Leaked images reveal new colors for Amazon’s next entry-level Kindle
Leaked images reveal new colors for Amazon’s next entry-level Kindle

Amazon typically introduces new Kindle models a few months ahead of the holiday shopping season, and this year it looks like that will include a bigger update to the entry-level Kindle than what debuted in 2024. The last upgrades to the basic Kindle model were limited to a brighter backlight, a new dark mode, and […]

Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger
Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger

Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says that Muse gave out his home address to a total stranger this weekend, after authorizing the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. That’s despite Meta placing great emphasis on the security features of Muse when it launched the personal AI agent earlier this month as it tries to catch […]

Tesla patents ‘Electric Fan Car’ with 4 ducted fans ahead of Roadster reveal
Tesla patents ‘Electric Fan Car’ with 4 ducted fans ahead of Roadster reveal

Tesla was just granted a patent for an “Electric Fan Car,” a system that uses four electric ducted fans in the rear diffuser to suck the car down to the road at any speed. The car in the drawings is a Model S, which Tesla stopped building in April.

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SteelSeries’ new mice are super light, with ultra-wideband and swappable batteries
SteelSeries’ new mice are super light, with ultra-wideband and swappable batteries

The new ergonomic Rival Pro and ambidextrous Sensei Pro wireless gaming mice are some of the company’s most interesting models in years. They’re familiar designs that feel incredibly lightweight to hold (53 grams each in black, one gram more in white), and they ship with two signature SteelSeries features found in its other product categories: […]

Fairphone’s next repairable wireless earbuds will launch on October 14th
Fairphone’s next repairable wireless earbuds will launch on October 14th

Following leaks revealing a major redesign earlier this month and an official teaser posted to X yesterday, Fairphone has shared some exclusive details with The Verge about the first follow-up to its Fairbuds wireless earbuds that debuted over two years ago. A full reveal of the Fairbuds 2 is planned for October 14th, but we […]

Firefox just got a redesign with round tabs, new themes, and Compact Mode
Firefox just got a redesign with round tabs, new themes, and Compact Mode

Firefox will look a little different the next time you launch it – more bubbly, with some new pops of color. The browser’s latest update brings a design overhaul to all desktop and mobile users, aimed at modernizing Firefox with bubble-like tabs, a rounded address bar, and refreshed colors, icons, and themes. The desktop and […]

Polaroid’s new instant camera has four creative shooting modes you can experiment with
Polaroid’s new instant camera has four creative shooting modes you can experiment with

Polaroid announced a new instant camera that lets photographers get more creative and experimental with their shots than just changing the aperture or shutter speed. In addition to a Brightness dial on the front for adjusting exposure, the new Polaroid Mod has a dial around the lens for switching between four “creative shooting modes” with […]

Anthropic warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risks in its own IPO filing
Anthropic warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risks in its own IPO filing

As Anthropic gears up for its greatly anticipated public debut, a preview of the company’s IPO filing reportedly details its mounting losses, leadership proposals to retain power, and how its AI development plans could “further increase the risk that our models cause harm.” These disclosures come as Anthropic eyes a $2 trillion valuation, more than […]

Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think

You hear it all the time: Modern cars are basically smartphones on wheels. And just like the phone in your pocket, the car in your driveway collects vast amounts of data – tracking where you drive, how fast you accelerate, how hard you brake, how aggressively you turn, and much more. The legality of this […]

Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO
Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO

On today’s completely predictable episode of Quick Charge, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the weather looks like it’ll be too rough to show off his new “flying” Roadster 2.0 on October 1st, so he’s pushing the reveal back another two weeks – but after 9 year…