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Apple’s iPhone 14 event is slated to take place on Sept. 7. Image: AppleApple has finally announced iPhone 14 event time! Sure, we had a tease about the purported launch event from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, but an invite hitting our inboxes means that Apple’s confirmed the event is happening. This year’s iPhone extravaganza will take place on Sept. 7 at 10 A.M. PT / 1 P.M. ET. It’s happening in-person at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, though the event will be live-streamed for those who want to…

Google TV is getting some much-needed improvements under the hood. Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoIf your Chromecast with Google TV has been feeling sluggish on startup lately (mine has), there’s good news on the horizon. Google has made a flurry of “under the hood” changes to Google TV to help it feel faster and more responsive. The changes are relatively minor, like dialing down the memory requirement for certain interface elements and improving overall cache management. But you’ll have to check your Google TV dongle or…

Screenshot: Florence Ion / GizmodoIf you use accessories like the Pixel Stand 2 or want to look at something while your phone is charging nearby, you can set up one of Android 13’s new screen savers. Previously, Android 12 only offered one option—the clock—but Android 13 offers three new ones: colors, news and weather, and photos. Only two are customizable.To access the screensaver, Head into Display > Screen saver > Current screen saver. Then, tap an option. You can choose between a digital or analog clock if you…

Last December, we got a sneak peek at a radical new way to interact with the myriad of smart devices in our homes. It was a point and click iPhone app that eliminated the need for voice commands or jumping between device specific apps. But it turns out developer Bastian Andelefski’s neat iOS demo wasn’t just a concept; he’s actually the Technical Advisor for a new smarthome remote called Fluid One that’s now raising funds through a Kickstarter campaign.Competition in the marketplace is usually never a bad thing, but it…

Android 13 is available for Pixel phones first. Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoIt’s official: Android 13 is live, made clear by this blog post. If you’re on a Pixel 4 or higher, you can grab the software update. So what’s the full releaseentail? Well, Android 13 is essentially a refined version of last year’s Android release. Material You has been whipped into shape with more colors available throughout the interface and more icons that match. The media playback controls in the Quick Settings have also been modernized, and…

Image: Gizmodo/Getty (Getty Images)Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools.Gizmodo had humble beginnings and some decidedly un-humble writers when it first launched in 2002. Our tagline at the top of the page read “The Gadgets Weblog” and we had nine whole categories of coverage which included “PDAs” and “Peripherals.” Since then, we’ve grown up a little bit and expanded out to cover every inch…

Will Android and Apple ever play nice? Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoThis week, alongside a massive unveiling of brand new foldable devices and accessories from Samsung, Google put out its own ad campaign in an attempt to rally the troops against Apple’s tyrannical reign on messaging. Google’s #getthemessage campaign hopes to stoke the flames of millions of bothered Android fans so that Apple might be encouraged to support RCS messaging, the cross-platform standard recently adopted by Google…

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Photo: Staff (Getty Images)Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reportedly calling on his staff to implement a “Simplicity Sprint” initiative meant to crowdsource employee ideas around product development, drive up efficiency and, “get better results faster.” The proposal comes on the heels of a hiring freeze and a series of worrying emails that has someGooglers concerned over the potential for layoffs. The so-called Simplicity Sprint, first reported on by CNBC, reportedly came up during a company all-hands meeting last week.…

AMD Ryzen 7000Image: AMDQuick-thinking users have spotted a strange list on AMD’s resource page (since removed) that shed light on the names of its 7000 series CPUs. As first noticed by Videocardz on Wednesday, AMD’s list contained SKUs for its upcoming 7000 series processors, including the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900x, Ryzen 7 7700X, and Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite the bounty of 7s there, the sharpest among you will notice they are missing a Ryzen 7 7800X or any sort of Ryzen 3 7000 series CPU. That’s a bit of a shame for…