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JBL Bar 500MK2 Review: A Fantastic Soundbar System

The subwoofer is no joke, at about 13 x 16 inches and 18 pounds, but it’s not something you’ll need to move once you get it set up, and it contributes massively (pun intended) to the depth and breadth of the Bar 500MK2’s sound. With a 10-inch driver, it’s more than enough to get to… Continue reading JBL Bar 500MK2 Review: A Fantastic Soundbar System

My AirTags kept dying, so I switched to this tracker that lasts for five years

Elevation Lab 5-year Compact TimeCapsule ZDNET’s key takeaways Elevation Lab’s 5-year time capsule is available now, starting at $20. It boosts AirTag battery life up to five years, and is AAA powered, so it doesn’t add extra bulk. They’re not as loud as AirTags, but they’re loud enough. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on… Continue reading My AirTags kept dying, so I switched to this tracker that lasts for five years

Woman Suffers AI Psychosis After Obsessively Generating AI Images of Herself

Getty / Futurism On top of the environmental, political, and social toll AI has taken on the world, it’s also been linked to a severe mental health crisis in which users are spiraling into delusions and ending up committed to psychiatric institutions, or even dead by suicide. Take Caitlin Ner. Writing in an essay for… Continue reading Woman Suffers AI Psychosis After Obsessively Generating AI Images of Herself

The great software pricing shakeout of 2026: What every IT leader needs to know

Oscar Wong/Moment/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Software pricing is moving to outcome-based models. Users and vendors need to agree on success metrics. The nature of software engineering work is evolving. In the year ahead, your relationship with your software vendors may change radically, perhaps even… Continue reading The great software pricing shakeout of 2026: What every IT leader needs to know

Clean Technica: Tesla Registrations Dropped 34.2% in November in European Union004301

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. 2024 was the year Tesla’s long-term story changed dramatically. Instead of growing, growing, growing … well, just write that 12 times in total … 2024 was the year Tesla saw an annual sales decline. It was the first time since the Model S was released… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Registrations Dropped 34.2% in November in European Union004301

Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare

Disney via YouTube Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at Disney Research Hub published a paper describing how they brought the beloved talking snowman from the “Frozen” films to life as a walking robot — and boy did they succeed. In a video explaining… Continue reading Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare

AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Willem van Aelst For hundreds of years, humans have engaged in the fine craft of art forgery. Indeed, in 1496, a 21-year-old Michelangelo faked a piece of a Roman sculpture, passing it to the Roman antiquarian Cardinal Raffaele Riario to make a quick buck. To pull off the… Continue reading AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art

Zoox issues software recall over lane crossings

Amazon-owned Zoox issued a recall Tuesday over concerns its autonomous driving system caused vehicles to cross over the center lane line near intersections or block crosswalks. The voluntary recall of its software affected 332 vehicles, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). While there have not been any collisions associated… Continue reading Zoox issues software recall over lane crossings

GM is inviting EV owners to test this feature that should be standard for all vehicles

If you haven’t used one yet, a Digital Key is life-changing. It should be a given on all new vehicles nowadays. GM is finally asking a select group of EV owners to test the new feature. GM begins Digital Key tests for EV owners Tesla first introduced its digital key for the Tesla Model 3… Continue reading GM is inviting EV owners to test this feature that should be standard for all vehicles

Tesla driver crashes during livestream desmonstrating ‘Full Self-Driving’ features

A Tesla drove in the wrong direction, resulting in a head-on collision with another vehicle, during a livestream, demonstrating Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ features. Earlier this year, Tesla launched its Level 2 driver-assist system, ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD), in China. Like in the US, despite its name, the system requires constant driver supervision. Unlike in the US,… Continue reading Tesla driver crashes during livestream desmonstrating ‘Full Self-Driving’ features