Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test
Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming. Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing door sporting, steering wh...
Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI
Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood's biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train...
Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air's thinness and lightness - and in the process, it cops another laptop's name. The Acer...
Dell’s newest laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo
Dell's new Dell 14S laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo: it comes in four colors, is aimed at students, and it starts with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of ...
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work
Anthropic says its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguar...
Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario
Apple Maps has officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The company joins Google in re-labeling ...
iRobot has announced a new flagship robot vacuum, which it will showcase at IFA in Berlin this week, the company's first big tech trade show in years....
Lenovo’s 2-in-1 Yoga 7i is a great Labor Day deal at $750
Best Buy is celebrating Labor Day all week long with big deals, including a deep discount on the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1, taking its original $1,1199.99...
OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack
After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model ...
On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great
Sonos unveiled a bunch of new stuff today at its open house event. There's the $699 Beam Ultra soundbar and the $449 Ace Ultra headphones, plus severa...
Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy
As he steps down from his post as Apple CEO today, Tim Cook leaves behind a mostly positive environmental record. As far as billionaire tech moguls an...
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face was recently attacked by OpenAI - after it lost control of its own AI tools - or by a succes...
John Ternus sends first memo as Apple CEO teasing a ‘huge launch next week’
New Apple CEO John Ternus sent out his first staff memo, thanking his predecessor Tim Cook, and quickly turning to what the company will do next, repo...
Apple is pushing for "expedited discovery" in its legal battle against OpenAI over concerns the company is actively destroying evidence, as reported e...
MrBeast’s fans aren’t too hot on reading, apparently.
HarperCollins probably dropped a pretty penny to get Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson and James Pattterson to collaborate on their newly-released novel, The ...
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hits its lowest price since launch
If you missed the release promotions for the recent round of Samsung Galaxy phones, you’re in luck. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is $300 off at B...
GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’
GoPro suddenly looks like a very different company than it did just last week. First, YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach became the company's single...
John Deere is testing a new "JD" AI assistant that it says can help farmers make more money, with answers about best practices and historical trends t...
Homey just made the smart home controller I hoped Apple would build
Smart homes have gotten really good at making things really complicated. Turning on a light can involve multiple steps, compared to just flipping a sw...
Google has a new suite of creative design tools for Workspace users called Google Pics, which aims to make editing and generating "professional-grade"...
Shelly’s new $50 security camera watches your home without a subscription
After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera today that can b...
Google Find Hub will soon help you locate things without a tracker
Google announced new features coming to Android devices as part of this month's feature drop update. Among the highlights are the introduction of Moti...
Sonos introduces new headphones, soundbar, and software in its biggest announcement in years
At an event in New York City, Sonos announced two new audio products - the Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and Sonos Ace Ultra headphones, details of which ...
Tim Cook’s legacy isn’t just phones, it’s politics
As much as any Apple product released during his time as CEO, Tim Cook's tenure will be remembered for its ruthlessly efficient tight-rope walk betwee...
Florida is banning Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers across state highways, as reported earlier by NBC News and local news outle...
JBL takes on Sonos with new multi-room Cove speakers
JBL is well known for its portable bluetooth and party speakers, but now it's also stepping into the world of connected whole-home audio. The JBL Cove...
The Wi-Fi 8 standard is far from finalized, but TP-Link is almost ready to release its first hardware targeting the next-gen spec. It unveiled the Arc...
IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements
Every year over 200,000 people descend on Berlin for IFA, the largest tech trade show in Europe. Some of the world’s biggest manufacturers turn up to ...
For the first time since 2011, one of the world's most valuable companies has a new leader, as today marks John Ternus' first day as Apple's CEO. He's...
