Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person
Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to block OpenAI from “giving ChatGPT false human attributes,” a few months after Florida sued the AI company over safety concerns. According to Uthmeier, users are lulled into a false sense of security by the AI bot, as “ChatGPT’s use of language, including first-person pronouns […]

Walmart won’t hike prices based on your shopping history, CEO says
Walmart won’t hike prices based on your shopping history, CEO says

Walmart says it won’t change product prices based on your personal information or the time of day, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. In a letter to customers, Walmart CEO John Furner writes that the company’s switch to digital shelf labels is meant to save store associates time, rather than dynamically change prices. […]

Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 delivery estimates range from 422,000 to 482,000
Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 delivery estimates range from 422,000 to 482,000

Wall Street can’t agree on how many cars Tesla (TSLA) sold in Q3 2026. Estimates from major banks range from 421,758 to 482,000 deliveries ahead of Friday’s report.

That’s a 60,000-unit spread. And after the Street missed Tesla’s Q2 deliveries by 74…

BYD’s cheapest EV is getting bigger and fancier
BYD’s cheapest EV is getting bigger and fancier

BYD is giving its $10,000 EV a major overhaul. New images of the second-gen Seagull reveal a larger, more upscale design with a few surprise luxury features.

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Omoda & Jaecoo confirm Canada launch in late 2026: here’s the EV lineup
Omoda & Jaecoo confirm Canada launch in late 2026: here’s the EV lineup

Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo brands have launched a Canadian website confirming that their “premium electric SUVs” will arrive in Canada in late 2026.

The site doesn’t name a single model, price, or dealer yet. But the Chinese automaker’s global lineup …

Volkswagen’s best-seller is going electric in 2027 to replace the ID.4 and ID.5 [Images]
Volkswagen’s best-seller is going electric in 2027 to replace the ID.4 and ID.5 [Images]

Volkswagen is taking its best-seller electric. The ID. Tiguan will replace the ID.4 and ID.5 as part of Volkswagen’s revamped lineup in 2027.

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Bose’s first wired earbuds in 11 years add noise canceling
Bose’s first wired earbuds in 11 years add noise canceling

Everything old is new again as today Bose announced its first pair of wired earbuds since discontinuing the option in 2015. The new tethered earbuds, which are simply called the Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds, do away with battery anxiety and the need to remember to charge them every few days. Their functionality is limited, […]

Tesla warns weather could delay Roadster demo, and the forecast is ugly
Tesla warns weather could delay Roadster demo, and the forecast is ugly

Tesla is warning guests invited to its October 1 Roadster event that the long-delayed demo could get pushed back again, and this time it’s the weather.

In an email to invitees, Tesla says the event “must be held outdoors” and may need to be reschedu…

Nvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’
Nvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’

Nvidia is launching a new safety platform designed to contain and monitor AI agents, a move that comes in response to a wave of rogue hacking incidents, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Monday, Nvidia says its new Open Agent Safety Platform can quarantine agents that attempt to escape their boundaries within […]

Philips’ motion-tracking smart toothbrush uses AI to make you a better brusher
Philips’ motion-tracking smart toothbrush uses AI to make you a better brusher

First announced in July with an expected limited launch later this year, the Philips Sonicare Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige smart toothbrush is now available in Europe and the US, with a broader global rollout expected in 2027. While the previous iteration is still available and discounted from $429.99, the new “Next-Gen DiamondClean” version is debuting […]