Tesla Full Self-Driving can now take over manual driving to avoid a collision
Tesla Full Self-Driving can now take over manual driving to avoid a collision

Tesla is rolling out a new version of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software that can take control of your car to avoid a crash, even when you’re driving manually.

The automaker announced the feature, part of FSD Supervised v14.3.9, in a post f…

Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki
Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki

A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as the company prepared to launch its most advanced model yet, Astra. The finding adds to intensifying concern surrounding oversight at frontier AI […]

Tesla Cybercab is barely on the road and it’s already under investigation
Tesla Cybercab is barely on the road and it’s already under investigation

Elon Musk’s gilded robot car barely made it on public roads before federal regulators launched an investigation into the vehicle’s lack of traditional features – many of which are required by law. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was opening an audit query (AQ) into the Tesla Cybercab “to examine the process and […]

Xbox app is coming to TCL TVs just as Microsoft rolls out pay-as-you-go cloud gaming
Xbox app is coming to TCL TVs just as Microsoft rolls out pay-as-you-go cloud gaming

Microsoft is partnering with TCL to bring its Xbox app to supported TCL smart TVs. The Xbox app lets you connect to Xbox Cloud Gaming and stream Game Pass titles or select games you own as part of a subscription. The Xbox app will arrive on TCL TVs at some point “in the coming months,” […]

Alliance for Automotive Innovation begs Congress to stop automotive innovation
Alliance for Automotive Innovation begs Congress to stop automotive innovation

The entire US auto industry is back at it again, lobbying Congress to stifle competition and ensure that Americans remain stuck with overpriced, second-rate, highly-polluting vehicles.

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iRobot unveils the Roomba Duo
iRobot unveils the Roomba Duo

The original robot vacuum company showed off a concept robot at the IFA tech show in Berlin today. The Roomba Duo combines a heavy-duty floor-washing machine with a smaller, slimmer Roomba. The two floor cleaners can move around your home together, with the main unit mopping and sweeping larger floor areas and the smaller unit […]

Tesla Cybercab is already under NHTSA investigation after launch
Tesla Cybercab is already under NHTSA investigation after launch

Tesla’s Cybercab is already under federal investigation. NHTSA opened an audit into how Tesla certified the vehicle the same day the company started putting passengers in it in Austin.

The probe targets the exact thing that makes the Cybercab unusua…

Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)
Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)

Instagram’s visible AI labels are supposed to help people quickly spot synthetically generated content at a glance. Over the last few weeks, however, users have been reporting that the system has gone haywire. They say Meta has been automatically applying an “AI Content” label to images that they didn’t create or edit using generative AI […]

We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything
We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything

Europe’s biggest tech trade show, IFA, has taken over Berlin this week – and we’ve been on the ground all week checking it out in person. We figure you have questions, so we’re hosting an AMA that’s exclusive to Verge subscribers at 12PM ET today. That’s when we’ll start dropping answers, but you can ask […]

Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators
Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators

Bluetti doesn’t want you to call the Pioneer 5000 a solar generator (SoGen), even though that’s what it is. What makes it slightly different from other large power stations that can be charged off solar – aka, a SoGen – is the dolly cart and up to 18KW of instant surge power available to start […]