Author: Olivia Hartman
Olivia Hartman is GeekBlog's general technology reporter, covering the wider world of tech beyond smartphones: AI and software, laptops and PCs, gaming, streaming, space, science, consumer gadgets, deals and the policy stories shaping the industry. A versatile journalist with a nose for what actually matters, Olivia turns breaking news and product launches into accessible, no-hype reporting for everyday readers.
Google has turned Gemini into an agent that plans work, delegates to subagents and has its own Workspace account. Here is what it does, who gets it first and what to watch.
The Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro share the same Tensor G6, the same 30W charging, the same 25W Qi2.2 wireless, the same seven years of updates, and they finish within one minute of each other on battery life. The $200 gap buys a sharper LTPO display and a camera system that is genuinely in a different class, led by a telephoto with roughly 2.7 times the sensor area.
GameStop repriced its pre-owned PS5 Pro stock to $1,399.99 against a $899.99 new list price, and an internal memo doing the rounds calls the markup deliberate. With GTA 6 six weeks out and new consoles out of stock everywhere, here is what is actually driving the number and what you should do instead of paying it.
A death-mechanics bug in Pete Kayer’s Challenges deleted gear in Old School RuneScape. Jagex pulled the worlds, restored items by hand and skipped a rollback. Here is the full story.
Manus, the AI agent startup Meta tried to buy for $2 billion, has raised more than $500 million from Boyu Capital, IDG Capital and existing backers.
Hearings began on October 6 in a £1.2 billion claim arguing Google’s 30 percent Play Store commission was passed straight into the prices UK Android owners paid. Because it is an opt-out case, roughly 20 million people are already class members without ever filling in a form. Here is who is in, what counts as a qualifying purchase, and why the headline figure is not what lands in anyone’s pocket.
The Verge said Xbox locked up exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights. Microsoft says no. Here is what was reported, what was denied and what it means for PC and cloud players.
Mistral AI released Large 4, a 1 trillion parameter multimodal model trained on 4,000 Nvidia GPUs. The open weights are due in about three weeks.
The best apps for listening to music offline, compared by download limits, audio quality, the 30 day rule and price, including free options that need no subscription.
The iPhone 17 adds a 120Hz screen, better cameras, 8 more hours of battery and double the storage for $100 more than the iPhone 16. Full comparison inside.