Horror films play music to warn about danger. These headphones use the same trick to save you from robots

Georgia Tech researchers developed Spherephones, a wearable headset that turns nearby robot movement into spatial lo-fi music, warning factory workers before they even look up.

Most Americans want kids off social media before 16, new survey shows

A new Pew Research Center survey has found that 56 percent of Americans support banning social media for anyone under 16, with support crossing party lines and age groups.

Meta under scrutiny after Instagram approved child abuse advertisements in India

Instagram approved and displayed advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material in India before removing them following an investigation.

Elon Musk refutes report claiming that an AI device is in development at SpaceX

Elon Musk has called a Wall Street Journal report “utterly false” after it claimed SpaceX showed investors a handset-like AI device ahead of its IPO.

Valve just gave away the blueprint for its coolest Steam Machine mod

Valve has open-sourced its Inkterface E-Ink faceplate for the Steam Machine, sharing 3D files, BOM, and firmware so anyone can build one.

Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed
Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

The video game disc is dead, and Sony’s been planning to kill it for some time, according to a report out of Austria. The man who leads Sony’s discmaking operations, Sony DADC president Dietmar Tanzer, told ORF Salzburg that the company’s Thalgau plant produces 600,000 discs every day, half of which are for PlayStation. But […]

Tesla caps employee AI spending at $200/week except for Grok
Tesla caps employee AI spending at $200/week except for Grok

Tesla told staff it will impose a $200-per-week limit on employee AI spending starting July 6, according to an internal memo reported by The Information (paywall).
The cap lands just months after Tesla pushed employees to use AI more aggressively, a si…

Iberdrola kicks off its first large-scale battery project in the US
Iberdrola kicks off its first large-scale battery project in the US

Spanish renewable energy and electricity giant Iberdrola is constructing its first battery energy storage project in the US as utilities race to add more storage to strengthen the grid.

Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home
Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home

The man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal and local news outlet KHOU 11. 44-year-old Michael Butler was arrested on Wednesday and claimed to have been driving his Model 3 using Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) […]

The Hyundai IONIQ 3 is the affordable electric hatch we want but can’t have
The Hyundai IONIQ 3 is the affordable electric hatch we want but can’t have

The IONIQ 3 is a high-tech, fully electric hatch that the US will miss out on. It can drive over 300 miles on a single charge and is Hyundai’s first vehicle in Europe to use its new Pleos Connect infotainment system.