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Motorola Edge Plus to launch at MWC 2020, and more tech news today
June 15, 2025
1. First Motorola flagship phone in years has a launch date
Motorola still sells a lot of Moto devices — I see the$89 Moto E5(from 2018!) is consistently in the top ten of Amazon’s Best Selling unlocked cell phones. The market is strong for cheap, basic, functional devices for many people.
But flagships are the big money, and along with the Moto Razr (which is less flagship and more interesting old-is-new-again form factor) Motorola is back with a 5G flagship, and the next in the G-series, the Moto G8.
Why does it matter?
2.Deal:$40 Amazon’s Echo Buds, first major offer on the new earbuds(Android Authority).
3.You can now get official Android tech support on Twitter: tweet your issue using hashtag #AndroidHelp (Android Authority).
- Lots of 10 years-since-the-iPad pieces yesterday. Just a few I thought were notable:Happy 10th, iPad: Steven Sinofsky reflects on Microsoft’s perspective(ExtremeTech),The iPad awkwardly turns 10(“Software is where the iPad has gotten lost,”atDaring Fireball), and this historical run-through of the iPad’s career thus far:A look back at the iPad’s first decade(Wired).
5.Reports showing how Avast, an antivirus company, tracked everything its users clicked online are alarming(Motherboard).
6.Ring app shares personal data with Facebook, other unlisted trackers, says EFF (Gizmodo).
- “The ‘Race To 5G’ is a giant pile of lobbyist nonsense” – a good point about a race that should never be, but a touch too ranty (TechDirt).
8.An AI Epidemiologist sent the first warnings of the Wuhan virus(Wired).
9.Bird confirms acquisition of Berlin scooter rival Circ. In Berlin that leaves Lime, Tier, Voi, Jump, which explains why the money ran out (TechCrunch).
10.Coronavirus death toll passes 100, a grim milestone(CNET). Also,Apple braces for disruption as the new novel coronavirus affects its supply chain(Bloomberg).
11.Atari gaming hotels are coming to eight US cities with VR and AR setups(GamesRadar).
- “What methods are used to trace the origin of a new virus?” (r/askscience).
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