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Marvel Recreated the Entire Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Brick by Brick, and the LEGO Version Somehow Feels Bigger
Marvel just released an official LEGO version of the first full Avengers: Doomsday trailer, and the whole thing runs shot for shot against the live-action cut that dropped in July. Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Studios, and the LEGO Group built it together as part of their “All Moments Lead to Doomsday” campaign. Real cast voices stay in place, including Robert Downey Jr. delivering Doctor Doom’s lines. The result lasts almost exactly as long as the original, missing only the final countdown clock, and it pulls off a level of precision most fan stop-motion attempts never reach.
It starts the usual way: a tattered sign for Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters sits in the dirt. Then Doctor Doom’s voice booms in over the debris, “Something’s coming. Something we may not be able to deter. Before this day is done, we shall be faced with an unthinkable decision.” The sign, being LEGO, is aged but still legible, while the surrounding clutter is built of LEGO bricks that catch the light and appear slightly cleaner than the real thing. Professor X has just come and is shielding his eyes from a beam of light in the sky. In LEGO form, the blast of light is significantly sharper and brighter, resembling a spotlight, as opposed to the soft glow in live-action.
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Doctor Doom appears shortly after, his hood, mask, and green robes simply placed into a minifigure that appears to have been designed to be knocked into a shelf the moment you take it out of the box. The LEGO lighting keeps everything in place, and the molded features on his armor are as clear as crystal. The trailer then shifts to the New Avengers Tower. Thor leads the Fantastic Four into a meeting with Sam Wilson, Bucky, Scott Lang, and the rest of the team. In this LEGO rendition, the set designers used the new 76352 New Avengers Tower model as a backdrop, meaning the real skyscraper is made of LEGO bricks rather than being generated digitally. Characters are loosely clustered together – the Fantastic Four on one side and the New Avengers on the other – and they all behave similarly to the live-action version, listening as Thor begins to speak.
Just before the finale, Thor fights Doctor Doom on a battlefield of toppled statues, swinging Stormbreaker down at Doom but freezing the axe’s descent with one extending finger. In LEGO, that’s a rather clean moment, as the plastic ax comes to a halt in mid-air against the molded gauntlet, and the relative scale of the two figures makes the power disparity between them feel quite immediate. “But mark my words, we’re going to need a miracle,” Thor says. He turns. Steve Rogers walks into frame in a casual outfit, calls for Mjolnir, and catches it. “Hey, pal.” Thor’s reply is the same quiet disbelief: “It’s not possible.”
The entire thing is made up of pieces from the new Doomsday LEGO wave, so we get to see the Quinjet and the New Avengers Tower in the mix. Essentially, the surroundings serve as product previews. And in the center of important scenes are new minifigure designs for characters who have yet to appear in official LEGO sets, giving the impression that there would be a plethora of new builds. The live-action trailer aimed for subdued browns, yellows & greys, but the Lego version pushes those colours open wide so you can actually see what’s going on, especially in the brighter Wakanda things. Strangely, it makes a few of the fight moments appear faint. That’s basically the only noticeable difference in tone.
Amazon raised the price of its own devices overnight on 21 August. The increases run to 60% on the cheapest product in the range, and they were not announced.
Fortune reported the change across the hardware line. Pocket-lint had reported the Fire TV increases earlier the same day. Amazon confirmed the rises and blamed memory and storage costs.
What Amazon said
Kristy Schmidt, senior communications manager for Amazon Devices and Services, gave The Verge the statement the company issued to every outlet that asked.
“The consumer electronics industry is facing significant increases in memory and storage component costs,” it reads. “After absorbing these increases for as long as we could, we recently adjusted pricing across our product lines. Our approach has always been to offer great products at accessible prices, and that commitment hasn’t changed.”
Amazon told Fortune it will run promotions across the lineup through the year.
The speakers
The Echo Dot went from $49.99 to $79.99. That is a 60% rise on the cheapest way into Amazon’s smart home range.
The Echo Spot rose from $79.99 to $109.99. The Echo Dot Max, which launched last year, went from $99.99 to $119.99. The Echo Show 8 rose to $199.99, the Echo Show 11 to $249.99, the Echo Show 15 to $349.99 and the Echo Show 21 to $499.99.
The e-readers
The 16GB Kindle went from $109.99 to $149.99, a rise of about 36%. The 16GB Kindle Paperwhite went from $159.99 to $199.99.
The streaming sticks
Pocket-lint listed the Fire TV range in full. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max rose from $60 to $85. The 4K Plus went from $50 to $70, the 4K Select from $40 to $50, and the HD model from $35 to $40.
The largest single increase in dollars was the Fire TV Cube, which went from $140 to $200. That device does not appear in the table The Verge published.
