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Retailers and couriers are slammed right now, so orders take longer to arrive than usual. Still, most of these you can pick up and have them arrive before the holidays, so it’s not too late. With the Pixel 10 generation, Google finally adopted magnetic charging and accessories. It uses the “Pixelsnap” brand for its first-party products. You can grab a Google Pixel 10 at a solid €250 discount and score a free Pixelsnap wireless charger. The Google Pixel 9a is a more affordable alternative, though note that it will soon be replaced by the 10a. Anyway, this one…

Google is rolling out a beta experience that lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones, the company announced on Friday. The tech giant is also bringing advanced Gemini capabilities to Google Translate and expanding its language-learning tools in the Translate app. The new real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what, Google says. The new capability essentially turns any pair of headphones into a real-time, one-way translation device. “Whether you’re trying to have a conversation in a different language, listen to a speech…

The Galaxy A37 and A57 are expected to drop next month, and usually, the current models become more affordable. However, according to the latest tip, the company is planning to hike the prices of Galaxy A models in India by around INR 1,000. The Galaxy A56, on the other hand, will see its price go up by INR 2,000. The new prices will go into effect next week as early as Monday. The most probable reason for the price hikes is the cost of memory chips. You’ve probably already seen the memes online. They are all about a shortage in…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” Even as large language models such as ChatGPT superficially replicate ordinary speech, researchers want to know if there are specific aspects of human language that simply have no parallels in the communication systems of other animals or artificially intelligent devices.In particular, researchers have been exploring the extent to which language models can reason about language itself. For some in…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that directs federal agencies to challenge state AI laws, arguing that startups need relief from a “patchwork” of rules. Legal experts and startups meanwhile say the order could prolong uncertainty, sparking court battles that leave young companies navigating shifting state requirements while waiting to see if Congress can agree on a single national framework.  The order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” directs the Department of Justice to set up a task force within 30 days to challenge certain state laws on the grounds that AI is interstate…

Last week’s poll ends with interesting results – the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is surprisingly popular. Okay, the plurality of people is turned away by its price, but those people still find the form factor appealing. Add those who are willing to spend as much as necessary to get into the new form factor early plus those who are on the fence and are waiting and the Z TriFold crosses the 50% mark. It’s rare to see a fresh idea in the mobile space get so much support out of the gate – super-slim phones experienced the exact opposite situation.…

The update to iOS 26.2 adds a great feature to the Reminder app and more. Source link

Spinny, an Indian online marketplace for used cars, is raising around $160 million as it moves to acquire car services startup GoMechanic, TechCrunch has learned. The Series G round, which includes a mix of primary and secondary transactions, would value the 10-year-old startup at about $1.8 billion post-money, three people familiar with the matter said, broadly in line with its previous valuation. Nearly $90 million of the round is primary, people said; Existing investor Accel has already wired about $44 million of that amount, with some details of the investment appearing in regulatory filings in India this week, which Indian…

The vivo S50 series is set to debut in China in the coming days. Ahead of the launch, the S50 has appeared on the China Telecom website, revealing its complete specifications. For starters, the vivo S50 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, which will be paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. The phone will come with a 6.59-inch AMOLED display that will offer a resolution of 2750 x 1260 pixels. It will boot Android 16-based OriginOS 16. As per the listing, the vivo S50 will pack a 6,500mAh battery. In terms…

At least 5.6 million people had their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers stolen in a data breach at 700Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the United States. In a statement on its website, the Michigan-based company blamed the October data breach on an unidentified bad actor. According to Michigan’s attorney general, the hacker stole personal data collected from dealers between May and October 2025. The company said it was now sending letters by mail to individuals whose information had been stolen in the data breach, which offers…