2025-12-16

Zoom says it aced AI’s hardest exam. Critics say it copied off its neighbors.

Zoom Video Communications, the company best known for keeping remote workers connected during the pandemic, announced last week that it had achieved the highest score ever recorded on one of artificial intelligence's most demanding tests — a claim that sent ripples of surp [...]

2025-12-16

China approves two level-3 autonomous EVs

China has taken another step forward in the self-driving car market. The country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has made its first approval for cars with level-3 autonomous driving capabilities. The two electric sedans come from state-owned automake [...]

2025-12-16

Avatar: Fire and Ash is just a flame-filled version of The Way of Water — are we ready to admit that the franchise is getting boring?

I'm tired of pretending films like Avatar: Fire and Ash are interesting just because their visual craft is impeccable... and we've seen this particular film before. [...]

2025-12-16

Microsoft is fixing a huge problem with a nifty Windows 11 security feature that polices app installations

Windows 11 has a powerful security feature you may not have heard of – and I'm glad to see Microsoft is fixing its most baffling drawback. [...]

2025-12-16

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson says not to worry, the game will be out before 2030 — 'Game will be out before then. I’m not getting any younger!'

Following speculation online, Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson has assured fans that the game will be released before 2030. [...]

2025-12-16

The fastest portable SSD I've used is also the smallest (and it's not even close)

Samsung's T9 SSD offers up to 4TB of storage with transfer speeds of up to 20Gbps - in an ultraportable form factor. [...]

2025-12-16

Ford takes a massive hit as it pulls back on electric vehicles

Ford is cutting back on electric vehicles as Trump policies weaken demand and remove federal support for EV buyers [...]

2025-12-16

PayPal applies to become a bank under Trump's looser financial rules

PayPal is the latest company looking to become a bank in the US. On Monday, the company announced it had submitted applications for PayPal Bank to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions (UDFI). PayPal is already a bank i [...]

2025-12-16

Avatar Fire and Ash review: Maybe it's time to sunset Pandora

No matter what you think of James Cameron's Avatar movies, their technical ambitions are undeniable. Cameron developed his own camera system to shoot the first Avatar in 3D, but since most of the actors were digitally captured, he also had the freedom to construct scenes wi [...]