The Wi-Fi kit
The eero 7 three-pack rose from $349.99 to $399.99. The eero Pro 7 three-pack went from $699.99 to $799.99. Both are increases of about 14%.
What did not move
Ring cameras and video doorbells kept their prices, according to Fortune and The Verge. So did the Echo Studio, Amazon’s $219.99 speaker.
The Verge notes that Google has held the Home Speaker at $99.99. Pocket-lint notes that Google has held the TV Streamer at $100.
How the change was made
Amazon issued no announcement. Pocket-lint’s reporter found the increase by opening the Amazon app and noticing that the Fire TV Stick 4K Max was listed at $85.
Price history shows the Fire TV rises took effect across the board on 21 August, according to Pocket-lint, which contrasts that with Apple and Roku announcing theirs in advance.
Roku did this in July
Roku raised streaming device prices by up to 60% last month, and gave the same reason. The desk covered that increase on 26 July.
Engadget puts the Roku rises at up to $50.
The others who have raised prices
Apple raised Mac and iPad prices in June. Chief executive Tim Cook called the situation “a 100-year flood on memory pricing”. The desk covered the MacBook Air rise on 3 August. Apple also moved the HomePod Mini to $129 from $99.99 this summer.
Microsoft is raising Xbox console prices by $100 to $150 depending on the version, Fortune reports, and has stopped selling the 2TB configuration. Dell, HP, Lenovo and Asus have raised prices or cut the memory in their products.
The same squeeze in other categories
Nvidia’s largest customers were told that servers containing its AI chips will cost more than 15% more. The desk covered that rise on 22 August.
Chinese carmakers say printed circuit boards and multilayer ceramic capacitors are 20% to 30% short globally. The desk covered the carmakers’ shortage on 22 August. Xiaomi’s profit fell again last quarter as memory costs pushed up what its phones cost to build, which the desk covered as the memory crunch on 19 August.
Where the shortage started
The squeeze traces back to demand for memory from AI data centres. Counterpoint Research has warned that the surge threatens supply of broadband routers and set-top boxes, the same class of device Amazon has just repriced.
Two of the repriced Fire TV models, the 4K Select and the HD, run Vega OS, the Linux-based operating system Amazon introduced to replace Android on its cheaper hardware.
What Amazon told investors about memory
Andy Jassy raised the company’s capital expenditure guidance in late July. Amazon now expects to spend $220bn this year, up from a prior estimate of $200bn, mostly on data centres, and Jassy attributed part of the increase to higher memory costs.
He also told investors the company would not “have enough capacity to meet all the demand we have in 2026”, and added: “I believe this dynamic will also be true in 2027, too.”
Amazon Web Services took $42.2bn in the second quarter, up 37% from $30.9bn a year earlier. Jassy called it the fifth consecutive quarter of accelerated growth.
What the coverage does not settle
Amazon has not said how long the new prices hold, or which components drove which increase. It has not explained why Ring and the Echo Studio were left alone.
The two published price tables do not fully match. The Verge lists thirteen products with percentage changes. Pocket-lint lists five Fire TV models, including a Cube increase the other table omits. Neither is Amazon’s own list, because Amazon did not publish one.
The company has a device event coming this autumn, Fortune notes.
One number is worth holding lightly. The 60% headline applies to a single product, the Echo Dot. Most of the range moved between 11% and 25%, on The Verge’s figures.
Mexican jumping beans have long intrigued people with their capacity to twitch and hop across a table when touched by a hand or exposed to sunlight. A little moth larva within a hollow seed pod is responsible for the motion. Heat drives the larva to pull on silk threads, propelling the entire pod into rolls, flips, and short hops in search of cooler shade. Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology’s Bioinspired Soft Robotics department have developed a robot that exhibits the same restless behavior without the usage of motors, batteries, circuits, or an onboard computer.
BeanBot the device is an electronics-free, entirely untethered marvel, as its movement is powered by some very fascinating temperature-responsive polymers that change shape when heated. However, those tweaks will not get the robot very far since the magic happens when the body begins to bounce, press, and slide against whatever surface it is sitting on. The beauty is that different surfaces yield completely diverse effects. On one terrain, the robot is on a rollercoaster ride, jumping and soaring. On another, it’s a death-defying stunt show, flipping end over end. Elsewhere, it’s a pleasant cruise, sliding and rolling around the ground. Even a slight slope will cause it to ascend, or the robot will pick itself up and dust itself off after a tumble. The publication reporting this discovery refers to all of this as “stochastic locomotion,” which results from the robot’s interaction with its environment.
