Sony Xperia 1 VIII is official, Xiaomi 17 Max is coming - week 20 in review

Sony unveiled its Xperia 1 VIII flagship with a new design, but the old core specs and idea. There's a new 1/1.56-inch telephoto camera - a four times larger sensor with four times the resolution compared to what's in the Mark VII. The new 48MP tele is locked at 2.9x (70mm). The other two cameras are the same - 24mm f/1.9 and 16mm f/2.0. Add a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, just 12GB of RAM, and a 5,000mAh battery. The Xperia 1 VIII is on sale from €1,500/£1,400 for the base 12/512GB config. Xiaomi confirmed that we're getting a 17 Max. The phone will launch later this month in China....

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Sony Xperia 1 VIII is official, Xiaomi 17 Max is coming - week 20 in review

Sony unveiled its Xperia 1 VIII flagship with a new design, but the old core specs and idea. There's a new 1/1.56-inch telephoto camera - a four times larger sensor with four times the resolution compared to what's in the Mark VII. The new 48MP tele is locked at 2.9x (70mm). The other two cameras are the same - 24mm f/1.9 and 16mm f/2.0. Add a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, just 12GB of RAM, and a 5,000mAh battery. The Xperia 1 VIII is on sale from €1,500/£1,400 for the base 12/512GB config. Xiaomi confirmed that we're getting a 17 Max. The phone will launch later this month in China....

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Google Password Manager on Android appears to be getting passkey import and export support

Passkeys are pretty great. The tech is solid, based on well-established, secure cryptographic principles, and the ease of use is through the roof compared to remembering traditional passwords. In case you are not in the know, the passkey paradigm has you generating a secure private key that you keep locally on your device and a corresponding public key that you give out to websites/services/apps you want to log into. Once you actually want to log in, all you need to do is authenticate on your device securely through something like a biometric lock (fingerprint, Face ID) to “prove” that you...

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Google Password Manager on Android appears to be getting passkey import and export support

Passkeys are pretty great. The tech is solid, based on well-established, secure cryptographic principles, and the ease of use is through the roof compared to remembering traditional passwords. In case you are not in the know, the passkey paradigm has you generating a secure private key that you keep locally on your device and a corresponding public key that you give out to websites/services/apps you want to log into. Once you actually want to log in, all you need to do is authenticate on your device securely through something like a biometric lock (fingerprint, Face ID) to “prove” that you...

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Google reveals why it's offering only 5GB free storage instead of 15GB with some new Gmail accounts

We recently saw reports from users claiming that Google is offering only 5GB of free storage with a new Gmail account, instead of 15GB, but if they added their phone number to the new account, Google would "unlock" 15GB storage at no cost. Google has revealed the reason behind that. In a statement to Android Authority, a Google spokesperson said the company is testing this change to help it continue to provide a "high-quality storage service" to its users. New Gmail account with 5GB storage "We’re testing a new storage policy for new accounts created in select regions that will...

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Google reveals why it's offering only 5GB free storage instead of 15GB with some new Gmail accounts

We recently saw reports from users claiming that Google is offering only 5GB of free storage with a new Gmail account, instead of 15GB, but if they added their phone number to the new account, Google would "unlock" 15GB storage at no cost. Google has revealed the reason behind that. In a statement to Android Authority, a Google spokesperson said the company is testing this change to help it continue to provide a "high-quality storage service" to its users. New Gmail account with 5GB storage "We’re testing a new storage policy for new accounts created in select regions that will...

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Samsung Galaxy S24 series, Fold6, and Flip6 are receiving One UI 8.5 stable update in the US

The One UI 8.5 stable update released by Samsung for the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, and Galaxy Z Flip6 globally earlier this week is now rolling out in the US. [#InlinePriceWidget,13147,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,12771,1#] The update comes with firmware versions S928USQU5DZDR for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, S721USQUBDZDP for the Galaxy S24 FE, F956USQU3DZDQ for the Galaxy Z Fold6, and F741USQU3DZDP for the Galaxy Z Flip6. The One UI 8.5 stable update is also reportedly rolling out in the US for the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+, but their firmware versions aren't known. Samsung...

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