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By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 20, 2026 The next Snapdragon generation is coming Qualcomm Teases Two New Snapdragon Chips That Could Redefine Android Phones. The Android smartphone market is preparing for another major performance battle. Qualcomm has officially begun teasing its next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite processors, confirming that two new chips will be introduced at the company’s Snapdragon Summit in September. The company is calling the upcoming lineup “Dual 8 Elites”, suggesting that smartphone manufacturers will have two high-end options to choose from. Qualcomm’s teaser points toward improvements in connectivity and graphics performance, while the company is keeping most technical specifications…
By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 20, 2026 Tesla is taking another major step toward driverless transportation The idea of getting into a car with no driver behind the wheel is moving closer to becoming an everyday reality. Tesla’s Robotaxi operation in Austin, Texas, appears to have entered a new stage, with tracking data indicating that recent rides have been completed without a human safety monitor inside the vehicle. According to The Verge, all 170 tracked Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin over a recent two-week period were operating unsupervised. The development comes as Tesla prepares for the expected launch of its dedicated…
AI Is Becoming a Cybersecurity Threat of Its Own — and Companies Are Racing to Catch Up By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 20, 2026 The cybersecurity game is changing For decades, cybersecurity followed a relatively predictable pattern. Hackers discovered vulnerabilities. Security researchers investigated them. Companies released patches. Security teams monitored networks. And humans made the most important decisions. Artificial intelligence is now beginning to change that equation. The latest generation of AI agents can perform increasingly complicated technical tasks, including analyzing code, identifying vulnerabilities and attempting to exploit weaknesses. That has created a new problem for the technology industry: What happens…
By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 20, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers targeted in a sophisticated social-engineering campaign. Why cybersecurity researchers were targeted Cybersecurity conferences attract some of the world’s most experienced security professionals. Events such as Black Hat and DEF CON bring together researchers, hackers, security companies and technology executives. That creates an attractive environment for attackers. Instead of randomly sending millions of phishing emails, an attacker can identify a relatively small group of highly valuable targets. Researchers may have: In other words, one successful attack can potentially provide much more value than thousands of ordinary phishing attempts. The attack began on social…
By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 20, 2026 Google is trying to change the relationship between AI and publishers For years, the basic relationship between Google and online publishers was simple. A user searched for something. Google displayed links. The user clicked one of those links. The publisher received a visitor. That model helped create the modern web. But artificial intelligence has changed the equation. Instead of simply showing a list of links, search engines can now provide users with direct AI-generated answers. That can be convenient for users. For publishers, however, it creates a serious problem: If users get the answer…
By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 20, 2026 YOUR NEXT AMAZON PACKAGE COULD FLY Amazon’s decade-long drone dream is finally getting serious For more than a decade, Amazon has promised that packages could one day arrive at customers’ homes not by truck, but by air. Now that futuristic idea is getting much closer to becoming an everyday reality. Amazon has announced plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery service to approximately 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, dramatically increasing the program from its current 11 operating locations. The announcement represents a major escalation of Amazon’s long-running experiment…
By TheTechSpot Editorial TeamAugust 19, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO — Google is making another enormous bet on artificial intelligence hardware. Alphabet’s Google has struck a major agreement with Marvell Technology to help develop customized AI chips, in a deal that could reshape the increasingly competitive market for the hardware powering today’s AI boom. Under the agreement, Google will receive a warrant allowing it to purchase up to 58.97 million Marvell shares at $206.58 each, potentially making Google one of Marvell’s largest shareholders. The deal could generate as much as $120 billion in revenue for Marvell through fiscal 2033, although that figure…
By TheTechSpot August 19, 2026 Apple may have accidentally revealed one of its strangest products yet. A short promotional video discovered inside a pre-release version of macOS Tahoe 26.7 appears to show Apple’s long-rumored AirPods with built-in cameras. And within hours, the leak was everywhere. The video appears to demonstrate a new version of Apple’s Visual Intelligence technology, allowing Siri to use visual information from the earbuds to understand what the wearer is looking at. The idea sounds futuristic — and slightly unsettling. Instead of taking out an iPhone, pointing its camera at an object and asking Siri what it…