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The design of BeanBot is fairly simple. Heat activates the actuators; that’s it. The geometry and friction will take care of the rest. There is no complicated programming telling the robot what move to make next. It’s all decided in real time by a combination of material response and physical contact. It’s like a small tadpole inside a real jumping bean, with no notion what the ground is like or what will happen next; all it wants to do is get away from the heat. The ultimate result is a gadget that can continue to operate in a variety of situations when wires become tangled and batteries run out.
Tests demonstrate that the thing can handle a wide range of surfaces and slopes, and that if it falls over, it can recover and continue moving. Furthermore, because there are no electronics, the whole thing remains lightweight and durable. Researchers are already considering utilizing large numbers of these robots to replace one or more traditional machinery. Consider a swarm of them released into a tough outdoor setting or a cramped inside space, with each one hopping and rolling around on its own, adapting to whatever its local surroundings are, and not requiring any central boss to tell it what to do.
BeanBot is not a super robot because it is neither the strongest or fastest thing on the market, but its true worth rests in demonstrating that effective motion can be created by just combining the correct materials and shape with the right surface. The Mexican leaping bean has been doing this for generations, and the Italian team has recently given it a modern body that operates on demand.
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Feature-packed smartwatches are expensive, so when a discount comes around, it certainly stands out.
You can now get the Amazfit T-Rex 3 for £188.99; that’s the lowest price we’ve seen this watch drop to since Prime Day.
Amazfit’s Garmin rival gets a serious discount, saving 32%
For only £188.99, this deal gets you a rugged smartwatch with weeks of battery life and built-in GPS, while also saving £90.91.
Rugged outdoor watches with military-grade certification and multi-week battery life rarely fall this far, since most rivals with comparable build quality and GPS accuracy still sit above the £250 mark even during major sales.
The T-Rex 3 wraps a 316L stainless steel bezel around a body rated to withstand 70 degrees of heat and temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees, the kind of engineering that turns a broken heatwave or a sudden mountain frost into a non issue rather than a reason to leave the watch at home. That same resilience carries into the water, where the watch holds a 100 metre water resistance rating and is certified for freediving to a depth of 45 metres, meaning a pool session, a coastal swim, or a proper dive all sit comfortably within what the T-Rex 3 was built to handle.
Battery life stretches to 27 days of typical use and up to 180 hours in GPS Long Battery Life mode, a serious gap between the T-Rex 3 and most touchscreen smartwatches that still need a nightly charge just to survive a single workday. Free global, contour, and snow maps also come loaded onto the watch, paired with dual-band GPS across six satellite systems for a fast connection, giving hikers and cyclists precise turn-by-turn navigation without a subscription or patchy signal in unfamiliar terrain.
All those maps and metrics still need to be seen clearly outdoors, which is where a 1.5 inch AMOLED display peaking at 2,000 nits comes in, backed by Night Mode for glare after dark and Glove Mode for touchscreen use through gloves 2mm thick.
For only £188.99, you are getting a rugged Garmin rival with military-grade toughness, weeks of battery life, and built-in GPS mapping.
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Apple is wasting little time following the recent record-breaking “Ted Lasso” season premiere, with production on a fifth season to begin in early 2027.
“Ted Lasso” recently had its fourth season premiere, which drew nearly 300 million U.S. viewing minutes across its first two days. It has officially become the biggest launch for Apple TV to date.
Now, it seems like Apple’s ready to get the ball rolling on season five. According to Sigmund Judge, production is provisionally set to kick off in January.
Judge suggests that season 5 of “Ted Lasso” could return to the small screen as soon as 2027. Of course, that assumes that production hits no snags.
Initially, the series was slated to end after the third season. However, after much negotiation with Jason Sudeikis, who plays the titular Ted Lasso, Apple announced that the series would return for a fourth season.
Recently, Sudeikis said he’d like to see the series get two more seasons. Apple’s own Eddy Cue seems content to keep the series on for the foreseeable future, signing the cast to a three-year contract in 2025.
China has delayed its ambitious Chang’e 7 lunar mission until at least 2027 after scrubbing an August 24 launch. Poor weather conditions were likely a factor, with China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) saying the decision reflects the need for “absolute safety.” Scientific American reports: China and the U.S. are in a race to send humans back to the moon, a feat that that U.S. accomplished in the 1960s and that has never been achieved by any other country. Chang’e 7 is to play to a crucial part in China’s ambitions: the probe is designed to search for frozen water in the Shackleton Crater, a pit that spans some 21 kilometers (13 miles) and sits beside the lunar south pole.
No spacecraft has ever landed in that region, which scientists consider to be among the likeliest places to find water on the moon. Locating water that can be used by humans is vital to establishing any long-term lunar presence. NASA and China are eyeing the region to establish a crewed base — and because this real estate is so precious, it matters who gets their first. Ars Technica notes in its reporting that the delayed launch was “most likely” due to Typhoon Narra, “which has 45 mph winds (equivalent to a moderate Tropical Storm) and continues to meander around in the waterway separating Hainan Island, where the spaceport is located, and mainland China.”
