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GM is entering the energy storage market with a sodium-ion battery to challenge Tesla's 82% market dominance. The cheaper, China-independent solution targets booming demand from AI data centers, though its launch is still years away.
Microsoft recently unveiled the Xbox Series X25, a 25th anniversary console featuring a transparent "OG Green" design that's winning fans over. Inspired by Nintendo's beloved transparent "Funtastic" N64 color variants from the...
Using the open-source Xash3D FWGS engine, developer Dante Leoncini ported Half-Life to a 2007 Nokia N95, achieving 30fps gameplay with working sound, weapons, and Bluetooth keyboard support.
macOS 27 Golden Gate hints at a 2027 MacBook Ultra via touch-enabled Sidecar, pull-to-refresh gestures, and a Dynamic Island-style pill-shaped Siri interface.
Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery company, is expanding to seven more U.S. cities through Walmart, targeting a network of 270+ locations by next year. With over 1 million deliveries completed and top customers ordering three times...
A young boy asleep, a faint glow from the Triforce in his palm. That's nearly all Nintendo showed when it unveiled a full remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, coming exclusively to the Switch 2 in 2026. The teaser...
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xTool's new M2 is a compact desktop tool starting at $549 that combines laser cutting, engraving, and optional CMYK inkjet color printing on wood, paper, and canvas. Its 20W laser cuts 10mm thick wood, while ink cartridges cost...
Instagram is now letting all users rearrange posts on their profile grid, rolling out widely on Android and iPhone as of June 8th. Previously, posts were locked in chronological order, with only three posts allowed to be pinned...
Google employee Cari Spivack launched the tech shuttle program in 2004 simply to avoid traffic, but the buses multiplied across San Francisco, sparking protests and political battles. Activists in clown suits blocked buses, city...
A North Korean hacking group called UNK_DeadDrop is targeting software developers with fake job offers, mirroring tactics used by the infamous Lazarus group but with key differences. Instead of LinkedIn fake interviews, attackers...
Apple's revamped Siri can now manage tasks across apps — reading emails, planning events, and sending messages — without the user touching a screen. But this requires deep access to personal data, raising serious privacy and...
LocalCode lets Mac users describe tasks in plain English and get AI-generated command-line instructions—no memorization needed. It runs entirely on-device via Apple's Foundation Models framework, so no data leaves your machine.
Apple added a standalone Siri app in iOS 27 so users can easily revisit past conversations, while keeping Siri deeply integrated into the system experience.
Apple is rebuilding Siri with advanced AI, enabling it to handle complex requests, understand personal context, and take actions within apps across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Amazon has added a new AI-powered custom merchandise feature to its Alexa for Shopping platform, letting U.S. customers describe design ideas through prompts and have them printed on T-shirts, hoodies, tumblers, and more. The...
Apple unveiled Siri AI at WWDC 2026, finally delivering on promises made two years earlier. The upgraded assistant works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, using personal data to find information buried in emails, messages, and apps —...
Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate directly addresses apps like Google Gemini that secretly keep running after users quit them. The update changes the Dock indicator from a black dot to a gray dot for background-running apps, and...
Mockly's WhatsApp chat generator lets you create realistic fake screenshots using a 3D phone model. Customize names, avatars, timestamps, and wallpapers for direct or group chats, then export as PNG or video.
Elah is a browser-based video editing engine built on React that lets developers create full-featured editors supporting multiple aspect ratios — including vertical, horizontal, and square formats. It uses integer-frame timing...
Meta quietly removed hidden facial recognition code—dubbed NameTag—from its smart glasses app just one day after it was exposed, despite previously denying the feature existed. It could identify faces and build biometric profiles...
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is turning heads after AI researcher Ethan Mollick used it to generate fully playable video games — including a Snake clone and a game based on Rilke poetry — each created from a single text prompt....
Apple's iOS 27 developer beta contains hidden code referencing folding angles and multiple displays, strongly suggesting a foldable iPhone is coming this fall, potentially thinner than current Samsung foldables.
Windows 11 will soon let users turn off Bing web results in local search, a long-requested feature. Microsoft is also adding an option to exclude Microsoft Store apps from results. Local search will be faster, and bulk file...
Fashion has officially entered the final frontier. Prada and Axiom Space have unveiled a sleek, tube-lined cooling undergarment that NASA's Artemis astronauts will wear beneath their spacesuits on the moon, complete with the...