A few hours ago a rumor claimed Poco would soon launch the X8 Power with a 10,000 mAh battery. Now a different tipster on X has shared some purported marketing materials for both the X8 Power as well as the long-awaited X8. We'll just say it outright: these seem to be rebrand jobs. Specifically, the X8 appears to be a rebranded Redmi Note 17 Pro, and the X8 Power may be a rebranded Redmi Note 17 Pro Max. There are some very slight differences, but not many. According to these slides, the X8 has ..

Vatn Systems and Taiwan's NCSIST sign memorandum to jointly develop autonomous undersea drones, though funding timeline details remain undisclosed.

Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.

A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updatesbut they will also require physical warning stickers and camera-related updates.

Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, has imposed a six-month moratorium on "major electric utility infrastructure" in its latest attempt to delay a proposed $1.2 billion University of Michigan-Los Alamos data center that would support nuclear-weapons research. Township leaders, who have already paused water service for data centers, say the project has moved forward without adequate consultation and want more time to study noise, grid impacts, and other effects on residents. 404 Media reports: Last ..

GEEKOM links four A9 Mega mini PCs via USB4 to run DeepSeek V4 Flash locally, targeting enterprise AI without cloud reliance.

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13.

Anthropic is poised to debut on the stock market at a time when the public is increasingly upset about data centers and is fearful about AI taking jobs.

Apple Music will require artists to label their AI-generated music so users know what theyre getting.

Apple is cutting more than 200 jobs as it shifts resources toward a rebuilt, AI-powered Siri and other future products. Roughly 100 positions are being eliminated from the Vision Pro organization, including much of its gaming team and some immersive-video staff. Another 100 cuts are hitting the Siri and software teams. Bloomberg reports: In a statement, Apple acknowledged that it was realigning some teams "to evolve our business to deliver the best experiences for our users." "While we will ..

Honor's Robot Phone was finally made official last week after many months of teasers and showcases. It's definitely a unique device, with its integrated gimbal camera, even if it's not actually a robot. That gimbal camera, though, contains a lot of moving parts, so if you drop the phone while it's out, you might damage it. In that case, you will have to pay a whopping CNY 3,079 ($457) to replace it. The number comes from Honor's official website in China, where it just published its repair ..

That expired card in your drawer might not be nearly as dead as you think: researchers made one pay $100 for a grocery run.

The DoJ said the app has made significant strides in privacy protections since the 2024 suit.

Most Verizon Disney bundle perks are going up, but this $15 plan is staying put.

Windows 11 removed the driver for an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti laptop graphics card, and you can blame Eco mode.

The BluHub is a USB 3 hub with an integrated BD/DVD/CD writer and despite its early Kickstarter success, some are warning of red flags.

Federal prosecutors have charged activist Samuel Tunick with obstruction after he gave Customs and Border Protection officers a duress passcode that wiped his GrapheneOS-powered Pixel during a border search. "His prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of the federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence using a program designed to wipe a device clean after a specific code is entered," reports The New York Times. From the report: "Obstructing federal law enforcement ..

The company is searching for leakers ahead of GTA's November release.

From Nest Hub to Pixel Tablet, the Google Store is out of every smart display.

Samsung is unveiling the Galaxy S26 FE on August 27, and ahead of that we've already seen the device in a hands-on video as well as plenty of leaked renders. How about a quick unboxing video? Would you like to see that, even if the handset isn't official yet? Well, if you do, here you go. As you'd expect from a Samsung, you only get the phone, some documentation, a SIM ejector tool, and a USB-C cable in the box. No case, no charger. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tecnologa ..

German audio specialist beyerdynamic has announced two new wireless headsets, the closed-back MMX 100 wireless and the open-back MMX 130 wireless.

The complaint alleges that some of its sleep tracking has little more than a "coin flips chance" of accuracy.

Android's Photo Picker is adding a location data toggle for shared photos.

Developer uses Claude Code to create driver for the HP Laser 1008a, a 2023 printer that has Windows and Linux drivers, but no macOS driver until now.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Economist: Students and school children are increasingly using artificial intelligence. A survey last year by Chegg, an ed-tech firm, found that 80% of rich-world undergraduates used it in their studies. More recent polls put the figure at 94% in Britain and 93% in Germany. Such widespread adoption has fueled concerns about the impact the technology might be having on learning. Teachers report marking identikit essays that they suspect are churned ..

Red Hat has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud- Native Application Platforms for the third consecutive year, recognising its OpenShift hybrid cloud platform.

Tesla will voluntarily recall about 3 million of its vehicles in China to address doorhandle safety concerns and deficient driver monitoring systems.

Fixing Temporary Chat's biggest drawback.

A new pair of Beats headphones have leaked, and they might be called the Beats 360. Here's what we know so far.

A day after we broke the news of about 60 layoffs across the Apple Vision project, there are reportedly more in the Siri team too. Siri AI gets to live in this orb on Wes' desk Citing people familiar with the matter, the same as we did , Mark Gurman from Bloomberg has exposed more layoffs inside Apple. This time, beyond the Apple Vision team, Apple is also laying off staff on its Siri team. All told, including Apple Vision Immersive Video, Apple Vision gaming, and Siri, there are about 200 ..

LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working.

Play Points payments possibly procure prized Peter Parker periodical

Last month, Samsung acknowledged reports that the Galaxy S26 Ultra display can have a red tint under certain conditions and promised a fix for it the company blamed it on a software issue, not a hardware one. Said fix is coming by the end of the month, according to Samsungs customer support team in Korea. One user on the Samsung Community forum posted a screenshot of a conversation with support, which claims that the fix is currently being evaluated by the verification department. The message ..

A man dressed as Darth Vader used a Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting in San Diego to mock the city's use of Flock surveillance cameras, sarcastically arguing that the technology would help the "emperor" track "rebel scum" and find Luke Skywalker. "This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and the hidden base on Hoth," he said. The Hill reports: He urged that the cameras be used to surveil any "rebel scum as they move from ..

Season two of Netflix's Cyberpunk 2077 anime streams October 20

Check out this fun new My Pixel tweak for the Pixel 11 series.

Apple is reportedly laying off around 60 employees from its Vision Pro team as John Ternus prepares to take over as CEO.