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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Is Samsung planning a slimmer Galaxy Z Fold SE?

Reliable leaker Evan Blass shared a pair of images of what he says is the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition. The device supposedly has a 10.6mm profile when folded shut — potentially making it thinner than the 12.1mm Galaxy Z Fold 6.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
iFixit’s Google Pixel 9 Pro XL teardown reveals a “dual-entry” design.

This repair-friendly design lets you remove the device’s display for screen replacements, or just the backing if you need to change the battery. But it seems Google hasn’t perfected this yet, as the display broke when iFixit carefully removed it.

And just like the Pixel 8, its successor comes with pull tabs that can make the battery a pain to remove.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
AT&T pays $950k to close an FCC 911 outage investigation.

The three-year compliance plan (PDF) and civil penalty aren’t for this April outage or a nationwide AT&T wireless outage in February that blocked more than 25,000 attempts to reach 911.

This outage on August 22nd, 2023, caused over 400 failed 911 calls across Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin in just over an hour.

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Allison Johnson
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Your iPhone might crash if you type these characters.

Users found that entering “”:: into the search bar in the Settings app or the App Library can cause your iPhone to briefly crash to the home screen. Thankfully, this glitch doesn’t seem to be as severe as some of the other iPhone text bugs we’ve seen over the years.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Pokémon TCG Pocket hits iOS and Android October 30th.

Casual fans of the Pokémon Trading Card Game are getting a new (virtual) way to play on October 30th when Pokémon TCG Pocket finally hits the iOS and Google Play stores.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
The original Pixel Fold has disappeared from the Google Store, but it’s coming back.

9to5Google and Android Central point out that after Google announced its new Pixel 9 lineup with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, its store listing for the original foldable Pixel phone went away.

However, Android Central has heard from Google that it will return after the Pixel 9 Pro Fold’s launch, which is scheduled for September 4th.