The influencer in this Vodafone ad isn’t real
Anyone familiar with the AI slop on Pinterest should recognize how unnatural that hair is. I opened TikTok while visiting Germany last week and stumbled across a Vodafone ad being…
Ford introduces F-150 Lightning STX to replace XLT trim
It hasn’t been the greatest year for the Ford F-150 Lightning, with sales so far this year down nearly 10 percent as compared to last year. In the hopes of…
Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany
Uber and one of its many robotaxi partners, Momenta, will test fully driverless cars in Germany next year. The news comes as Europe continues to lag behind the US and…
Google finally details Gemini usage limits
Until very recently it wasn’t clear what usage limits were placed on Gemini at the various tiers. Thankfully Google has finally updated its Help Center article detailing “Gemini Apps limits…
Pocket Scion is a synth you play with plants
A few years ago, artist Modern Biology became a viral sensation when he posted videos of himself controlling a modular synth with mushrooms on TikTok. Pocket Scion gives anyone similar…
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is as bleak as it is hilarious
No Other Choice. At my second day at TIFF 2025, the longest line I saw wasn’t for a movie: it was for the Criterion Closet. The space is housed in…
Super Robot Wars Y plays just like a kid’s giant robo fanfiction
When I was 16 years old, I wrote my first fanfiction. It was a crossover fic where the cast from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy gave the anime dog…
Bluetti says it can reduce vanlife power installations to ‘30 minutes’
The RVSolar System living its best vanlife. | Image: Bluetti It only took three years, but Bluetti is following EcoFlow’s lead with a fully integrated power system of its own…
Herdling is a serene and adorable way to unwind
A screenshot from Panic’s Herdling game. | Image: Panic / Okomotive Herdling is a slow game about herding fuzzy animals through a vibrant natural world. That may not sound particularly…
First look: Dyson’s Spot+Scrub Ai robot seeks out stains
The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai is the first robot vacuum mop from the company and the first to use a multifunctional dock. The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai Robot is the company’s first…
Silicon Valley’s most powerful alliance just got stronger
Eddy Cue deserves a raise. As the executive overseeing Apple’s services division, he’s highly incentivized to protect the tens of billions of dollars a year that Google pays to be…
Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube
YouTube is getting “hundreds” of full classic Sesame Street episodes beginning in January 2026. Once the episodes are available, “YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content,”…
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement
In what’s potentially the first major payout to creatives whose work was used to train AI systems, Anthropic has reached an agreement to pay “at least” a staggering $1.5 billion,…
Microsoft 365 Personal is now free for US college students for a year
Microsoft is giving away Microsoft 365 Personal subscriptions to all US college students. This subscription gives students free access to Microsoft’s Office apps and the Copilot AI assistant integration for…
Circle to Search adds continuous translation
Google has announced a pretty major upgrade to the convenience of the translation built into Circle to Search on Android, which will now continue translating as the content on-screen changes.…
OnePlus and Hasselblad are parting ways
The OnePlus 13 will likely be the last OnePlus phone to feature a Hasselblad logo. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau announced on the company’s user forums today that its five-year partnership…
Xbox engineer brings Windows Mixed Reality headsets back to life
Windows Mixed Reality headsets in 2018. | Image: Getty Images Windows Mixed Reality headsets were left in a non-functional state last year, after Microsoft suddenly discontinued the platform with its…
Qualcomm teams up with BMW for hands-free driving
Qualcomm is joining forces with BMW on a new driver-assist system that will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel on approved roads. Qualcomm, which supplies infotainment, driver-assist,…
Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976
After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of…
Huawei’s second trifold adds stylus support and purple pleather
Huawei has announced the Mate XTs, its second-generation trifold phone, which is available to order now in China. It’s only a minor upgrade on the first edition, but comes with…
Roborock graduates from vacuuming your house to mowing your lawn
Roborock, a company best known for its robovacs, is entering a new product category: robot lawnmowers. During the IFA 2025 tech conference, Roborock took the wraps off a trio of…
Roborock’s Curv 2 Pro can drop its mop pads to keep your carpets dry
Roborock is launching an updated Qrevo Curv robot vacuum that offers an impressive 25,000 Pa of suction power — topping the 18,500 Pa available with last year’s model. That’s not…
Samsung’s new party speakers are less subtle than ever
The ST50F may have wheels, but can it do a kickflip? Samsung may be partly to blame for unleashing the party speaker upon the world — its Giga line launched…
AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it
LG’s FURON AI Agent powers the company’s smart home AI ambitions. | Image: LG The holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing – technology that disappears into the…
IFA 2025: the biggest tech and gadget announcements
IFA, the European tech trade show equivalent to CES in the US, is just around the corner. Companies are gearing up to showcase their latest innovations, bringing us the latest…
Acer gives its 18-inch Predator Helios gaming laptop a 4K screen and top GPU
It looks just like the current Predator Helios 18 laptop, but the new 18P model has a 4K screen and even higher-end graphics. Acer is refreshing some of its gaming…
The PartyBox 720 is JBL’s largest battery-powered party speaker
The PartyBox 720 can run on battery power, allowing you to blast music without being tied to an outlet. JBL has expanded its lineup of flashy Bluetooth speakers with three…
Google Play Games is about to show people what you play
The update starts rolling out globally in September. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The…
The best Labor Day TV sales
Yes, even this 98-inch mode is discounted. | Image: TCL Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, which is a bit sad, but it’s a great time to…
Is AI the end of software engineering or the next step in its evolution?
The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of “The Monkey’s Paw,” a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes,…