CES 2025: The new tech we’re expecting to see in Las Vegas from AMD, NVIDIA, Hyundai and more

The holiday season has barely begun, but some of us are already getting ready for CES 2025. Shortly after New Year’s Day, many from the Engadget team will be packing our bags to fly to Las Vegas, where we’ll be covering tech’s biggest annual conference. As usual, our inboxes are already flooded with pitches from… Continue reading CES 2025: The new tech we’re expecting to see in Las Vegas from AMD, NVIDIA, Hyundai and more

The best ways to spend your $50 gift card

If you ever played with those word refrigerator magnets back in the day, Ransom Notes will give you an instant shot of nostalgia. It also has what I think is the most important quality in a party game: no complicated rules, setup or explanation required. Each round starts with an open-ended question card, like “describe… Continue reading The best ways to spend your $50 gift card

Hydrogen had a wild ride in 2024, but Honda has more to come in 2025

On today’s high-powered episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got Honda fuel cell manager David Perzynski here to talk about Honda’s forty year history developing hydrogen powertrains, and the role Honda sees for HFCEVs in a battery dominated world. In the course of the conversation we talk about several hydrogen articles posted in 2024, as well… Continue reading Hydrogen had a wild ride in 2024, but Honda has more to come in 2025

Clean Technica: Tesla Still Looking for Buyers003766

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! With a week to go in 2024, it’s clear Tesla still has inventory ready to find a home. For one, if you go to your nearest Tesla delivery center, you’re likely to see quite a few new Teslas lined… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Still Looking for Buyers003766

Clean Technica: Hertz Is Now Selling Teslas To Renters! (Super Cheap)003765

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! This is a wild one. We’ve covered the Hertz decision to buy tens of thousands of Teslas, followed by the Hertz decision to buy tens of thousands fewer Teslas than it originally planned and to sell off most of… Continue reading Clean Technica: Hertz Is Now Selling Teslas To Renters! (Super Cheap)003765

Android phone makers dropped the ball on Qi2 in 2024

Android phones have been the first to feature a bunch of notable standards. They were the first to support 4G, 5G, USB-C (way back in 2015 no less) and in-screen fingerprint sensors. And when it comes to wireless charging, you can trace that lineage all the way back to the Samsung Galaxy S3 from 2012… Continue reading Android phone makers dropped the ball on Qi2 in 2024

Stupidly Easy Hack Can Jailbreak Even the Most Advanced AI Chatbots

Are you serious? Typo Personality It sure sounds like some of the industry’s smartest leading AI models are gullible suckers. As 404 Media reports, new research from Claude chatbot developer Anthropic reveals that it’s incredibly easy to “jailbreak” large language models, which basically means tricking them into ignoring their own guardrails. Like, really easy. What… Continue reading Stupidly Easy Hack Can Jailbreak Even the Most Advanced AI Chatbots

Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Had Been Named as Potential Witness in Lawsuit Against Employer

He said he’d “try to testify.” Spill the Beans Suchir Balaji, the young OpenAI whistleblower whose death was made public earlier this month, was apparently being considered as a witness against his former employer in a major lawsuit, The Associated Press reports. Shortly before his passing, the 26-year old Balaji had sounded the alarm on… Continue reading Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Had Been Named as Potential Witness in Lawsuit Against Employer

How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump

Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive orders for changes to space policy under the Trump Administration. Sources familiar with the five people on the team, who have spent the last six weeks assessing the space agency and its exploration plans, were… Continue reading How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump

Woosh Smart Air Filter Review: No More Guessing

“It’s a helpful approach to monitor the pressure drop across the filter—this is a good way to know when it’s the right time to change the filter because otherwise, there is a lot of guessing work,” Li says. She says the typical three-month replacement recommendation is based on the assumption of a 20 percent runtime… Continue reading Woosh Smart Air Filter Review: No More Guessing