|
Lead / Consumer
|
|
Google's Pixel 11 launches today with real prices - starting at $899, up from last year
|
|
Google officially unveiled the Pixel 11 series on August 12, 2026, with the base model starting at $899 - a $100 increase over last year's Pixel 10. However, Google eliminated the 128GB storage tier, so the entry-level Pixel 11 now comes with 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM. The lineup includes four models: Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the book-style Pixel 11 Pro Fold, all powered by the Tensor G6 chip. The camera system has been significantly upgraded, the base model features a 48MP wide camera, 13MP ultrawide lens, and 10.8MP 5x telephoto camera capable of up to 30x Super Zoom. Pre-orders are open now, with general availability starting August 20, 2026.
|
|
Read more →
|
|
|
Markets / AI Infrastructure
|
|
Nvidia partners with six Wall Street giants to raise $500B, turning AI chips into a new lendable asset class
|
|
Nvidia has signed preliminary agreements with six Wall Street firms - Apollo Global, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and KKR — to raise over $500 billion for AI infrastructure financing. This partnership aims to turn AI chips into a "bankable, investable asset class," with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang describing them as "AI factories." The financing will help Nvidia customers including frontier AI labs, enterprises, and AI clouds - access capital to build data centers and computing infrastructure. Morgan Stanley projects so-called "hyperscalers" will spend $3.5 trillion on AI infrastructure between 2026 and 2028.
|
|
Read more →
|
|
|
AI Security
|
|
OpenAI splits cybersecurity access into two tiers days after flagging its next model for "critical" hacking risk
|
|
Days after flagging its next model for "critical" hacking risk, OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity program into two access tiers: Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red. Daybreak Blue strips cyber-related safety filters off GPT-5.6 Sol for vetted defenders, while Daybreak Red grants access to GPT-5.6-Cyber, a new model purpose-built for exploit validation that completes 95% of cybersecurity requests, up from the previous model's 57.4%. OpenAI recently paused work on a more advanced model called Astra after concluding it could independently identify and build working exploits against zero-day vulnerabilities without human direction.
|
|
Read more →
|
|
|
Space
|
|
SpaceX targets a historic Starship flight this month - its first attempt to catch the ship back on land
|
|
SpaceX is aiming to launch Starship Flight 14 by the end of August 2026, with plans to attempt the first-ever catch of the upper stage using the launch tower at Starbase, Texas. The July 24 Flight 13 test was a major success, the upper stage completed a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean and remained intact, giving SpaceX confidence to attempt the recovery maneuver. Flight 14 will also be the first to deploy operational payloads into orbit, the initial batch of V3 Starlink satellites. SpaceX has already demonstrated successful tower catches of the Super Heavy booster on three occasions, but the 171-foot upper stage has never been recovered this way.
|
|
Read more →
|
|
|
That's it for today. See you tomorrow.
|
|
Ternautics Media
|
|
|
