This week in tech, Google agreed to pay $135 million to Android users as part of a settlement. Forza Horizon 6 leaked on Steam before its official launch. Microsoft fired its Israel head over surveillance misuse. Apple brought end-to-end encryption to RCS on iPhone. Linus Torvalds declared AI-fueled code surges as the new normal for Linux. The Trump T1 smartphone shipped at $499. CERN created the first antimatter quantum bit. Meta faced backlash for ending Instagram encrypted chats. The UK CMA investigated Microsoft's software dominance. GitHub mobile now allows creating projects from Android and iOS.
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The Trump T1 smartphone is priced at 499 USD (about $499). A mini PC with a premium all-metal build costs 1799 USD (about $1,799). The Cuktech 30 Ultra is priced at 159.99 USD (about $160). Another device costs 329 USD (about $329). The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K is priced at 279.99 USD (about $280). The MSI Gaming RTX 5060 Ti 16G costs 489.99 USD (about $490).
The Trump Mobile T1 started shipping after several delays. Forza Horizon 6 is coming on May 19 for standard buyers.
Google is testing a new storage policy for new accounts created in select regions. The company did not confirm a change, only said it is testing a new policy. A black hole recoil was measured at 50 km/s using a detailed computer model and historical gravitational-wave data. The GEEKOM A9 Max 2026 Edition features an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 processor, AMD Radeon 890M GPU, and a combined 86 TOPS NPU.
Neowin reported on these developments. Some details remain unconfirmed, such as the exact scope of Google's storage policy test.
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