Rivian CEO: ‘We’re really convicted’ about skipping CarPlay

RJ Scaringe on not politicizing his company’s brand and dealing with tariffs, China, and the road to for R2. by Joanna Stern Oct 6, 2025, 2:00 PM UTC RJ Scaringe on not politicizing his company’s brand and dealing with tariffs, China, and the road to for R2. by Joanna Stern Oct 6, 2025, 2:00 PM… Continue reading Rivian CEO: ‘We’re really convicted’ about skipping CarPlay

While you were partying with your Steam Deck, GPD studied the cord

The GPD Win 5 is the most powerful handheld ever made. The GPD Win 5 is the most powerful handheld ever made. by Sean Hollister Oct 6, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the… Continue reading While you were partying with your Steam Deck, GPD studied the cord

Clean Technica: The Hidden Lever: A PSA & What Tesla’s Door Handles Reveal About Its Safety Culture004199

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I’m in Teslas regularly these days. Vancouver’s rideshare ecosystem has quietly standardized around them. Open the Uber app, call a ride, and odds are good a Model 3 or Model Y slides up to the curb. I don’t own a car, so my view of… Continue reading Clean Technica: The Hidden Lever: A PSA & What Tesla’s Door Handles Reveal About Its Safety Culture004199

13-Year-Old Arrested for Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend

Getty / Futurism While in school, a 13-year-old Florida teen logged onto a school device and typed something bone chilling into OpenAI’s ChatGPT: “How to kill my friend in the middle of class.” That’s when a school police officer got an immediate alert that this happened via an AI-powered school monitoring system called Gaggle. The… Continue reading 13-Year-Old Arrested for Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend

Tesla teases mysterious new product unveiling this week

Tesla is teasing the unveiling of a mysterious new product planned for Tuesday, October 7th this week. The teaser is ambiguous, which is sparking speculation. On Sunday, Tesla released a short teaser on X featuring a few seconds of what appears to be a wheel or a fan spinning and ending with the date “10/7”:… Continue reading Tesla teases mysterious new product unveiling this week

Sam Altman Warns That AI Industry Is Due for a Spectacular Implosion 

Getty / Futurism OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doing what he does best: warning of AI-related doom that he doesn’t sound all that pressed about. Last week, while touring one of OpenAI’s mammoth data centers being built in Abilene, Texas, Altman had a pretty casual outlook when he was asked about a bubble that could… Continue reading Sam Altman Warns That AI Industry Is Due for a Spectacular Implosion 

Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones

Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Microplastics are showing up everywhere in the human body, but what does this actually mean for our health? For starters: potentially crumbling our poor skeletons. New research suggests that the inescapable plastic particles could be weakening our bones by hindering their ability to generate new… Continue reading Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones

Amazon Drones Kamikaze Into Construction Equipment, Burst Into Flames

Instead of soaring through the air like a magnificent crane, Amazon’s delivery drones ended up smashing into one. On Wednesday, the e-commerce giant temporarily suspended drone deliveries in the West Valley area near Phoenix, Arizona after two of its MK30 drones collided with a construction crane just miles away from an Amazon warehouse. It’s yet… Continue reading Amazon Drones Kamikaze Into Construction Equipment, Burst Into Flames

Ninja Slushi Is the Cheapest It’s Been: Early Prime Day Deal 2025

The Ninja Slushi doesn’t go on sale often. Why would it? Throughout this year and last, the real story behind the Ninja Slushi was that you couldn’t find the dang thing in stock. What a difference a season makes: Now it’s $50 off list price on an early Prime Day deal. This is the best… Continue reading Ninja Slushi Is the Cheapest It’s Been: Early Prime Day Deal 2025

TechCrunch Mobility: Toyota makes a $1.5B bet on the startup ecosystem

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! More than a month ago, I asked you, dear reader, how you thought EV sales would play out once the $7,500 federal tax credit expired on September… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Toyota makes a $1.5B bet on the startup ecosystem