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HoverAir’s new floating Aqua drone can take off and land on water

The drone is completely waterproof and tracks you using a new wireless transmitter worn on your arm. The drone is completely waterproof and tracks you using a new wireless transmitter worn on your arm. by Andrew Liszewski Aug 21, 2025, 4:00 PM UTC Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the… Continue reading HoverAir’s new floating Aqua drone can take off and land on water

How Burning Man VR rebuilt after Microsoft shut it down

The team behind the digital Burning Man experience couldn’t find a social VR platform that suited its needs, so they built one on their own. The team behind the digital Burning Man experience couldn’t find a social VR platform that suited its needs, so they built one on their own. by Janko Roettgers Aug 21,… Continue reading How Burning Man VR rebuilt after Microsoft shut it down

Is the Flipper Zero the next big car theft gadget?

Transportation ‘Kia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026.’ ‘Kia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026.’ by Andrew J. Hawkins Aug 21, 2025, 3:17 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News… Continue reading Is the Flipper Zero the next big car theft gadget?

A Huge Number of Grok AI Chats Just Leaked, and Their Contents Are So Disturbing That We’re Sweating Profusely

Brace yourselves, because hundreds of thousands of user conversations with Elon Musk’s notoriously foul-mouthed Grok chatbot have hit the internet, Forbes reports — and some of them get into absolutely unholy territory. The more than 370,000 chats were made public after users clicked a “share” button that created a link to their chatbot convos, unaware… Continue reading A Huge Number of Grok AI Chats Just Leaked, and Their Contents Are So Disturbing That We’re Sweating Profusely

7 clever ways to automate your home with smart plugs

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Remember The Clapper? The plug-in staple may have made for a catchy jingle in the 1980s, but it could also be considered as a primitive ancestor of today’s smart plug — that is, if you can say… Continue reading 7 clever ways to automate your home with smart plugs

Tesla offers used car leases with $0 down as it desperately tries move cars

Tesla has started offering leases of certified pre-owned cars, which is relatively rare in the industry, with $0 down as it desperately tries to move vehicles before the end of the quarter. With the federal tax credit for electric vehicles set to expire at the end of the quarter, automakers in the US are all… Continue reading Tesla offers used car leases with $0 down as it desperately tries move cars

Rejoice! Trump’s FDA Says You Can Eat a Surprising Amount of Walmart’s Radioactive Shrimp Without Major Issues

Image by Getty / Futurism The Food and Drug Administration definitely wants the public to avoid eating those potentially radioactive frozen shrimp bags sold at Walmart — but if you have a little, as a hazardous little treat, it probably won’t kill you. In its advisory warning about the potential contamination, the FDA noted that… Continue reading Rejoice! Trump’s FDA Says You Can Eat a Surprising Amount of Walmart’s Radioactive Shrimp Without Major Issues

The Cybertruck Is Such a Mess That Insurance Companies Are Refusing to Even Cover It

Not even insurance companies want anything to do with it. Truck Putz Tesla’s Cybertruck is turning out to be a full-blown disaster. Sales are circling the drain, with the Elon Musk-led automaker selling a mere 4,306 Cybertrucks in the second quarter of 2025, a stunning 50.8 percent drop over the same period last year. Resale… Continue reading The Cybertruck Is Such a Mess That Insurance Companies Are Refusing to Even Cover It

Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why Just Walking In Nature Appears to Quickly Heal Your Brain Rot

Image by Getty / Futurism “Go outside” or “touch grass” are common rejoinders deployed in online arguments these days. And, at least for those of us whose brains have probably melted from spending too much time on an app where said arguments take place, it turns out it’s pretty sound advice. As the New York… Continue reading Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why Just Walking In Nature Appears to Quickly Heal Your Brain Rot