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Google Search adds highlights, POCO pricing weirdness, and more tech news today
August 09, 2025
1. Best look at Google’s new Nest Android TV streaming dongle
Google has a change that’s now rolling out everywhere: it will now highlight search results directly on webpages, and scroll down to the relevant part of the page.
What’s new:
How it works:
The key is in Featured Snippets, or those little boxes of info Google rips from websites and puts on its search result pages:
Ugly, but:
2.The smartphone CPU arms race is about to heat up again(Android Authority).
3.Did Xiaomi pull a fast one with POCO F2 Pro pricing?The promised €499 is hard to find (Android Authority).
Staff Picks:12 things Kris uses every day, from the FlexiSpot E5 standing desk to the Secret Lab Omega chair (Android Authority).
Some inside baseball:“Controlled” PR leaks of upcoming phones are a real thing, and vivo’s involvement here is unusual (notebookcheck.net).
6.Apple still mulling services bundle, as new iOS internal files include references to a “bundle offer” and “bundle subscription”: so, Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade, together, at what price? iCloud storage too? (9to5Mac).
7.There are loads more photos and detail into the canceled Dyson EV, including a funky looking steering wheel (Autocar).
- 60 moreStarlink satellites went up last night, and nailed the landing out at sea, the fifth takeoff and landing for that booster. Also, one satellite was trying out the new sun-visor shielding to keep the skies dark (Space). Also, SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Seattle Internet Exchange:good discussion of the wider Starlink ambitions and realities(Hacker News). Annnnd on that note, shout out toflightclub.iofor next-level detail on flight launches, worth a look if you haven’t seen it before.
9.This tech had us dreaming big. Then it flopped spectacularly”: hoverboards, razor phone (like, razorblade), and more grand ideas (CNET).
10.So long TNT, there’s a new explosive in town: Bis-oxadiazole, less toxic to produce and more explosive (Popular Mechanics).
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