US eyeing new rules to keep Chinese software out of cars

Image: Apple The iPhone 16 is nigh as Apple prepares to debut its next smartphone lineup on Monday, September 9th, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The company is expected to officially announce four phones as usual, with two standard iPhone 16s and two iPhone 16 Pro models, all likely packed with Apple Intelligence AI…

Elon Musk’s X is still banned in Brazil.  In addition, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has said that any user who attempts to access the former Twitter via VPN faces thousands of dollars per day in fines. So, Brazilian posters need a new place to, well, post. And it appears many Brazilian X…

Mattel’s latest Polly Pocket collab is a Stranger Things playset that houses the fictional town of Hawkins and the Upside Down in a compact shaped like a walkie-talkie. The set, introduced this week, contains figurines of the characters Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will — plus a very non-threatening interpretation of the Demogorgon. Pre-orders for…

You’ve likely come across the online sextortion scam before. An email pops up in your inbox with the sender claiming to have obtained your indiscreet photos or videos, such as nudes or sex tapes. For a price, they offer to keep the content private. But, if you don’t give in to their blackmail, they threaten…

Nanoleaf’s Sense Plus Smart Switch wirelessly controls Nanoleaf’s lights, including its new ceiling light. | Image: Nanoleaf After nearly a decade of development, Nanoleaf’s smart switch is finally here. You can pre-order the $30 Sense Plus Smart Wireless “Anywhere” Switch today, and it should ship in October. But to get to this point, Nanoleaf had…

Over the summer, Disney’s internal communications channels suffered a data breach. We now know that as a result of this breach, guests and employees were affected, with personal information being stolen by hackers. Earlier this summer, a hacker group called “NullBulge” gained access to over 1TB of sensitive data from Disney after infiltrating the company’s…

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Dogwifhat ($WIF) has recently faced a price decline over the past month, primarily due to the emergence of competing meme coins. Despite this setback, the project remains firmly established in the crypto market, with a market capitalization of $1.4 billion, ranking 48th on CoinMarketCap. While some investors remain optimistic about a potential recovery for the…

NBA 2K25 launched Sept. 6, starting players of its enormously popular MyCareer suite all over again in search of building a player matched perfectly to a position and the user’s play style. Alone among sports games with a single-player career and, heck, even the larger role-playing genre from which they draw, NBA 2K faces players…

The Verge Negotiations for a new carriage deal between Disney and DirecTV are continuing into this weekend, reports Deadline. Meanwhile, the two are lobbing messaging at customers who are left out in the cold as the first NFL weekend kicks off. It’s been a week since DirecTV customers have been able to watch channels like…

Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, has issued a recall for Ram 1500 pickup trucks from 2019 and 2021-2024 due to a software problem in the anti-lock brake system. The bug could cause the anti-lock brake system to “disable the electronic stability control system,” which in turn can increase the risk of a crash, according…

Crypto whales were drawn to Pepe Unchained, pushing its presale past the $12.3 million mark and positioning it as one of the best meme coins to buy in September. Even though dog-themed tokens dominate the meme coin space, Pepe Unchained quickly caught the eye of degen investors throughout the crypto world. Let’s take a closer…

YouTube is building tools to detect AI-generated likenesses of artists like actors and musicians, the company’s vice president of creator products Amjad Hanif wrote in a blog post this week. Hanif also repeatedly expressed that YouTube is “committed” to the responsible development of AI tools. The first of the new tools is “synthetic singing” identification…

Image: Team Asobi The sequel to a simple pack-in game is a flawless love letter to both PlayStation’s history and video games in general. Continue reading… Please follow and like us:

Following the successful presales of Base Dawgz, $MGMES, $STARS, and $SHIBASHOOT, these projects are poised to reach significant milestones. Meanwhile, $PEPU has been attracting attention from whales, with several large investors acquiring substantial amounts during its presale. Given the impressive growth potential demonstrated by cryptocurrency in 2024, September could be an opportune time to invest….

