The Weekly Authority: Farewell, Fan Edition?

You are welcome weekly authorizationThe android authorization The newsletter that breaks the top Android and tech news by the week. Samsung’s 199th edition here with the possible departure of the fan version, Pixel 6a unboxing, nothing more Phone 1 news, and… a sensitive AI?!

I’ve already finished The Quarry, but still have to go back for all the different endings, plus some couch co-op. And yes, I confess, I let Emma die…?

Popular news of this week

Samsung:

• The Samsung Fan Edition could end the phone line – that may mean no S22 FE, but that’s an untenable rumour.
• And Samsung may have a new, cheaper version of the Galaxy S21 FE on the way, which may ship with a downgraded processor.
• Meanwhile, Samsung is once again caught cheating on benchmarks.
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 appears in the real world ahead of launch: Less visible creases, fewer bezels, bigger battery, faster charging. Is this enough?
• And the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 reaches more than 418,000 times the marathon test.
• Samsung will fix your cracked screen for only $50 for a limited time.
• Also, Samsung launched Samsung Wallet, a one-stop shop for managing your digital identity, essentially combining Samsung Pay, Samsung Pass and Samsung SmartThings into one, though not replacing them. He is going.
• And Samsung’s latest foldables finally get eSIM support in the US.
• Speaking of, Samsung has some very lofty goals for foldables this year, turning to Chinese-made parts to help meet production targets.
• Finally: The Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro has a launch date, coming soon with the rugged tablet tagging.

Google:

OnePlus:

Nothing at all:

• A video of the Nothing Phone 1 showed its light-up back, and that it could be a StockX exclusive, and later, Nothing and Flipkart posted an image showing the phone’s transparent back.
• Later in the week, we saw the first-look clip of the Phone 1. It shines.

Xiaomi

Motorola:

Poco:

Apple,

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Elsewhere:

• Amazon Prime Day 2022 dates and early deals announced: A little earlier than expected this year.
• The last LG phone available through a major US carrier is headed to pasture.
• The UK will not copy the EU’s demand for a common charging cable, but it will not matter how manufacturers comply with the decision.
• However, now US senators want a law to force companies to abandon proprietary chargers.
• Qualcomm’s $1,500 Snapdragon Insider phone has missed an update by six months, and there’s no mention of an Android 12 upgrade just yet.
• During this. Tesla raised prices across the entire lineup, with the Model X up to $6,000.
• Spotify’s acquisition of Sonantic, the AI ​​voice platform used in Top Gun: Maverick, isn’t clear yet, though.
• And Sonos accidentally shipped a truckload of speakers worth thousands of dollars to a man, and he wasn’t the only one — but customers get to put the items in for free.
• Plus, Amazon’s troubled drone delivery project is finally starting later this year in Lockford, California.
• The web version of Adobe Photoshop can be had for free with basic tools and core functionality.
• Now you can transfer WhatsApp data from your Android phone to iPhone.
• And now you can also control who can (and can’t) see your WhatsApp profile.
• TikTok says it is storing US data domestically amid renewed security concerns.
• Plus: Robots are coming to save the bees — startup BeeWise’s automated hives are pretty radical.

Movies/TV:

• Red Light, Green Light: Netflix misses the point and announces a real-life squid game competition.
• And the Season 2 teaser of Squid Game promises old faces and a new game.
• Jurassic World Dominion opened with $143.4 million in North American ticket sales to open Top Gun: Maverick as the top American film of last weekend, though critics did not take pity.
• The creative team behind the making of Cobra Kai’s Duke Nukem movie.
• And Sony is making a Gran Turismo movie for some reason.
• In the meantime, Lightyear is coming to theaters on June 17th, and MashableReview has been received.
• Check out the best new streaming movies this week on Netflix, Apple TV Plus, and more.
• We can’t wait for volume two of Stranger Things season four, but when is it coming out, and will there be season 5?
• Love Studio Ghibli? From Spirited Away to My Neighbor Totoro, watch all of its gorgeous animated movies here.
• Ending this week’s film and TV news with a first look at Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s Ken…

Gaming:

• Last Sunday was the Xbox and Bethesda gaming showcase: We saw a lot and ledge There’s an excellent roundup, but highlights include Diablo IV (coming next year), upcoming space exploration RPG Starfield (build your own ship!) coming to Xbox, which their fans aren’t happy with.
• PC Gamer Showcase Sunday was also a standout: The Alters (from the makers of Children of Morta) were a standout, we looked at Arma 4, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – too many games to list here but gameshub There is a good roundup.
• The Tribeca Games Festival kicks off Saturday, running through June 19, with nine game-timed playable demos including A Plague Tale: Requiem, Us Dusk Falls, and Oxenfree 2: Lost Signal, but you need to book tickets. will be required. (Oxenfree 2 was amazing!)
• And Steam Next Fest is running until June 20: Here are the best VR demos, horror highlights, and more. Huh rock paper shotgunFavorite Demo.
• Plus, is there a big Nintendo Direct coming? Rumors are swirling that it could happen on June 29th: We’d love an update on Breath of the Wild 2 and Metroid Prime 4.
• Video game getting a Grammy: From Washington Post“The Recording Academy introduces a new award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media starting in 2023.”
• The Last of Us fans debate the PS5 remake’s graphics.
• And God of War: Ragnarok is rumored to be released in November, according to three people familiar with the game’s development.
• Also: Frost Giant Studios debuts mix Starcraft with Diablo.

