Android Auto adds more streaming, gaming options

Key Takeaways Google I/O focused on AI updates, showcasing Gemini integrations for Google services and more processing power for developers. Android 15 took a backseat to AI at the ...

Oreo’s Special Edition Star Wars Cookies Are Here to Feed Your Inner Wookiee

Image: OreoOreo has dropped a collaboration with Lucasfilm featuring special edition Star Wars sandwich cookies. Fans will be able to buy packs of the classic treat representing either the light ...

Ubisoft’s planned free-to-play Division game is dead

Just over three years ago, announced a free-to-play entry in its survival-action shooter series. At the time, it that Heartland would arrive later in 2021 or in 2022, but that never happened. In ...

Using new Google APIs and Matter, Android finally gets an Eve smart home app

Key Takeaways Eve is working on an Android app taking advantage of Matter and new Google Home APIs. It should be available alongside the new APIs sometime this fall. The app will open up ...

Lord of the Rings Team Teases Plot and Characters for The Hunt for Gollum

When news broke that Warner Bros. was making a new Lord of the Rings movie about Gollum, directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, and produced by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh, we ...

Threads search will finally be usable with ‘recent’ tab rollout

Threads is inching closer to becoming an actually useful source for real-time news and updates. The app is finally rolling out the ability to search posts in order of recency, after the feature last ...

Wear OS 5 promises improved battery life

Key Takeaways The Wear OS 5 Developer Preview based on Android 14 is coming later this year. Expect performance improvements for longer battery life, specifically when tracking workouts. ...

Drug Overdose Deaths in America Have Finally Stopped Climbing

For the first time in a long while, America’s drug overdose crisis has not gotten worse. New preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that total overdose deaths ...

Google announced an update for Android Auto with new apps and casting support

Google just announced at an update coming to Android for Cars that should make paying attention to the road just a tiny bit harder. The automobile-based OS is getting new apps, screen casting and ...

9 features every LG TV user should use

Key Takeaways LG TVs offer useful features like shortcut buttons to save time powering on and to launch apps with ease. Customize shortcut buttons on LG remotes for quick access to your ...