Tech Rookies Staff

Google has sneaked a mysterious new app onto your Android phone — and now we think we know what it does

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Android Pulse has appeared on the Google Play Store It’s available as an update for some users, showing that it’s already on their phones The description suggests this runs in the background to check for misbehaving apps Android Pulse is an app that you probably don’t know you have — but if you’ve got an … Read more

Your Kindle just became the latest casualty of the RAM crisis — Amazon is hiking the prices of its e-readers, and users are sharing ways to get them for cheaper

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Amazon has increased the prices for its best-selling devices, including popular Kindle models This is due to the increasing memory and storage component costs Users online have found ways to score Kindles for cheaper Amazon is the latest tech giant to increase prices across its lineup of smart home devices — and this also includes … Read more

The Pitt season 3’s first trailer is the best one since the HBO Max show began — and one upcoming storyline already looks like a welcome surprise

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The first teaser trailer for The Pitt season 3 has been released by HBO Max It picks up on Dr. Robby’s first day back after his four-month sabbatical A release window of January 2027 has been confirmed for the season The Pitt season 3 first trailer has dropped, and I’m incredibly surprised that we’re getting … Read more

FCC shoots down HoverAir’s modular Versa drone, saying certification was granted ‘erroneously,’ and adds that it’s ‘considering further action’

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HoverAir launched its new Versa drone on Indiegogo, saying it had FCC approval FCC has since stated that certification was granted ‘erroneously’ The Versa is the world’s first 2-in-1 pocket gimbal camera and drone HoverAir launched the Versa drone on Indiegogo last week, and a few words in the promotional material suggested that the world’s … Read more

Why are ‘paranoid’ Claude agents launching a turf war and deploying self-replicating malware against each other? The experts weigh in

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Three Claude agents set up to deliberately conflict with each other in Anthropic testing started behaving in a very strange way by essentially starting a ‘turf war’ over their tasks. Upon launching the experiment the agents began conflicting with each other, leading to some of the agents deliberately sabotaging their rivals by disabling their linked … Read more

Portable wind turbines are riding the DIY energy boom — Ventyra R1 smashes Kickstarter goal by 90x, promising 35-minute phone charges

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Portable and DIY energy tech is having a moment: more and more of us are installing balcony solar, setting up home batteries, and generally finding alternatives to the regular power grid — and a new appliance being crowdfunded on Kickstarter extends the trend. It’s the Ventyra R1, a portable wind turbine that’s compact enough to … Read more