Stark turns its 80 hp electric supermoto into a titanium-loaded blacked-out beast
Stark turns its 80 hp electric supermoto into a titanium-loaded blacked-out beast

Stark Future has already turned its ridiculously powerful electric dirt bike into a street-going supermoto – upon which I recently got to cruise the streets and cities around Barcelona (more on that experience coming soon). But now the company is takin…

This Brooklyn startup will put nearly 700 EV plugs on NYC curbs
This Brooklyn startup will put nearly 700 EV plugs on NYC curbs

New York City has chosen Brooklyn-based it’s electric to supply the hardware for its permanent curbside EV charging network, which will bring nearly 700 Level 2 charging points to all five boroughs over the next three years.

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Segway’s new 28 MPH MUXI Pro cargo e-bike gets automatic shifting and regen braking
Segway’s new 28 MPH MUXI Pro cargo e-bike gets automatic shifting and regen braking

Segway is giving its compact MUXI utility e-bike a fairly significant upgrade, adding everything from automatic electronic shifting to front suspension and a higher Class 3 top speed.

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GM updates its trucks’ native software to coexist with CarPlay
GM updates its trucks’ native software to coexist with CarPlay

General Motors is polishing up the software experience in its bestselling trucks in an effort to reduce the amount of dangerous tapping and swiping that’s required to access the most-used controls. It’s also giving Apple CarPlay and Android Auto spiffy new picture-in-picture displays – which is notable given GM’s previously stated hostility to phone mirroring […]

Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 update to fix its record-breaking patch
Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 update to fix its record-breaking patch

Microsoft has started rolling out an emergency out-of-band update to fix problems with its record-breaking September patch Tuesday update. The software giant patched nearly 1,000 flaws in its biggest update ever this month, but it also introduced some bugs that have affected businesses, developers, and gamers. The September patch Tuesday affected folder shares on Hyper-V-based […]

Volvo’s plug-in hybrid XC60 and XC90 can really go the distance
Volvo’s plug-in hybrid XC60 and XC90 can really go the distance

Most plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) today get an average of around 30-50 miles of battery-only range: decent, but not mind-blowing. With hybrid sales dominating the market today, Volvo is out to prove that its PHEVs can push the limits of what’s possible. Today, the Swedish automaker revealed the updated PHEV versions of its popular […]

Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2
Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2

Now that Valve has finally launched its entire 2026 hardware lineup – the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and today’s Steam Frame – are we any closer to a next-gen Steam Deck handheld? Valve isn’t saying so yet. The company is figuring out “how and when we can deliver something like that,” Valve designer Pierre-Loup […]

Apple Home’s new security camera features cost as much as $60 a month
Apple Home’s new security camera features cost as much as $60 a month

With the public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27, Apple Home is getting an injection of Apple Intelligence – but you’ll have to pay more for it. Apple Intelligence for Home brings AI-powered video summaries to HomeKit Secure Video, so you can get short text descriptions of who and what compatible security cameras saw, […]

Record-setting performance, 1,000 mile range, and Tesla’s Roadster
Record-setting performance, 1,000 mile range, and Tesla’s Roadster

On today’s long-awaited and often delayed episode of Quick Charge, we talk up the reveal of a revolutionary, world-beating, and record-setting new sporty EV, as well as the “new” Tesla Roadster that’s going to hover around a parking lot (allegedly) in …

What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development

Dario Amodei kicked off a flood of statements over the past few days about AI safety by publishing a long essay titled “We Must Pace the Frontier” detailing why AI development should be slowed down. Other AI leaders and politicians are speaking out in favor of or opposing his points, and we’ve compiled some of […]