Asus confirms its smartphone business is on indefinite hiatus
Asus chairman Jonney Shih sees AI applications as the company’s main focus going forward.
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Ryan Whitwam
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Ryan Whitwam is a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, covering the ways Google, AI, and mobile technology continue to change the world. Over his 20-year career, he's written for Android Police, ExtremeTech, Wirecutter, NY Times, and more. He has reviewed more phones than most people will ever own. You can follow him on Bluesky, where you will see photos of his dozens of mechanical keyboards.
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Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack
Even Google’s own earbuds are vulnerable to the Fast Pair hack.
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Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers
The feature will start with paid users only, and it’s off by default.
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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling
Google has also added the updated Veo to YouTube creator tools.
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Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?
Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play.
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Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank
Google says creating for people rather than robots is the best long-term strategy.
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Google announces AI Overviews in Gmail search, experimental AI-organized inbox
Last year’s premium Gmail AI features are also rolling out to free users.
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Motorola reveals the Razr Fold, a book-style foldable launching this summer
Motorola is light on details but heavy on hype for its first book-style foldable.
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Google TV’s big Gemini update adds image and video generation, voice control for settings
Google TV will let you generate and watch AI content on the big screen.
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I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM.
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Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi
Google says the lawsuit is its last resort.
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YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers
Google loves AI content, except when it doesn’t.
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Google releases Gemini 3 Flash, promising improved intelligence and efficiency
Google’s Gemini 3 family is now complete with release of Gemini 3 Flash.
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Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data
Google says the reports lacked “helpful next steps.”
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Google Translate expands live translation to all earbuds on Android
Expanded live translation will come to iOS in the coming months.
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Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs.
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Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents
The Agentic AI Foundation launches to support MCP, AGENTS.md, and goose.
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Google is reviving wearable gesture controls, but only for the Pixel Watch 4
Google will let you select and dismiss with a gesture, but only on the newest watch.
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Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.
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OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live
The device starts at $900 and comes with a free gift for a limited time.
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The NPU in your phone keeps improving—why isn’t that making AI better?
Shrinking AI for your phone is no simple matter.
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Google announces second Android 16 release of 2025 is heading to Pixels
The update is rolling out to Pixels starting today.
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Samsung reveals Galaxy Z TriFold with 10-inch foldable screen, astronomical price
Samsung’s long-awaited tri-fold phone is launching in Korea this month, with a US launch early next year.
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Netflix quietly drops support for casting to most TVs
Netflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes.
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Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now
GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.
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Google’s new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images
Google’s new image-generator model is available to try globally today.
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OnePlus 15 review: The end of range anxiety
OnePlus delivers its second super-fast phone of 2025.
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Google unveils Gemini 3 AI model and AI-first IDE called Antigravity
Google’s flagship AI model is getting its second major upgrade this year.
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Google will let Android power users bypass upcoming sideloading restrictions
Google will preserve sideloading for power users, but it hasn’t decided how that will work yet.
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Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search
Conversational shopping is Google’s first big swing at monetizing AI Mode search.
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Google says new cloud-based “Private AI Compute” is just as secure as local processing
New system allows devices to connect directly to secure space in Google’s AI servers.
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Google announces even more AI in Photos app, powered by Nano Banana
Google’s Nano Banana is powering a raft of new features in the app.
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Commercial spyware “Landfall” ran rampant on Samsung phones for almost a year
Targeted attack could steal all of a phone’s data and activate camera or mic.
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Gemini Deep Research comes to Google Finance, backed by prediction market data
Deep Research and predictions based on Kalshi and Polymarket data are coming soon to Google Finance.
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Google settlement with Epic caps Play Store fees, boosts other Android app stores
Google will make several changes to Android app support globally, supported through at least 2032.
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So long, Assistant—Gemini is taking over Google Maps
Gemini is rolling out to Maps on Android and iOS, with Android Auto coming soon.
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