Google looks like it is slowly phasing out the use of its Nik Collection, the desktop PC-based photo editing tools. A new message on the collection’s official website has confirmed that Google now has “no plans to update the Collection or add new features over time.” There’s no specific reason given for why this decision was made. Google first acquired the Nik Collection in 2012, as part of the purchase of the Germany-based Nik Software.

Update: May 24, 2019 at 10:46 a.m. ET: An Honor spokesperson reached out to Android Authority regarding the claims below. The Honor 20 Pro release date is still scheduled for July 2019, and Honor will update us with more availability information once it has more details. Original article: May 23, 2019 at 7:43 a.m. ET: Huawei subsidiary Honor launched its latest smartphone earlier this week, the Honor 20 Pro, expected to be released in early July.

Motorola Moto G4 PlusThe Moto G4 Plus brings with it a slew of much needed improvements to the Moto G range, and while there are some questionable design choices, this is definitely an impressive smartphone for the price. Table of contents The original Moto G – released back in 2013 – was one of the first smartphones that kicked of the trend of affordable but high quality smartphones, and went on to become one of the best-selling Motorola smartphones ever.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR As usual, North America and South Korea will see Samsung Galaxy S22 Qualcomm-based models. In a series of interesting twists, India, South Africa, and the UAE will also get Snapdragon devices. Buyers in the UK and Europe will need to make do with the Exynos 2200 variant instead. Samsung’s all-new Galaxy S22 series is continuing the Korean company’s long-standing tradition of switching out the processor based on region.

With the launch of the Galaxy S20 series just around the corner, Samsung is offering a pretty neat discount on the Galaxy S10 Plus. The 1TB storage variant of the S10 Plus which usually costs $1,599 is now discounted by up to a whopping $700 right now.  Samsung is offering a flat $500 off on the 1TB Galaxy S10 Plus. This takes the price of the phone down to $1,099.

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Oppo revived the Find flagship series in 2018 after a hiatus of sorts, launching the Find X with its unique sliding selfie camera design. The firm would then follow up with the rather slick Find X2 Pro, ticking loads of boxes for a premium flagship in 2020. Moving to 2021, and the firm delivered the Find X3 Pro, continuing the Find family’s trend of slick-looking flagship phones.

Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick is a massive hit, earning great reviews and lots of love at the box office. The Top Gun sequel is part of a growing tradition of film follow-ups that come many years after their previous titles. These legacy sequels, often called “legacyquels” or “requels,” are big business. They include mega-popular blockbuster masterpieces like Top Gun: Maverick and Blade Runner 2049 as well as less impressive misfires like Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

TL;DR The default Emoji selections for “family” and “couple” now are gender-neutral depictions in the latest Android P beta. The heteronormative versions of the Emojis are still there, they are just not the default for that choice. Other Emoji changes previously announced for 2018 make their way into the latest Android beta. Some users might be in for a bit of a surprise. According to the official Emojipedia, the latest Android P beta features some gender-neutral Emojis by default, rather than the heteronormative defaults Android currently uses.

When you think of hackers, you tend to think of people in hoodies trying to steel sensitive data from big companies — ethical hacking sounds like an oxymoron. The truth is many people who get into hacking do so for perfectly honest reasons. There are plenty of good reasons to learn hacking. These can be categorized into neutral “grey hat” reasons, and productive “white hat” reasons. What is grey hat hacking?

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Everyone who has fully embraced Apple’s ecosystem has probably forgotten about the woes of using Bluetooth for audio. Despite it being the most universal way to connect accessories to our phones, it’s finicky and far from an ideal solution. In our Android-centric world, we would love to use one Bluetooth headset with all of our devices, but more often than not, we have to choose.