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Commodore Callback 8020 Preorders Surpass 10,000: The Flip Phone Blocking Social Media

Preorders for the Commodore Callback 8020 have surpassed 10,000 units, according to company statements and independent trackers as of early August 2026. The flip phone, designed to block social media apps and web browsers at the system level, opened for preorder on June 30 at a starting price of $399, as reported in the X post reporting the 10,000-unit preorder milestone. Hypefresh previously covered...

US Schools Add Pepper-Spraying Drones to Combat Active Shooters

A short video circulating on X has drawn heavy attention this week. It shows a compact blue-and-black drone racing through a school cafeteria, weaving past tables and closing in on a mannequin in a neon shirt. The clip, shared by media accounts including @raphousetv2, has fueled claims that schools are already fielding flying weapons against shooters. The footage is a real product demonstration, not...

Pope’s Official Prayer App Leaks Data of Over 700,000 Users

Click to Pray, the Vatican’s official prayer platform launched by Pope Francis himself, just got caught in a classic tech face-palm. A security researcher going...

Chick-fil-A Urges Customers to Reset Passwords After Hackers Breach Accounts

Millions of Chick-fil-A fans who rely on the popular Chick-fil-A One loyalty program for mobile orders, rewards, and easy payments should check their inboxes...

Website Transforms Live Wikipedia Edits Into an Endless Digital Skyscraper

Watching the world's largest encyclopedia grow, brick by brick, in real time not as lines of text on a screen, but as a towering...

French Startup Invents 40-Gram Drone That Hunts Mosquitoes Mid-Air

A French engineering team has developed an autonomous micro-drone system capable of detecting, identifying, and destroying mosquitoes in flight while leaving other insects untouched,...

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Theft of Secret Product Data

Apple, the iPhone maker has sued OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and led by CEO Sam Altman, alleging that it systematically stole trade secrets...

Ford Rehires Over 300 Human Engineers as AI Fails to Match Skills

Ford Motor Co. is quietly reversing course on its heavy bet on artificial intelligence in vehicle engineering. Years spent chasing efficiency through machines have...

Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger Permanently Banned from Editing Site

Larry Sanger, the co-founder who named Wikipedia and helped draft its foundational policies on neutrality and sourcing in 2001, has been permanently banned from...

Sacramento Police Disarm Suspect Using Drone in First-of-Its-Kind US Operation

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies carried out the first known drone-assisted disarmament of an armed suspect in the United States when they flew a compact...

New $499 Dumb Phone Blocks Social Media & Web Browsers

Commodore is bringing back the flip phone — with a modern twist designed to combat digital overload. The newly announced Commodore Callback 8020, set to...

Tiny Drone: China Unveils Mosquito-Sized Micro-Drone

A viral video shared by NEXTA on X has millions buzzing: a tiny metallic drone, no bigger than a mosquito, perches on a person's...

High-Profile Instagram Accounts Hijacked via Meta’s AI Support Chatbot

A security flaw involving Meta's AI-powered support chatbot reportedly allowed hackers to take over a number of high-profile Instagram accounts over the weekend, exposing...

BYU Students Build Experimental Car That Gets 2,145 MPG

An engineering group at Brigham Young University in Utah shocked the Internet world recently after showcasing an experimental car that runs on only one...