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Stephen Headrick / Android AuthorityHappy New Year from the team here at Android Authority! I was thinking about the new year throughout December, jotting down ideas and goals as I went. Near the end of every December, I like to sit down and really get into the details of what I want to do the following year, what changes I want to make, and what I hope to accomplish.If you’re like me, it’s extremely helpful to visually track these goals, write them down, and see the progress you’re making along the way. I’ve tried many versions of this over the…

In a now viral video, a man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him right in the groin, forcing him into a groaning heap while painfully and visually embodying the promise and perils of advanced robotics. “Yep, let’s go ahead and train our future AI overlords how to kick ass,” one X user quipped upon viewing the clip, which was originally posted on Christmas Day to the Chinese video sharing website Bilibili. “Maybe we do deserve to become made redundant.” The video opens to the inside of a regular office space in what appears to be China…

After unveiling the X70 Air in October 2025 (an affordable ultra-thin smartphone), the Lenovo-owned smartphone brand Motorola is gearing up to launch its successor, the X70 Air Pro, in the Chinese market soon (via an official Weibo post). The brand has officially teased the phone, indicating that Motorola’s next ultra-slim smartphone could get an incredible camera update that might make he iPhone Air look obsolete. Motorola / Weibo An ultra-thin smartphone with Pro-grade cameras As seen in the latest Moto X70 Air Pro teaser, the phone could feature a triple rear camera setup, not only outdoing the regular version, but…

There are some lingering myths about charging smartphones that are worth dispelling. Technology has come a long way since the 2000s — there’s no need to be as worried about the safety of your phone now as you would’ve back then. If anything, the overriding concern these days is prolonging your battery’s health, which can both make life easier and reduce the likelihood of an expensive replacement. Is it safe to charge your smartphone overnight? An easy answer that still warrants explanation Yes, but it’s important to understand the details on this one. The fear you might have of leaving…

2026 is the year Tesla AI starts to get to significant scale for robotaxi, optimus teslabot and using XAI Grok 5+ for voice and other early AGI capabilities. World’s first fully autonomous coast-to-coast drive, done with Tesla self-driving v14. Congrats and thank you @DavidMoss! https://t.co/NFxzA7suRk — Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) December 31, 2025 xAI NEWS: Reports say xAI has bought a 3rd distribution center that will be converted into another Colossus data center. The site is said to be “just across the border from Memphis, which is near another xAI data center and a power plant the company is building.” This…

Back in September we heard that Honor was going to outfit the upcoming Magic V6 foldable smartphone with a 200MP main camera, as part of a more general push for all of its future high-end devices. Today a new rumor from Weibo confirms this, reiterating that the Magic V6 will indeed have a 200MP camera. In addition, today’s source claims that all upcoming Chinese foldable devices will have at least one 200MP camera. Honor Magic V5 The Magic V5 was unveiled in July, so its successor might still be a way off at this point. According to a previous rumor,…

Spotify quietly rolled out a new feature recently that has changed the way I listen to music by using prompt-based AI to make and edit playlists simply based on AI prompting. If AI-based software development is “vibe-coding,” since you can conversationally tell an AI what you want to build, in a similar way, Spotify’s AI playlist feature is “vibe-listening” because you can conversationally tell the AI what you’re in the mood for. Seconds later, you have a playlist that matches your mood. This opens a world of possibilities, as we’ll explore in this article. To get started, simply hit the…

Warning: spoilers for Harlan Coben’s Run Away ahead.For those of us committed to sitting on the couch for the entirety of New Year’s Day, Netflix has the perfect present for us. Eight-episode miniseries Harlan Coben’s Run Away is the first original project of 2026 to be released, and as it’s a Harlan Coben, you know it’s going to be thrilling.If you watched Harlan Coben’s Lazarus on Prime Video in October, Run Away is a complete 180 from what we watched those few weeks ago. We’re back to novel adaptations on Netflix, with Run Away following frantic dad Simon (James Nesbitt)…

247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401 for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 6:45 – 7:00 PMNancy Grace Roman Space TelescopeDominic Benford7:00 – 7:15 PMStorytelling with NASA: Eyes on ExoplanetsAnjali Tripathi7:15 – 7:30 PMRoman Space Telescope UpdateJulie McEnery7:30 – 7:45 PMThe Search for Life in the Universe with Habitable Worlds ObservatoryGiada Arney7:45 – 8:00 PMThe James Webb Space Telescope Engineering HistoryLee Feinberg MONDAY, JANUARY 5 9:00 – 9:15AMGalaxies Across Cosmic Time with JWST and RomanAaron Yung9:15 – 9:30AMThe Hubble Space Telescope: Next Era of DiscoveryJennifer Wiseman9:30…

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. January 2026 is going to be the Tom Hiddleston takeover month, with the much-anticipated The Night Manager season 2 hitting BBC from January 1 and Prime Video from January 11. After 10 years, shrewd and aloof spy Johnathan Pine returns… or does he?Technically speaking, Hiddleston assumes a myriad of identities in the new season, but for the sake of UK security, I won’t be revealing what they are. When…