Valve’s Steam Frame costs $1,059
Valve’s Steam Frame costs $1,059

Valve is finally releasing its Steam Frame headset, which can run both flat and VR games locally and stream both kinds of games from your PC. The Steam Frame will start at $1,059. Valve will also offer a 1TB model that starts at $1,299. Every Steam Frame will come with a copy of Half-Life: Alyx, […]

Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’
Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’

Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series “built for kids who want to feel a little edge,” and a live-action movie based on the upcoming Stranger Than Heaven from Yakuza developer RGG Studio. The Crazy Taxi movie will be the first project released, though it […]

BYD is ‘leading’ the solid-state battery race, and its first EV with the new tech is almost here
BYD is ‘leading’ the solid-state battery race, and its first EV with the new tech is almost here

BYD is in “the leading position,” according to executive vice president Stella Li, with plans to introduce its first EV equipped with solid-state batteries in 2027.

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Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records
Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records

No, that’s not a Tesla Cybercab. That’s Volkswagen’s Mission Efficiency, the world’s slipperiest electric vehicle. The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW’s MEB+ platform, incorporating front-wheel drive components from the upcoming ID. Polo and ID. Cross models. True to its name, the mission of Mission Efficiency is to break records. With […]

Kia’s new EV van is over 17.5 ft long and can haul 9 people or lots of cargo [Images]
Kia’s new EV van is over 17.5 ft long and can haul 9 people or lots of cargo [Images]

Kia unveiled the PV7 for the first time, its larger electric van with room for nine passengers or plenty of cargo. Here’s our first look.

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Volkswagen Mission Efficiency: the XL1 comes back as 1,000-mile range electric car
Volkswagen Mission Efficiency: the XL1 comes back as 1,000-mile range electric car

Volkswagen just unveiled the Mission Efficiency, a concept it’s calling the world’s most efficient near-production electric car — and to me, it’s the return of the XL1, one of my all-time favorite cars, finally done as a proper EV.

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BYD unveils flagship 600 km electric truck with 1.5 MW charging
BYD unveils flagship 600 km electric truck with 1.5 MW charging

BYD unveiled its most complete electric commercial vehicle lineup yet at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover, headlined by the ETT 44, a heavy-duty tractor with up to 600 km of range and 1.5-megawatt charging.

It’s BYD’s clearest shot yet at Europe’…

Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns

Microsoft is publishing a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our ability to safely deploy increasingly complex systems and verify […]

Shell, FAW partner on better, safer electric semi truck batteries
Shell, FAW partner on better, safer electric semi truck batteries

The Starship 3.0 concept truck has been busy of late, testing a battery pack that uses an immersion-cooling system to manage battery heat, improve range performance, and enhance the durability of electric semi truck batteries.

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EPA just raised health costs by $2.8T, will kill thousands per year (upd.)
EPA just raised health costs by $2.8T, will kill thousands per year  (upd.)

The EPA finalized a proposed policy on Monday to eliminate limits on power plant pollution, saddling Americans with trillions of dollars in long-term health and environmental costs and thousands of deaths per year, in the latest step of Trump’s assault…