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Shane Chen, the inventor of the hoverboard, has unveiled a new two-wheeled electric car as well as an enhanced hoverboard.

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In an effort to strengthen its case in a heated lawsuit over the safety of its Autopilot system, Tesla is looking to Apple for help. The case, which stems from a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model X in 2018, resulted in a legal battle over the circumstances of the accident.

 Six years ago, automakers and tech companies thought they were on the cusp of putting thousands of self-driving robotaxis on the street to carry passengers without a human driver.

We may not be using the M word much these days, but the race to build an interconnected avatar-driven virtual world didn’t take the last year off.

RagaAI has secured funding to develop a tool that aims to diagnose and fix flaws with artificial intelligence systems, responding to an increasing emphasis on safety and reliability during the AI boom.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Zodiark—it's Friday! You've just about made it through the grind of the working week, so pat yourself on the back. Better yet, reward yourself with some good old-fashioned escapism from the lists below. Because, hey, it's probably gonna be too bloody hot to do anything on the weekend anyway. Staring down the barrel at 36°C+ over here. Awesome.

Bandai Namco is putting the Nintendo Switch on the highway to the danger zone, announcing that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition will be coming to Nintendo's hybrid console on July 11.

We have the solution to Wordle on January 12, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

 Smaller, lesser-known digital currencies are outperforming Bitcoin after the breathtaking surge by the market bellwether in recent weeks. 

What would a global disaster look like from inside a really, really nice Airbnb? That’s the question posed — and answered, in a fairly gripping way — by Leave the World Behind, a luxe Netflix thriller adapted by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail from Rumaan Alam’s 2020 novel. But this isn’t another “eat the rich” (or “lick the rich”) classist fable, in spite of some architectural similarities between its setup (and its actual architecture) and those in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. Leave the World Behind gently prods at some racial and economic sore spots, but ultimately, it isn’t about conflict. Its well-to-do characters have more commonalities than differences. It’s a view of what happens when the bubble bursts, seen entirely from inside the bubble.

Oni Press has announced a four-issue comic adaptation of Night People, the provocative "neon noir" (no, that's not a typo) novel by Barry Gifford, the co-writer of David Lynch's Lost Highway and the author of the novel that Lynch based his earlier film Wild at Heart on.

Update: Just minutes after the trailer leaked, Rockstar Games has gone and officially posted the trailer itself. So, here it is: GTA 6 releases in 2025. Catch the reveal trailer above.

The GTA 6 trailer is here, and it's underscored by Tom Petty's 1989 anthem Love is a Long Road - so what does that let us glean about what to expect from Rockstar's new game?

We learned last week that Rockstar Games was going to release the first official trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI this week. It was set to release on Tuesday, December 5, at 9 a.m. E.T., but after leaking online today, the team released the trailer early.

Cyberpunk 2077 is finally getting a fully functional metro system next week, thanks to patch 2.1 which will go live to mark the release of the Ultimate Edition.

Ever since Alan Turing's “imitation game,” we've been acutely aware of the importance of measuring the capabilities of computers against our own miraculous brains. The British pioneer's method, outlined in 1950, is primitive today, but it sought to answer a persistent question: How will we tell when a machine has become as (or more) intelligent than a human being?

Like cutting the red tape on a six-lane gravel highway, the launch of Cities: Skylines 2 has been both huge and rough. While undoubtedly offering an improved core experience over the original, the game's performance issues were so severe that Colossal Order started warning about them before the game came out. Moreover, certain core features you'd hope to see on release, were either unfinished or just plain missing.

Today (November 9), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s final wave of DLC available via the Booster Course Pass has been released, alongside a free update for all users which includes a crucial new feature to streamline online play. 

Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States following a crash involving one of its robotaxis and will likely issue more recalls, General Motors' self-driving unit said.

Psyonix has announced that Disney's Cars is coming to the Rocket League for the game's latest collaboration. 

GM-owned Cruise is halting all self-driving car operations after California’s DMV suspended the company’s state permit to operate the vehicles, citing them as a risk to public safety. 

The Dark Place manifests Alan’s worst nightmares and thoughts, and he finds himself stuck in it in Alan Wake 2. One of the tougher objectives you need to solve is getting a light inside Caldera St. Station.

Google Maps is about to get a lot more immersive with the rollout of an AI-enhanced feature that gives you bird's-eye view of your route complete with 3D imagery along the way.

As was foretold, I jumped into the newly released Alaskan Road Truckers the other day. I knew it was going to be a rough road judging from the demo and every trailer shown for it. However, the roads are pretty beyond rough. They feel as though the roads, as well as the people on them, were created by someone who has never been in a vehicle before.

Foxconn, the world’s biggest electronics manufacturer, announced a strategic partnership with Nvidia to accelerate the development of electric vehicles and the AI that drives them.

If you've had your eye on a Ford F-150 Lightning, a new middle-tier trim could be an intriguing option. The fifth trim for the automaker's best-selling EV, dubbed the Flash, sits between the XLT and Lariat variants and will be available in 2024.

Over the last week, Factorio developer Wube Software has revealed two big updates coming to the way rails work in the upcoming Factorio: Space Age expansion. According to the posts, new rails will double the number of directions that a rail track can be placed in Factorio. And, with the newest update, rail ramps and supports can create elevated rail systems as well. It may seem like a small change, but it actually really shakes things up for Factorio. Here’s a more in-depth look at the changes.

The latest Apple iPhone, the iPhone 15 pro, is here, and the company has made it better in so many ways from camera to the charging port. And if you were wishing for more, then know that the iPhone 16 Pro rumor mongers are working at a furious pace already to provide some insight into what is likely coming. Take a sneak peek at what's rumoured for the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro.

Cities Skylines 2 roads are already being overhauled, thanks to addition of roundabouts, better highway ramps, and improved traffic AI that means Cims now use every single lane. There’s one key road-building feature we’ve been missing since Cities Skylines 1, however: the ability to create dedicated turning lanes and to exclude cars from going straight on at intersections. While CS1 allowed for some workarounds, it looks like CS2 is making dedicated turn lanes a simple reality, as Colossal Order shares fresh Cities Skylines 2 gameplay footage.