We asked the company to clarify what’s going on here. Maybe there’s an explanation, but I know a lot of people wouldn’t put it past Amazon to pull a stunt like this.
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Motorola’s first book-style foldable offers excellent battery life and middling everything else.
The new Navigator trackpad, like the Navigator trackball, has a low profile and snaps into place on one side of the keyboard. It also supports native multitouch gestures like two-finger scrolling.
For the first six weeks it’s on sale, the trackpad will cost $99 when purchased with a Voyager keyboard. On its own, it will cost a total of $119 — $99 with a $20 shipping fee. After that, it will cost $129, even when purchased with a Voyager.

The latest open-world racer is a stunning virtual road trip through Japan, and it’s perfect for explorers.
New Xbox boss Asha Sharma is asking fans whether it should be Xbox or XBOX, when the real answer is right there, if only she could see it.
Chris K.:
Give it the gamertag treatment: xXxBOxXx
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AI is empowering a generation of vibe coders to build exactly what they want. The personal software revolution is here.
Samsung is working on a new type of digital wellbeing feature for One UI 9 that lets you restrict internet access for certain apps. It seems to be pitched at boosting concentration, but could apply to parental controls too — though right now it’s a Labs feature that may not ever launch.
[Android Authority]
Apple says draft measures proposed by the EU — which would force Google to give competing AI services more access to Android — would “create profound risks” for user privacy, security, device integrity, and performance. Given Apple has long protested its own interoperability obligations, its interest in Google’s case isn’t surprising.
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