This Fold left me cold.

From halting my doomscrolls to automating air-quality checks, Apples streamlined Shortcuts app is my favorite iOS 27 feature.

The Google Pixel phones are the current go-to if you want the closest thing to a vanilla Android experience possible. As such, they are probably the last place youd expect to see ads. Unfortunately, that which you least expect may have come to pass, as Android Authority reports that the older entries in the series [] The post Report: Google Advertising Pixel 11 Series On Older Pixel Phones appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Say "no" to overpriced storage.

Luxury water can contain different minerals and taste noticeably different. But a remote source, alkaline pH, and high price do not necessarily mean better hydration.

It has been a quarter century since the worlds first webcam was turned off for good. The Trojan Room Coffee Pot was retired on Wednesday, August 22, 2001, after 10 years of service at Cambridge University.

I hate ChatGPTs ums, rights and awkward pauses. So why did I find myself talking to it more?

Debian developers are voting on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions, reports the blog Linuxiac, with a ballot listing eight proposals and a "None of the above" option. The first one is still the original proposal to ban LLM- assisted contributions by changing the Debian Social Contract. This would stop generative AI from being used for direct Debian work like packaging, software, documentation, translations, websites, and project communication. However, upstream projects made with AI help ..

By now, youve probably already heard of the HONOR Robot Phone, which made its debut on the brands home turf last week. Billed as a new species of smartphone, its main claim to fame is the integrated gimbal camera, which is undeniably part of what makes the device so expensive. With a starting price of [] The post Heres Why You Wouldn't Want To Break The HONOR Robot Phone's Gimbal Camera appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Porsche Cayenne Electric is now officially available in Malaysia. The SUV is the 3rd fully electric offering that Porsche has launched in Malaysia after Taycan and Macan. Joining the previous petrol and E-Hybrid (PHEV) models, the rollout of Cayenne Electric has also made the Cayenne family complete. While the ICE-based Cayenne as well as Cayenne []

After months of teasers and red carpet events, the Honor Robot Phone is finally official and it is now available in stores only in China, but you didnt want one anyway, right? Wait, did you? The robot-like arm that acts as the gimbal on this device (and gives it its name) feels like the end-stage of popup-camera evolution. It provides stabilization on the move and, if you put the phone on a tripod, it does object tracking better than any phone out there. And yes, it can even look forward for ..

Retraction Watch reports: A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiffs say was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. The case has already cost Elsevier a $10,000 sanction from a judge. Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), which makes air quality products, sued Elsevier in 2022 after the publisher declined to retract a 2021 paper in Building and Environment about GPS' ..

BleepingComputer reports: Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting. As Microsoft explained when it confirmed it's investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals on systems running Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2... "[Peripherals or internal device components with RGB lighting features] may install ..

Remember all those years ago, when NVIDIA bragged ever so briefly about its RTX 3090 being able to game at 8K, provided you were willing to dumb down the graphics presets and (perhaps) disable ray tracing? Well, its now been confirmed that the RTX 5090, NVIDIAs most powerful consumer GPU today, can barely maintain its [] The post The NVIDIA RTX 5090 Struggles To Game At 6K appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as those in vapes, are causing more than 10 fires a week at U.K. recycling centers, according to figures shared with the Guardian: The Environment Services Association (ESA), the trade body for waste management companies, said its members had reported 1,518 fires in the year to March 2026. At least 541 of these fires were directly attributed to lithium ion batteries, the survey found. There were a further 216 battery fires in bin lorries [garbage ..

The US Army is training AI agents for specialized cyber roles while human personnel retain control over operational risk and decisions.

The US Air Force is seeking industry proposals for cheap, expendable drones that mimic stealth fighters, bombers, and smaller aerial threats.

"AI went from being very terrible to seemingly genuinely quite good at a professional level in a very short space of time..." says the Verge's AI reporter. But AI systems "are still truly, truly terrible at some areas of math... even the days of the week." If you look at academic math papers, a lot of the time you won't see numbers... So they're still terrible, but they're now also very good at this other part. As to why, at some point you reach a critical mass of what these systems can do. We ..

We break down the different autonomous driving levels, and why Level 5 is so hard to achieve.

Remember that rush rescue mission for NASA's $500M space telescope? It failed, reports CNN, and the LINK satellite won't be able to boost the telescope's orbit. NASA says its decades-old Swift telescope will now continue losing altitude, until it reaches Earth's atmosphere later this year and burns up. CNN reports: Just weeks after LINK lifted off on July 3, it started to spin out of control. [Satellite designer] Katalyst was able to regain control of the satellite, but the company acknowledged ..

Bluecore Energy proposes floating small modular reactor at Long Beach, aiming to power 15,000 homes despite regulatory hurdles.

You can keep Instagram from using your activity outside the app to influence the ads you get.

The chipmaker has told some of its largest customers that the prices of servers containing its AI chips could move more than 15% higher, Bloomberg News reported.

Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this article from Wired: [Flock] has told the public for years that its technology "cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals." It has now built a system that does both, an artificial intelligence tool for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles by their patterns of movement alone, WIRED has learned... Because the system also reaches police case files, 911 dispatch logs, and commercial identity records, those plates can be turned into names, home ..

Even old Apple devices you haven't touched in years could still get you some credit towards a new phone.

The AI leader said that the state's SB 53 framework should "be amended to expand safeguards."

Ulsan and KIOST are testing a $37 million underwater data center cooled by cold seawater instead of electricity.

Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian: Children's lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found. Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city's ultra- low emission zone found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution... "Traffic pollution in cities damages children's health and development," said Chris Griffiths, a ..

Yes, so long as you're willing to put in the work (and money) for better photos.

Samsung will hold its Galaxy Event on 27 August 2026 to introduce a new addition to the Galaxy S26 series, which likely points to the upcoming Galaxy S26 FE.

vivo's T5 series has five smartphones, including the T5 4G, which was unveiled in May. The brand will soon unveil the T5 5G as the next member of the lineup, as it has started teasing the smartphone in India. vivo says the T5 5G will have "Faster AI with GenAI Ready NPU" and a 3D curved display. The vivo T5 5G is also advertised to have an "Ultra Slim Body," but its exact slimness isn't known. A video posted by vivo India on its official X account suggests the T5 5G will feature a horizontally ..

Nintendo Switch Online upgrades your experience with online play and a lot of other perks, but should you shell out for it?

Reuters reports "a major success in a new field of cancer treatment this week, as Moderna and Merck announced a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine "reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial". The vaccine was tested with Merck's widely used immunotherapy drug Keytruda: Thousands of patients who have undergone surgery to remove high-risk melanoma tumors could benefit as soon as next year if regulators approve the vaccine, Moderna President Stephen Hoge said in an ..

DARTZ has confirmed it is building a seven-figure armored SUV commissioned by an undisclosed client, inspired by the HVY Nightshark from Grand Theft Auto Online, set to debut in Miami during GTA VI's release week.

A Dutch data regulatory authority said that Uber has to pay 824.9 million euros for violating the GDPR.

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microLEAP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Provident Banc Berhad to explore responsible financing initiatives and expand access to alternative financing for Malaysian SMEs.