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A satirical account describes a user frustrated with her Pixel Watch's low sleep score of 71 after a camping trip, arguing the algorithm failed to account for noisy neighbors, a restless child, and a middle-of-the-night bathroom trip. The piece humorously frames the complaint as a courtroom trial defending the wearer's honor against her own sleep-tracking device.
IDC's August 2026 forecast predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will drop 16.7% this year, a steeper decline than the 13.9% estimate from May. The cause is a severe shortage of NAND and DRAM chips, with component costs up over 300% year-over-year as manufacturers redirect capacity to AI data centers. As a result, average smartphone selling prices have jumped 27.6% to $581, effectively pushing sub-$100 Android phones out of the market.
Google is broadening the rollout of its 'find in note' feature in Keep, which lets users search within a single note or list for specific text, similar to Ctrl+F. The feature had appeared in a limited release earlier this month but is now showing up more widely across devices, though not universally yet.
New real-world images shared on Weibo reveal the unreleased Xiaomi 18 Fold in a dark red color, showing its triple-rear-camera module for the first time after earlier leaks kept the cameras hidden. The design closely resembles Huawei's Pura X Max, and the device is expected to debut with Xiaomi's new in-house XRing O3 chipset sometime in September.
At Gamescom, Samsung revealed its 2027 Odyssey gaming monitor lineup, headlined by the 27-inch Odyssey G6 G60H now hitting a 1,100Hz refresh rate, up from the 1,040Hz figure teased at CES. The dual-mode IPS panel still caps at 600Hz in native 1440p, reserving the extreme speed for 1080p. Samsung also unveiled updated OLED G9, G8, and G7 models, including a 49-inch G9 that reaches 360Hz at DQHD resolution or 720Hz in a dual-HD mode.
According to The Information, Nvidia has agreed to acquire AI model-sharing platform Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion, though Business Insider says talks are still ongoing without a signed deal. Neither company has confirmed the reports publicly. The price would make it Nvidia's largest acquisition ever, well above the $7 billion it paid for Mellanox in 2020.
According to a report from The Information, Nvidia has reached a deal to purchase Hugging Face, the popular open-source AI collaboration platform, for $12.9 billion. The talks reportedly began after another suitor expressed acquisition interest in Hugging Face, and Business Insider had separately reported the startup was working with a bank to gauge buyer interest. Neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face has confirmed the deal, and CNBC said it could not independently verify the report.
European stock indexes opened with a mixed performance, showing no unified direction across the region. However, artificial intelligence-related stocks stood out with notable gains, buoyed by Nvidia's latest earnings report.
ShinyHunters, an extortion group, published roughly 50GB of stolen Carhartt data on the dark web after the apparel maker declined to pay a $3.3 million ransom demand. Have I Been Pwned founder Troy Hunt confirmed the leak stems from a breach of Carhartt's Databricks analytics platform, exposing 12.9 million accounts containing names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses, alongside employee and corporate records.
Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Note 17 Pro Max with a 9,210mAh dual-cell silicon-carbon battery in Europe, and a 10,000mAh single-cell version in some other markets. The company claims up to three days of typical use or 37 hours of continuous video playback, alongside 100W wired charging that can fully charge the device in just over an hour.
Bill Gates published an essay urging governments to impose enforceable rules on AI, including a tax on AI token usage to fund support for displaced workers and protected 'Human Reserved' jobs like caregiving. He said tech executives privately worry about AI's disruptive pace but avoid saying so publicly, breaking from the industry's optimistic public stance.
The Information reports, citing a source familiar with the matter, that Nvidia has agreed to purchase Hugging Face, the widely used open-source AI model hub, in a deal valuing the company above $13 billion. Business Insider says the agreement has not yet been finalized and could still fall apart, and neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face has commented on the reports.