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Searching for how to watch 2026 US Open Round 2 live for free won't turn up a current live option because Round 2 is already over.

Samsung showed off two separate Bespoke AI Washer models at IFA 2026 in Berlin this week: a 10kg machine carrying Samsung's A-70% efficiency claim and a 13kg washer designed to fit within a standard 600mm European depth. These are two distinct products built for different priorities, not two trims of the same machine.

The rumored Galaxy S27 Pro features read like a wishlist built by someone tired of hauling around an Ultra-sized phone: a smaller body, a 200MP main camera, a bigger battery, and flagship silicon.

Motorola's Swarovski Razr goes on sale September 10 for $899.99, a $100 premium over the standard Razr 2026, The Verge reported. The phone isn't shipping yet.

Huawei's Pura X View now has official China pricing and a full spec sheet, and it's a non-folding phone that borrows the wide-screen proportions foldables made popular, minus the hinge, according to Gagadget. The phone packs a 6.39-inch, 16:9.5 OLED display into a conventional slab body, noticeably wider than the 19.5:9 ratio most phones use. China retail sales begin September 9, with pricing starting around $845 for the base configuration, and Huawei has not announced a US or UK launch.

Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting a cap for the first time since it launched. Starting in November, Game Pass Essential, Premium, and Ultimate subscribers will each get a fixed number of cloud streaming hours per month, ending unlimited access across all three Game Pass tiers. Ultimate has offered uncapped cloud gaming since 2020, while Premium and Essential gained it less than a year ago.

Google's own product page for the Pixel 11 shows a short video of a color-shifting orb glowing on the side of the camera bar, The Verge reported last month. That single detail is confirmed, straight from Google's store, not a leak. The rest of the Google Pixel 11 Pro teaser story, including the feature's name, whether it's limited to the Pro model, and whether it replaces an existing sensor, comes from one outlet's reading of leaked information rather than any spec sheet Google has published,...

Google unveiled the Pixel 11 Pro today, and the detail that stands out first has nothing to do with cameras or chips. It costs exactly $1,099 in the U.S., the same starting price as Apple's iPhone 17 Pro. Comparing iPhone 17 Pro vs Google Pixel 11 Pro means comparing two phones that match dollar for dollar, which pushes the real argument toward what each company actually means by "pro" (Trusted Reviews, today).

Global foldable smartphone shipments are projected to rise 20% year-over-year in 2026, and industry sources point to Apple's expected entry into the category as one factor behind that growth, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes this week. Counterpoint Research puts the figure slightly higher, forecasting 21% growth and tying the increase to Apple intensifying competition in the premium book-style foldable segment, the category of phones that open outward like a book to reveal a...

Samsung has stopped delivering Google Play System updates to devices running beta versions of One UI, including the Galaxy S26's One UI 9.0 (Android 17) beta. The company says the move happened "in coordination with Google."

Google's Made by Google 2026 event lands this Wednesday, August 12, in New York, where the company is expected to unveil a new Pixel lineup that ZDNET describes as four phones: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and a Pixel 11 Pro Fold. CNET's coverage of the same Google Pixel 11 launch event corroborates three of those four models and adds a Pixel Watch 5 to the guest list, though its reporting doesn't specifically name the Pro XL.

Ask ten people how the iPhone Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 matchup plays out this fall, and most will predict a rout: Apple's foldable debut does to this category what the original iPhone did to BlackBerry. That prediction needs a clearer definition of "win" before it holds up. Total foldable-market share is a different question than launch-week hype, and once you separate the two, the case for an Apple rout looks a lot thinner.

Apple has held preliminary discussions with the R&A about Apple TV Open Championship streaming rights, according to a Guardian report cited by 9to5Mac. Netflix and Amazon are also expected to be interested in the rights, per the same report.

Google added four phones to its lineup yesterday: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the foldable Pixel 11 Pro Fold (The Verge). The Google Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro new features fall into five main groups: a faster chip paired with more proactive Gemini, a camera mode that shoots on its own timing, an overhauled voice and writing toolkit, camera-based search and translation, and a set of Pro-only imaging and video upgrades, according to Google's own announcement (Google Blog).

Google's Gemini for Home rollout is easier to understand once you separate what is free from what requires a subscription. The basic Gemini for Home voice assistant costs nothing extra on compatible speakers and displays, while Google Home Premium adds more advanced conversation, automation, and camera features.

A guide posted on XDA Forums last year describes a way to run Samsung DeX on a Galaxy Z Fold's internal screen, with no monitor, dock, or book cover attached.

Google introduced the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL on Wednesday, and the camera specs are doing most of the talking. The base Pixel 11 now carries a 30x Super Zoom, while the Pro models jump to a claimed 120x Pro Zoom, Google says. All three phones run on the company's new Tensor G6 chip, which Google links to several of the camera upgrades. The Pixel 11 camera vs iPhone camera comparison isn't a single matchup, though: the base and Pro tiers need to be judged on their own terms.

Anyone searching for Google Pixel football club wallpapers this month will find one club with a named feature and two with vaguer promises. Within eight days in early August, Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain each signed sponsorship deals making Google Gemini their AI partner and Google Pixel their smartphone partner. Only one of the three announcements names an actual device feature: personalized wallpapers.

In a San Francisco courtroom last week, Judge James Donato watched a live demo of the Google Play installation flow and interrupted with a single question: "Wait, why did Walmart come up?" Days later he handed down a ruling that amounts to Google ordered to remove Android app store warnings, a mislabeled install button, and an unnecessary confirmation screen, though the order itself is narrower and more specific than that shorthand suggests. Donato targeted three concrete obstacles standing...

Put a 4K stream and an Ultra HD Blu-ray of the same movie on the same television, and both will paint the screen with an identical 3,840 x 2,160 grid of pixels. Yet anyone who has watched both back to back knows they rarely look the same, a gap Engadget laid out today in its breakdown of 4K Blu-ray vs 4K streaming picture quality. The resolution numbers match. The amount of picture data sitting behind them does not, and that mismatch explains almost everything else in this comparison.