US bill would overcharge EVs to pay for road damage they aren’t doing
US bill would overcharge EVs to pay for road damage they aren’t doing

Lawmakers have proposed yet another punitive tax on EVs, attempting to balance road budgets solely on the back of the ~2% of vehicles that are responsible for a vanishingly small percentage of road damage. Meanwhile, gas taxes haven’t gone up since 199…

Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons
Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons

It’s not just you – the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons, leaked last month, are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning. Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being […]

Sony is raising short-subscription prices for PlayStation Plus
Sony is raising short-subscription prices for PlayStation Plus

Sony is hiking the starting price of one-month and three-month PlayStation Plus subscriptions in “select regions,” blaming “ongoing market conditions.” Beginning May 20th, 1-month subscriptions will start at $10.99 USD / €9.99 EUR / £7.99 GBP, while 3-month subscriptions will start at $27.99 USD / €27.99 EUR / £21.99 GBP. In the US, the changes […]

Musk says Tesla unsupervised FSD will be ‘widespread’ in the US by year-end — again
Musk says Tesla unsupervised FSD will be ‘widespread’ in the US by year-end — again

Elon Musk claimed that Tesla’s unsupervised “Full Self-Driving” will be “widespread in the US by the end of this year” during a virtual appearance at the Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv today. Tesla currently operates fewer than 30 unsupervised robot…

BYD delays flagship electric SUV launch as preorders surge to over 100,000
BYD delays flagship electric SUV launch as preorders surge to over 100,000

The luxury three-row electric SUV has a driving range of up to 590 miles (950 km) and can recharge in as little as 5 minutes with BYD’s new Blade Battery and Flash Charging system. In China, it starts at under $37,000, but there’s one problem — BYD can…

Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts
Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts

Alexa Plus, Amazon’s upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on “virtually any topic,” according to an announcement on Monday. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk about, allowing you to steer the conversation […]

Google’s Gemini might be testing weekly limits, and free users won’t love it

Google may be quietly testing stricter usage limits inside Gemini, and it could change how “free” AI tools actually feel going forward. A newly spotted screenshot hints at a future where unlimited chatbot access might finally come with strings attached…

Ford bets on 5 new vehicles, including EVs and Bronco, to spark Europe comeback
Ford bets on 5 new vehicles, including EVs and Bronco, to spark Europe comeback

Ford will introduce five new vehicles, including an electrified Bronco and several new EVs, as part of its plans to revive the struggling brand in Europe.

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Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports
Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports

Linux founder Linus Torvalds said in his most recent state of the kernel post that “the continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the same things with the same tools,” as The Register reports. That probably doesn’t apply to stuff […]

Starlink raises prices across satellite internet plans
Starlink raises prices across satellite internet plans

Starlink is raising prices across its satellite internet plans in the US – including Standby Mode – with the cheapest 100Mbps Residential plan going from $50 to $55 / month, as reported earlier by PCMag. Meanwhile, Starlink’s 200Mbps residential plan has jumped from $80 to $85 / month, while the Residential Max plan went from […]