Being a mom is hard — the heat is making it harder
Being a mom is hard — the heat is making it harder

It’s 8:52 AM and 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius) where I live in Southern California. My husband just came back from a morning outing with our four-month-old. “How was the botanic garden?” I ask him. “It was okay. It was just too hot,” he tells me. I didn’t expect us to spend so much of […]

Save up to $701 on Bluetti power station + alternator charger bundles, Lectric 24-hour e-bike pet accessory 25% off flash sale, more
Save up to $701 on Bluetti power station + alternator charger bundles, Lectric 24-hour e-bike pet accessory 25% off flash sale, more

We’ve got two flash sales leading our midweek Green Deals, starting with Bluetti’s 72-hour flash sale with up to $701 savings on six power station alternator charger bundles starting from $629, as well as a solo deal below it for the brand’s 288Wh Elit…

Apple Maps has ads now
Apple Maps has ads now

Ads have started popping up in Apple Maps, following Apple’s announcement in March that it would let businesses pay for top spots. They’re appearing on my iPhone as the first entry in the “suggested places” section in search, but Apple says they’ll also show up at the top of search results. According to 9to5Mac, the […]

Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’
Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’

Google has updated Gemini Audio with new transcription capabilities that automatically detect specialized jargon and more than 85 languages. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is a new addition to the Gemini family that follows the launch of 3.5 Live Translate, and comes as we’re still waiting for Google to release the Gemini 3.5 Pro model that it […]

Tesla owners are now filming themselves breaking the law on FSD — and posting it for clout
Tesla owners are now filming themselves breaking the law on FSD — and posting it for clout

Tesla owners used to hide the fact that they were abusing Full Self-Driving. Now they film it, add a caption, and post it for the algorithm.
Sleeping at highway speed, gaming with a controller, watching live TV, answering emails on a laptop — a whole g…

Apple announces September iPhone launch event
Apple announces September iPhone launch event

Apple’s next launch event will take place on September 9th at 1PM ET. Invites to the event, which has a “Surprise and shine” tagline, were sent out on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, but there will also be a livestream on Apple’s website. September’s show could […]

Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road
Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road

Volvo is updating three of its electric vehicles with new hazard alerts to warn drivers when there are animals or vulnerable road users ahead. The new connected safety features are based on Volvo’s cars talking to one another, as opposed to crowdsourced alert systems used by popular navigation tools like Google Maps and Waze. The […]

Bafang’s new electric bike motors produce 8x your own pedaling power
Bafang’s new electric bike motors produce 8x your own pedaling power

Bafang has never exactly been known for building timid e-bike motors, but its latest pair of high-performance e-MTB drives takes things to a whole new level. We’re talking up to 1,700 watts of peak power, 150 Nm of torque, and 800% pedal assistance.
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Hyundai is about to shake things up with 100 new vehicles by 2030: Here’s what’s coming
Hyundai is about to shake things up with 100 new vehicles by 2030: Here’s what’s coming

Hyundai Motor Company, including Genesis, is about to get very busy, with plans to launch more than 100 new or updated vehicles by 2030, including its first extended-range EVs (EREVs).

How Tesla’s solar business works in 2026 after killing Solar Roof
How Tesla’s solar business works in 2026 after killing Solar Roof

Tesla’s residential solar business has been shrinking for most of a decade, ever since the company absorbed SolarCity in 2016. Now, with electricity rates climbing across the US, Tesla is trying to revive it around a new in-house solar panel and Powerw…