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Google Health is currently experiencing an outage, so if you have a Fitbit device or Pixel Watch and are wondering why it hasn't synced or given you summaries, a Sleep Score, Readiness, or anything from the Google Health Coach, that would be why. The Google Health outage started this morning...

Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 owners, it is open enrollment season, meaning if you did not enroll in Pixel Care+ for your device at time of purchase, you have a small window to do so now to protect your phone from accidents. Eligible devices include the Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9a, 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL...

Google has already announced a Made by Google event taking place on August 12 where they'll show off the latest in Pixel devices. We expect the entire Pixel 11 series to be on display, as well as the new Pixel Watch 5. Today, Google began its first public teasing of the new Pixel 11. The Google...

Ookla published its latest carrier report this week. The big takeaway is improvements seen from AT&T, but after looking through the numbers, each carrier has high marks and reason to be happy. Carriers love using these reports in their marketing, so it makes that each one would fair well enough...

Two weeks ago, Google released Beta 6 for Android 17 QPR1. Now we're getting Beta 7, available now to all supported Pixel devices. Suitable for everyday usage, Android 17 QPR1 became platform stable with Beta 6. This new beta appears to be more of a bug fixing update, but we're still rummaging...

The report from earlier in the week was correct - OnePlus has officially called it quits in the US, Canada, and beyond. Through community posts on their awkwardly launched US-specific forum and the global forum, OnePlus announced a "change in direction" that will see OnePlus conclude all new...

We are all aware of the epidemic that has spread across social media and even made its way to physically printed sheets and banners. I'm referring to AI-generated flyers. Whether it be for an event or a service, all of these flyers look the same, as they are all being created from the same...

Today, Verizon told 274 corporate stores that it will sell them off to authorized dealers and around 2,500 employees will be impacted. Another 500 corporate employees were also let go. It's the latest in heavy-handed restructuring moves since new CEO Dan Schulman took over in October of last...

Samsung continues its push of July security patch updates to its long list of devices. Galaxy S25 series is the latest, but we'll be updating this post as more devices receive it. Galaxy S25 joins Galaxy S26 in being updated to the latest software, but beyond the security patch, nothing else is...

Google Health is being pushed a new update, labeled as version 5.04. It feels like only recently that we got version 5.03, but apparently Google and the Health team are working hard lately. Inside, the team has brought custom foods, allowing you to create, edit, and delete custom foods for more...