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Samsung’s Z Fold8 Ultra and Flip8 Put London on Camera
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Z Fold8, and Z Flip8 camera-tested London landmarks after July 2026 Unpacked, showcasing 200MP capture, Nightography, and…
Google’s Pixel 11 Fold changes how Android apps adapt
Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 5 push Android developers toward adaptive layouts, on-device Gemini Nano 4, and one-handed Wear…
Cloudflare ships tools to run AI agents at scale
Cloudflare's Agents Week rolled out a runtime, dev lifecycle, and access controls for AI agents, bundling the pieces developers need to ship…
Gemini 3.7 Flash halves Google’s Flash API price
Google's new Flash model lands three weeks after 3.6, with sharper coding and document scores and an introductory rate of $0.75 per…
Google brings one-handed gesture API to Wear OS 7
Google's Wear OS 7 ships a new gestures framework and Compose API so developers can add pinch and wrist-flick controls without touching…
Windows 11 Release Preview builds land on three insider tracks
Windows 11 Release Preview builds land on 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1 on 14 Aug — taskbar repositioning, compact mode, and KB/MB/GB file…
Jetpack Compose 1.12 adds mesh gradients, HDR, faster tests
Jetpack Compose 1.12 is stable with mesh gradients, wide color gamut, Credential Manager sign-in, and side effects up to 90% faster for…
Cloudflare can now flag AI agent traffic across company networks
Cloudflare's Gateway now spots AI agent tool calls on managed networks and reveals when staff skip approved portals to reach servers directly.
Solar eclipse cut Europe’s web traffic by up to 47%
A total solar eclipse briefly cut Europe's web traffic by up to 47% as millions watched the sky. Cloudflare's data shows the…
Google’s Media3 1.11 gives Android media apps new tools
Media3 1.11 from Google adds Compose player slots, PlayerPool short-form video preloading, modernized Cast routing, and safer MediaSession defaults.