NHTSA proposes cyan lights for robotaxis, following Mercedes/China
NHTSA proposes cyan lights for robotaxis, following Mercedes/China

The NHTSA has proposed using cyan-colored lights to identify vehicles operating autonomously, along with other additions to get ready for autonomous vehicles.

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EGO Commercial expands ZTR line with mowers, blowers, and trimmers
EGO Commercial expands ZTR line with mowers, blowers, and trimmers

EGO Power’s commercial group showed up at this week’s EQUIP Expo with a trio of new zero-turn riding mowers, a commercial-grade 780 CFM leaf blower, and a heavy-duty 16.5″ trimmer built for the 56V PGX battery system. And, with incentive programs desig…

OpenAI is locking its most advanced AI models offline after a string of security scares

After a model briefly reached the live web, OpenAI’s most advanced systems will now practice only on a simulated internet.

Your Windows touchpad is about to make scrolling long pages way less tiring

Microsoft is adding accelerated, edge, and single-finger scrolling to Windows touchpads, making it easier to move through long documents, webpages, and code with less effort.

Fitbit and Pixel Watch can now recognize more than 100 activities automatically

We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, …

A new startup wants to fix the military’s working-dog shortage with cloning and gene editing

Warhound says gene editing and cloning can fix why military dog candidates fail, but questions about genes and oversight remain.

Xbox’s first chief operating officer is out after just a few months
Xbox’s first chief operating officer is out after just a few months

Xbox’s first chief operating officer (COO) is leaving after the new role was created just a few months ago. Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft today, according to an internal Xbox memo seen by The Verge. Chiang has been at Microsoft for 21 years, serving as the head of Minecraft before being promoted to Xbox chief […]

OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access
OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access

OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday, OpenAI says it built an offline testing environment where AI models can interact with indexed and cached web content “without risk of affecting external systems.” OpenAI paused training its frontier […]

Hyundai’s $359 IONIQ 5 lease looks good, but its bigger sibling may be a better buy
Hyundai’s $359 IONIQ 5 lease looks good, but its bigger sibling may be a better buy

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is the most popular EV in America outside of Tesla, but its larger three-row sibling looks like the better deal right now.

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Epic is throwing $50,000 for vibe-code games. What could possibly go wrong?

Epic AI MegaJam offers $65,000 in prizes and up to $50,000 development grants