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A hands-on leak shows the Pixel 11 Pro XL in real life just days before Google's launch event.

August 12 is the date for Google's Made by Google event. The Pixel Watch 5 teaser is already out and takes direct shots at Apple and Samsung.

$1B flowed into US spot Bitcoin ETFs last week, their strongest showing since April and third-strongest since October.

A new DNS specification lets domains declare themselves for sale with a dedicated record in their zone. The record can be queried directly, removing the need for separate marketplace listings.

30 years on, Worms: The Director's Cut just received a free expansion. Creator Andy Davidson says he hopes it gives the game "a new lease on life.

US paid $4 billion for less energy after declaring an energy emergency. The outlay produced a net reduction in output rather than the intended boost.

The Chinese Yuan reached its strongest level against the US dollar in over 3 years.

Project Zomboid's PZmap tool vanished on August 7 after developers revoked access. Fans responded with a petition, and the team issued an official apology.

Brazil's central bank now requires exchanges to delay crypto transfers above $10,000 abroad, along with any smaller transactions they flag as risky.

Over 60 Sealion 6 owners joined a Luzon convoy and drive-in cinema event marking the plug-in hybrid's second anniversary in the Philippines. BYD is adding two new models to its local EV lineup.

Tom Vek is building a digital music player and explicitly rejects the retro label for the project. The musician turned entrepreneur has not shared specs or a launch timeline.

A leak shows the Pixel Watch 5 adding a Stephen Curry edition, the first time that Fitbit Air style appears on a Pixel Watch.

Leaks for the Pixel 11 are accumulating fast, with detailed specs and design elements already circulating ahead of launch.

A timeline now details OpenAI's accidental attack on Hugging Face, from the initial crawler misconfiguration to the data exposure and response.

Head Mare has reportedly compromised unpatched TrueConf servers to replace client installers with versions that deliver backdoors. The trojanized packages target video conferencing users through the group's supply-chain access.

Apple is reportedly skipping the M6 Pro, M6 Max, and M6 Ultra. Only the base M6 chip will reach production as development shifts to the M7.

A BMW-backed student EV packs 1,700 solar cells and finishes a typical urban commute with more charge than it started. Deep Orange 17 is designed to generate surplus energy from daily driving.

Thula Solutions engineered its electric safari 4x4s from the ground up instead of converting diesel models. The vehicles target quieter access for tourists, scientists, and park staff.

SpaceX targets 9:23 a.m. PDT for the Starlink 17-38 liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission continues the company's recent West Coast launch surge.

$50 price cuts on Amazon bring the 11th-gen iPad down to $399 for the 128GB Wi-Fi model, matching the lowest since June's hike. The 256GB and 512GB versions land at $499 and $699.

Berkshire Hathaway earnings rose last quarter as gains in energy, railroad and manufacturing businesses offset weaker insurance results. CEO Greg Abel has begun deploying the company's large cash reserves.

Deborah Ann Woll describes Tales from Woodcreek Season 2 as a murder mystery in a sprawling 1920s mansion. The season includes an ambitious ARG and draws from Clue and The Shining.

Unturned has released its full source code for non-commercial use, letting players create mods and maintain the game independently of any future developer decisions.

$1.9 trillion asset manager T. Rowe Price added memecoins to its crypto ETF. Excluding established ones on principle would undermine its active approach to crypto investing.

Supernatural's head of fitness is outlining the reboot of its VR exercise app after the company's departure from Meta. The discussion covers updated plans for the platform's next phase.

GM outlined two charging upgrades for its EV lineup at the mid-June 2026 Empower event. The changes target daily usability for GM brand drivers.

Amazon's new Texas data center is set to draw power from what will reportedly be the most polluting plant in the U.S.

Developers are pressing Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor and other AI coding platforms to treat security and privacy as defaults. Researchers reached the conclusion after scraping social media posts for sentiment on the tools.

Rivian is launching the R2 while Lucid delays the Cosmos, a sign the two EV startups now face sharply different pressures after their latest earnings.

Vermeer's Interlune excavator prototype ingests 100 metric tons of lunar regolith per hour while extracting helium. The companies have now expanded their partnership.

Rivers across Europe are drying up, forcing drastic measures that are hitting energy production and economies.

The God of War TV series is recasting Atreus and Thrud for Season 2, with Amazon seeking older actors for both roles.

20+ games arrive on Xbox August 10-14, including multiple new Game Pass titles. • No More Room in Hell 2 • Wild Blue Skies • Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance on Mars has been autonomous. The rover's navigation system has handled the majority of its traversal without direct commands from Earth.

Konami has reportedly confirmed it's investigating new Performance Mode bugs in the Silent Hill 2 remake on PS5 and PS5 Pro after Patch 1.07.

Gamescom 2026 dates, schedule, location and ticket details have now been confirmed. The annual event returns to Cologne with the usual multi-day format.

Lightspeed LA is laying off 80 staff as it shifts the creative and development direction of Last Sentinel, its open-world cyberpunk project.

Forecasters gained an extra day from DeepMind's open-source WeatherNext model, which maintains accuracy on lower-resolution weather data.

Some x86 CPUs contain undocumented hardware backdoors that enable ring-0 access without software exploits. A GitHub repository now publishes the full reverse-engineering details and proof-of-concept code.

Firebird opened the CIS region's largest AI factory in Armenia, powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing and Dell high-performance infrastructure. The site adds a new regional hub for AI workloads.

12.8 GWh battery storage cluster in northern China is now running under Envision Group's AI management system. The 4 GWh flagship plant came online last February.

Hundreds of companies are routing corporate secrets to domains like noreply.net and deleteduser.com after two researchers bought them to log incoming mail. The setup captured credentials, internal documents, and PII from automated systems that never verified the addresses.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave will support Joy-Con 2 mouse controls for moving units across the battlefield.

Stalker 2's Cost of Hope DLC opens the Chornobyl Power Plant for player exploration. GSC Game World detailed the addition in a new deep dive video.

Club Soko relocates Sokoban block-pushing puzzles to a nightclub setting. The spatial challenges play out amid cartoonishly dark, beer-splattered environments.

Echobreaker is a new Steam indie game where players first clear futuristic courses at top speed, then beat those times by breaking the rules they just followed.

Naoki Hamaguchi will present a new look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation during Gamescom's Opening Night Live. The director is scheduled to show additional footage of the game on stage.

Huawei expanded its Tier 1 role in China's EV sector through July, scaling smart vehicle platform deliveries while adding automated driving integrations across multiple manufacturing groups.

Ford's sub-$40,000 four-door Mustang Mach 4 prototype was shown to dealers, who reportedly compared its size and design to a Porsche Panamera.

396 euros buys the Ecovacs Winbot W2 Pro Omni, a square window-washing robot with multifunction station, down from 449 on Amazon.