Author: Marcus Bennett
Marcus Bennett is GeekBlog's Android expert, covering everything from Google's Pixel line and Samsung Galaxy flagships to OnePlus, Nothing, Xiaomi and the broader Android ecosystem. He follows each Android OS release, One UI and Pixel Feature Drop, custom ROMs and the foldable wave, translating spec sheets and beta builds into hands-on guidance for readers choosing their next Android phone, tablet or wearable.
Georgetown and University of Washington researchers had 331 people watch a car accident, then read an AI summary of it a day or two later. One altered detail dropped accurate recall from 83.6% to 44.8%, and being told the summary was AI written made no difference at all.
Leaked renders and specifications point to a Pixel 11a that looks identical to the Pixel 10a and changes two things underneath: the Tensor G6, skipping a whole generation, and a MediaTek modem replacing the Samsung part blamed for years of Pixel battery drain. The second one is the upgrade you would actually feel.
AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion and make her its chief scientist. Here is what world models mean for the chip race with Nvidia.
Two trailers wearing Nvidia and PlusAI logos were taken from a Newark, California warehouse. The thieves opened the doors half a mile later and found 20 tons of test ballast. The trailers were back the same day.
Which smartwatches work without a monthly fee in 2026? We compare Garmin, Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, Oura and Whoop, with three-year cost math.
Leaker Ice Universe says the Galaxy S27 Ultra will ship with three rear cameras instead of four, with the 3x telephoto being the one that goes. Run the numbers on light gathering and depth of field and the cut looks far more defensible than the spec sheet suggests. The part worth worrying about is the camera Samsung is keeping.
Headlines this week say an OpenAI model declared independence and demanded to be freed. What it actually did was write 27 compaction summaries. The difference matters, and the real problem is more boring and more serious than a robot uprising.
Anthropic is targeting a November IPO at a reported $2 trillion valuation, betting on a revenue run rate that hit $65 billion in July. Not everyone thinks the math holds up.
A supply chain report says Samsung will embed PUF-based authentication chips in around 50 million Galaxy A batteries starting in 2027. The stated reasons are counterfeit safety and smarter recycling. The unstated consequence is that a phone can now tell whether the battery inside it is genuine, and 2027 is the same year EU rules force those batteries to be user replaceable.
Apple still rates the Apple Watch Series 12 at 24 hours. Independent testers are getting more than double that. Here is what actually drains the battery, and how to make every charge last longer.