Month: August 2026
This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful
Google’s new HiLight notification LED on the Pixel 11 Pro is nearly useless. Out of the box, the only two things it can glow for are when the phone is face down and you’re interacting with Gemini, or when you get a call from a favorite contact. And even then,…
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The latest GTA 6 leak shows Vice City from above — and the level of detail is simply staggering
It’s been a rough week for Rockstar Games. It appears that a working build of Grand Theft Auto 6 is out in the wild, with a seemingly endless stream of gameplay footage being leaked. Already everywhere across social media channels, the first I learned of all this was a deluge…
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LG’s 65-inch B6 OLED is $300 lower than its previous best price
Best Buy has a whole host of LG products discounted for today’s Deal of the Day festivities, including laptops, home theater gear, and more. One that stood out is a price cut on LG’s 65-inch B6 OLED TV that’s deeper than I’ve seen before. At Best Buy, it’s $1,399.99 (originally…
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Australia passes law to charge tech companies levies unless they reach deals with news publishers
Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn will have to pay millions to support local news outlets under Australia's new rules. Source
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Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch
Seven months after Elon Musk announced that Tesla Robotaxis in Austin were operating without human safety monitors onboard, the city’s service appears to have finally gone fully driverless. Over the past two weeks, all 170 Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin monitored by the crowdsourced Robotaxi Tracker were unsupervised, the site’s…
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‘We’ve removed the biggest barrier to customer AI adoption: writer’s block’ — Starling Bank AI boss on why agentic AI could be the key to help customers manage their money better
AI is helping revolutionise industries everywhere, but it can also have benefits for customers and consumers. In the banking sector, AI is set to bring significant changes, with smart tools able to help customers overcome the biggest limitation of AI prompting: knowing what to ask. The last 18 months have…
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