Google Confirms Factory Resets Are Bricking Some Pixel Phones, Fix Incoming

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Google Confirms Factory Resets Are Bricking Some Pixel Phones, Fix Incoming]( By Ryan Whitwam on Jul 03, 2024 12:01 pm [Google Confirms Factory Resets Are Bricking Some Pixel Phones, Fix Incoming]( There are plenty of reasons to factory reset a phone. Perhaps the time has come to sell or give it away, or maybe you got bitten by some nasty malware. Regardless of the reason, you'd reasonably expect the phone to work after being reset, but that's not the experience some Pixel owners have been having. The latest OTA update appears to have [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Pixel 9 AI Leak Reveals A Recall-Like Feature Is Headed To Android]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 03, 2024 11:02 am [Pixel 9 AI Leak Reveals A Recall-Like Feature Is Headed To Android]( A new leak suggests Google may bring a Recall-like feature to its upcoming Pixel 9 smartphones. While the new feature will take on-device screenshots like Microsoft’s Recall on PCs, it will do it in a less threatening (and less controversial) manner. Microsoft came under fire in recent weeks after it announced its AI-infused Recall feature, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [LG Unveils 2024 Gram SuperSlim OLED Laptop At A Shockingly Low Price]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 03, 2024 10:57 am [LG Unveils 2024 Gram SuperSlim OLED Laptop At A Shockingly Low Price]( It's not often that I do a double-take when looking at a press release or product announcement, but I sure did one with LG's 2024 Gram SuperSlim laptop. Yes, it's incredibly thin as the name suggests, at around a mere 0.43 to 0.49 inches (depending on where you measure), and it's feather-light at a scant 2.18 pounds. But it's the introductory [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [iPhone 16 Performance Parity? Code Leak Hints At A18 Chip For Every Model]( By Alan Velasco on Jul 03, 2024 10:47 am [iPhone 16 Performance Parity? Code Leak Hints At A18 Chip For Every Model]( It appears as if Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 lineup will all be sporting the same A18 chip, according to a snippet of code that X/Twitter user Nicolás Álvarez (@nicolas09F9) shared with MacRumors. This would be a change in strategy by Apple, which used faster chips in last year’s iPhone 15 Pro models to differentiate them from the standard [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Watch Modders Turn NVIDIA's Flagship GPU Into A GeForce RTX 4090 Super]( By Thiago Trevisan on Jul 03, 2024 10:21 am [Watch Modders Turn NVIDIA's Flagship GPU Into A GeForce RTX 4090 Super]( NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 is currently the top gaming GPU on the market, and will stay that ay until the inevitable GeForce RTX 50 series releases within the next year. Not satisfied with the moniker of current best, however, a group of modders at TecLab from Brazil have taken NVIDIA's current flagship GPU to the next level. Jokingly referred [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Leak Reveals 12GB Of RAM And More Great Specs]( By Aaron Leong on Jul 03, 2024 09:49 am [Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Leak Reveals 12GB Of RAM And More Great Specs]( We're just a week out from Samsung's annual Galaxy Unpacked event and the barrage of leaks for the latest Galaxy Z Fold and Flip phones just keep coming. This latest leak potentially gives us more technical specifications of the smaller, yet no less important Flip 6 clamshell. Some major takeaways are the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Captures Dazzling Cosmic Fireworks Display]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 03, 2024 09:36 am [NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Captures Dazzling Cosmic Fireworks Display]( A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a cosmic firework display just ahead of the 4th of July, otherwise known as Independence Day in the US. At the center of the celestial pyrotechnics is a protostar surrounded by a molecular cloud, named L1527. As Americans prepare for all the cookouts, festivities, and fireworks [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Heads Up Budget Streamers, Netflix Has Started Nuking Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 03, 2024 09:31 am [Heads Up Budget Streamers, Netflix Has Started Nuking Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan]( As we reported at the beginning of the year, Netflix has every intention of phasing out its cheapest ad-free streaming plan, Netflix Basic, which costs subscribers $11.99 USD per month in the US and $9.99 CAD in Canada. 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