As for why the next launch window won’t open until next February or March? “It likely is a combination of factors, including sunlight conditions in polar landing zones as well as the mission plan that requires a 90-day lunar orbit reconnaissance before landing,” reports Ars. There’s also a possibility, albeit an unlikely one, that “some technical issue was discovered at the last minute with either the complex Chang’e 7 payload, or the rocket.”
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Upgrading to a new Android phone in 2026? With so many options from the likes of Samsung, OnePlus and Honor, you’re absolutely spoilt for choice, but if you prioritise the software experience above all then the latest Google Pixel phones are made with you in mind.
While Xiaomi phones are great for cameras, and the latest Oppo and OnePlus devices are renowned for their impressive battery life, Pixel phones are better recognised as solid all-rounders. Just like the best Samsung phones, Pixel phones place more of an emphasis on ecosystem than most other Android devices, but that’s exactly why they can be so alluring to iPhone users.
The aforementioned stock Android features practically no bloatware beyond Google’s own-brand apps, and the continued improvements to Google Gemini mean that Pixels have one of the best AI suites around. Google’s AI platform can instinctively react to what you’re looking at onscreen, such as immediately offering up an answer to a question you’ve been asked over WhatsApp.
Thanks to Google’s computational processing, Pixel phones are also known for their impressive photography skills, particularly when it comes to capturing skin tones in a natural way. All of these aspects are exactly why Pixel handsets regularly feature in our round-ups for the best phones overall as well as the best camera phones.
To see if the latest Pixels are good enough to replace their predecessors, our tech experts will use them as their main handset for at least a week, testing out the camera and battery in real-world scenarios, whilst also utilising benchmarking tests to see how well the chipsets compare to the competition. Only the Pixel phones that clear the bar for our high standard of quality are then featured on this list.
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Best Google Pixel phone at a glance
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/deals/de/sqEvery Google Pixel phone included in the below list has been properly tested and used for an extended period by one of our product experts. We don’t review phones based purely on specs or a manufacturer’s claims – we use them as our everyday device for at least five days and usually for much longer. Our review process includes a mixture of real-world tests, along with more than 15 measured tests and industry-standard benchmarks. We believe this gives the most rounded view of a device.
Lovely colour choices
Reliable triple camera setup
Great to still have a top-end Android this size
Some properly useful Gemini additions
Rambler is great
Poor GPU performance
Gets warm in use
Base model only has 12GB RAM
Not all Gemini features in the UK
If you want the best Google Pixel phone around right now, the Pixel 11 Pro is the one to beat. It isn’t going to win any prizes for gaming, but the camera work and AI toolkit are strong enough to more than compensate for that shortcoming.
Around the back you get a triple-camera setup consisting of a 50MP main sensor, a 48MP ultrawide and a 48MP telephoto. Google has reworked the image pipeline with a new ISP baked into the Tensor G6 chipset, alongside a suite of software tweaks.
Then there’s what Google has done with Gemini. Magic Capture can fire off photos and video automatically when it spots a moment worth grabbing, and a teleprompter feature overlays text on the screen for you to read while you’re recording. It’s the kind of feature that sounds like a gimmick, but it’s really not.
All of this runs on the Tensor G6, a chip Google has clearly tuned for AI workloads rather than raw processing grunt. It comes with a beefier TPU, and Gemini Nano runs noticeably quicker on-device as a result. As with previous Tensor chips, the GPU is where things fall down, and demanding games will stutter under sustained load with the phone running noticeably warm in the process. Away from gaming, there’s a lot to love here, and this is particularly true for iPhone users considering a switch to Android. If you want a more compact flagship and are happy with the trade-offs that come with it, the Pixel 11 Pro is worth a close look.
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Superb high resolution display
Excellent triple cameras
Solid battery life
Slick Android software with seven years of updates
Big and heavy
Tensor chip can’t cope with top tier games
AI can be tiresome, if ignorable
Incredibly expensive
The Pixel 11 Pro XL is the most expensive non-folding Pixel Google has ever made, starting at £1279/$1299, so the question of whether it earns that premium is a fair one. The short answer is that it mostly does, and for those already deep into the Google ecosystem, it’s a compelling package.