review

Following Vice PresidentIn a post a few months ago about the environmental impact of NFTs, and the ongoing discussion around it, we found ourselves wondering about the carbon footprint of websites and the Internet, which most of us use on a daily basis.

Have you ever wondered about the carbon footprint of a website? The website Carbon shows you exactly what the environmental impact of any website is, so we thought we’d test it android authorizationsite, as well as some other popular sites, and dive into the details.

• But first, what is this all about websites with a carbon footprint?
• The Internet uses a lot of electricity, which is 16.2TWh per year, which is more than the whole of the United Kingdom.
• gizmodo Also published an interesting article about the instability of the Internet.
• and 2019 report shift project showed that digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, increasing their energy consumption by 9% per year.
• According to the website Carbon, “The average web page tested generates approximately 0.5 g of CO2 per page view. For a website with 10,000 monthly page views, this is 60 kg of CO2 per year.”
• There are plenty of ways to make websites more sustainable, from SEO optimization to reducing videos and images to a minimum, or switching to a green web host.
• Simply: The more complex a website, the more energy it takes to load, and the larger its carbon footprint.

How was our site?

Hurray! Our website was cleaner than 76% of the web pages we tested. Not going bad.

According to the results, in a year, with 10,000 monthly page views, our site produces the following:

• 44.52 kg CO2 Equivalent: This is 0.3 the equivalent weight of sumo wrestlers and the CO2 equivalent of boiling water for 6,033 cups of tea.
• 48 billion bubbles.
• Three Trees: Our site emits the same amount of carbon that three trees absorb in a year.
• 103kWh Energy: Enough power to drive an electric car 662km.

You’ll find more information on sustainable skateboards, e-bikes, scooters, solar panels and more at Green Authority.

What about some of the other big sites?

Wired UK There was a good piece last year about the impact websites have on the planet.

• ,According to data from the HTTP Archive, websites have only gotten less efficient over the years: Today, the average web page weighs around 2MB, compared to less than 500KB in 2010.
• ,A simple, stripped-back website like Low Tech Magazine produces only 0.24g of CO2 per page view; In contrast, a site with video autoplay features, such as 11 Coffee & Co, generates a whopping 10.08g of CO2 per page view. (The website for Elon and Kimbal Musk’s foundation – consisting of seven lines of text on a white background – is one of the cleanest on the web, producing only 0.39 kg of CO2 per year.)”

We took a quick look at some other sites and the results are pretty interesting:

• Facebook is cleaner than 90% of the sites tested, producing only 0.10g of CO2 and 11.86kg of CO2 equivalent for each visit (with 10,000 monthly page views a year).
• Perhaps shockingly (though we’re sure all those flashy images of vehicles have something to do with it) Tesla’s site was dirty on more than 84% of the web pages tested, producing 2.71g of CO2 for each trip and 10,000 monthly page views in a year, producing 324.75kg of CO2 equivalent — tthat same weight 2.17 Sumo wrestlers and boiling water as much CO2 44,004 cups of tea. I like tea, but this is a very,
• Both Samsung and Apple disappointed, with over 54% of the web pages Samsung tested came across as dirty, producing 0.52 grams of CO2 (62.81) per visit.CO2 equivalent kg per year), And more than 50% of the web pages Apple tested are dirty, producing 0.47g of CO2 or 56.76g of CO2 per visit. produceskg of CO2 equivalent per year (nor use green hosting).

tech calendar

• June 13-20: Steam Next Fest
• June 20-23: Percussion (Toronto)
• 23 June: Poco F4 Launch @ 8 AM ET
• June 26-July 3: Summer Games Happened
• 28 June: HTC Logs Into Future Launch Event (Metaverse Phone?)
• July 5: Asus ROG Phone 6 Launch @ 8 AM ET
• 12 July: Nothing Phone 1 launches @ 4PM BST (11AM ET)
• July 13: Samsung Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro and Galaxy Tab Active 4 Pro launched
• July 19: PS5, PS4, PC. on stray land
• 28 July: Pixel 6a launch
• August 10 (TBC): Samsung Unpacked? (New Galaxy foldable, Galaxy Watch 5 series?)

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Paula Beaton, copy editor.