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Gaming phone getting great reviews for non-gaming features, and more tech news
August 16, 2025
1. ASUS ROG Phone 3: Reviews are glowing
TheASUS ROG Phone 3 launchedyesterday and once again I think many people wondered what exactly a gaming smartphone could really offer.
High-end phones sport many of the same specs; gaming on a small device is still not ideal, and just using a Bluetooth controller swiped from your Xbox or Playstation is much better than handheld phone gaming. Right?
Not necessarily:
Still some problems:
Some of David Imel’s thoughts on the device from his review:
2.AT&T spooked customerswith misleading phone upgrade warning (Android Authority).
- Android 11 has a dessert codename after all:Red Velvet Cake. While Google dropped the official sweet treat names back at Android 9, a Google engineer had fun revealing the internal name on a podcast today (Android Authority).
4.NVIDIA may buy ARM in huge shakeup of chip industry(Android Authority).
5.Twitter admits hackers accessed DMsfor 36 high-profile accounts (TechCrunch).
Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase happens today, including a look at Halo Infinite, at 9am PT (12pm ET).YouTubewill have a 1080p/60fps livestream and 4K/60fps VoD after.
🗣 Alexa will soon be able tolaunch Android and iOS apps using voice commands(The Verge).
8.Sony’s wearable air conditioneris pretty cool (The Verge).
- The world’s most valuable automaker,Tesla, turned a profit for the fourth quarter in a row, a first for the company. If you want to wade into the waters of Tesla’s sale of regulatory credits to other automakers helping the bottom line, go for it (caranddriver.com). Also, itssecond US Gigafactory for the Cybertruck will be built in Austin, Texas(CNET).
10.Microsoft’s doing the monopoly thing again, Slack says (Gizmodo).
11.Fun bit of detailabout how that Qantas 747 pulled off a kangaroo in the sky (Twitter).
12. China successfully launches itsTianwen-1 Mars rover(Engadget).
- Things are starting to get interestingat SpaceX’s Starship factory in Texas(Ars Technica).
14. “Do dogs notice us getting older?” (r/nostupidquestions).
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