The biggest story here is Gemini. Google’s AI platform is more deeply embedded in the software than it has ever been before, changing how you interact with the phone at every level. It fields questions directly from the home screen and powers the new Rambler voice-to-text feature. It’s worth noting that some of the more advanced Gemini features are US-only, but even with those caveats, this feels like a step forward for AI on a Pixel handset. Photography remains Google’s strongest suit, and the Pixel 11 Pro XL keeps the same triple-camera configuration as its predecessor: a 50MP main sensor alongside a 48MP ultrawide and a 48MP 5x telephoto. The combination delivers sharp, punchy images regardless of whether you’re shooting in bright midday sun or low-light conditions, and it continues Google’s strong track record when it comes to accurate skin tones and reliable point-and-shoot results.
The 6.8-inch OLED display is another highlight, hitting 3600 nits at peak brightness, which makes it a great screen for streaming.
Where things get more complicated is the Tensor G6 chipset. It handles AI tasks brilliantly and breezes through everyday use, but it can’t match the raw performance of the Qualcomm and MediaTek processors found in rival flagships at this price. Serious mobile gamers will likely find it wanting.
Strip away the premium asking price and the GPU limitations, and the Pixel 11 Pro XL still delivers on everything that makes a Pixel worth buying: clean stock Android and a build that feels suitably premium. SQUIRREL_PLAYLIST_10208684
Really solid, durable build for a foldable
IP68 is the highest dust-water resistance in a folding phone
Gorgeous, colour-rich displays with great stereo sound
It’s big and heavy
Underpowered compared to competitors
Zoom and ultrawide cameras are underwhelming in lower light
It’s no secret that Google’s range of foldable phones didn’t have the smoothest start, particularly as it entered a space largely dominated by Samsung and with plenty of great alternatives available from the likes of Honor, but the Pixel 10 Pro Fold now feels like the phone that Google always wanted to make. For all the foldable fans out there, this is a great option to consider in 2026.
The main thing that separates the 10 Pro Fold from the competition is its unparalleled durability. We’re talking full IP68 dust and water resistance which, for a form factor that has always had an underlying element of concern regarding long-term durability, is a big win. There’ll be no need for a minor panic attack if you spill a drink over the 10 Pro Fold as you can just dry it off and get straight back to using it.
Unlike other brands, Google has doubled down on its more squat build for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and what this means is that you have a foldable phone that fits quite comfortably in one hand. The smaller 6.4-inch external display is perfect for just whipping out of a pocket and quickly interacting with apps like Spotify or WhatsApp, without needing to break out the larger display. However, with an almost square-like eight-inch display inside, the 10 Pro Fold is perfect for a bit of productivity and multitasking on the go. For instance, when doing a spot of research and writing, you can have Google Docs open on one side and Google Chrome open on the other, and it all works brilliantly. The fact that it all runs on the clean aesthetic of stock Android is even better.
At the time of its release, the 10 Pro Fold is also the only foldable phone of any kind that features magnetic Qi2 charging. Branded by Google as Pixelsnap, this helpful concept lets you attach the 10 Pro Fold to MagSage-compatible accessories such as wireless power banks or phone holders in your car. All of this makes the 10 Pro Fold far more versatile than the competition, and especially helpful for a quick battery top-up without having to bring cumbersome cables with you.
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Pixel software is fluid, customisable and feature-rich
Reliable camera performance in the daytime
Bright, vibrant display is great for media consumption
No LTPO display on a nearly £900 phone is hard to stomach
Battery life isn’t amazing
Performance not significantly better than the Pixel 10
The Google Pixel 11 finds itself at a crossroads. For years, the standard Pixel was the most sensible way to buy into the lineup, sitting at a friendlier price point than its Pro siblings. That’s shifted with the Pixel 11, which now starts at £879, with 256GB of storage set as the new baseline in a clear attempt to soften the increase. What saves it is the software. Google’s take on Android remains the best version of it going: clean, playful, easy to live with and customisable.
The Tensor G6 chip reinforces that by turning the Pixel 11 into one of the most AI-forward handsets you can buy right now. Gemini writes your replies, summarises your emails and threads itself through pretty much every corner of Google’s apps.
The display is a treat, too. A 120Hz OLED panel that doesn’t quite match the Pro on paper still looks bright, punchy and honestly great for daily scrolling and catching up on content.
Combine that with the 5x telephoto lens and Google’s computational photography skills and you have a strong case for the Pixel 11 being the most point-and-shoot friendly camera phone on this list right now. There are caveats worth knowing about. The headline AI features are still locked to specific regions, so depending on where you are, some of those Gemini-powered tricks may not be accessible.
Raw performance also trails what Samsung and Apple are putting out at the top end by a decent margin, which is worth keeping in mind if intensive gaming is a priority. But if clean software and a genuinely capable camera are what you’re after, the Pixel 11 still has a strong argument to make.
