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J Allard, a former Microsoft executive and one of the minds behind the Zune, is leading a new team at Amazon, CNBC reports. Allard is officially the vice president of Amazon’s ZeroOne, which, based on at least one Amazon job listing, is “a special projects team dedicated to inventing breakthrough consumer product categories.” What ZeroOne…

There’s been a lot of recent chatter about Samsung’s next-gen high-end smartphones (both the ones set to see daylight this summer and in early 2026), as well as several upcoming Galaxy Watches and even an interesting new pair of Galaxy Buds likely to come out soon, but what about the company’s Galaxy Tab S10+ and…

Under new Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Germany could impose a new 10 percent tax on major online platforms such as Google and Facebook. reported that political factions in the country struck a deal earlier this year to pursue these fees for digital service companies. “These corporations do billions in business in Germany with extremely high profit…

Is AT&T still a popular choice of network carrier in the U.S., or is it going the way of Verizon and losing subscribers by the hundreds of thousands? The numbers from the first quarter of this year paint a very promising picture for the company and, come July, AT&T will release the earnings report for…

Around ten years ago, as the price of cable rose to untenable heights, live TV streaming services as the low-cost, contract-free antidote. These services are still blissfully easy to walk away from, but the cost has steadily inched towards cable levels. Every major provider has raised prices in the past year or two, including ,…

Sony Xperia 1 VII Intro Another year rolls by, another new Xperia comes out to try its hand in the high-end smartphone market. The Sony Xperia 1 VII continues the valued tradition of Xperia phones — high-end camera specs, slim body, and no hardware element omitted. The good old headphone jack is still here, the…

Tinder helped popularize a modern dating culture that puts looks first, and now the app is trying out a new way to capitalize on it. As part of a test, select Tinder Gold and Tinder Platinum subscribers will be able to set a preferred height range for matches they receive in the app, according to…

In the past, we’ve explained the differences between a T-Mobile COR (corporate-owned) store and a TPR (T-Mobile Premium Retailer) retail location. The latter stores are owned and operated by third-party companies and while the branding and the products are mostly the same, the TPR stores are independently run. T-Mobile and the third-party company typically sign…

YouTube Shorts is beta testing the addition of Google Lens. Integrating this tech into the short-form video platform will allow viewers to search for more information about what they can see in a clip. The functionality will begin rolling out to all Shorts users this week. Once it’s enabled on your account, the feature can…

If you own a Pixel 6 or later model and installed the Android 16 QPR 1 Beta 1 update, you might have noticed some changes. The beta software, which includes the September 2025 Pixel Feature Drop, includes the Material 3 Expressive design system designed to give Android users a more consistent experience across the platform….