged to revisit screen time limits as kids head back to school

Parents are being urged to revisit the screen time limits they impose on their kids when they head back to school. It says stressed parents may take a more relaxed attitude to screen time during the summer break, and this can prove seriously detrimental to their children once the new school term begins. Additionally, experts

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The Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 is the portable power station I’ve needed for years

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Jonathan Feist / Android AuthorityThe Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 is the portable power station I’ve needed for yearsEnough portable power for a weekend trip or a short power outage? This does everything I need it to for my road trips.By Jonathan Feist•Aug

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AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year

As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code. Blacksmith has raised a new $45 million round to capitalize on that shift. The Series B, led by Peak XV Partners, values Blacksmith at $550 million, up from the $60 million valuation it was assigned

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Verizon is so fed up with cable vandals, it’s putting a $25,000 bounty on them

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Earlier this week, Verizon confirmed that vandalism of fiber cables caused widespread disruptions to mobile and internet services across parts of Southern California and Los Angeles. While the carrier said at the time that law enforcement was brought in to investigate these incidents,

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This shocking Zoom bug allowed silent device takeovers on Android and iOS

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Over the past few months, we have watched frontier AI models rapidly alter the cybersecurity landscape — from AI models breaking technical barriers to mounting regulatory scrutiny over weaponized AI capabilities. Now, a newly disclosed Zoom flaw shows just how serious that can

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