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Google is trying to cut down on annoying, unskippable ads in Android apps and overall bad behavior in the Play Store (via TechCrunch). The company announced wide-ranging policy changes on Wednesday that update rules across several categories to be more specific, clamping down on loopholes developers may have used to skirt existing rules. One of the changes that will impact your everyday phone usage the most is for ads. Google says its updated guidelines, which will go into effect on September...

Ten years after launching a pioneering combination of Linux preinstalled on a commercial laptop with Project Sputnik, Dell and Canonical announced that the XPS 13 Plus is the first OEM PC certified for Ubuntu 22.04 Long-Term Support (LTS). That makes this a straightforward route to having a PC that just works without worrying about whether or not each component is ready to work with Linux. Linux-equipped Developer Edition models of the laptop were already available, with prices starting at $1...

TikTok on Wednesday announced several updates intended to help users customize their viewing preferences and filter out content that may be problematic or too mature for young users, amid renewed scrutiny of the potential harms social media poses to teens. The short-form video app is tweaking its viewing experience so users will now see fewer videos about topics that "may be fine as a single video but potentially problematic if viewed repeatedly," according to Cormac Keenan, head of trust and...

While we are anxiously anticipating the release of the Nothing Phone (1) - the first handset from the OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei startup - there are a few mysteries left to discover about it. We learned that it carries a 6.6" 120Hz 1080p OLED display, an upper midrange Snapdragon 778G+ processor, as well as two rear cameras - a 50MP main sensor and a 16MP ultrawide camera. You can't expect much else at the phone's sub-$500 price point, of course, but it's not the number of the...

Apple's iPhone 14 range is just two months away and, while leaks have revealed everything from their battery capacities to potential price increases, one surprising detail was overlooked: a new name. In September, Apple is expected to announce a more affordable version of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which was widely assumed to be called the 'iPhone 14 Max'. But a detailed supply chain report from analyst Omdia, uses a far more logical name. Apple iPhone 14 range based on multiple le...

52audio has shared images of the AirPods Pro 2, the long-rumoured replacements for the AirPods Pro that Apple released in 2019. Previously, 52audio accurately leaked photos of the AirPods 3, as well as providing first looks at the original AirPods Pro three years ago. As far as we can tell, these images are marketing renders, or third-party CAD renders based on a leaked design. Regardless, the images match the hands-on images leaked by MacRumors in October 2021. As such, the AirPods Pro 2 res...