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Google’s next flagship phones may ask buyers to accept two changes that rarely sit well together: smaller batteries and higher starting prices. Reliable leaker Roland Quandt claims the Pixel 11 Pro will carry a 4,850mAh battery, while the larger Pixel 11 Pro XL will offer 5,115mAh. The same leak puts their UK prices at £1,079 and £1,279, respectively, for models with 256GB of storage. Google has yet to confirm any of these figures, with the Pixel 11 launch scheduled for August 12. The Pixel 11 Pro XL gets the roughest deal The reductions are relatively small, but endurance likely isn’t…

Exhibitors from China, UAE, and Jordan to Gather at METAS 2026 in Sharjah  Press conference held at Sharjah Chamber of Commerce ahead of 5th Middle East Tyre, Auto & Spare Parts Expo SHARJAH, UAE — July 29, 2026 — The organizers of the 5th Middle East Tyre, Auto & Spare Parts Expo (METAS 2026) held a press conference today at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, announcing that 51 companies from China, the UAE, and Jordan will exhibit at Expo Centre Sharjah from August 3rd to 5th, 2026. The press conference was attended by senior officials from the Sharjah…

Shared Google Docs have a way of turning feedback into archaeology. Once several reviewers pile into the same file, figuring out which comments still need attention can take longer than making the edits. Google is giving Gemini that sorting job. Its new comment summaries pull feedback from across a document and find discussions that never reached a conclusion. The tools can also draft replies and suggest revisions, so the AI doesn’t disappear once the untangling is done. How Gemini finds unfinished business Users can point Gemini at one reviewer or ask it to group comments around a recurring theme. It…

Dubai, UAE – July 29, 2026 – As SPADREC continues to build the future of sports, wellness and lifestyle infrastructure, the company is pleased to announce the strategic addition of Techno Mount Contracting LLC to the SPADREC ecosystem, further strengthening its capabilities across sports infrastructure, construction and facility development. SPADREC Strengthens Integrated Sports Ecosystem with Strategic Addition of Techno Mount Contracting LLC Techno Mount is a UAE-based sports construction and civil infrastructure company specialising in sports facility construction, civil engineering, drainage systems, sports flooring and turnkey facility delivery across padel, football, tennis, athletics and multi-sport developments. The company is backed by…

More than 700 people responded when Wispr Flow invited its critics to explain what wasn’t working. It expected around 50. The first visible result is useful, if rather modest. A Wispr Flow update now lets desktop users move the Flow Bar instead of leaving it anchored along the bottom of the screen. The change arrives after a rough stretch for the dictation app. Accuracy and reliability problems had already given frustrated users plenty to mention before Wispr opened the complaint box. Why users wanted the Flow Bar moved The Flow Bar can now be dragged to either side of the…

Jair Bolsonaro is barred from Brazil’s 2026 presidential election, being confined to house arrest and restricted from communicating publicly. But an AI-generated version of the former president still managed to take the stage at his son’s campaign launch. The synthetic Bolsonaro appeared in a video at the launch of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign in São Paulo. It openly identified itself as AI-generated before endorsing Flávio as the person chosen to carry forward his father’s political movement. Flávio is running against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s October election. The avatar even declared that prison could not…

Year-long programme links local deliveries with verified carbon removal, with UAE Mangrove Day marking its first major public activation Dubai, UAE – 28 July 2026: Quiqup, a UAE-based innovative e-commerce logistics provider, has launched its Eco-Friendly Deliveries initiative, a year-long programme designed to connect local last-mile deliveries with verified carbon removal, while supporting both regional climate projects and mangrove restoration efforts in the UAE. The programme kicked off on 1 July 2026 and reflects Quiqup’s continued focus on building more sustainable logistics solutions across the UAE. As part of its first major public activation on UAE Mangrove Day, Quiqup announced its…

Samsung’s foldables keep sneaking in these little quality-of-life wins, and this one might be my favorite yet. Redditor ultima40 discovered that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra now remember rotation lock separately for each screen. So if you fold and unfold your phone throughout the day, switching between the cover screen and the tablet-like inner display, your phone will keep track of how you like each one oriented.  Prefer landscape on the Fold 8 Ultra’s inner screen? Set it once, and it stays that way every time you open the phone, no need to touch the rotation…

Government-run dating apps sound like something out of a policy white paper. Tokyo built one anyway, and it’s already helping turn AI matches into real marriages (via Tech Xplore). So how does this app actually work? The Tokyo government launched Tokyo Enmusubi in September 2024, an AI-powered matchmaking app, with a pretty serious objective: combatting Japan’s plummeting birth rate. The idea came from a survey, which showed roughly 70% of people who wanted to marry simply weren’t actively dating.  To keep things on track, anyone joining had to prove they were legally single and pass an online interview before getting…

Samsung’s latest foldables can double as a USB webcam for your laptop. The Galaxy Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, and Flip 8 all support the USB webcam feature, which first debuted on Pixel phones back in 2023 before Samsung brought it to the Galaxy S26 series earlier this year. How webcam mode works Android Authority has confirmed the USB webcam option is available on all three new Galaxy Z series devices, making them the first Samsung foldables to offer the feature. As with the Galaxy S26 series, the option appears in the USB settings menu that can be accessed…