News Ειδήσεις: 26 Ιούλιος 2025 - 27 Ιούλιος 2025

November 23, 2025, 6:22 PM EST. Hidden in a public beta of Google's Phone app, Android may soon let callers attach a brief reason for dialing. The feature, dubbed Expressive Calling (also rumored as Call Reason), would show a notification on the recipient's screen with a quick label like Catch up, Quick question, News to share, or It's urgent, each with an emoji or icon. In emergencies, it could override Do Not Disturb for trusted contacts, though safeguards against abuse remain unclear. How it works for users not on the Phone by Google app or on non-Google Android devices is still a question. No official release has been announced yet, even as Google rolls out Pixel updates that add call recording and AI features to Messages.

November 23, 2025, 6:20 PM EST. Android Authority spotted Google Phone beta (version 201.0.833052069) showing a feature codenamed Expressive Calling that lets you mark an outgoing call as important. Users can attach a short text to the call, and recipients may see a Call Reason to decide if they should answer immediately. The feature reportedly offers four preset urgency messages: 'It's urgent!', 'News to share', 'Catch up', and 'Quick question'. Calls and messages appear via RCS and would require the app to request SMS permissions. On the receiving end, the feature is expected to be able to bypass DND; Google will likely spam-proof it before public release.

November 23, 2025, 6:18 PM EST. Bloomberg reports that Tesla is being sued in federal court in Washington state over a January 2023 Model 3 crash that killed Wendy Dennis and seriously injured Jeffery Dennis. The complaint alleges a unique and defective door-handle design can render doors inoperable after a crash, impeding rescue efforts, and accuses the company of negligence and misleading customers. It cites a fire linked to the vehicle's low-voltage battery and argues the car abruptly accelerated and the emergency braking failed. The case adds to a broader wave of lawsuits scrutinizing electric door controls after multiple incidents involving Teslas, including a Cybertruck and another Model S crash. Tesla did not immediately comment. The litigation underscores ongoing scrutiny of EV safety, door systems, and fire risk.

November 23, 2025, 6:14 PM EST. An AI app promises to create a talking avatar from minutes of footage to help people remember loved ones, sparking viral backlash. Critics call it dystopian, manipulative, and an attempt to profit from grief, fearing digital replicas could substitute real connection. The piece argues that grief is a human process, not a problem for technology to solve, unfolding during the Acute Loss Period when ceremony and community matter most. A hologram may offer momentary comfort, but it cannot replace the healing that comes from storytelling, shared tears, and meaningful endings. AI will continue to shape mourning, yet true meaning comes from real relationships, not digital immortality.

November 23, 2025, 6:12 PM EST. The article critiques a Bloomberg Opinion claim that shifting from Chinese-made drones to American alternatives is a necessary pain for national resilience. While vulnerability to a rival tech supply is real, treating the pain as only economic misses the operational reality of public safety. The 'pain' translates to missing persons, longer firefighting efforts, shuttered small businesses. The author presents a Utah search-and-rescue scenario: with a DJI Mavic 3 Thermal, a missing hiker is found in 90 minutes; with American-made drones costing $15-$20k, 25-minute batteries, in a fixed-budget system, agencies might run a single craft, delaying searches by hours and risking lives. The piece argues that the policy shift has tangible, life-or-death consequences beyond dollars.