Amazon is acquiring Globalstar, the company that powers satellite features on your iPhone

Amazon is buying the company that makes your iPhone’s satellite features work. The acquisition puts Amazon at the center of Apple’s satellite features and sets the stage for a future where “no service” is a thing of the past.

Lucid sells more robotaxis to Uber, appoints a new CEO
Lucid sells more robotaxis to Uber, appoints a new CEO

Lucid is making some changes. The luxury EV company said Tuesday that it was expanding its robotaxi deal with Uber – and nabbing some additional investment cash in the process. And it’s naming a new CEO who hails not from the world of electric vehicles, but from a company that manufactures a different kind of […]

Nissan’s all-electric Juke EV is bringing a ‘disruptive’ new style [Images]
Nissan’s all-electric Juke EV is bringing a ‘disruptive’ new style [Images]

Nissan calls it a “disruptive” new style. The all-electric Nissan Juke EV looks nothing like the gas-powered crossover and more like a concept.

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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?

A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind’s SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that, according to Google, isn’t true. The developer, going by the username Aloshdenny, has open-sourced their work on GitHub and documented his process, claiming all it […]

Tesla FSD Europe launch backlash: HW3 owners launch claim site
Tesla FSD Europe launch backlash: HW3 owners launch claim site

Tesla’s long-awaited Full Self-Driving launch in Europe is already running into the same reckoning that blew up in Australia last year: HW3 owners are realizing they paid for something Tesla has now admitted it can’t deliver, and they’re starting to or…

Anbernic’s new handheld is a pocket-friendly Android device with a swiveling screen
Anbernic’s new handheld is a pocket-friendly Android device with a swiveling screen

Anbernic, one of the most prolific makers of handheld consoles and emulators, isn’t afraid to experiment with creative designs. After debuting a wireless controller with a heart rate monitor earlier this year, the company has announced a new gaming device with a square design, basic controls, and a swiveling touchscreen. What’s not so creative is […]

Samsung is hiking the prices of its Galaxy phones and tablets
Samsung is hiking the prices of its Galaxy phones and tablets

Samsung is raising prices across Galaxy Z Flip 7, Galaxy S25 FE, and Galaxy S25 Edge phones, as spotted earlier by Phone Arena. Though the base model of each phone is staying at the same price, devices with higher storage are now up to $80 more expensive: Last week, Samsung also increased the price of […]

Apple and Amazon are teaming up to challenge Starlink’s smartphone ambitions
Apple and Amazon are teaming up to challenge Starlink’s smartphone ambitions

Amazon has made a deal to buy Globalstar’s low-Earth orbit satellite network for $11.57 billion, snapping up its spectrum licenses, operations, and assets to combine with its upcoming Leo internet satellite constellation. Apple owned 20 percent of Globalstar, and as a part of the deal, Amazon will continue to support satellite services like Emergency SOS […]

Lucid names new CEO as it raises over $1 billion and ramps up robotaxi ambitions
Lucid names new CEO as it raises over $1 billion and ramps up robotaxi ambitions

Lucid Motors is peppering the public with press releases this morning, sharing a slew of exciting updates. In addition to naming its next CEO, Lucid has confirmed a new funding raise totaling over 1 billion dollars, consisting of a registered public of…

GoPro goes bigger and pro-er with support for Micro Four Thirds lenses
GoPro goes bigger and pro-er with support for Micro Four Thirds lenses

GoPro is announcing its Mission 1 cameras, a new line of video-centric action cams with 50-megapixel, 1-inch-type sensors and the company’s new GP3 in-house processor. Pricing is still TBD, but there will be three models launched in two waves: a base-model Mission 1 and the Mission 1 Pro will be available May 28th, and a […]