Apple and Google have each released premium foldable phones—the iPhone Duo and Pixel 11 Pro Fold—that carry IP68 durability ratings, a first for foldables in terms of dust and water protection. The Duo starts at $1,999 with preorders opening Oct. 16 ahead of an Oct. 23 launch, while the $1,899 Pixel 11 Pro Fold is already on sale. The two differ mainly in form factor: the Pixel uses a book-style fold with a standard-size cover screen, while the Duo has a shorter, wider passport-style design.
A new documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, titled You Can See Everything and helmed by Nathan Fielder, has drawn attention through a deliberately secretive promotional campaign. Rather than revealing plot details, the marketing leans on withholding information to spark curiosity among moviegoers. Early signs suggest the approach is successfully generating buzz ahead of release.
A drone light show used 2,977 individually flown drones—one for each victim of the September 11 attacks—to recreate the original Minoru Yamasaki-designed World Trade Center towers at full architectural scale. Organizers faced significant logistical hurdles, including securing a launch site capable of supporting the massive coordinated flight.
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 recovery feature called Cloud Rebuild in Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9343. It reinstalls Windows directly from Windows Update even when the existing installation is corrupted or won't boot, eliminating the need for a USB recovery drive. The tool is accessed through the Windows Recovery Environment, which can now also reuse saved Wi-Fi credentials to connect during recovery.
Rumors are spreading across social media and podcasts that President Trump has a prepared speech confirming extraterrestrial life exists, though no such address has surfaced publicly. The buzz stems from real developments: Dr. Phil says he was given access to unreleased government UAP files, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Stephen Miller now oversees the UAP portfolio, and a former Navy admiral advising the government calls the current openness unprecedented.
The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off its annual lineup, featuring new work from Takashi Miike, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Werner Herzog, and a four-hour Elon Musk documentary. Among the festival's early standouts is 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,' starring John Turturro as an aging, technophobic thief navigating a city that has moved on to smartphones. The film hits theaters October 30th.
Anthropic's latest misuse report covers activity from November 2025 to September 2026 and details five cases where users tried to get its Claude AI to assist with dangerous biological research, three involving viruses and two involving toxins. In one instance, a request framed as a civilian grant application to enhance the chikungunya virus's mutation rate and virulence was traced to a military facility, prompting Anthropic to intervene. The company says all the actors used anonymization tools and tried to bypass its regional access blocks, which cover countries including China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
A folding dual-screen phone concept called the iPhone Duo has an aspect ratio nearly identical to IMAX 70mm's 1.43:1 format, the same shape used to film Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey.' Since only 41 theaters worldwide can show the film in its full IMAX ratio, most viewers saw up to 40% less image than intended, cropped at top and bottom in standard theaters.
A federal court rejected an effort by the Trump administration to force local election officials to add a new barcode to mail-in ballot envelopes ahead of the upcoming election. The ruling found that officials lacked sufficient time to implement the redesign without disrupting the voting process.
Sydney woman Narghiza Ergashova says her former partner Enrico Pucci used the Tesla app's 'parental control' and 'Valet Mode' features to remotely limit her car's speed, set curfews and manipulate cabin temperatures while she was driving. Police records reviewed by The Guardian describe him tailing her in his own vehicle while boasting he was 'in her car' and 'in her maps,' during what she says was a four-year pattern of abuse.
A Reuters report says a joint US, UK, and Norwegian naval operation this spring detected Russian submarines rehearsing the use of an undisclosed device meant to disable undersea cables without leaving traceable damage. The exercise reportedly took place near Norway's Svalbard archipelago, where two 1,400km cables running nearly 3km deep link the islands to the mainland. No cables were actually harmed, and officials describe the Russian activity as a simulation for use in a potential future conflict with NATO.
Mexico's SEDENA and US Northern Command announced Operation High Eagle, a binational effort to track and neutralize drones used by criminal groups near the San Diego-Tijuana border. The first phase ran August 31 to September 2, with tracking of commercial drones, followed by neutralization tests using fixed and mobile anti-drone systems from September 7 through September 21.
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