After price hike, YouTube Premium is now half the price if you pay for Google One

Google is now dangling a 50% YouTube Premium discount for Google AI Pro subscribers, but the deal is limited and tied to the Google One ecosystem.

4.5 GW: A big US solar cell factory is coming to South Carolina
4.5 GW: A big US solar cell factory is coming to South Carolina

Suniva is planning a major expansion in US solar manufacturing, with a new 4.5-gigawatt (GW) solar cell factory coming to Laurens, South Carolina.

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MSI unveils a barrage of laptops with up to RTX 5090 graphics and Intel Arrow Lake chips

With competitors already out the door with Arrow Lake-HX Plus laptops, MSI has arrived with a 13-strong lineup ranging from entry-level Cyborgs to RTX 5090-toting Raiders and Titans.

Ford dissolves EV unit, Doug Field out as Farley chases 8% margin
Ford dissolves EV unit, Doug Field out as Farley chases 8% margin

Ford is dissolving its standalone electric vehicle division — and losing the executive who built it. The automaker said today that Doug Field, its chief EV, digital, and design officer, will leave the company next month after nearly five years leading …

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an update to the Shorts timer YouTube originally announced in October; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes. The feature was expanded in January to give […]

Google’s Gemini just gatecrashed Apple’s Mac party, and it beat Siri to the door

Google’s Gemini has arrived on Mac as a native app, free, feature-packed, and accessible with a single keyboard shortcut, beating Apple’s long-delayed Siri overhaul

Nothing’s Warp app promised to fix cross-platform file sharing, then vanished within hours

Android’s freshest AirDrop alternative lasted less than a day on the Play Store. Nothing’s Warp app went from launch announcement to unexplained takedown in a single news cycle.

Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company
Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company

Ford is shaking things up as it relates to its EV and software teams. Doug Field, who left Apple five years ago to helm Ford’s multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles and software, is stepping down next month. Getting a promotion will be Alan Clarke, the ex-Tesla engineer who now leads Ford’s California-based skunkworks lab. Clarke’s […]

Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds
Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds

Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopolist, a Manhattan jury found, according to Bloomberg. The jury found the company liable on three counts: illegally monopolizing the market for live event ticketing, amphitheaters, and tying its concert promotions business with the use of its venues, Bloomberg reported. The verdict, reached after several days of deliberation, leaves the […]

Solid-state EV batteries are coming sooner than expected after another breakthrough
Solid-state EV batteries are coming sooner than expected after another breakthrough

After achieving a breakthrough earlier this week, Greater Bay Technology said it aims to launch the world’s first mass-producible all-solid-state battery this year.

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