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Daily Authority: 🎮 Steam Deck tested

July 27, 2025

☕ Good morning! Alright, so, I’m back after finally having Covid. I think I’m back at about 80%? Anyway, coffee is extremely helpful, and there’s a lot going on as we build to Samsung’s Unpacked event tomorrow.

Steam Deck on show

So Valve’s Steam Deck has been put in the hands of some YouTubers for some early reviews and it’s real interesting to see how big it is, and how well it does.

What we now know:

👍 There’s been loads of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Tab S8 series leaks, but the one that surprised me is thatSamsung could surpass even Googlewith both Android updates for Galaxy S22 series and security updates. If accurate, Samsung is upping its game significantly and forcing the maker of Android to do better with the Pixel series, and hopefully, all of Android.. Launch tomorrow!(Android Authority).

🐟 I liked this one too but I hope it’s more than an infinitesimal amount of plastic:Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy devices will be made partly from recycled fishing nets(Engadget).

⛔ After all the reports it wasn’t going to happen,the NVIDIA-Arm dealis now off. It looks like it’ll now IPO, which is better for the wider tech ecosystem(Android Authority).

👉 Loads ofnew OPPO Find X5 Pro and X5 series leaks, too, including details on the Find X5 and Find X5 Lite(Android Authority).

📅 Mark your calendars:Motorola’s next flagship is going globalon Feb. 24(Android Authority).

🍎 Report:Apple will introduce new iPhone SE, iPad Airon March 8(Ars Technica).

🍏Apple’s newest acquisition is a company called AI Music, which adapts music depending on outside elements, like your heartbeat, or if you’re somewhere quiet or loud, and so that may mean changes for Apple Music, in time?(Gizmodo).

👋 Peter Thielis leaving Meta’s board, to focus on the November mid-terms and “backing candidates who support the agenda of former president Donald J. Trump.” Oof.(Engadget).

👉 WithWi-Fi 7 products coming as soon as early 2023, consumers expected to bypass Wi-Fi 6E, which faced limited availability with little gear in stock(Ars Technica).

🔭 A new organization istrying fresh to save dark skies from satellite swarms… if it isn’t already too late?(Wired).

🚀 Speaking of:Elon Musk to provide first update on SpaceX Starshipsince 2019, in event this week(CNET).

👏This is extremely clever: a fun little Star Wars/Star Trek trick in the SundayNew York Timescrossword yesterday(Twitter).

🔥 “Is there a physical limit tohow small a flame can get?” (r/askscience).

Chart Tuesday

What makes Amazon tick is clearer than ever through a bunch of insights post-earnings:

Anyway, the other moving part of Amazon that is costing it more and more is transport and logistics: It’s more expensive than ever to be moving packages around, especially as Amazon keeps churning through its workforce of warehouse staff. Take a look with this chart from Statista based on Amazon’s data dumps:

Tristan Rayner, Senior Editor

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