On Thursday night in Texas, Tesla unveiled the long-awaited, production-intent second-generation of its Roadster electric sports car, showcasing a wild array of unbelievable party tricks, including driving upside down, performing aerial barrel rolls and hopping over other cars with the aid of SpaceX thruster and suction technology. Surprisingly, the angular coupe that rolled onto the
Waymo is bringing its autonomous ride services across the border to Canada for the first time. The company said in a blog post on Friday that its robotaxis will be available for you to book rides in the app in the Toronto area in 2028. It will start with a limited number of its mainstay
The roads have eyes, and MapQuest can now show you where they are. The navigational app added a feature this week that lets you discover where Flock cameras and other automatic license plate readers are in your neighborhood and beyond. In a post on Bluesky, MapQuest said its app shows locations of license plate readers
The iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable phone, is a hot ticket. Preorders for the iPhone Duo began on Friday at 5 a.m. PT, on Apple’s website, the Apple Store app and elsewhere. Although the phone has an Oct. 23 release date, as of now models preordered through Apple won’t ship until the last week of
My mother kept a large jar under the sink to store rendered fat or used oil from bacon, burgers, fried chicken and the like; its distinct layers represented the geologic eras of family dinners from previous months. Once full, we would presumably discard it in the trash. This was before we recycled everything, and before
Fans of TV4’s international edition of The Challenge, which features Swedish celebrities competing in physical and mental contests, will have to wait for another season. An AI agent reportedly deleted edited episodes of the show, and a TV4 backup system failure wiped out hundreds of hours of work. The Swedish series was due to return