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Completely flat rear
Flagship-level AI features
Great camera performance
Too many similarities with Pixel 9a
Older Tensor G4 chipset
Bezels remain relatively thick
No PixelSnap support
If your first thought when laying eyes on the Pixel 10a is that it looks almost identical to the previous-gen Pixel 9a then don’t worry, you’re no alone. As far as upgrades go, the Pixel 10a is far more iterative than what we’ve seen from Google’s mid-range handset, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty to love about it. For starters, in what is sure to be a boon to anyone who’s tired of having their smartphone cameras bulging from their pockets, Google has done away with having a camera bump completely. Instead, the two rear-facing cameras now sit flush within the device itself to create a completely smooth backing that just feels great in the hand.
The display has also been given an upgrade here, reaching a new peak brightness of 3000 nits, which makes the phone a lot easier to use outdoors. You won’t be squinting when trying to read Google Maps directions on the Pixel 10a. The display is more resistant as well, now using Gorilla Glass 7i to better withstand scratches over time.
Of course, the real reason why you’d want to buy the Pixel 10a over competing mid-rangers like the Samsung Galaxy A56 or the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro are the cameras onboard. Thanks to Google’s computational processing, its mid-range phones consistently put out the type of photos that can oftentimes outdo handsets at the flagship end of the market.
The biggest omission here is definitely the Pixelsnap feature that allows for magnetic wireless charging and is available on every other phone in the Pixel 10 range. There’s also a case to be made that if you’re tied to a strict budget then you’ll be able to find the Pixel 9a for even less nowadays, but the 10a will be supported for a bit longer into the future, making it more of a solid investment. SQUIRREL_PLAYLIST_10208265
None of the phones included in our Best Pixel Phone list comes with a charger in the box, so you’ll have to provide your own. They all come with a USB-C cable and work with the PD charging standard.
Google’s Tensor chipset is very capable and plays games just fine in our tests. You will, however, get better GPU from more recent phones with Apple’s A-series chips or a recent 8-series Snapdragon version.Learn more about how we test Google Pixel phones
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Test Data
Google Pixel 11 Pro
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold
Google Pixel 11
Google Pixel 10a
Geekbench 6 single core
2420
1605
2317
2657
1753
Geekbench 6 multi core
5852
4766
6251
7326
4551
Geekbench 6 GPU
7759
7912
–
7642
8803
Geekbench 7 single core
2083
1438
–
2282
–
Geekbench 7 multi core
6177
4731
–
6856
–
Geekbench 7 GPU
–
7561
–
–
–
3DMark Solar Bay
–
–
–
19.3 fps
–
AI performance
–
–
–
4883
1287
1 hour video playback (Netflix, HDR)
–
–
7 %
–
–
30 minute gaming (light)
–
–
5 %
–
–
Time from 0-100% charge
110 min
107 min
–
90 min
98 min
Time from 0-50% charge
47 Min
40 Min
–
28 Min
31 Min
30-min recharge (no charger included)
35 %
37 %
–
54 %
49 %
15-min recharge (no charger included)
17 %
16 %
–
27 %
19 %
3D Mark – Wild Life
–
–
3328
3215
2608
3D Mark – Wild Life Stress Test
21 %
–
–
74.4 %
91 %
GFXBench – Aztec Ruins
–
–
49 fps
–
–
GFXBench – Car Chase
–
–
52 fps
–
–
Full Specs
Google Pixel 11 Pro Review
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL Review
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold Review
Google Pixel 11 Review
Google Pixel 10a Review
Manufacturer
Google
Google
Google
Google
Google
Screen Size
6.3 inches
6.8 inches
8 inches
6.3 inches
6.3 inches
Storage Capacity
256GB, 512GB, 1TB
256GB, 512GB, 1TB
256GB, 512GB, 1TB
256GB, 512GB
128GB, 256GB
Rear Camera
50 MP wide, 48 MP ultrawide, 48 MP telephoto
50MP main, 48MP 5x telephoto, 48MP ultrawide
48MP + 10.8MP + 10.5MP
48MP + 10.8MP + 13MP
48MP + 13MP
Front Camera
42MP
42MP
10MP
10.5MP
13MP
Video Recording
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IP rating
IP68
IP68
IP68
IP68
IP68
Battery
4850 mAh
5115 mAh
5015 mAh
4985 mAh
5100 mAh
Wireless charging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Fast Charging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Size (Dimensions)
71.9 x 8.4 x 152.7 MM
x x INCHES
150.4 x 5.2 x 155.2 MM
72 x 8.6 x 152.8 MM
73 x 9 x 153.9 MM
Weight
204 G
226 G
258 G
197 G
183 G
Operating System
Android 17
Android 17
Android 16 (Material 3 Expressive)
Android 17
Android 16
Release Date
2026
2026
2025
2026
2026
First Reviewed Date
19/08/2026
24/08/2026
08/10/2025
20/08/2026
04/03/2026
Resolution
1280 x 2856
1344 x 2992
2076 x 2152
1080 x 2424
1080 x 2424
HDR
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
120 Hz
120 Hz
120 Hz
120 Hz
Ports
USB Type-C 3.2
USB-C 3.2
USB-C
USB-C
USB-C
Chipset
Google Tensor G6
Tensor G6
Google Tensor G5
