July's list of the best new Android apps includes a brilliant water tracker, OpenClaw's debut app, and so much more!

Also: I built my own Wi-Fi router with a Raspberry Pi for Starlink and solar control - here's how. A Pi 5 can use as much as 12 W of power (and that's before you hook up various H ...

Microsoft has announced Project Solara, a new chip-to-cloud platform built specifically for AI agents and the specialized hardware they run on. Unveiled at Build 2026 by the company's Applied Sciences ...

Microsoft has been deeply committed to the growth of generative AI technology in recent years through its now-fragmented partnership with OpenAI. At Build 2026, the company remains all-in on AI, and ...

Xreal has always occupied a somewhat different niche in the smartglasses market. Rather than normal-looking glasses with some smart features, the company offers a more immersive AR experience that's ...

Google's annual I/O showcase focused heavily on AI news, but the event also contained some exciting developments in the XR glasses front. Namely, Xreal used the event as a way to show off Project Aura ...

Almost a year ago today, hardware developer Xreal announced its intention to develop extended reality glasses in conjunction with Google. On Tuesday, those glasses were finally unveiled. As part of ...

At I/O 2026, Xreal and Google announced that Project Aura wired smart glasses will launch globally before the end of 2026. Running on the Android XR operating system with Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware, ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Here’s a fun build from [RootSaid] that is suitable for people just getting started with microcontrollers and robotics — an Arduino-controlled two-wheeled robot. The video assumes you already have one ...

Google and Xreal just showed us more of what the Project Aura smart glasses look like and what they can do on Android XR. They're the real glimpse of the future, and the only question now is who's ...

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