Celebrated indie writer/director Sean Baker isn’t precious about sex. On social media, pearl-clutchers chatter about love scenes being unneeded in media. In politics, our bedroom activities and identities become fear-mongering talking points. Meanwhile, Baker shrugs off such puritanical shame, turning out one critically heralded movie after another that offers a defiantly casual yet humane portrait…

TL;DR: If you need high-quality scans anywhere, anytime, get SwiftScan VIP. A lifetime subscription to this iOS and Android-compatible OCR scanner is only £36.54 with the discount code SAVENOW.  It’s time to go back to school, but there’s still plenty of time to prepare. If you’re still cleaning the papers out of your desk, help…

Nikocado Avocado, a YouTuber known for over-the-top mukbangs, revealed 250 pound weight loss. Please follow and like us:

Starliner just after undocking from the ISS. | Screenshot: YouTube The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its uncrewed flight back to Earth, NASA announced overnight. The return ended the Starliner’s most recent flight test months later than intended and leaves its original crew, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard the International Space…

Meta is making changes to WhatsApp and Messenger in order to add interoperability with third-party chat apps — in Europe, that is — and the company is sharing how it would work in a new post. Based on previous reports, Meta started working on enabling third-party chats last year after the rules of the bloc’s…

You can buy a disassembled iPhone 4S framed for just $99. | Image: Grid Studio If you’re a fan of all things retro, Grid’s framed disassembled gadgets are a celebration of vintage tech you will likely find charming. The company turns obsolete smartphones, gaming consoles, controllers, and other old-school gizmos into collage-like artwork placed in…

The Roku smart TV platform is an accessible way to watch your favorite streaming content in a centralized location – either built-in to TVs, or by adding affordable dongles or set-top boxes to older televisions. However, a common frustration for any smart TV or streaming service user is that some of the best shows and…

Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Justin Theroux walk us through the shenanigans they went through to create the incredible lipsync scene in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Please follow and like us:

Regular iPhone, rise up. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Look, I get it. People aren’t buying phones like they used to, so Apple’s really gotta put the squeeze on us every upgrade cycle. And recently, that has meant pushing more people toward the Pro iPhone, rather than the regular one. Every year…

Boeing’s Starliner capsule has undocked from the ISS at 6:04PM Eastern time on September 6 and has safely and gently landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01AM on September 7. Calypso, as the capsule is called, didn’t have a crew onboard despite flying to the ISS with astronauts Suni Williams and…

The fast-changing blockchain world, once led by Ethereum, is now seeing new Layer-1 blockchains emerge, each with unique advantages, making it important to have a mix of assets for long-term success. Ethereum struggles with scalability and high fees, which has led to the rise of alternative Layer-1 networks. These new blockchains often provide faster speeds,…

Picking our best single-player PC games wasn’t easy. As much fun as it can be to knuckle down into a multiplayer match on Call of Duty or run dungeons on World of Warcraft, there are some unrivaled single-player gaming experiences out there, and the PC is one of the best places to have them. Here…

Mafia: The Old Country will be the fourth installment in Hangar 13/2K’s series which started all the way back in 2002. The most recent installment in the series was Mafia 3, which came out way back in 2016, and aside from a Definitive Edition of the first game in 2020, we haven’t heard much about…

The moment even the essence of warm weather hits my skin, it becomes ice cream season. After a sweltering day when the temperature finally breaks, there’s nothing like the ritual of getting ice cream as a cold, sweet treat. However, like all little treats, they add up, even when buying pints at the corner store….

Overwhelmed by the state of the world? Trying to find something fun to watch on your friendly neighborhood international multibillion-dollar corporation’s streaming service? It’s OK to ignore the ever-growing pile of worthy but harrowing dramas and acclaimed documentaries on your watchlist for another hour or two. Treat yourself by hitting play on some of the…