Google Tensor G6
Google Tensor G4
RAM
12GB, 16GB
12GB, 16GB
16GB
12GB, 16GB
8GB
Colours
Canyon, Olive, Fog, Obsidian
Olive, Black, Canyon, Fog
Moonstone, Jade
Frost, Pistachio, Hibiscus, Obsidian
Obsidian, Fog, Berry, Lavender
Stated Power
–
–
30 W
30 W
30 W
UK RRP
£1079
£1279
£1749
£879
£499
USA RRP
$1099
$1299
$1799
$899
$499
EU RRP
€1199
€1399
–
–
–
CA RRP
CA$1755
CA$1799
–
–
–
AUD RRP
AU$1849
AU$2099
–
–
–
I recently took over testing for our guide to the best gaming headsets, but before that, I purchased our top pick in March, with my own money, for $100. I’ve used it every day since. Right now, three of the four available color options are on sale. SteelSeries’ Arctis Nova 3P usually fluctuates between $110 and $90, so while $90 is still a decent price, snagging one of the less expensive color options, like white, makes the deal even better.
SteelSeries
Arctis Nova 3P Wireless
The Arctis Nova 3P works seamlessly with PC and most consoles. Note that the Xbox version will work with PlayStations, but the PlayStation version won’t work with Xbox. Both versions are on sale (pick your version just below the price) and will work wirelessly or wired with computers, phones, and Nintendo Switch. I’ve tested quite a few headsets, and I have yet to find one I like more than this one. The battery lasts for around 35 hours for me. The mic sounds clear. The ear cups are supremely comfortable, and the whole headset is lightweight. My only gripe is that the pop cover on the mic seems to come off easily, but that also might just be user error. (I shake my head a lot while gaming due to my teammates—not at all my own actions.)
It can be a little tricky to swap between devices (like from a console to your phone to your PC again) if you aren’t using the USB-C dongle every time, but it’s not so cumbersome as to warrant an unenthusiastic recommendation. I’ve never used the app, but it has presets for different games like Fortnite or Grand Theft Auto.
Alternatively, you can get the cheapest price by picking up the aqua color for $60 at Woot (an Amazon-owned discount store). Woot is trustworthy, but by purchasing there, you’ll only get a three-month warranty instead of the standard one-year warranty. Either way, I think this headset offers fantastic value at full price. Picking it up for less is a no-brainer if you’re in the market.
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The FDA has cleared the first Alzheimer’s blood test for symptomatic patients as young as 40. The test measures amyloid and tau biomarkers from a single blood draw and identified positive biomarkers with 97.6% accuracy in a validation study. New Atlas reports: PrecivityAD2 is a single blood test that quickly assesses the proteins amyloid and tau, using mass spectrometry to measure plasma AB42/40 and p-tau217/np-tau217. The results are then scored, qualifying as negative, likely positive, or positive for AD. “Just over a year ago, there were no FDA-cleared blood tests for Alzheimer’s, and now we have three,” Isobel Coleman, chief executive officer of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), said in a statement. “This is a proof point that sustained, early investment in translational science plays a catalytic role in moving promising ideas from the lab to patients.”
In a recent clinical validation study, 1,142 symptomatic adults were tested using PrecivityAD2. The process accurately identified 97.6% of positive biomarkers. What’s more, the results remained consistent even in patients with comorbidities like chronic kidney disease and diabetes, which can distort plasma amyloid samples. It’s worth noting that the test isn’t intended for general health screenings, but for patients who already show some cognitive decline. “As PrecivityAD2 and tools like it move further into clinical practice, they will enable earlier detection, sharpen clinical trials, and build the foundation for precision medicine and combination therapies,” Coleman added.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
If you want to cancel your subscription, you’ll need to go through the same payment system you used to sign up.
Canceling a ChatGPT subscription only takes a few clicks. But if your goal is to quit ChatGPT entirely, stopping the recurring charge may be only one part of it. You might also want to delete your account, keep new chats out of model training or simply stop paying for features you no longer use. Canceling the subscription handles only the billing, so the right next step depends on what you actually want to stop.
Reasons to reconsider a paid ChatGPT plan
A paid plan makes the most sense when you regularly run into the Free tier’s limits or rely on tools reserved for higher tiers. If that’s no longer true, paying every month gets harder to justify. One option is ChatGPT Go, a lower-cost paid tier that OpenAI now offers in every country where ChatGPT is supported. Spending less doesn’t necessarily require giving up a paid plan altogether.
