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Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone

Over the last few years, Chinese Android manufacturers have followed Vivo's example of launching add-on "teleconverter" lenses for their flagship phones, enabling long-distance photography that the phones on their own could never match. Today, Huawei one-upped everybody with the add-on lens for its Mate 90 Pro Max…

This fancy e-bike is one of the first to go semi-solid state

The Lemmo 3 is the first cargo bike from the respected German e-bike maker. This premium, step-through longtail is a slightly less insane take on Rivian's Also TM-B, with one major advantage: it's one of the first electric bikes to feature a semi-solid state battery. Semi-solid state batteries are far safer than…

The People of Utah vs. Kevin O’Leary

On the morning of May 11th, the celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary appeared on Fox Business and announced that he was under attack by Chinese agents. For weeks, he had been going on TV and posting online to tout his project, called Wonder Valley, after his nickname from the reality show Shark Tank, Mr. Wonderful. It

Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast

Universal Studios Hollywood has pledged to erect another sound barrier around its latest attraction after local residents complained about the bloodcurdling screams from riders. In a meeting attended by at least 350 people yesterday, park execs also promised that Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift won't operate between…

Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback

It's a quirk of the release calendar that when Vivo's X Fold 6 launched in China this June, it was just another foldable. Now that it's ready for its global release, the size and aspect ratio feel oddly old-fashioned. The X Fold 6 is much the same size as Vivo's previous foldables, and most other

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design

Grokipedia, SpaceXAI's AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, recently started incorporating edits again, and today, it got some design tweaks as part of a v0.3 update, including a new logo and refreshes to its homepage and live edits page. SpaceXAI head of design Benji Taylor calls it a "newly refreshed Grokipedia."…

The new and huger Paramount has a new co-CEO

Paramount is appointing a new co-CEO ahead of the close of its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ynon Kreiz, previously Mattel's chairman and CEO, will be joining Paramount to lead alongside chairman and CEO David Ellison. According to Paramount, "Ellison will focus on the company's long-term strategy…

Tesla Cybercab and Semi have more in common than you might think

Although the two vehicles are built for completely different use cases, Tesla utilized engineering expertise while developing both the Cybercab and Semi to build a thermal architecture that would fit both vehicles. Of course, with some slight revisions. The development was noted by Lars Moravy and Dan Priestley last…

Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie

A24 pissed off one of the internet's largest horror communities when it announced it was working on an SCP Foundation film, but apparently hadn't bothered to contact the SCP Wiki team, nor did it commit to releasing it under a Creative Commons license as required. Seeing an easy PR win, Neon is cashing in by

Why connection may be healthcare’s most valuable innovation

Better healthcare requires modern solutions to improve a complex system. Optum is a healthcare company that connects patient care, pharmacy services, health intelligence, and AI to help modernize and simplify the healthcare system for everyone.

Elon Musk weather update tips Tesla Roadster speculation into Plaid Mode

Tesla CEO Elon Musk certainly tipped off some details of the Tesla Roadster event with a broadening of information regarding the company’s decision to delay the unveiling for two weeks. For years, people have speculated about what the Roadster will be capable of. While there have been plenty of things said about what…

Tesla snags $30B in fresh credit lines for expanding its biggest projects

Tesla has secured $30 billion in fresh credit lines from Citibank and Wells Fargo in an effort to scale its biggest current projects. Tesla agreed to a $20 billion three-year delayed-draw term loan facility from Citibank, it announced on Tuesday. Additionally, it signed a five-year, $8 billion revolving credit…

Meta’s next big AI bet is enterprise; its biggest hurdle may be trust

Meta is once again repositioning itself to target the enterprise market. This week, the company announced the Meta Enterprise Platform , which it says will evolve its AI stack into products and services that enterprises can deploy into operations, rather than just using them for advertising and social media campaigns.