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Your Pixel 11 just got a personal assistant that actually makes calls on your behalf

It’s designed to make general calls to businesses on your behalf and converse with the person at the other end, ready to make it so you don’t have to speak to another person, if you don’t want to. Equally, shop staff…

Pixel 11's Call For Me feature begins preliminary rollout

Google has had an AI-driven Hold for Me feature available for several generations of the Pixel smartphone. Starting today, the company's AI will be able to handle an entire phone call for some routine business tasks.…

AI boom could wipe 230 million budget phones a year from the market

The latest forecast from Counterpoint Research spells dark skies for sub-$200 pocket 'puters, with shipments expected to fall by around 40 percent between 2025 and 2030, removing more than 230 million devices a year from…

Google Maps on Android Auto rolls out real-time stop sign and traffic light alerts

Upcoming signs rollout ahead That’s changing now. Using Google Maps with Android Auto, 9to5Google spotted an indication ahead of an intersection of either a stop sign or turn signal ahead that displays as a pop-up within…

Formula 1 looks at 3.0 L V8 turbos and smaller hybrids for 2030

We’re not even a full year into the new regulations, and Formula 1 is already thinking hard about its next iteration, set to be introduced as early as the start of 2030. This was supposed to be a big year for F1, with…

G20 needs a new approach to tackle the changing world order

The world is a remarkably different place since the UK last hosted the G20 in 2009. Back then, it led a collective response to the 2008 financial crash, mobilising more than US$1 trillion (£740 billion) to rebuild…

More than one in three illicit drug samples contain unexpected substances, testing finds

More than one in three samples submitted to the Welsh Emerging Drug Identification Service (Wedinos) where the buyer had said what substance they believed they had purchased, contained something other than what they…

Someone went shopping in ASUS's eShop – for customer data

The PC maker disclosed the incident in an email sent to customers, first reported by KitGuru , in which it said had identified "unauthorized access to part of the Asus eShop environment," although exactly when that…

Why winter cold spells are getting milder

But as the climate changes, rising average temperatures will affect the severity of extremely cold weather like this . In our latest study , my colleagues and I have considered how cold spells – defined as extended…

Women have been priests in Sweden since 1960 – but the battle for gender equality in the Church continues

For many, it has been a welcome shift that recognises the importance of female leadership at all levels – both ecclesiastical and secular. But some within the Church took issue with Mullally’s accession. For example, the…