Google’s latest compact flagship, the Pixel 11 Pro, priced at $799 today (was $1,100), arrives with a 6.3-inch LTPO OLED that reaches 3,600 nits of peak brightness and keeps a fluid 1-to-120 Hz range, numbers that sit ahead of the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s 2,600-nit ceiling and match or edge the iPhone 18 Pro’s 3,000-nit outdoor peak.
Honda Racing Corporation USA unveiled its Passport Baja Spec Trophy Truck at a private downtown Los Angeles event, with the first public appearance scheduled for SEMA 2026 in Las Vegas from November 3 to 6 in the HRC booth. This purpose-built racer becomes the first hybrid-powered vehicle entered in the SCORE World Desert Championship top Trophy Truck class. A mid-mounted 2.4-liter twin-turbocharged all-aluminum V6 sits behind the cab and works with an 800-volt hybrid system to produce more than 1,300 horsepower.
Pavel Mamontov, known as Lensevision, marked three distinct symbols onto the blades of an ordinary desk fan and then spent time hunting for the exact rotational speed that would make those blades appear motionless to a video camera recording at 30 frames per second.
Boston Dynamics’ Spot spent years demonstrating careful, coordinated movements inside instrumented rooms, yet the real test has always been whether those same skills could survive once the ceiling cameras and external computers disappeared. Researchers at the RAI Institute have now answered that question by teaching the robot to upright, roll, and drag a 15-kilogram car tire across ordinary outdoor surfaces using nothing more than the depth cameras already mounted on its body and a compact computer riding onboard. The tire still outweighs what the arm alone can lift, so the legs, torso, and arm continue to share the load, only this time the entire decision process runs locally and continuously.
Sony just announced the ELF-MN1, a six-inch spatial reality display that shows characters, avatars, and objects in full depth right on a desk or side table, all without any special glasses or a headset. It joins the company’s XYN lineup of spatial tools and arrives in Japan on December 11 for an open price that lands around 54,000 yen, or roughly $342.89 at current rates. Demand has already outrun early expectations, so delivery may take longer than usual once orders open.