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The Sony Xperia 1 VII will not help Sony grow out of its niche market position – last week’s poll makes it pretty clear that £1,400/€1,500 is too much for a non-folding flagship, especially one with only 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage. The Mark 7 offers a unique combination of features, but as one…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure According to Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy, the Bank of England may soon add Bitcoin to its reserves. He made the comment during Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas, where Reform UK’s leader, Nigel Farage, spoke about his party’s new plan. Farage said…

More Travel Adapters We’ve Tested There are many travel adapters out there. These are a few others I tested and liked, but they missed out on a place above for one reason or another. Photograph: Simon Hill EZQuest WorldTravel GaN 5 Port With PD Wall Charger for $36: This travel adapter has a generous four…

Honor’s new 400 and 400 Pro phones went on sale on Friday last week – did you buy one? Do you plan to? Let’s talk about this new pair of phones equipped with 200MP cameras. The duo features 200MP 1/1.4” sensors with OIS in their main cameras, plus 50MP selfie cameras – both are capable…

By now, you’ve probably seen “exosomes” wafting across your For You page, maybe sandwiched between a promo code for snail mucin and someone rendering beef tallow. Scroll through SkinTok long enough and you’ll hit a flood of videos hyping exosome therapy, exosome serums, and exosome treatments promising the skin health of a cherub. Skin care…

Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority While ChatGPT has existed in various forms for some time, its true mainstream success began with the release of GPT-3 in 2020. Since then, ChatGPT has evolved significantly, both for better and worse. Although the tool is now more useful than ever before, it’s also become somewhat confusing. Depending on…

Honorable Mentions Photograph: Gap Gap Heavyweight French Terry Seamed Wide-Leg Sweatpants for $70: As I mentioned earlier, sometimes nontraditional pants are just a bit too out of my comfort zone, and I found these to be difficult to style. The heavy French terry fabric is nice and warm, and some colors look almost like denim….

Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung surprised us all this week by releasing the One UI 8 beta for the Galaxy S25 series, which is based on Android 16. Following the messy rollout of One UI 7 and Samsung’s track record of launching betas after Google has finalized a stable Android update, the arrival of…

Honorable Mentions Open earbuds are becoming the hot trend in wireless audio, meaning there are plenty of good options that don’t make our top list. Here are some other pairs worth considering. Earfun OpenJump for $80: Earfun’s OpenJump offer accessible sound and impressive waterproofing in one of the most comfortable wrap-around designs I’ve put on….

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing to launch a “Pixel themes” feature, as evidenced by new strings and a button we managed to surface in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1. This button is part of the Pixel wallpaper app, and it aims to launch a “Pixel Customization Packs” app, which isn’t currently…