Stress-Free Travel: A collection of apps that keep my travels friction-free

Stress-Free Travel: A collection of apps that keep my travels friction-free

Credit: Megan Ellis / Android Authority Whether for work or personal reasons, I’ve done my fair share of traveling over the past decade. There are so many tools out there to help you optimize your trips, including AI, that I found six apps that I trust the most when it comes to smooth trips. These … Read more

Amazon Admits Its Latest Kindles Have a Flaw (Update: New Statement)

Amazon Admits Its Latest Kindles Have a Flaw (Update: New Statement)

Credit: Amazon TL; DR The Amazon Kindle 2026 main unit has a mild bleeding issue. Users will see fringing shadows or lines of light running along the edges of the frame. Amazon acknowledges that some batches of the Kindle base in all colors are defective and is offering to replace the device. Update: October 9, … Read more

Snap Layouts aren’t designed for ultra-wide monitors, so I built my own using PowerToys.

Snap Layouts aren’t designed for ultra-wide monitors, so I built my own using PowerToys.

I’ve been using the Alienware AW3423DW OLED for the past four years, and although I bought it for gaming, I now mostly use it as an extra monitor that gives me plenty of room for multitasking. This 21:9 aspect ratio gives me the extra width to stack multiple windows side by side and keep any … Read more

A small change to Android Auto’s design is surprisingly ambivalent, according to a survey

A small change to Android Auto’s design is surprisingly ambivalent, according to a survey

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Android fans will notice that Google loves wavy progress bars these days. They’re part of the company’s broader Material 3 Expressive design, and you’ll find them in Google apps and interfaces, including Android Auto. But as we’ve seen curved design make its way into more places, we’ve got less … Read more

Wi-Fi shares the airspace with a network you ignore, and it can disrupt your smart home.

Wi-Fi shares the airspace with a network you ignore, and it can disrupt your smart home.

Most people know that home Wi-Fi doesn’t work in isolation. Viewing neighboring networks in the list of networks clearly shows that your Wi-Fi network is working with many neighboring networks that live on the same spectrum. So, when the Wi-Fi network goes wrong, you immediately blame your neighbors and recheck the wireless channels. However, Wi-Fi … Read more

Our pixels don’t work with Googlebooks, and it’s not just us

Our pixels don’t work with Googlebooks, and it’s not just us

Credit: Richard Pryday / Android Authority TL; DR Some Reddit users are reporting that they can’t pair their Pixel phones with Google Books. Two Android Authority team members are also reporting that they are unable to pair their Pixels with Googlebooks. One potential solution is to update the system services in Googlebook Googlebooks hit store … Read more

The Windows Task Manager still speaks an older language than you do, but there’s a reason for that

The Windows Task Manager still speaks an older language than you do, but there’s a reason for that

You’ve probably used Task Manager countless times on your Windows PC to stop a stuck app or minimize the distraction of a running app. The Windows 11 Task Manager has evolved significantly over the past three decades, but it can be traced back to the first version shipped with Windows NT 4.0 in 1996. It … Read more

GitHub not working for you? Here’s what’s going on

GitHub not working for you? Here’s what’s going on

TL; DR Thousands of users are reporting that GitHub is not working. GitHub confirms that there is an outage and that it is investigating. Webhooks, actions, pull requests, and more. performance is currently deteriorating. Today, the online platform where developers store, share and collaborate on software projects is in trouble. GitHub has confirmed that there … Read more

Someone turned a 13-year-old Kindle Paperwhite into a desk assistant, and I’m in love

Someone turned a 13-year-old Kindle Paperwhite into a desk assistant, and I’m in love

Resume The 6th generation Kindle Paperwhite has been repurposed as a sleek e-ink desk assistant with a to-do list, calendar, and Pomodoro timer. It can act like a Stream Deck to manage applications; the main calendar screen shows meetings and can be joined by tapping. The source code will be released soon; it’s being cleaned … Read more