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Verizon customers across the country were taken offline yesterday as a massive network outage cut out cell service entirely for many customers for several hours, but Verizon says that “account credits” will be sent out to those affected.

As rumored, Spotify is raising its prices across all of its paid plans in the US, resulting in a much more expensive plan than its main competitors.

Android 16 QPR3 is shaping up to be a sizable release, and Beta 2 is now available for Google Pixel devices. This is a big update that “addresses a wide range of stability, performance, and usability issues.”

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 is now available for Pixel devices following last month’s release just before the holidays.

Gemini 3’s Thinking and Pro models no longer have the same usage limits, with Google separating the “shared pool” while raising limits in the Gemini app.

Verizon customers are seeing a widespread service outage that has taken down cell service across huge parts of the United States.

An active arrest warrant is out for OnePlus CEO and co-founder, Pete Lau, in Taiwan. Prosecutors say the company has engaged in illegal recruiting of engineers.

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series is oddly just about as popular in recent weeks as it was back when it first launched, something that’s not been true of any Galaxy S series in the past several generations.

2026 is looking like a tough year to be in the market for consumer electronics, as the race to dominate AI continues to devour more and more RAM. Unsurprisingly, Nothing isn’t immune to these current market conditions, and it’s bound to mean more expensive smartphones come later this year.

Google’s goal with Gemini is to make a “personal, proactive, and powerful” assistant. The Gemini app today is adding “Personal Intelligence” in beta. This lets Gemini use the data Google already has about you to “supercharge” and personalize responses.

Falling firmly in the new category of “games that will break your foldable phone” is a new open-source origami simulator called “Kami,” and it works exactly like you think it does.

It’s hard to beat Samsung’s Galaxy Watch lineup if you’re looking for a rock-solid wearable on Android, especially if you’ve found yourself investing in Samsung’s entire ecosystem, and right now, you can pick one up for a bargain.

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z TriFold looks incredible – all the more so in person – but also came with the obvious question of durability. And, right on cue, one early Galaxy Z TriFold buyer has had their display spontaneously break, but that shouldn’t really be a surprise.

With the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung killed off support for the S Pen stylus for the sake of thinness, and now everyone else is suddenly rushing to add the feature to upcoming foldables.

A split of Android Notifications and Quick Settings has been rumored for the past year or so, and a leak today provides the latest look.

According to a new report, Google is moving not only the production, but development of (most) Pixel phones out of China going forward and over to Vietnam.

Foldables have come a long way since the days of 2019’s original Galaxy Fold. We’ve seen successors from both Samsung and its rivals introduce slimmer, more durable designs with larger displays and fewer compromises. That said, one obvious blemish remains running straight down the middle of any given folding screen. If Samsung has its way though, that soon could be a thing of the past.

As all attention moves over to Gemini, the experience of Google Assistant just continues to crumble, and that’s getting especially bad for Android Auto users as of late.

With last month’s web redesign, the Gemini app gained a “My Stuff” folder, and Google is now updating it with a dedicated “Documents” list of your Deep Research and Canvas generations.