Author: Hunter

You can preorder the Nintendo Switch 2 and the Mario Kart World bundle from GameStop today. Most major retailers launched their Nintendo Switch 2 preorders at 12AM ET on April 24th and sold out quickly — but thankfully, GameStop is doing things a bit differently. The company says it’s kicking off in-store preorders when the… Read more

The new label highlights energy efficiency, durability, repairability, and battery life. The European Union has announced details of new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc, which include ratings for energy efficiency, durability, and repairability. Hardware will also have to meet new “ecodesign requirements” to be sold in the EU, including a… Read more

It was either this or a picture of a bathroom. It is our lot in life to poop. We eat stuff, digest it, and then the waste must be expelled. That’s just the way it is, which means we are destined to spend a not-insignificant portion of our time sitting on the porcelain throne. So… Read more

From charging adapters to external monitors, we’ve gathered the essential peripherals for your Apple laptop. Read more

Copilot’s early coding days were all swing and miss. But now? It’s hitting line drives and running the bases with confidence. See how it turned the game around. Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal “We were losing the light, and still about 20 kilometers from the main road, when the car shuddered and died at the edge… Read more

Stellantis says its solid-state batteries are getting closer to reality. The parent company of brands like Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and many others is working with startup Factorial on the new batteries, which have just been successfully validated for automotive use and will be installed in a demonstrator fleet in 2026. Most EVs use “wet” lithium-ion… Read more

Volkswagen isn’t typically mentioned in conversations about robotaxis, but the German auto giant has been quietly working on its own self-driving technology for over a decade. And now the company is ready to deploy its first autonomous vehicles on Uber’s ridehailing platform, starting with a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles in 2026. The vehicles… Read more

The first wave of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solutions has already achieved considerable success in companies, particularly in the area of coding assistants and in increasing the efficiency of existing SaaS products. However, these applications only show a small glimpse of what is possible with large language models (LLMs). The real strength of this technology… Read more

A WIRED investigation reveals that the US Department of Homeland Security has deployed at least 30 YouTube ads since April 1 to threaten irregular migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry. Read more