Philips Hue’s smart lights are getting a connectivity upgrade
Philips Hue’s smart lights are getting a connectivity upgrade

Philips Hue has announced a connectivity upgrade for its Matter-over-Thread-enabled smart bulbs that will allow them to run both Thread and Zigbee at the same time. The change means you can connect compatible Hue bulbs and fixtures directly to a Matter ecosystem – Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, or Google Home – while keeping them linked […]

California will sue over Trump’s latest bribe to block wind power
California will sue over Trump’s latest bribe to block wind power

California filed a “notice of intent to sue” over the Department of the Interior’s moves to block wind power projects, two of which were planned off the central coast of California.

Tesla sued over fatal crash in Texas home that killed 76-year-old woman
Tesla sued over fatal crash in Texas home that killed 76-year-old woman

The family of a 76-year-old woman killed when a Tesla Model 3 crashed into her Katy, Texas, home has sued Tesla and the driver, alleging the company’s “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” systems are defectively designed.
The wrongful death suit lands j…

Slate Auto’s electric truck starts at $24,950 with 205 miles of range
Slate Auto’s electric truck starts at $24,950 with 205 miles of range

Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, finally revealed pricing for its bare-bones electric truck today: $24,950 to start. The company opened preorders the same day.
Slate also boosted the base model’s estimated range from 150 miles to around…

2,000 trucks, 33 million miles: Orange EV’s milestone Coke Canada delivery
2,000 trucks, 33 million miles: Orange EV’s milestone Coke Canada delivery

It’s been a big month for Orange EV – the all electric terminal truck brand followed news of its record-setting 600-unit order with not one but two major milestone announcements: 2,000 yard hostlers delivered to customers, and 33 million electric miles…

GTA VI finally gets a price tag and a no-disc rule for physical edition

Pre-orders for GTA 6 will go live at midnight on June 25 and it will be available in standard and ultimate editions, starting at $79.99 in the US.

The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950
The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950

We now know the price of Slate Auto’s affordable American-made electric truck, almost a year after the company warned it wouldn’t hit its initial “under $20,000” target price. The no-frills pickup starts at $24,950 – matching the revised mid-$20,000 price range it promised last year, after the Trump administration announced it was putting an end […]

I drove the Slate Truck — there’s more to it than EV minimalism
I drove the Slate Truck — there’s more to it than EV minimalism

With its new pickup, Slate Auto is making a simple bet: price matters more than almost anything else. The company announced today that the American-made electric truck will start at $24,950, placing it squarely in the mid-$20,000 price range it had originally promised and making it the least expensive pickup truck and EV available today. […]

Utah’s largest solar + battery storage project is officially online
Utah’s largest solar + battery storage project is officially online

Utah’s largest solar and battery storage project is now officially generating electricity.

GTA VI finally gets a price tag
GTA VI finally gets a price tag

We finally have a price for Grand Theft Auto VI: $79.99. That gets you the standard edition of the game, while the Ultimate Edition will set you back $99.99. Preorders start at midnight tonight, local time, when you’ll be able to reserve a copy on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S. You’ll be able to order […]