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Google has confirmed that a fix is rolling out for a bug that leaves Android Auto briefly auto-playing music when your car starts, even if you have autoplay disabled.

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Amazon’s Echo lineup has been quietly moving away from the humble 3.5mm jack for years. The last mainstream Echo speaker to include one was the fourth-generation Echo from 2020, and newer models have leaned increasingly on wireless connections instead. Now, Amazon is taking that retreat a step further by removing part of the functionality from…

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Trump Mobile has already faced intense scrutiny this year over steep price hikes on its T1 smartphone, questionable hardware specs, and shipping delays. Now, the controversial smartphone brand is facing another major crisis after a hacking group published personal records allegedly belonging to thousands of its customers on the dark web. According to the threat actors,…

On-device AI is becoming increasingly capable, with companies exploring ways to run more AI workloads directly on phones and other consumer devices. Perplexity, for instance, has launched on-device AI assistants, while Google has released models such as Gemma 4 12B specifically designed for on-device use. Now, Google appears to be pushing that idea even further.

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Instead of repeatedly swiping through a carousel to find a card, you can now tap the one you want from an expanded list. By •

Google may be getting ready to drop Safety Signal from the older smartwatches. By •

Googlebooks don’t have the same level of web app support as Chromebooks, as only “compliant” apps can be installed, and that’s not the only regression from ChromeOS, as Linux apps don’t work in the same way either.