About 10,000 Toyota C-HR EVs Can Suddenly Lose Power, Toyota Says
North American Toyota C-HR EV owners face a software-related regen braking recall affecting about 10,000 2026 vehicles with potential power loss.
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Defense tech Mach Industries doubles valuation to $3.7B in 3 months
Defense tech startup Mach Industries has raised a fresh $600 million in capital in a Series C extension round that has doubled its valuation to $3.7 billion, the company announced on Thursday. It announced the original Series C in June, which was $300 million at a $1.8 billion valuation. Investors in both tranches include Ribbit … Read more
Mary Barra Says EVs Are Still GM's Endgame
GM leans on profitable trucks and SUVs while Mary Barra keeps its electric vehicle strategy aimed at batteries, software, and charging upgrades.
US Army places $11M bet on Austin-based GPS alternative Tern
Austin-based Tern has won a contract from the U.S. Army to deploy the startup’s low-cost GPS alternative tech. The $11.26 million contract will see the Army use Tern’s navigation tech in vehicles, though the startup was tight-lipped on the exact scale of the deployment of what it calls “Google Maps for the battlefield.” The Army … Read more
Audi EV Lessees Get Up To $10,000 To Keep Their Cars
Audi BEV lessees can cut up to $10,000 from E-Tron buyout prices, with different savings for the E-Tron GT, Q4, and Q8.
Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work
Another researcher is challenging OpenAI about the data driving its increasingly impressive array of mathematical discoveries. Just days after a bitter row erupted over whether the company’s models benefited from unpublished work, a second mathematician has come forward accusing the AI giant of unethical and “dishonest” behavior and a lack of transparency about the origins … Read more
McLaren Dealers Saw The New Models. Here's What's Coming
The product offensive begins with a new hybrid V6 supercar, followed by an SUV and a GT-like sedan.
Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 update adds VRR support in TV mode
Nintendo always promised that the Switch 2 would support variable refresh rate (VRR) when docked, but the console launched without this key feature. A new 23.0.0 firmware update now adds VRR support to the Switch 2 when it’s docked and in TV mode. VRR adjusts a display’s refresh rate to match a game’s frame rate, … Read more
No Screen, No Problem: Europe's New Budget EV Goes Back To Basics
The new Dacia Spring skips the center screen altogether on the base model, and that’s perfectly ok.
The variable aperture isn’t the cool part of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera
Apple always makes a big show of the latest cameras in its phones, and the major talking point of the iPhone 18 Pro is about the new variable aperture. Both the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max have an adjustable mechanical iris in their main camera modules to let more or less light into the … Read more