On today’s van-tastic episode of Quick Charge, Elon Musk teases a people-hauling Tesla that’s 10 years late, California says there are ZERO Robotaxis on the road, and the Chinese EVs continue to outsell the brand in Europe.
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Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, which will be the US’s largest wind farm when it’s complete, has sent its first power to the grid.
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Reddit is cracking down on bots with new human verification checks for suspicious accounts. It also plans clearer labels for automated profiles so you can tell if you are interacting with software.
Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across its company, according to reports from The New York Times, NBC News, and The Information. The job cuts impact workers on Meta’s recruiting, social media, and sales teams, along with Reality Labs, the division that develops the company’s smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. “Teams across Meta […]
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The EV2 is now on sale as Kia’s cheapest electric vehicle in Europe. A sporty GT-Line variant is also available, but it will cost over $10,000 more.
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Razer Blade 16 (2026) launches with Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, RTX 50 GPUs, faster LPDDR5X RAM, and improved battery life.
Spotify is beta-testing a new feature called Artist Profile Protection that lets artists review releases before they go live. Sometimes songs end up on the wrong artist pages because of metadata mixups or shared names. But increasingly, artists have been targeted by impostors and AI-generated fakes. Profile Protection offers a buffer against bad actors. Everyone […]
Renewable energy provided over a quarter of US electrical generation in January 2026 – 11% more year-over-year – and accounted for over 36% of installed generating capacity, according to data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration …
Razer is giving its Blade 16 gaming laptop a speed and battery boost for 2026. The high-end gaming laptop keeps the same thin chassis and RTX 50-series GPU options as last year’s model, but it’s now making the switch from AMD to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H “Panther Lake” chip, and corresponding faster RAM. […]
Everything about video games is getting more expensive, and soon that will include a budget-friendly console. The Nex Playground – a Kinect-like device aimed at families that made headlines by outselling the Xbox over the holidays last year – will cost $299 starting on April 1st, a $50 bump. In a statement on the Nex […]