The Mini Cooper Electric gets a brand new look and up to 250 miles of range
BMW has announced its fifth-generation Mini Cooper, and it's the first Mini EV to get a unique design that doesn't completely mirror its combustion counterparts. The first model is the Mini Cooper E,...
View ArticleEngadget Podcast: iPhone 15 event preview with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman
It wouldn’t be the end of summer if we weren’t gearing up for another iPhone launch! This week, Devindra and Cherlynn are joined by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the purveyor of many Apple rumors, to...
View Article'PowerWash Simulator' will let you clean the grime away from Back to the...
As it turns out, time travel can be filthy work. It seems the DeLorean Doc Brown and Marty McFly use to visit various historical periods is particularly mucky and you’ll soon have the chance to clean...
View ArticleThe best Labor Day tech sales we can find
Labor Day weekend isn't known as an especially fruitful time for tech deals, but we've found a few notable discounts on good gear ahead of the holiday anyway. Both the 13- and 15-inch versions of...
View ArticleLenovo Yoga Book 9i review: The world isn’t ready for dual-screen laptops,...
Every now and then, a device comes along and challenges you to consider the viability of an entirely new product category. That’s precisely what Lenovo is doing with the Yoga Book 9i. By replacing the...
View ArticleTesla once again slashes Model S and X prices by nearly 20 percent
Tesla’s Model S and X electric vehicles have already received two substantial price cuts throughout the year, but now there’s another one to entice consumers hesitant to jump on the EV train. Tesla has...
View ArticleXbox Series S is now available in Carbon Black with 1TB of storage
There’s a new Xbox console available. Microsoft just launched a new version of the digital-only Xbox Series S in a bold “Carbon Black” color with twice the available storage, 1TB compared to the...
View ArticleElon Musk's X will use public data to train AI models
The artist formerly known as Twitter has been in some hot water this week after Bloomberg found that the social media site would start collecting biometric details, along with job and education data,...
View ArticleFacebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU...
Meta may add a paid subscription option to Instagram and Facebook in Europe, according toThe New York Times. The ad-free tier is meant to address European Union (EU) regulations that have diminished...
View ArticleIndia launches spacecraft to study the sun a week after landing on the moon
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to recreate India's IT boom with space, a government official told Reuters. And the Indian Space Research Organisation's efforts do show that the country truly...
View ArticleGoogle's Nest Aware subscription service gets a $20 price hike
Google Nest device owners will have to pay at least $20 more if they want access to their security cameras' and doorbells' more sophisticated features and lengthier footage history. As reported by...
View ArticleHitting the Books: The programming trick that gave us DOOM multiplayer
Since its release in 1993, id Software's DOOM franchise has become one of modern gaming's most easily recognizable IPs. The series has sold more than 10 million copies to date and spawned myriad RPG...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz concept EV offers rapid charging and Tesla-beating range
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its "close-to-production" Concept CLA Class EV, boasting of very long range and rapid charging via an 800-volt architecture. The four-door sedan is the first in the company's...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Facebook may offer paid ad-free plans in Europe
Would you be willing to pay for Facebook? Meta may add a paid subscription option to Instagram and Facebook for users in Europe, according to The New York Times. The ad-free tier addresses European...
View ArticleBMW's 'Vision Neue Klasse' concept teases high-efficiency EVs
BMW is continuing to explore an expanded EV lineup, releasing the Vision Neue Klasse — its latest concept design. The model builds on 2021's i Vision Circular concept and this year's i Vision Dee...
View Article'Pizza Tower' is the 'Wario Land' + 'Sonic' crossover I didn’t know I wanted
My favorite video game of 2023 involves a portly, balding pizza chef named Peppino Spaghetti scaling a medieval tower to defeat a sentient floating pie threatening to blow up his pizzeria. It was...
View ArticleVolkswagen will produce an EV version of its GTI hot hatch
Volkswagen's ID lineup is pretty well fleshed out by now, with vehicles ranging from the ID.2all compact to the ID.4 crossover — but where are the enthusiast vehicles? VW has answered that question...
View ArticleSpotify reportedly locks white noise podcasters out of an ad program
Spotify is said to have had a thorny relationship with the makers of white noise podcasts for some time, and now the company seems to be taking more action against them. According to Bloomberg, white...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is $300 off right now
There's a Labor Day treat in store for anyone who has been on the fence about picking up one of Samsung's latest foldable smartphones as there's a sale taking place right now. You can snap up the...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz teases a smaller, cheaper G-Wagon luxury EV
Mercedes-Benz is developing a more budget-friendly sibling to its hotly-anticipated G-Class all-electric SUV, as originally reported by Electrek. The EV will be a smaller, cheaper version of its iconic...
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