Tech Updates

Apple’s Glass-Centric 20th Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027

Apple is still planning a glass-centric redesign of its iPhone Pro models for the device’s 20th anniversary in 2027, according to people familiar with the matter, directly countering an analyst report earlier the same day that claimed the project had been canceled over production problems. The company expects to launch the Pro models next year featuring glass on both the front and back that curves...

Google Denies Refund After Removing Purchased ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

In 2026, a user of Google Play Store who purchased the Extended Editions of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings in 2022 realized that these movies had disappeared from his collection. Despite the confirmation of the deletion of the films by Google Play Support Team, they rejected to give a refund and store credit stating that the purchase had been made not within...

Commodore Callback 8020 Preorders Surpass 10,000: The Flip Phone Blocking Social Media

Preorders for the Commodore Callback 8020 have surpassed 10,000 units, according to company statements and independent trackers as of early August 2026. The flip...

US Schools Add Pepper-Spraying Drones to Combat Active Shooters

A short video circulating on X has drawn heavy attention this week. It shows a compact blue-and-black drone racing through a school cafeteria, weaving...

Pope’s Official Prayer App Leaks Data of Over 700,000 Users

Click to Pray, the Vatican’s official prayer platform launched by Pope Francis himself, just got caught in a classic tech face-palm. A security researcher going...

Chick-fil-A Urges Customers to Reset Passwords After Hackers Breach Accounts

Millions of Chick-fil-A fans who rely on the popular Chick-fil-A One loyalty program for mobile orders, rewards, and easy payments should check their inboxes...

Website Transforms Live Wikipedia Edits Into an Endless Digital Skyscraper

Watching the world's largest encyclopedia grow, brick by brick, in real time not as lines of text on a screen, but as a towering...

French Startup Invents 40-Gram Drone That Hunts Mosquitoes Mid-Air

A French engineering team has developed an autonomous micro-drone system capable of detecting, identifying, and destroying mosquitoes in flight while leaving other insects untouched,...

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Theft of Secret Product Data

Apple, the iPhone maker has sued OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and led by CEO Sam Altman, alleging that it systematically stole trade secrets...

Ford Rehires Over 300 Human Engineers as AI Fails to Match Skills

Ford Motor Co. is quietly reversing course on its heavy bet on artificial intelligence in vehicle engineering. Years spent chasing efficiency through machines have...

Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger Permanently Banned from Editing Site

Larry Sanger, the co-founder who named Wikipedia and helped draft its foundational policies on neutrality and sourcing in 2001, has been permanently banned from...

Sacramento Police Disarm Suspect Using Drone in First-of-Its-Kind US Operation

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies carried out the first known drone-assisted disarmament of an armed suspect in the United States when they flew a compact...

New $499 Dumb Phone Blocks Social Media & Web Browsers

Commodore is bringing back the flip phone — with a modern twist designed to combat digital overload. The newly announced Commodore Callback 8020, set to...

Tiny Drone: China Unveils Mosquito-Sized Micro-Drone

A viral video shared by NEXTA on X has millions buzzing: a tiny metallic drone, no bigger than a mosquito, perches on a person's...