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With demand from AI data centers sending RAM and storage prices through the roof, Raspberry Pi buyers have been among the many victims of this trend. We’ve seen the prices of single-board computers ...

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I’m glad that gaming handhelds are making a return. But when I first saw the Legion C700, I was worried that its cloud gaming angle would be a pain. Building a portable gaming machine primarily around ...

Plenty of people these days have the same idea sitting in their Notes app: a mobile app they're sure would take off, if only ...

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

If you missed it, your Android freedom is due to be significantly curtailed if you've sideloaded applications in the past. Unfortunately, Google will change how you install apps outside the Play Store ...

Lenovo has launched the Legion Cloud Gaming Handheld C700 in China. The handheld has a dongle that allows you to stream games from a PC without a network connection. Expect to pay ~$327 for this ...

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra was the most popular Android phone globally in Q2 2026, according to a new report. This is apparently the first time that an “ultra-premium” phone led Android sales in Q2.

Ahead of the start of developer verification next month, Google is now rolling out Android’s “advanced” flow for sideloading. As detailed earlier this year, Android is getting a sideloading flow for ...

On Saturday morning, you might have noticed an app called “Android Pulse” appearing in the list of available Google Play updates. Update 8/25: In a statement today, Google explained that “Android ...