10 discounted gadgets I use regularly as a handyman (and why they make such a big difference)

When is Amazon Prime Day 2025?  This year, Amazon Prime Day runs from July 8-11. It’s the first time that it’s a four-day sale event, instead of just two days. Are tech products really cheaper on Prime Day?  Yes, you can find lots of tech for cheaper prices during Prime Day sales, at Amazon as… Continue reading 10 discounted gadgets I use regularly as a handyman (and why they make such a big difference)

America – it’s a party now! Plus: an electric Honda Ruckus and updated BMW

Elon Musk isn’t happy about Trump passing the Big Beautiful Bill and killing off the $7,500 EV tax credit – but there’s a lot more bad news for Tesla baked into the BBB. We’ve got all that and more on today’s budget-busting episode of Quick Charge! We also present ongoing coverage of the 2025 Electrek Formula… Continue reading America – it’s a party now! Plus: an electric Honda Ruckus and updated BMW

Clean Technica: How The Big Beautiful Bill (And Executive Orders) Will Likely Impact The US Auto Market In Unexpected Ways004089

Last Updated on: 7th July 2025, 11:40 am In this article, I’m attempting to present an optimistic view of the US auto market after the passage of the bill that ends electric vehicle (EV) tax credits on September 30th. That ended up being pretty hard to do, since there is a lot in the bill… Continue reading Clean Technica: How The Big Beautiful Bill (And Executive Orders) Will Likely Impact The US Auto Market In Unexpected Ways004089

RFK Jr Has a Problem: the Synthetic Food Dyes He’s Trying to Eliminate Are in Candy Beloved by Trump

Image by Mars / Kevin Dietsch via Getty / Futurism From the jump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alliance with Donald Trump has been fraught: the former hates fast food and artificial additives, while the latter is known for his love of burgers and Diet Coke. Nowhere has that tension been more clear than in the… Continue reading RFK Jr Has a Problem: the Synthetic Food Dyes He’s Trying to Eliminate Are in Candy Beloved by Trump

Expert Says AI Systems May Be Hiding Their True Capabilities to Seed Our Destruction

We already know that AI models are developing a propensity for lying — but that tendency may go far deeper, according to one alarm-sounding computer scientist. As flagged by Gizmodo, this latest missive of AI doomerism comes from AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy, who made it on a somewhat surprising venue: shock jock Joe Rogan’s podcast,… Continue reading Expert Says AI Systems May Be Hiding Their True Capabilities to Seed Our Destruction

Grok Makes Bizarre Post About Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and It Mysteriously Gets Deleted

Elon Musk and his chatbot Grok have merged into a single entity. Related: Musk is also innocent of any crimes you may accuse him of. On Sunday, the X-integrated AI chatbot went on another one of its classic bizarre rants, in which it assures us — while speaking in the first person, as if it had… Continue reading Grok Makes Bizarre Post About Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and It Mysteriously Gets Deleted

Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy

Artificial intelligence use has been associated with everything from fear of judgment and loneliness to misogyny and illiteracy — a baffling array of outcomes that’s often alarming, but defies easy categorization. Now the plot thickens. In a new study published in the journal BMC Psychology, South Korean scientists surveyed 504 college-level Chinese art students and found that the… Continue reading Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy

Waymo robotaxis are heading to Philadelphia and NYC

Waymo kicked off two “road trips” to Philadelphia and New York City on Monday, signaling the Alphabet-owned company’s interest in expanding into Northeastern cities.  Waymo’s branded “road trips” don’t necessarily signal a commercial launch anytime soon. Waymo has announced several other road trips this year, including to Houston, Orlando, Las Vegas, San Diego, and San… Continue reading Waymo robotaxis are heading to Philadelphia and NYC

Honda pulls the plug on its larger electric SUV, but that’s not all

That larger Honda electric SUV may be a pipe dream after all. Honda follows Ford, Toyota, and other automakers in adjusting major EV plans in the US. Honda scraps plans for a larger electric SUV Although Honda’s first electric SUV, the Prologue, was one of the top-selling EVs in the US last year, the Japanese… Continue reading Honda pulls the plug on its larger electric SUV, but that’s not all

Tesla was forced to reimburse Full Self-Driving in arbitration after failing to deliver

Tesla has been forced to reimburse a customer’s Full Self-Driving package after an arbitrator determined that the automaker failed to deliver it. Tesla has been promising its car owners that every vehicle it has built since 2016 has all the hardware capable of unsupervised self-driving. The automaker has been selling a “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) package… Continue reading Tesla was forced to reimburse Full Self-Driving in arbitration after failing to deliver