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XPeng’s New ‘Budget’ EV Looks Like the Ferrari Luce

Smart Styling

XPeng’s New ‘Budget’ EV Looks Like the Ferrari Luce

Jeremy White

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

Hard Pass

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

Reece Rogers

Finally Settled

OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead

Julian Chokkattu

Can Bose Help Skullcandy Shake Its Bargain-Bin Reputation?

Mega Bose

Can Bose Help Skullcandy Shake Its Bargain-Bin Reputation?

Julian Chokkattu

Plex Keeps Getting Worse. Is Jellyfin a Decent Replacement?

Plexit

Plex Keeps Getting Worse. Is Jellyfin a Decent Replacement?

Justin Pot

Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool

Fresh Face

Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool

Reece Rogers

Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi

Mobility Rights

Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi

Aarian Marshall

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption

Drive My Car

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption

Aarian Marshall

Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27

Digital Well-Being

Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27

Julian Chokkattu

The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers

Motor Control

The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers

Boone Ashworth

Slate’s Gray $25,000 Truck Just Got a Crayola Makeover

Color Us Happy

Slate’s Gray $25,000 Truck Just Got a Crayola Makeover

Jeremy White

Self-Driving Cars Are Interfering With First Responders. Feds Aren’t Happy

Call to Action

Self-Driving Cars Are Interfering With First Responders. Feds Aren’t Happy

Aarian Marshall

The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement

Right to Repair

The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement

Boone Ashworth

Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory Quirk

Free 99

Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory Quirk

Aarian Marshall

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Copy Cat

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Reece Rogers

Remote Control

Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone

Reece Rogers

These New Smart Glasses From Solos Come With a Privacy Shield for the Cameras

Private Eye

These New Smart Glasses From Solos Come With a Privacy Shield for the Cameras

Boone Ashworth

Bentley Reveals Its First Electric Car Amid the Wreckage of the Luxury EV Market

Charging Forward

Bentley Reveals Its First Electric Car Amid the Wreckage of the Luxury EV Market

Jeremy White

This Buried Apple Feature Turns an iPhone Into the Perfect Kids’ Dumb Phone

Child’s Play

This Buried Apple Feature Turns an iPhone Into the Perfect Kids’ Dumb Phone

Jeremy White

All Your Favorite Gadgets Are Getting Way More Expensive … Again

Price Hike

All Your Favorite Gadgets Are Getting Way More Expensive … Again

Boone Ashworth