Worms, holes, and cracks reveal the technical weaknesses of image generators.
The occasional trillionaire is betting his company on a stripped down, camera-only, steering-wheel-free two-seater. How safe is safe enough?
Waymo’s top software executive didn’t directly name Tesla or Elon Musk in a new blog post — but his intentions were clear.
The company’s gold-tinted driverless car is central to Elon Musk’s dreams of robo-domination. But what if the software isn’t ready?
Mileage is flat, the number of vehicles are shrinking, and safety is an open question.
There’s no bezel, but there is still a bit of a frame.
No digital trickery to degrade image quality.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Project Swan concept is a little laptop that gives you a little more screen when you want it.
The company showcased new architectural lighting that’s designed to be seen.
OpenAI hasn’t provided a clear timeline for when subscribers will get access to the long-hyped Astra.
A report triggered concerns about a safety ‘race to the bottom.’
The GitHub-like open-source AI repository was last valued at $4.5 billion in 2023.
One of YouTube’s biggest creators has a new deal to promote Gemini and Google Health.
Local Data Mode is DJI’s answer to the first Romo’s security crisis.
iRobot’s Roomba Max 875 claims its new SealForce tech will drive out more dirt than suction alone.
Hands-on with Mova’s new V70 Ultra Complete and its mopping arm that cleans hard-to-reach spots.
You’ll have fewer robot floor cleaners to choose from and higher prices.
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The update is rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US over the next few weeks. When it arrives, Spark users can ask the AI agent to automatically search, organize, and curate photos and videos, and extract information from them to use elsewhere.
The first Project Zenith devices ship with AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo chips.
OpenAI hasn’t provided a clear timeline for when subscribers will get access to the long-hyped Astra.
The wireless OMVI 2i Ultra camera also has a built-in 6W solar panel that can keep the camera charged in 30 minutes of daily sunlight. It comes with an 8-megapixel wide-view camera that offers a fixed view of your yard, while a 5-megapixel pan-tilt camera can track and zoom in on activity.
Ugreen’s HomeAgent combines a NAS, a security camera NVR, and an on-device AI assistant in one box, maxing out with a $9,999 Nvidia Jetson Thor version.
And it’s not because of post-work cocktails. The Trump administration decided to mark 25 years of Xbox with a flagrant disregard for copyright. It would be funny, if not for the fact it’s all a promotion for a website full of mini games for deporting people.
In line with its pivot into wellness tech, Nanoleaf has launched a wraparound LED light therapy mask for your neck, which the company claims “is designed to reach deeper layers of the skin and support faster skin cell renewal.” It offers seven lighting modes and near-infrared wavelengths up to 1072nm.
The Nanoleaf LED Light Therapy Neck & Décolletage Mask costs $149.99.
In addition to improved AI capabilities that are better at understanding and translating longer multilingual conversations, Timekettle’s new $379 W4 Plus earbuds can translate videos from YouTube, Netflix, and other platforms while you’re wearing just one of the buds. Last year’s W4 required you to wear both, with one playing the original audio while the other played the translation.
The Xsnap 7 Pro’s four cameras include a pop-out wearable action cam and a night vision camera that can see in the dark.
A new floor lamp, outdoor smart lighting, and LED strip from Aqara support Zigbee and Thread.
You can slim down your portable storage if you don’t mind dealing with a proprietary USB-C cable.
The cat is out of the bag.
Tesla has 45 Cybercabs registered in Texas, though it’s unclear how many of them will be doing passenger trips.
Pablo Torre found out, and now the results of the NBA’s investigation are hammering the LA Clippers.
Right now, Tesla is holding a private event with a bunch of pro-Tesla influencers to celebrate the “launch” of its autonomous Cybercab vehicle. But in a break from the past, the company is not livestreaming the event. Several influencers posted on X that the company made them sign NDAs and barred them from posting any content until the event is over. Not really the sign of confidence a lot of investors were looking for!
The smart ring company filed for an initial public offering on Thursday, revealing over $1.4 billion in revenue between July 2025 and June 2026, along with 5 million paid members.
