Android
Philips Hue is getting a $130 app for TVs
The new Hue app will sync lights to your TV content. | Image: Signify Signify, owner of the Philips Hue brand, is launching a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs. The $129.99 app Read more…
Android
Samsung’s new smart home hub is hidden inside a wireless charger
Samsung’s new SmartThings Station is a smart home hub, a wireless charger, and a SmartThings Find device. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge A little over three years after getting out of the Read more…
Android
Luminar acquires lidar data company Civil Maps
Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Lidar hardware company Luminar announced it has acquired Civil Maps, a lidar data company based in San Francisco. The acquisition brings ultra-detailed and automatically updating 3D maps Read more…
Android
We were all fans of Ken Block
Photo by Massimo Bettiol/Getty Images Ken Block, who died tragically in a snowmobile accident this week, was an entrepreneur, a racer, and a social media god. But at his core, he was always an enthusiast. Read more…
Android
TCL launches 40 series phones with some coming to North America soon
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority At CES 2023, TCL launched its 40 series phones. The TCL 40 SE is the phone most likely to come to the US, with a low price and Read more…
Android
TCL splits its 2023 smart TVs into two distinct lines
Credit: TCL TCL has announced its first 2023 smart TVs, and they will be sold in two model categories. The S-Series will be the new TCL budget TVs, while the Q-Series will include more advanced Read more…
Android
TCL Nxtpaper Phone Concept hands-on: I’m in love
You probably hear it all the time: smartphones all look the same these days. We’ve gotten to the point where phones are almost interchangeable, with most sharing similar parts, designs, and features. Not all is Read more…
Android
TCL’s 2023 TVs have new branding and are gaming powerhouses
Image: TCL TCL is overhauling its TV strategy for 2023 by ditching the company’s long-running 6-Series, 5-Series, and 4-Series branding in favor of two new lines: higher-end sets will be part of the Q-Series, while Read more…
Android
Android will officially support the RISC-V architecture, and that’s a big deal
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google has announced that it will support the RISC-V architecture. This is an alternative computing architecture to Arm, which powers virtually all smartphones. Android only supports two computing architectures Read more…
digital
Hundreds of WordPress sites infected by recently discovered backdoor
Enlarge Malware that exploits unpatched vulnerabilities in 30 different WordPress plugins has infected hundreds if not thousands of sites and may have been in active use for years, according to a writeup published last week. Read more…