AI subscriptions have another unusual wrinkle: the product can change while you are paying for it. OpenAI retired GPT-4o from ChatGPT on February 13, 2026, after previously restoring it when some Plus and Pro users said they preferred its conversational style. For someone who subscribed partly for access to a particular model, that’s a reminder that a paid AI service can change substantially from one month to the next.
Features and price aren’t the only reasons someone might reconsider a paid ChatGPT plan. After OpenAI’s February 2026 agreement with the US Department of Defense to deploy its models on the department’s classified network, Sensor Tower data reported by TechCrunch showed US ChatGPT app uninstalls jumping 295 percent day over day. OpenAI later amended the agreement to explicitly prohibit domestic surveillance of US persons and said its services would not be used by Defense Department intelligence agencies such as the NSA without a new agreement. The Sensor Tower figure measures app uninstalls, though, not paid subscription cancellations.
How to cancel your ChatGPT subscription
For a personal subscription purchased on chatgpt.com, log in, select your profile icon, open Settings, choose Billing and select Cancel under Cancel plan. OpenAI recommends canceling at least 24 hours before the next billing date to avoid another charge.
If you subscribed through Apple, open the iPhone Settings app, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select ChatGPT and tap Cancel Subscription. On Android, open Google Play, make sure you’re signed in with the Google account used for the purchase, then go to Subscriptions > ChatGPT and tap Cancel subscription. Uninstalling the app does not cancel an App Store or Google Play subscription.
If you can’t find the cancel option, first check where you originally subscribed. Web, Apple and Google subscriptions are managed separately, and OpenAI warns that it’s possible to end up with more than one active subscription across those platforms. If you have lost access to the ChatGPT account or its email address, OpenAI support can also cancel the subscription after locating the account using the email address, the last four digits of the payment card and the date of the most recent payment.
What canceling a ChatGPT subscription does and doesn’t change
Canceling the subscription stops future renewals, but it doesn’t delete your OpenAI account or erase existing chats. Standard chats remain saved to your account until you delete them, so canceling a paid plan is not the same thing as removing your data.
Whether your chats are used for model training is controlled separately. Under Settings > Data Controls, turning off Improve the model for everyone prevents new conversations from being used to improve OpenAI’s models while leaving those conversations in your history. Temporary Chats are another option for individual conversations: they don’t appear in history or get used to improve the models, and OpenAI says it may keep a copy for up to 30 days for safety purposes.
Deleting your OpenAI account is separate from canceling the subscription. Account deletion is permanent, prevents access to OpenAI services and triggers deletion of account data within 30 days, apart from limited information OpenAI may retain where required or permitted by law. If Apple or Google is billing you, cancel the subscription through the relevant app store before deleting the account.
What happens after you cancel ChatGPT
Canceling doesn’t remove paid features immediately. OpenAI says the cancellation becomes effective the day after the next billing date, so you can keep using the paid plan through the current billing period.
Canceling also doesn’t automatically result in a refund. If you subscribed through chatgpt.com or Google Play, you can request one through OpenAI’s Help Center. App Store refunds must be requested directly from Apple. For chatgpt.com and Google Play purchases, accidental purchases are generally eligible for a refund if you contact OpenAI within 14 days of the charge.
Customers in the EU, UKand Turkey are also eligible for a prorated refund if they cancel within 14 days of purchase.
Once the paid period ends, your account remains available along with any chats you haven’t deleted. Canceling the subscription stops the recurring payment without requiring you to decide whether to keep using ChatGPT.
New York-based General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents to move through space and time, is in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Equity Partners, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Existing investors including Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst are also participating in the round. The fresh funds would come just weeks after General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation.
The news confirms earlier reporting on the deal for what is becoming one of the hottest startups tackling physical AI.
CEO Pim de Witte spun out General Intuition last October from his video game clip-sharing platform Medal, using its hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay and “action labels” — records of which buttons a player pressed and when — as an initial dataset.
Investor Vinod Khosla recently told TechCrunch that he believes those action labels will be a key part of the “emergence of intuition,” or the ability for a model to truly generalize across tasks that it wasn’t explicitly trained on.
General Intuition is still finalizing the round, and a source close to the deal said that it is oversubscribed as the startup continues to field interest from investors. The company intends to use the funds to focus to improve its general model with a focus on robotic embodiments. That means spending more on compute infrastructure (the company has a partnership with neolab CoreWeave) and hiring more talent.
Valor Equity Partners is known for backing SpaceX. TechCrunch has reached out to confirm its investment in General Intuition, which would be the first AI lab the fund has invested in since SpaceX.
This story is developing. Please check back in for updates.
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