Santa Monica goes big on electric buses with 130 fast chargers
Santa Monica goes big on electric buses with 130 fast chargers

Santa Monica, California’s public Big Blue Bus fleet is getting 130 DC fast-charging ports as it works toward building an entirely electric fleet by 2032.

Meta addresses ‘pervert glasses’ reputation with a privacy fix and a new marketing campaign
Meta addresses ‘pervert glasses’ reputation with a privacy fix and a new marketing campaign

Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a loophole that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LED. Alex Himel, Meta’s vice president of augmented reality, writes in a post on Threads that “the camera will now stop working if the light is covered during a recording.” The company’s line of […]

GTA VI looks just as great as we could hope for
GTA VI looks just as great as we could hope for

Netflix and Rockstar Games finally debuted their “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI. It showed that the new game looks to keep much of the spirit of GTA – exploration, driving, crimes, shooting, and cinematic story scenes. But everything just looks much better than previous entries, with impressive graphics, densely packed rooms, and detailed […]

BYD installed 10,000 hyper-fast 1,500kW chargers in just 5 months
BYD installed 10,000 hyper-fast 1,500kW chargers in just 5 months

BYD announced that it has already installed 10,000 of its 1.5 megawatt “flash charging” stations, despite only starting earlier this year. The number puts it halfway to its lofty goal of 20,000 stations by year’s end – and just about on pace to hit it….

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books

Google’s AI note-taking app, Gemini Notebook, can now pull information from the books you’ve purchased. The new “Expert Intelligence” feature allows you to bring titles from Google Play Books directly into Gemini Notebook, which means you can ask questions about the material, as well as generate plans, infographics, AI podcasts, and more based on their […]

Toyota launches its updated bZ5 electric SUV at half the price of a Tesla Model Y
Toyota launches its updated bZ5 electric SUV at half the price of a Tesla Model Y

The bZ5 is about the size of a Tesla Model Y and much more high-tech than Toyota vehicles we are used to.

Tesla Full Self-Driving likes trains a bit too much
Tesla Full Self-Driving likes trains a bit too much

A Tesla running the latest version of “Full Self-Driving” failed to stop at an active railroad crossing this week and nearly drove straight into a passing train, according to the driver and as evidenced in dashcam footage.
The kicker: it was running FS…

Segway Navimow X430 robot mower $2,249 in Labor Day Sale, EcoFlow Monthly Madness power station flash sale, Worx, EVs, more
Segway Navimow X430 robot mower $2,249 in Labor Day Sale, EcoFlow Monthly Madness power station flash sale, Worx, EVs, more

Leading today’s Green Deals is the Segway Navimow Labor Day robot sale, with offers like the advanced X430 Robotic Lawn Mower down at its second-lowest $2,249 price, among others starting from $669. We also have the EcoFlow August Monthly Madness flash…

Aptera solar EV makes up to 4.75 kWh a day, independent test shows
Aptera solar EV makes up to 4.75 kWh a day, independent test shows

Aptera’s solar electric vehicle can pull more than 4 kWh of usable energy out of the sun in a single day, and now an independent testing house has put its name on the number.
TÜV Rheinland, the 150-year-old German testing and certification firm, ran th…

Speedo’s new smart goggles module can track all four swim strokes
Speedo’s new smart goggles module can track all four swim strokes

Speedo is launching a removable smart module for its Vanquisher goggles that can analyze a swimmer’s performance across all four swim strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. The new Speedo iQ system uses swim-specific sensors to analyze head movement in the water, time breaths, and track distance per stroke. Unlike other smart goggles, such as […]