A new feature rolling out “over the next month” lets you leave comments by recording a 60-second voice memo. TikTok is also bringing polls, Live Photos, and photo carousels with up to nine images to the comments section.
The $149.99 MagFlow Pro is considerably more expensive than other 10,000mAh power banks.
An ad for the AI music generator Suno showed Blige interacting with an AI song that seemed to use her own voice, while calling the output “dope.” The singer received backlash for the ad online, and now a Suno spokesperson tells Variety that the company canceled the campaign because it didn’t get proper approval:
We entered into a business deal with someone who presented themselves as Ms. Blige’s official representative. As soon as we learned this was not the case, and that Ms. Blige was uncomfortable, we terminated the advertising campaign.
The series will reportedly delve into the origins of D&D’s most famous vampire, Strahd von Zarovich.
Apple’s big hardware event is coming next week. iPhones are the main draw, but senior reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has her eyes on the rumors around — what else? — smart home gadgets. Andrew O’Hara from the Smart Home Insider podcast joins Jen to fire up the Vergecast Rank-o-Matic and speculate on which rumored gadgets are most likely to see the light of day.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has worked to send tailpipe pollution policies to Congress to repeal. US District Judge Beryl Howell accused the EPA of “Orwellian doublethink.”
According to the company’s newly launched Robotaxi website, children under the age of 13 are not permitted to ride in the Cybercab — even if they’re riding with an adult. Kids between the ages of 8-13 are allowed in Tesla’s Model Y robotaxis, but only when riding with an adult. And those under 8 are not allowed at all. Even stranger, the Cybercab’s compliance documents (PDF) include detailed instructions for installing child seats. Which is it, Elon?
Fallout, your favorite post-apocalyptic RPG-turned-Amazon series, is now a Stern Pinball machine. You can play as Lucy MacLean, The Ghoul, or Maximus. There’s a functional vault door and a Pip-Boy displays important game information. There’s even a V.A.T.S. cannon that shoots the ball targets on an upper playfield.
The reversal reportedly came one day after Meta’s sweeping settlement.
We also found discounts on a Ring video doorbell, the Sonos Sub 4 subwoofer, and the Dbrand Killswitch 2.
The announcement comes one day after New York City, the nation’s largest school system, unveiled similar restrictions. But LA’s goes even further, imposing the one-year restrictions on high schoolers, too.
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It says in a new report that global temperatures are probably going to climb 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial averages soon. We’ll have to cope with catastrophes the UN had previously hoped to avoid, like the “submersion of Small Island Developing States and low-lying coastal cities,” while continuing to cut down and capture CO2 emissions to prevent even worse damage.
Privacy screen protectors that appear black when viewed to the side aren’t new. Neither are ones that display logos or messages. But I’m tickled by the “Intimacy Shield” from Joi AI. The pitch makes its screen-dimming effect seem like a breakthrough, though I guess it gets credit for injecting some corny graphic T-shirt energy into the screen protector space.
That’s part of a vulnerable apology by Nex CEO David Lee for the current state of Starri, one of the Nex Playground’s most popular games. Its recent 2.0 update “missed the mark,” according to Lee, who wept while reading stories of how its changes disrupted family time around the motion-controlled console.
Microsoft is trying once again to tempt people without an Xbox into its ecosystem.
The new cloud gaming hourly restrictions come nearly a year after all Game Pass subscribers got cloud access.
Charming celeb interviewer Amelia Dimoldenberg announced today that she’ll be wrapping her viral Chicken Shop Date video series with a few final dates. Will Andrew Garfield swoop in to sweep her off her feet before the shop closes for good? We can only hope.
According to Omdia, Apple has canceled plans for 16.1-inch and 18-inch foldable MacBooks, as well as 14.4-inch and 16.1-inch OLED models. But Omdia also says Apple’s adding a new 13.8-inch OLED MacBook that will sit between the MacBook Air and an OLED MacBook Pro.
The AI voice features provide a hands-free way to fetch information, summarize, and transcribe.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Project Swan concept is a little laptop that gives you a little more screen when you want it.
PAIR is designed to get your desktop and laptop working together on local AI tasks when not in use.
Nvidia’s N1X laptop will ship in two different configurations for laptops and mini PCs.
