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Google Pixel 11 Pro review: fewer specs, same addictive Pixel experience

Android Authority's three-week review of the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL finds the phones fall short on paper, with less RAM than last year, a modest Tensor G6 upgrade, higher prices, and a disappointing HiLight feature. Despite these shortcomings, the reviewer says daily use of the devices remains compelling thanks to strong hardware, cameras, and software.

Peter Ullrich launches Pushin.eu, a Europe-only Git hosting service

Dutch developer Peter Ullrich is building Pushin.eu, a Git hosting platform designed to keep code and data entirely within Europe. The service is currently in invite-only beta, with general availability planned for early 2027, and will eventually charge subscription fees comparable to GitHub and GitLab.

US Automakers Push Washington to Bar Chinese-Made Vehicles

Domestic auto manufacturers are lobbying the US government to prohibit the import and sale of cars produced in China. The push reflects growing concern within the industry over competition from lower-cost Chinese vehicles, particularly electric models, entering Western markets.

Nvidia releases PAIR, open-source tool to cluster home PCs for local AI inference

Nvidia has launched Personal AI Router (PAIR), open-source software that links RTX gaming GPUs, DGX Spark machines and Macs into a single local AI cluster without special cables or rack hardware. The tool works with existing local inference backends like Ollama and LM Studio, distributing chatbot and agent workloads across idle machines on a home or small-office network.

AI-Driven Bug Hunting Floods Vendors With Vulnerability Reports

Security researchers using AI tools are now uncovering software flaws at a pace that outstrips vendors' ability to triage and fix them. This surge is straining existing bug-disclosure pipelines and revealing gaps in products that were supposedly built with security-by-design principles.

Software Firm COO Details Where AI Coding Agents Actually Save Time

An engineering firm's COO ran AI agents and large language models across the company's full software development lifecycle to test their real impact on production projects rather than demos. The experiment found AI most useful for automating repetitive boilerplate code, catching edge-case bugs during review, and speeding up documentation searches, while architectural decisions still required human judgment.

Xenotransplant Patient Sets Nine-Month Survival Record With Pig Kidney

A man living with a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has now survived nine months, marking the longest recorded duration for this type of cross-species organ transplant. The milestone suggests that gene-edited pig organs may be moving closer to viable alternatives for patients awaiting human donor kidneys.

Essay Urges Users to Report Software Bugs More Often

A recent essay examines why most people who encounter software bugs simply complain instead of filing a report, often letting the same bug affect them repeatedly. The author argues that bugs rarely affect just one user, and that developers frequently cannot reproduce issues that arise from unfamiliar configurations or unusual usage patterns.

Fake LinkedIn recruiters use malware-laced 'interview tools' to steal crypto savings

A jobseeker was contacted on LinkedIn by someone posing as a recruiter and asked to complete an interview process that involved downloading a document. The file was actually malicious software, and within hours the attackers used it to drain £18,000 from his cryptocurrency accounts before disappearing.

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok Hit by Simultaneous Outages

Four leading AI chatbot services experienced service disruptions within the same window, leaving users of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok unable to access the tools normally. The near-simultaneous nature of the outages was unusual since these platforms run on separate infrastructure operated by different companies.

UK Lawsuit Seeks $2.7B From Apple Over App Tracking Transparency

Apple faces a class-action style lawsuit in the UK seeking roughly $2.7 billion in damages tied to its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework. The suit alleges that Apple's privacy rules disadvantaged competitors while allowing Apple's own advertising and data practices favorable treatment, harming consumers and businesses financially.

Nvidia Backs Hugging Face's Neutrality Amid Growing AI Investment Ties

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang affirmed that Hugging Face will continue operating as an open platform accessible to the entire AI ecosystem, even as Nvidia deepens its financial and strategic involvement with the company. The statement comes as Nvidia expands its footprint beyond hardware into software and developer tools central to AI model development.