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CNET

Keep in mind that discounts often vary across sizes, colors and configurations, so double-check the price before making your purchase. If you’re in need of a watch that’s a little bigger, the 45mm version in starlight and midnight are on sale on Amazon …

CNET

Google will remove a built-in app from its Pixel phone devices more than 90 days after intelligence contractor Palantir and the mobile security firm iVerify raised concerns about a major vulnerability in the software, Google said Wednesday night.

WIRED

No Dolby Vision or DTS support. No Chromecast. Tizen interface is still slightly annoying. There are precious few things Samsung’s S90D TV doesn …

Car and Driver

Porsche never forgets an anniversary, and 2025 happens to mark 50 years since the debut of the first 911 Turbo in 1975. How to celebrate? By building a special edition, of course. Break out your checkbooks, 911-ophiles, because the order banks are open …

The Washington Post

The popular game Fortnite, which was kicked out of the Apple and Google smartphone app stores four years ago over a business dispute, is available again for your phone. Sort of. If you want to play Fortnite games on an iPhone … well, you need to live …

WIRED

The Pixel 9 series now features four phones, including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, alongside the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2.

Car and Driver

The bad news? This small increase pushes BMW’s plug-in-hybrid wagon to 5530 pounds, a solid 1100-plus pounds more than the previous M5 sedan. That’s a lot of weight. Too much weight, I comment to Dirk Häcker, BMW M’s head of development.

BBC News

Fortnite, one of the world’s biggest video games, is available as a mobile phone app for the first time in four years. It’s back, via the newly launched Epic Games Store, on Android phones worldwide – including the UK – but is only available for iPhone …

WIRED

On Thursday, though, researchers from the mobile device security firm iVerify are publishing findings on an Android vulnerability that seems to have been present in every Android release for Pixel since September 2017 and could expose the devices to …

Forbes

As a consumer tech editor, I’ve worn a slew of smartwatches that seem like they can do it all: track my health stats, help set up my video shoots, control my music and so much more. But the constant stream of notifications can feel annoying—and may be …