LoopPay hacked but Samsung Pay not affected

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LoopPay hacked but Samsung Pay not affected August 19, 2025 Hacking seems to be an increasingly popular way of causing damage to a company with hackers attacking everything from small companies tomajor retailersand the latest to be affected is mobile payments specialistLoopPay, a subsidiary ofSamsungand one of the companies makingSamsung Paya reality. [related_videos title=”Top phones for Samsung Pay:” align=”center” type=”custom” videos=”638334,637995,624818,597711,595809″]...

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Nicole Dean

Motorola Droid Turbo Review

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Droid Turbo Review June 30, 2025 A little over five years ago the world was introduced to the very first Motorola Droid, an Android device built exclusively for the Verizon network. In the time since, Motorola has seen its fair share of ups and downs, but the Droid brand continues to be an iconic series that is well known and loved by many Verizon users....

July 26, 2025 · 8 min · 1584 words · Sandra Cooper

Motorola's first G-series phone with a 108MP camera is here

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola’s first G-series phone with a 108MP camera is here July 05, 2025 Motorola has launched its first mid-range phone with the 108MP camera. The Moto G60 has arrived in India alongside the cheaper Moto G40 Fusion. Both smartphones feature theSnapdragon 732Gchipset, 6.8-inch 120Hz IPS LCD displays, a 6,000mAh battery, and Android 11 out of the box. The made-in-India devices are identical except for their camera setups....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Robert Green

Mozilla's 2020 list of creepy tech, Google Photos, and more tech news today

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Mozilla’s 2020 list of creepy tech, Google Photos, and more tech news today June 15, 2025 1. Mozilla’s creepy tech list grows Mozilla’s annual *Privacy Not included buyer’s guidehas reached its fourth edition and for tech devices, things are… getting worse? Sort of? New AI concerns, and lack of smartphones in the list: I caught up with Mozilla’s Lead of the Privacy Not Include project, Jen Caltrider, to ask about their new AI section, and why smartphones aren’t included in the lies....

July 26, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · Julie Thompson

New Exynos 9610 teases slow-mo video and camera bokeh for Galaxy-A phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Exynos 9610 teases slow-mo video and camera bokeh for Galaxy-A phones June 27, 2025 Samsung has announced its latest application processor, the Exynos 7 Series 9610. The chip’s headline features include support for deep learning-based image processing and 480fps slow-motion video recording in Full HD. While it is not yet known which phones will use this chip, previous Exynos 7 series SoCs have been used in Samsung’s highmid-range devicessuch as this year’sGalaxy A8....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Karen Davis

New OnePlus 8 Lite image shows previous renders got the camera setup wrong

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New OnePlus 8 Lite image shows previous renders got the camera setup wrong July 16, 2025 OnePlus is expected to announce three phones in the upcoming OnePlus 8 series. These include: OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and a mid-range OnePlus 8 Lite. We previously saw leaked renders of theOnePlus 8 Proand theOnePlus 8 Lite. Both sets of renders were released by serial tipsterOnLeaks....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Elizabeth Gordon

Night Teeth review: Bite into this vampire horror original on Netflix

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Night Teeth review: Bite into this vampire horror original on Netflix July 06, 2025 Netflixcontinues to deliver some original spooky season programming. The brand new vampire flick from I See You director Adam Randall,Night Teeth, is the latest horror original to land at the streamer. With a fresh but familiar take, some killer performances, and a super stylish look, you’ll definitely want to add Night Teeth to your Haloween viewing list....

July 26, 2025 · 4 min · 694 words · Emily Robinson

OnePlus is slashing the number of Oxygen OS betas it releases each month

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus is slashing the number of Oxygen OS betas it releases each month July 04, 2025 If you like using the latestOxygen OS betasoftware on your OnePlus phone, we’ve got some unfortunate news for you. Today, the company announced it is effectively halving the number of beta releases it issues out each month. Since 2016, OnePlus has stuck to a pretty reliable release schedule for its two channels of Oxygen OS beta updates: four releases each month for closed betas and twice each month for open betas....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Adam Smith

OnePlus Nord looks official for July, and more tech news you need to know

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Nord looks official for July, and more tech news you need to know August 10, 2025 1. OnePlus Nord: the affordable OnePlus gets a name (seemingly…) OnePlus has been having fun teasing its new OnePlus phones, expected to be affordable devices that drop back from high-end specs and contenders for best possible devices. OnePlus seems to be wink-winking as it works its way to launch....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Morgan Scott

Report shows that poor indoor cellphone reception keeps landlines alive

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report shows that poor indoor cellphone reception keeps landlines alive July 12, 2025 Arecent Harris Pollfinds that one-in-five people are still dealing with significant cellphone reception issues in their homes and therefore keep a landline. This follows aprevious pollwhich showed that one-in-three are forced to take steps to “boost” their indoor cellphone reception at their primary residence. The recent poll, commissioned by a cellular signal boosting tech company called zBoost, surveyed 2,024 adults last month and found that 18 percent of those surveyed kept their landline strictly because they have issues with their cellphones at their primary residence....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Joseph Frye

Report: Samsung could actually be launching 4 foldables in 2021

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung could actually be launching 4 foldables in 2021 July 06, 2025 We’ve seen a few rumors related to Samsung’s foldable phone line in 2021, and theconsensuswas that the Korean brand was preparing three foldable phones for launch next year. Now, Korean-based outletET Newsreports that Samsung actually plans to launch four foldable phones in 2021. The website reports that these devices are two Galaxy Z Fold 3 variants and two Galaxy Z Flip 2 models....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Jason Tucker

Samsung won't update Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus anymore

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung won’t update Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus anymore August 12, 2025 If you’re looking forward to newSamsung Galaxy Note 5updates or security patches for theSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, unfortunately, you’re out of luck. The most recent updates in August of this year will be the last for both devices. Samsungremoved both the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus from its list of devices that will receive future Android updates, viaSamMobile....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Thomas Erickson

Samsung's new Gear S2 coming in October, will play nice with other Android devices

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s new Gear S2 coming in October, will play nice with other Android devices August 09, 2025 Earlier today we got the chanceto go hands-onwithSamsung’slatest wearable, theGear S2. Aside from packing a unique rotating bezel and a new Tizen-powered software interface, there are a few more notable pieces of information that we think you should know. With this news comes a few caveats, though....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Terry Brooks