Microsoft is retiring Manifest V2 extensions in Edge through the rest of 2026, following Chrome. Only Firefox and Opera keep the older, more powerful ad and tracker blocking model alive.
Zoox began charging fares for driverless rides in Las Vegas on August 10, 2026 - the first paid launch of a robotaxi with no steering wheel in the US.
Google Assistant stops working on Android phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, headphones and Android Auto from September 4, 2026, replaced fully by Gemini.
Transport for London approved up to 15 Wayve-driven Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles for supervised Uber robotaxi rides, the first such approval in the city, with a safety driver still required onboard.
Audi detailed A2 e-tron pricing and specs on 4-6 August 2026: EUR 38,200 start, 649 km WLTP range, LFP battery, three power outputs, built in Ingolstadt for autumn 2026.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 hit 2,599 euros days after Microsoft raised Xbox prices for the same reason: a DRAM shock hitting unrelated device categories.
Geely opens Belgian reservations for the E2 at an introductory EUR 19,490, undercutting the BYD Dolphin Surf. What China's best-selling car means for EU and UK fleet buyers.
Apple removed Telegram from the iOS App Store on 3 August over material a user posted, and restored it 40 minutes later once the item was deleted and the account banned. Durov says an extortionist planted it to force the takedown. The exposure is not your code.
Snap set 16 September for the Specs launch and is taking deposits on a 2,195 dollar pair of AR glasses. It has published motion-to-photon latency to the millisecond and frame weight to the gram. It has not published brightness.
Samsung is banning residential proxy SDKs from its smart TV store after Norwegian security firm Mnemonic found proxy code in apps including a featured Pac-Man title. LG acted in July after 42 percent of its apps were implicated.
Apple cannot keep the M5 MacBook Air in stock and is steering buyers to the 14-inch MacBook Pro. The Air already rose 200 dollars in June. The substitute lists at 1,999, so the real cost of the shortage is the 700 dollar gap.
On his last earnings call Tim Cook said heavy Siri AI use will be sold through iCloud+. Apple still has no timeline for Siri AI on EU iPhones.
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