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Actor and producer Reese Witherspoon faced online criticism after saying women need to be involved in AI because 'the change is here.' Critics pushed back, with one widely liked response warning that framing AI adoption as inevitable discourages critical thinking about its risks.
Taco Bell has rolled out a new pink beverage tied to a marketing partnership with pop star Olivia Rodrigo, timed around her third studio album. The tie-in follows Rodrigo's comments about visiting Taco Bell locations to listen to new music with friends.
An Android Authority writer asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to name the best Google Pixel phone for most buyers in 2026, factoring in the newly released Pixel 11 lineup. The three AI models gave conflicting recommendations, with ChatGPT notably sticking with the older Pixel 10 rather than favoring Google's latest flagship.
ESET's Director of Threat Research, Jean-Ian Boutin, explained how his team's intelligence work integrates into ESET's Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering. He outlined how combining automated detection technology with human analyst expertise gives small and midsize businesses access to proactive threat hunting capabilities they couldn't otherwise afford to build in-house.
CERN is proceeding with a major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider intended to significantly increase the rate of particle collisions, giving physicists more data to search for phenomena beyond the Standard Model. This follows years in which the collider largely confirmed existing theoretical predictions without producing the unexpected results many researchers had hoped for.
Samsara, a connected operations software company, has replaced its blue abstract-owl logo and generic lowercase wordmark with a bold, sturdy new identity built around construction-site yellow and a heavier typeface. The redesign moves away from typical tech-startup branding toward visual cues tied to trucks, warehouses, and industrial equipment where its sensors and software are actually deployed.
The Verge's Hayden Field reports that OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman has become the company's de facto day-to-day operational leader, now overseeing consumer and enterprise products including ChatGPT and Codex, as well as infrastructure buildout. This shift comes as multiple senior OpenAI executives have departed in quick succession over recent months, leaving Sam Altman as the public-facing CEO while Brockman's influence grows internally.
Google's next Android release will support Encrypted Client Hello, a TLS extension that encrypts the hostname portion of the connection handshake so it can no longer be read in plain text. Paired with private DNS, this stops internet providers and Wi-Fi operators from easily seeing which sites or apps a device is contacting. The feature will be on by default for apps targeting Android 17 that use updated networking libraries like OkHttp, WebView, or HttpEngine.
Google's 2026 Pixel phones ship with an upgraded Gboard voice-typing tool powered by the Tensor chip and a new Rambler input system that cleans up filler words for more natural dictation. The lineup also includes the Pixel-exclusive Recorder app with real-time transcription and speaker labels, plus a Dual Screen Interpreter Mode for Pixel Fold devices that shows translated speech on each person's respective screen.
New outline renders shared by leaker Ice Universe suggest Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S27 Pro will adopt the same iPhone 17 Pro-style camera plateau expected on the Galaxy S27 Ultra, replacing Samsung's traditional vertical camera island. However, the Pro model appears to omit the S Pen slot and has the speaker grille and microphone positions swapped compared to the Ultra.
Hyundai CEO José Muñoz said the automaker intends to use its existing dealer network to sell robots like Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid and Spot quadruped, alongside cars. Hyundai Capital, the company's auto financing arm, is also exploring ways to offer financing for these costly machines. Hyundai plans a factory to produce 30,000 Atlas units annually by 2028, with deployment starting at its Georgia plant.
Apple has begun silently pushing App Store updates to fix Apple Watch apps that failed to launch under the watchOS 27 beta. The updates carry a note stating Apple itself repackaged the app for compatibility, with no new features added. Apple told developers this automated fix rollout will wrap up by August 31, ahead of watchOS 27's public release expected in mid-September.