Pixel 11’s $899 price pairs 12GB RAM and 256GB storage with the same day-to-day performance as the base Pixel 11 Pro, despite having no major hardware jump over the Pixel 10 beyond colors and a thinner camera bar.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Verge
Pixel 11 review rates the phone 9.2/10, saying it delivers “great performance and battery life” and several useful Google AI camera/software features despite being $100 more than the Pixel 10 with few significant changes.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Engadget
Google Pixel Watch 5’s most important new health features—blood pressure and insulin resistance trends, nightly sleep breathing quality, and strength training cues—weren’t available at launch and are set to roll out next month, with breathing emergency detection pending FDA clearance.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Verge
At $1,899, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold keeps the same 256GB starting storage as last year while offering modest hardware upgrades including Tensor G6, brighter displays peaking at 3,600 nits, a 48MP main camera with a larger sensor, and 25W Qi2 wireless charging.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Verge
Pixel 11 Pro’s key new software features—especially Proactive Assistance and HiLight—work reliably only in narrow, specific situations, with Proactive Assistance often failing unless messages include very specific date/time details and HiLight currently glowing for just Gemini voice while the phone is face down and calls from favorite contacts.
Aug 19, 2026 ·The Verge
Caroline Ellison was banned from trading for five years and prohibited from registering with the CFTC for 10 years, while Gary Wang received a five-year trading ban and an eight-year registration prohibition in the CFTC settlement.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
A newly discovered star, S301, was found to make the closest known approach to the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, with an inferred orbit period of 8.7 years and eccentricity of 0.9832.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Fairphone 6+ is a $649 phone designed to be consumer-repairable with 11 affordable spare parts, including a $39.95 replacement battery, plus 5 years of warranty and 8 years of software updates.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Indexed universal life (IUL) is a permanent life insurance policy where cash value is credited based on a stock market index’s performance (e.g., S&P 500) using policy terms rather than investing directly in the market.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Since the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) launched in 2010, it gained 830%, far surpassing the 490% return of the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), leaving small caps lagging large caps over the past 15 years.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The federal debt is projected to rise from $40 trillion to $50 trillion in less than three years, and the Congressional Budget Office projects FY 2026 revenue of $5.6 trillion versus spending of about $7.4 trillion—about a $1.9 trillion deficit (spending roughly $1.33 for every $1 collected).
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Meta ran ads for Kromix, an AI porn-generation tool that promoted creating deepfaked videos resembling female U.S. politicians and urged users to upload photos for scenarios including “bedroom rape,” despite Meta policies banning sexual imagery and nonconsensual intimate imagery.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Ars Technica
TerraPower plans to announce its first data center project this year, with construction expected to begin in 2027 and the reactor designed to store extra energy in molten sodium to cover demand spikes from AI workloads.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Micromobility startup Also, which spun out of Rivian in 2025, raised an additional $150 million in a Series D round, bringing its total funding to $455 million since it was founded less than two years ago.
Aug 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Lyntris’ New York debut saw its shares fall 11.4%, valuing the defense contractor at $1.78 billion.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
September WTI crude oil (CLU26) is up +1.42 (+1.67%) to a 3-week high while September RBOB gasoline (RBU26) is down -0.0122 (-0.37%), as a falling dollar index ($DXY) and Middle East tensions support crude prices.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan bought about $10 million worth of INTC shares at $95, the same price Intel paid when it priced a $20 billion secondary offering earlier this month.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Qi2.2 (Qi2 25W) increases wireless charging power to 25W versus Qi2’s 15W and can cut time-to-50% battery from about 50–80 minutes to about half an hour for compatible devices.
Aug 19, 2026 ·Engadget
OpenAI said it is pausing the research and development of its newest AI models, citing cybersecurity risks as models become more capable and noting that its upcoming model Astra may only be allowed once it meets its internal “critical cybersecurity capabilities” threshold.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
CNET
More than half of US adults (52%) say they are more concerned than excited about AI, and 71% expect AI to lead to fewer jobs in the country over the next two decades.
Aug 19, 2026 ·
The Register
