Researchers have built a tool that can identify the AI used to make a fake video

UC Riverside researchers built SAGA, a tool that traces AI-generated fake videos back to the exact system that created them, using subtle visual patterns as digital fingerprints.

Baidu’s Apollo Go begins London robotaxi testing with Uber and Lyft
Baidu’s Apollo Go begins London robotaxi testing with Uber and Lyft

Baidu’s Apollo Go started robotaxi road testing in London today, and it’s doing it with both of ride-hailing’s biggest names at once — Uber and Freenow by Lyft.
The launch lands days after Apollo Go ran the first fully driverless trial in any right-han…

Tokyo lets AI play matchmaker, and hundreds of couples have already tied the knot

Tokyo’s AI-powered dating app has produced 265 marriages since 2024, as the city tries an unusual government-led fix for Japan’s worsening birth rate crisis.

BMW ramps up iX3 output as orders near 100,000
BMW ramps up iX3 output as orders near 100,000

The new BMW iX3 has already received nearly 100,000 orders. Now, BMW is ramping up production at a record pace to meet the strong demand.

HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts
HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts

Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing a vertical video feed to HBO Max to help you find something new to watch. Streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney Plus, and Peacock already offer TikTok-like vertical video feeds to surface content that might be interesting to users, and now HBO Max will have a similar feed of its own. […]

4GB graphics cards are back
4GB graphics cards are back

The first modern GPU with 4GB of VRAM has appeared, as RAM prices and component shortages push tech prices higher. As Digital Foundry reports, a listing for an AMD Radeon RX 9050 with 4GB of RAM was spotted on ASRock’s website by a user on X, the same day ASRock also launched an 8GB version […]

Tesla buys 90% of a 509 MW Arizona solar and storage project
Tesla buys 90% of a 509 MW Arizona solar and storage project

Tesla has signed a long-term deal to buy 90% of the output of Project Sterling, a big solar and battery plant going up in Arizona.
The project pairs 509 MW of solar with a 360 MW battery, and it’s being built by ContourGlobal, the power producer owned …

Apple’s reported ‘HomePad’ may launch as early as October
Apple’s reported ‘HomePad’ may launch as early as October

For years, we’ve heard rumors of a new home hub device from Apple, meant to take on smart home devices like the Google Nest Hub Mini and Amazon’s Echo Show. Besides “HomePod with a screen,” details have been sparse. But now, a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman sheds some light on the alleged device, […]

BYD launches the ‘world’s first’ SDV kei EV, starting at just $13,000
BYD launches the ‘world’s first’ SDV kei EV, starting at just $13,000

The Racco went on sale as the “world’s first SDV-based” light EV, BYD said, with a low starting price of around $13,000.

Mitsubishi’s ‘all-new’ Eclipse Sportback EV is a rebadged Nissan Leaf
Mitsubishi’s ‘all-new’ Eclipse Sportback EV is a rebadged Nissan Leaf

Mitsubishi is bringing a fully electric vehicle back to North America for the first time in over a decade, and it’s calling the 2027 Eclipse Sportback EV “all-new.”
It isn’t. The Eclipse Sportback is a rebadged next-generation Nissan Leaf, sourced from…