Ahead of its entry into the US, the European brand with an ex-Ferrari boss and decades of motorsport success has a new EV to take on Porsche and Polestar. WIRED tries it on for size.

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained metalinguistic abilities?

An anonymous reader shared this report from Phoronix: Due to the growing number of GNOME Shell extensions looking to appear on extensions.gnome.org that were generated using AI, it's now prohibited. The new rule in their guidelines note that AI-generated code will be explicitly rejected: "Extensions must not be AI-generated While it is not prohibited to use AI as a learning aid or a development tool (i.e. code completions), extension developers should be able to justify and explain the code ..

Last weeks poll ends with interesting results the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is surprisingly popular. Okay, the plurality of people is turned away by its price, but those people still find the form factor appealing. Add those who are willing to spend as much as necessary to get into the new form factor early plus those who are on the fence and are waiting and the Z TriFold crosses the 50% mark. Its rare to see a fresh idea in the mobile space get so much support out of the gate super-slim ..

SSDs come in in various sizes, but the smallest ones are usually not made with PCs in mind. One example is the one called Planck, labelled as the "world's smallest", but made for phones in mind. There's another contender, made by a Chinese company called Biwin, and it's simply called the CL100. And now, it [] The post Biwin CL100 Mini SSD Launches In China; Needs An Adapter appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

If Windows is feeling sluggish, there can be many reasons, from your computer's storage being almost full to too many programs starting with the operating system. Read full story

The R programming language "is sometimes frowned upon by 'traditional' software engineers," says the CEO of software quality services vendor Tiobe, "due to its unconventional syntax and limited scalability for large production systems." But he says it "continues to thrive at universities and in research- driven industries, and "for domain experts, it remains a powerful and elegant tool." Yet it's now gaining more popularity as statistics and large-scale data visualization become important (a ..

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is, for the first time, set to limit the amount of personal information it forces users to share for ad tracking purposes, according to an announcement from European Union authorities. Read full story

The OnePlus Open received the Android 16-based OxygenOS 16 stable update in India and Europe last month, and now the rollout has expanded to North America. The foldable is receiving the OxygenOS 16.0.1.300 update in North America with firmware version CPH2551_16.0.1.300(EX01). The update introduces fluid drag-and-drop animations for Home screen icons, widgets, and folders, while the Trinity Engine optimizes the workload and resources to maintain smooth performance across different usage ..

Apple's Photos app on the Mac is a powerful means of sorting and managing large libraries, with built-in tools that make images easier to find. Read full story

This week System76 launched the first stable release of its Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. Announced in 2021, it's designed for all GNU/Linux distributions and it shipping with Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS (based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS). An anonymous reader shared this report from 9to5Linux: Previous Pop!_OS releases used a version of the COSMIC desktop that was based on the GNOME desktop environment. However, System76 wanted to create a new desktop environment from scratch while keeping the same ..

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) are warning the public about a new silent call scam, where fraudsters use artificial intelligence to mimic a victims voice and deceive their family members. The alert follows a viral TikTok video by Kuala Lumpur police explaining how the tactic works. Cheras Commercial Crime Investigation Department officer Inspector Tai Yong [] The post Police Warn Of AI-Powered Silent Call Voice Exploitation Scam appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

AI-powered browsers arent exactly a novel idea at this point, with both Perplexity and OpenAI releasing their own takes on the concept. Google has also been steadily working on ways to integrate Gemini into web browsing, and this time it has arrived at a new experiment. Enter Disco, the newest offering from Google Labs. Disco [] The post The Latest Google Labs Experiment Is A Gemini-Powered Browser Called Disco appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Electric flying taxis may become available to London airport passengers from 2028, a UK company has announced. Read full story

This week the Free Software Foundation honored Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, and Govdirectory with this year's annual Free Software Awards (given to community members and groups making "significant" contributions to software freedom): Andy Wingo is one of the co-maintainers of GNU Guile, the official extension language of the GNU operating system and the Scheme "backbone" of GNU Guix. Upon receiving the award, he stated: "Since I learned about free software, the vision of a world in which hackers freely ..

"The entire java.applet package has been removed from JDK 26, which will release in March 2026," notes Inside Java. But long-time Slashdot reader AirHog links to this blog post reminding us that "Applets Are Officially Gone, But Java In The Browser Is Better Than Ever." This brings to an official end the era of applets, which began in 1996. However, for years it has been possible to build modern, interactive web pages in Java without needing applets or plugins. TeaVM provides fast, performant, ..

The S&P; 500 ran into a brick wall Friday and finished the week lower, just one day after closing at a record high.

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The answer to the question what charger should I use for my phone? used to be simple the right charger came in the box. That hasnt been true for a while now, at least not for most phones in most regions. Now you are expected to go out and buy your own charger. But which one? The main problem is that the U in USB is a lie its universal only if you are okay with outdated data speeds and slow charging. If you want more than 480Mbps and 10W, then things are a lot more fractured. There are ..

A Utah-based startup announced last week it used AI to locate a 250-degree Fahrenheit geothermal reservoir, reports CNN. It'll start producing electricity in three to five years, the company estimates and at least one geologist believes AI could be an exciting "gamechanger" for the geothermal industry. [Startup Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals] named it "Big Blind," because this kind of site which has no visual indication of its existence, no hot springs or geysers above ground, and no history of ..

