iOS 27 could let users pick an AI model of their choice for text and image tasks

For the first time since Apple Intelligence launched, iPhone users may soon decide which AI does their heavy lifting, whether that’s drafting emails, editing photos, or powering Siri.

Honda shelves $11B Canada EV factory as its electric retreat deepens
Honda shelves $11B Canada EV factory as its electric retreat deepens

Honda is shelving its massive C$15 billion ($11 billion) EV and battery manufacturing hub in Ontario, Canada, according to a new report from Nikkei. The move escalates what was initially framed as a temporary pause into what increasingly looks like an …

Xbox Game Pass May 2026 lineup is here and it’s massive with Forza Horizon 6 and DOOM leading the way

Xbox Game Pass has confirmed 13 new games for May 2026, featuring big day one titles like Forza Horizon 6, Mixtape, and Subnautica 2.

You can now trust Perplexity with medical tips, or at least a tad more than ChatGPT or Gemini

Perplexity launches Premium Health Sources, bringing trusted medical journals and clinical data into AI responses to improve accuracy and credibility.

Threads is finally getting DMs on the web
Threads is finally getting DMs on the web

Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it’s “testing” DMs on the web now, but plans to make the feature “available to more people soon.” In your DM page on the web, you can see your inbox and […]

Ride1Up Portola compact folding e-bikes at new lows from $795, EGO Nexus power station + 4x batteries rare discount, Gotrax, more
Ride1Up Portola compact folding e-bikes at new lows from $795, EGO Nexus power station + 4x batteries rare discount, Gotrax, more

Our Tuesday Green Deals is bringing along a wide selection of EVs, power stations, and tools, though its the former of those three that are headlining. First, we have Ride1Up’s Portola Compact Folding e-bike (with two battery setup options) that is get…

Tesla Semi lands 60-truck order from port drayage fleets in California
Tesla Semi lands 60-truck order from port drayage fleets in California

Two California port trucking operators have ordered a combined 60 Tesla Semi trucks through Forum Mobility, the charging infrastructure provider backed by Amazon and CBRE. It marks one of the largest Tesla Semi fleet commitments to date from the drayag…

OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less

OpenAI’s newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has “significant improvements in factuality across the board.” The company claims that, based on “internal evaluations,” GPT-5.5 Instant produced “52.5% fewer hallucinated claims” than its […]

Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying
Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company “engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history” when training its Llama AI models, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In their suit, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, Hachette, […]

Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly requested Xbox console features, reducing the price of Game Pass, and moving Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox, Sharma is reorganizing the Xbox platform team at Microsoft today. The changes will see […]