Pixel 11 Leak Shows a New HiLight LED Light on the Back of the Phone

The feature — previously rumored as Pixel Glow — may bring a visual twist to Google’s next Pixel series

Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers

New findings by the Electronic Frontier Foundation aim to warn app developers that some of the third-party code they place in their apps may also collect their users’ location data when they grant permission to the app. 

EA is now a private company
EA is now a private company

Electronic Arts has officially become a private company. Last September, EA announced that an investor group led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners would be taking the company private in a $55 billion deal, and on Tuesday, EA said the deal successfully closed. The PIF will reportedly own 93.4 […]

How A Village Of 66 In Spain Is Preparing For The Eclipse — By Closing Its Mountain

Jabaloyas in Aragon, Spain, will close vehicle access to El Javalón during the 2026 total solar eclipse, putting public safety and the environment ahead of tourism.

Senate Democrats Release Memo On Reforms To Make Health Insurance More Affordable

The debate between Medicare for All and Medicare by Choice advocates, both of whom seek better affordability, is shaping up to be an interesting one in the coming years.

Toyota announces 2027 bZ prices start at $35,000
Toyota announces 2027 bZ prices start at $35,000

The 2027 Toyota bZ will begin arriving at dealerships in September, starting at $34,980.

Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains. 

A new SaferAI report finds Z.ai’s open-weight GLM-5.2 approaches frontier AI capabilities while lacking key safety mitigations, renewing concerns that powerful open models could outpace governance and safeguards.

NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact
NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact

Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no danger to Earth and NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event […]