Choosing your browser "is one of the most important digital decisions you can make, shaping how you experience the web, protect your data, and express yourself online," says the Firefox blog. They've urged readers to "take a stand for independence and control in your digital life." But they also recently polled 8,000 adults in France, Germany, the UK and the U.S. on "how they navigate choice and control both online and offline" (attending in-person events in Chicago, Berlin, LA, and Munich, San ..

Oricos PTM dock lineup introduces sliding M.2 trays and varied port layouts, creating a compact system that can behave like a NAS.

If Alien: Romulus reawakened your appetite for the iconic sci-fi franchise , the good news is that a promising video game could be on the way. According to an Insider Gaming report, a new game for the Alien franchise is back in development. The report's sources mentioned that the single-player game will be set in a "decaying space station" as an arcade survival horror that can be compared to "Shadow of [the] Tomb Raider with Xenomorphs." It's not the first time we heard about this Alien game, ..

Apple has released watchOS 26.2, which comes with a refined Sleep Score classification and an updated score range. Here's what the updated Sleep Score classification with the new score range looks like: Very Low (0-40), Low (41-60), OK (61-80), High (81-95), and Very High (96-100). In addition to the new Sleep Score classification, watchOS 26.2 comes with "Enhanced Safety Alerts," which can notify users of imminent threats such as natural disasters, floods, and other emergencies. The alerts ..

Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly 's podcast , which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026. "The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life 3," Mike Straw, one of the hosts of the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast and ..

Electrek reports: EV and battery supply chain research specialists Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that 2.0 million electric vehicles were sold globally in November 2025, bringing global EV sales to 18.5 million units year-to-date. That's a 21% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Europe was the clear growth leader in November, while North America continued to lag following the expiration of US EV tax credits. China, meanwhile, remains the world's largest EV market by a wide ..

Apple has released iOS 26.2 , bringing a number of new convenience features and security updates. The update includes auto-generated chapters for episodes in the Podcasts app, the option to make AirDrop more secure using verification codes, alarms for Remind

Even though Nintendo made some serious upgrades with the Joy-Con 2 , you still might end up ditching them for CRKD's Nitro Deck 2. After winning over Nintendo Switch owners with its first Nitro Deck , CRKD followed it up with an improved design that works for both the original Switch and the Switch 2 . To refine the original design, CRKD added several upgrades to the Nitro Deck 2 based on community feedback. The new-and-improved accessory features the company's CaptiStick Technology, which ..

Get your hands on one of Creality's K2 combo deals across the K2 lineup this Christmas season; the K2, K2 Pro, and K2 Plus combos are all on sale for up to $300 off.

In 1975, 23-year-old electrical engineer Steve Sasson joined Kodak. And in a new interview with the BBC, he remembers that he'd found the whole photographic process "really annoying.... I wanted to build a camera with no moving parts. Now that was just to annoy the mechanical engineers..." "You take your picture, you have to wait a long time, you have to fiddle with these chemicals. Well, you know, I was raised on Star Trek, and all the good ideas come from Star Trek. So I said what if we could ..

Dell's commercial sales department is set to announce a wave of price hikes affecting RAM, storage, GPU, and monitor upgrades to all corporate clients starting on December 17, according to leaked internal documents.

Google is complying with Disney's cease-and-desist letter over AI videos using its characters.

OnePlus has released the OxygenOS 16.0.2.401 update for the OnePlus 15. It comes with the December 2025 Android security patch and adds a "Neon" filter to the default Camera app, recreating the CineStill 800T film effect. With the new update, the filter in the Photos app now supports "Motion Photo," "Screenshots & screen recordings," and "Edited" options, making image and video filtering easier. Moreover, the update enables the bypass charging feature on the OnePlus 15 for gaming and non-gaming ..

New England's last coal-fired power plant "has ceased operations three years ahead of its planned retirement date," reports the New Hampshire Bulletin. "The closure of the New Hampshire facility paves the way for its owner to press ahead with an initiative to transform the site into a clean energy complex including solar panels and battery storage systems." "The end of coal is real, and it is here," said Catherine Corkery, chapter director for Sierra Club New Hampshire. "We're really excited ..

Once you get the new macOS Tahoe 26.2 update, you can try out Edge Light if you've got an Apple Silicon Mac.

A Reddit user has demonstrated AMDs new ML-powered FSR Redstone frame generation running in Monster Hunter Wilds, a game that was never designed to support it.

JEDEC is nearing completion of SPHBM4, a standard that enables full HBM4 bandwidth over a 512-bit interface using a 4:1 serialization, reusing standard HBM DRAM dies and a base die. The tech promises to enable a 2.5D integration on organic substrates to support up to 64 GB per st

Menteri Komunikasi, Datuk Fahmi Fadzil kini menyatakan kerajaan sedang teliti cadangan seorang pakar dalam mewujudkan Kod Etika Pempengaruh. Pihak Kementerian Komunikasi dijangka akan bertemu dengan pakar tersebut dalam memahami lanjut berkenaan dengannya. Kerajaan akan cuba memahami sudut pandang pakar berkenaan, sebelum meneliti lanjut berkenaan dengannya. Pada hari ini, tiada sebarang syarat atau kawalan yang dikenakan []