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The Play Store on your Android TV or Google TV may look like the whole story. It isn’t. You don’t have to limit your TV experience to what Google has approved for your model and region. You can try almost every app made for Android TV, including those that aren’t available officially. And no, I’m not talking about sideloading apps one by one. You can grab an alternative app store like F-Droid and unlock hundreds of more apps at once. F-Droid is an open-source app store that doesn’t require an account, is community driven, and only lists apps that don’t…
With Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event less than a day away, leaks continue to pour in. The latest one gives us another look at the upcoming wide-screen Galaxy Z Fold8 ahead of its expected debut. Tipster Roland Quandt has shared a new set of official-looking Galaxy Z Fold8 (wide) renders on BlueSky, offering another look at Samsung’s upcoming foldable. The renders showcase the Galaxy Z Fold8 Wide in three color options. In line with recent leaks, the smartphone appears in Cream, Graphite, and Lavender finishes. A Pistachio variant is also rumored to be available exclusively through Samsung’s online store. The second…
A vulnerability in OpenSSL could allow attackers to cause a server’s memory to be exhausted before any security handshake, Okta’s red team discovered. Referred to as HollowByte, the denial-of-service (DoS) bug could be triggered via a malicious payload of only 11 bytes that declares a larger incoming message body to trigger a buffer pre-allocation that is not immediately freed. HollowByte existed because older OpenSSL iterations pre-allocated receive buffer sizes based on the incoming message body length declared in the handshake message’s 4-byte header. The pre-allocation occurred before any data arrived, and an attacker could send an 11-byte payload to trigger…
Rapidly falling launch costs are making space more accessible than ever. But new research suggests the economics are improving even faster than most people realize, potentially opening the door to entirely new industries beyond Earth.For most of the space age, the cost of getting material into space was so vast that only the most well-heeled governments and corporations could participate. In 1960, getting a kilogram of payload into orbit would have cost you more than $87,000 (in 2024 US dollars).But according to researchers at the University of Cambridge, that figure had collapsed 96 percent to $3,868 by 2025. The team’s…
The Xiaomi 18 series is expected to debut in China this September. A new report now claims that the lineup will launch without an Ultra variant and instead comprise three models. The report also suggests the series could arrive in India earlier than usual. According to the report, Xiaomi’s next flagship lineup will include the Xiaomi 18, Xiaomi 18 Pro, and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max. Leaked Xiaomi 18 render Xiaomi is said to have scrapped development of the Ultra variant with the 18 Pro Max expected to serve as the company’s flagship model this year. The report also suggests the…
Nearly a year ago, Elon Musk-owned X announced it would begin rebuilding the Android version of its app, which had not held up well compared with its iOS counterpart. On Monday, the company shipped the refreshed app, which is now available to download. The new Android version of X was built from scratch and promises improvements to loading, scrolling, notifications, and more, X said in its announcement. We’ve completely rebuilt the Android X app from the ground up.It’s faster, smoother, and more reliable than the old version in every way. We modernized the foundation so everything just feels better: scrolling,…
Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S12 and S26 FE just showed up referencened in the Google app. Google compiles a list of future devices set to arrive with a free premium Google AI trial for new owners. The new models may launch sometime this September — if not sooner. We are just days — hours, even — away from Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event, when, this Wednesday, we expect to see it introduce the latest Galaxy Fold, Galaxy Flip, and Galaxy Watch models. But for as excited as we are about those launches, they aren’t the only…
Two recently patched SonicWall appliance zero-days were exploited by threat actors for weeks before patches were released, according to cybersecurity firm Volexity. SonicWall released a public advisory for the vulnerabilities on July 14, informing customers that CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410 had been exploited in the wild. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit the flaws to hack SMA1000 secure remote access appliances. SonicWall has made available hotfix releases to address the security holes. Volexity, which assisted the vendor’s investigation into the attacks, attributed the exploitation of the zero-days to a threat actor it tracks as UTA0533. The security firm believes exploitation started as…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In a stunning reversal on Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration said that lettuce samples from Taylor Farms did not, after all, test positive for the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which is behind the rising outbreak of explosive diarrhea sweeping the nation. Health officials have been racing to control the intestinal infection, which fortunately is not deadly, but can cause weeks of violently watery diarrhea. By Saturday, the FDA said it had found traces of the parasite in shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor…
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Sony PS-LX3BT: Two-minute reviewThe Sony PS-LX3BT is one of the first new turntables to leave Sony’s R&D department in years. It comes some time after the launch of the Sony PS-LX310BT, one of what TechRadar rightfully deems to be the best turntables for beginners — and has big shoes to fill, accordingly.And fill them it sort-of does, at least in the most literal of senses. It shares a lot…