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Light is launching a Rideshare feature for its Light Phone III and upcoming Light Flip, letting users request Uber and Lyft rides, view fares and ETAs, and contact drivers directly from the device. The tool runs through a partnership with Tremp, an SMS-based rideshare service, and charges a 10 percent fee with a $2 minimum, though the first five rides in 30 days are free.
Scientists at the University of Utah, including former BYU football player Larry Carr, are researching intranasal transcranial photobiomodulation (itPBM), a red-light therapy aimed at reducing brain inflammation and improving cognition, mood and motor function. A recent study of 26 BYU football players published in the Journal of Neurotrauma found the therapy may help protect neurological health without requiring reduced playing time or contact exposure.
YouTuber Nicholas Light warned his 1.3 million subscribers that his channel faced deletion after Remove Your Media, a company run by Eric Green, filed over a dozen DMCA takedown requests against more than 60 of his videos. YouTube later reversed the copyright strikes and confirmed his channel would not be removed, prompting Light to post a follow-up video thanking supporters who spoke out.
Research published this week in the European Heart Journal finds that sleeping with light present—whether from a night-light, phone, or screen glow—is associated with cardiac remodeling. Specifically, light exposure during sleep was linked to thickening of the left ventricle's wall, which reduces the chamber's internal space and impairs the heart's ability to flex properly during beats.
A new browser-based demo, shared on Hacker News, simulates a park environment where light travels at only 5 kilometers per hour instead of its real-world speed. As users move through the space, they can observe relativistic effects like length contraction, time dilation, and the Doppler shift, all normally imperceptible at everyday speeds.
Nvidia has launched GeForce Graphics Driver 616.92, adding Game Ready optimizations for the path tracing update in 007 First Light alongside support for Active Matter, Aniimo, WARDOGS and a DLSS Super Resolution update for PUGS. The release also patches several bugs, including browser flicker, virtual display creation failures, and black screens during Remote Desktop sessions introduced by the prior 616.56 driver.
Signify has partnered with Nanoleaf to let Nanoleaf Shapes panels—Hexagons, Triangles, and Mini Triangles—integrate into the Philips Hue ecosystem. The integration requires a new Philips Hue Wall Light Module, priced at $39.99 separately or bundled into starter kits starting at $199.99 in select markets.
Philips Hue is expanding its smart lighting range with unconventional designs, including a flexible, colorful light that can be bent into shapes and a tall pole light meant to be propped against a wall rather than mounted. The additions signal a shift toward more sculptural, decor-focused lighting rather than purely functional fixtures.
Philips has launched two cheaper ways to sync Hue lights with a TV: a $150 Sync Box 4K using HDMI and a $120 Play Screen Sync that relies on a camera instead, both undercutting the existing $385 Sync Box 8K. Separately, a new $40 Wall Light Module lets Nanoleaf panels function as Hue devices within the Philips ecosystem.
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Govee showed off a dome-shaped ceiling light that uses AI to generate color schemes based on a user's described mood, alongside a mode that mimics natural blue sky light. SwitchBot introduced the MindClip, a wearable AI device that clips to clothing and listens to conversations around the wearer to provide assistance.
OLED screens use self-emitting pixels that dim gradually with use, and because sub-pixels for red, green and blue age at different rates, uneven wear can create visible ghosting known as burn-in. Static content such as news tickers, channel logos, or long gaming sessions with fixed HUD elements accelerates this uneven degradation in specific screen regions.
Sony has unveiled three new tower-style speakers—the ULT Tower Max, Tower 7, and Tower 5—as the largest additions to its ULT Power Sound lineup. Each model adds USB-C, RCA, and XLR ports for wired connections, along with up to 100 LEDs for battery and Bluetooth status lights and synced light shows. The flagship Tower Max costs $1,499.99 and weighs 121 pounds, while the Tower 7 runs $649.99 at 50 pounds, and the Tower 5 is the smallest at 29 pounds.