Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed
Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

The video game disc is dead, and Sony’s been planning to kill it for some time, according to a report out of Austria. The man who leads Sony’s discmaking operations, Sony DADC president Dietmar Tanzer, told ORF Salzburg that the company’s Thalgau plant produces 600,000 discs every day, half of which are for PlayStation. But […]

Tesla caps employee AI spending at $200/week except for Grok
Tesla caps employee AI spending at $200/week except for Grok

Tesla told staff it will impose a $200-per-week limit on employee AI spending starting July 6, according to an internal memo reported by The Information (paywall).
The cap lands just months after Tesla pushed employees to use AI more aggressively, a si…

Iberdrola kicks off its first large-scale battery project in the US
Iberdrola kicks off its first large-scale battery project in the US

Spanish renewable energy and electricity giant Iberdrola is constructing its first battery energy storage project in the US as utilities race to add more storage to strengthen the grid.

Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home
Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home

The man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal and local news outlet KHOU 11. 44-year-old Michael Butler was arrested on Wednesday and claimed to have been driving his Model 3 using Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) […]

The Hyundai IONIQ 3 is the affordable electric hatch we want but can’t have
The Hyundai IONIQ 3 is the affordable electric hatch we want but can’t have

The IONIQ 3 is a high-tech, fully electric hatch that the US will miss out on. It can drive over 300 miles on a single charge and is Hyundai’s first vehicle in Europe to use its new Pleos Connect infotainment system.

Brave’s new Container feature is a lifesaver for anyone juggling multiple accounts

Brave now lets desktop users open tabs in separate Containers, so the same website can run different accounts side by side.

Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket

Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive “gizmos” built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business Insider. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI […]

‘World’s largest’ second-life EV battery factory opens in just six weeks
‘World’s largest’ second-life EV battery factory opens in just six weeks

Moment Energy has officially opened what it says is the world’s largest second-life EV battery factory, bringing new battery energy storage manufacturing capacity online just six weeks after announcing the project.

Polestar EVs are a smoking deal at $25k off now that they’re banned in the US
Polestar EVs are a smoking deal at $25k off now that they’re banned in the US

On the back of the Commerce Department’s incredibly stupid move to ban Polestar from selling EVs in the US, the Polestar 4 is now nearly the cheapest EV in America after a $25k discount, and the Polestar 3 has a pretty great discount applied too.

Subaru’s new Trailseeker EV starts at $40,000
Subaru’s new Trailseeker EV starts at $40,000

The Trailseeker was Subaru’s best-selling electric SUV last month. Starting at under $40,000, the “go-anywhere, rugged SUV” offers a spacious interior, standard AWD, and a combined 375 horsepower.