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Honda’s decision to put Yoichiro Fukao in charge of its F1 power-unit project from October is a planned handover with an urgent backdrop. Aston Martin’s problem is not merely finding horsepower: it is turning combustion, energy recovery, controls and chassis behaviour into one usable package.
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Samsung is extending Gemini-powered food recognition and a newer Tizen interface to eligible Family Hub refrigerators already in kitchens. The useful change is not a talking fridge: it is whether a costly screen appliance can keep becoming more useful after purchase, without pretending its camera is infallible.
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Google’s newly GA Gemini 3.8 Live pair separates quick conversational turns from longer, tool-heavy work. Extended Thinking can keep speaking while it reasons and waits for asynchronous tools—but that promise also changes how developers must build, test and signal completion in a voice interface.
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Google’s September Pixel Drop brings on-device Scam Detection into Gboard on Pixel 6 and newer phones in the US, while widening notification warnings to nine additional countries. The important shift is not another warning badge; it is catching a scam at the moment somebody starts to answer it.
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George Russell says he is no longer realistically in the 2026 title fight after Kimi Antonelli extended the gap to 81 points in Madrid. Mercedes should resist treating that as a neat internal settlement: its established driver is still central to how the team develops, defends and converts Antonelli’s lead.
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Apple has released iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and its other annual platform updates. The important buying and updating detail is the split between broad OS support and the much narrower hardware list for Siri AI and Apple Intelligence.
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Perplexity Portable Computer is now available on compatible Windows RTX PCs, moving multistep agent work closer to the files it needs. The privacy pitch is compelling; the 24GB VRAM floor means this is a workstation feature, not a normal-laptop upgrade.
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Samsung has added the Galaxy S26 family to its Certified Re-Newed programme while the phones are still current flagships. The official warranty and fresh battery make that more than a used-phone listing—but local pricing, stock and what "renewed" includes still decide whether it is a smart buy.
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Madrid's new Grand Prix circuit delivered a demanding qualifying challenge but little wheel-to-wheel racing. With organisers now promising changes for 2027 after FIA feedback, the important question is not whether to make the layout faster or slower, but whether its longest straight can finally end in a corner where two cars can genuinely compete.
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