The Sony Xperia 10 VI won’t be getting a promised update to Android 17
The Sony Xperia 10 VI won’t be getting a promised update to Android 17

When the midrange Sony Xperia 10 VI was announced over two years ago with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset and Android 14, Sony promised three major OS updates which would have included this year’s Android 17 release. However, according to a notice posted to the company’s UK support site, the Xperia 10 VI […]

Waymo picks Toronto as first Canadian city, targets riders in 2028
Waymo picks Toronto as first Canadian city, targets riders in 2028

Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Canada, and Toronto is first. Its cars will start driving the city’s streets in the coming days, and the company wants its first public riders on board in 2028.

That makes Toronto Waymo’s fourth announced market ou…

Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second
Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second

An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that’s occasionally added so tracked time standards mirror the Earth’s real […]

Are Tesla’s claims for its new ‘flying’ Roadster real, or is it just full of cold gas?
Are Tesla’s claims for its new ‘flying’ Roadster real, or is it just full of cold gas?

Tesla has finally re-unveiled its next-generation Roadster, originally unveiled in quite different form back in 2017. So since I did a technical breakdown of how it would work last time, I thought I’d give a quick update with what we know about the new…

Tesla unveils Cyberfied new Roadster that can kickflip
Tesla unveils Cyberfied new Roadster that can kickflip

Tesla has unveiled a new version of its next-generation Roadster. As expected, it received Tesla’s latest design “cyberfication” and cold-gas thrusters to allow it to jump and flip through the air.

The livestream featured impressive stunts but offer…

The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second
The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second

Elon Musk promised a flying car. And the Tesla Roadster did exactly that. Tesla demonstrated its next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, where the electric supercar drove upside down, briefly flew, and accelerated to 60mph in under a second. It was an impressive demonstration of a car that likely will come with some […]

Alef welcomes Tesla to the electric flying car race by flying over the Roadster [Video]
Alef welcomes Tesla to the electric flying car race by flying over the Roadster [Video]

Until the Tesla Roadster, “there was only one car in the flying car market,” Alef said. To welcome Tesla to the race, Alef released a video of its flying car flying over the new Roadster.

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Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’
Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’

Valve is introducing a major new feature for Steam achievements called “achievement sets” that lets developers list different groups of achievements for a base game and DLCs. “In games that support sets, you still unlock achievements by playing the game as usual,” Valve says. “But when you browse what you have unlocked afterward, Steam will […]

Europe’s EV sales soar as North America drops 44% – here’s the catch
Europe’s EV sales soar as North America drops 44% – here’s the catch

Europe’s EV sales just posted a record September, as global market growth shifts toward Europe and beyond its largest established markets.

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ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now
ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT’s Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in ChatGPT’s web or desktop app, posting a demo video […]