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Tech

Judge Orders Google to Open Android Phones to Other App Stores

10.11.24

By Luis Prada
News

Andrew Tate’s ‘The Real World’ App Banned by Google Amid Claims It’s a Pyramid Scheme

09.12.23

By Tim Hume
Tech

This Is the ‘GrayKey 2.0,’ the Tool Cops Use to Hack Phones

09.30.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Google Is Begging Apple to Make Life Better for Green Bubbles

09.09.22

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Russia Released a Ukrainian App for Hacking Russia That Was Actually Malware

07.19.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Scientists Grew Living Human Skin That Self-Heals on a Robot Finger

06.09.22

By Jordan Pearson
Entertainment

The Sidekick Was Pop Culture’s Most Stylish and Innovative Cellphone

03.10.22

By Kristin Corry
Tech

Android’s E-Waste Problem Can’t Be Solved With Custom ROMs

02.01.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone

01.25.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

Google Tells Specific Apps to Disclose Location Gathering or Be Removed

12.08.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Location Data Firm Got GPS Data From Apps Even When People Opted Out

10.25.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Google Is Banning Sugar Dating Apps on the Play Store

07.29.21

By Radhamely De Leon

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Gaming

The Lion King: My Gaming Nemesis

The Lion King video game was my white whale. The game that haunted me for years before I finally decided to fight back.

11.17.24

By Anthony Franklin II
AEW

Sports

AEW Uses Guns N’ Roses Hit To Promote Full Gear (And It Rocks)

AEW debuted a music video for Full Gear on Collision using a classic Guns N’ Roses song.

11.17.24

By Haley Miller
Illustration by Reesa

Horoscopes

Weekly Horoscope: November 17-23

This week is Saturn’s first full week out of retrograde after it returned direct on Saturday. How will your sign fare?

11.17.24

By Melanie A. Davis
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Gaming

The Movie Tie-In Era was a Dark Time

The movie tie-in era of gaming was one of the worst to experience. If you never did, be glad because it was a time of darkness.

11.16.24

By Anthony Franklin II
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Gaming

‘Guitar Hero’: Gateway to Music

‘Guitar Hero’ was one of the ways I expanded my personal taste in music. I wish the series would make a comeback for that very reason.

11.16.24

By Anthony Franklin II